Lane, H.S: 146, footnote Lane, James Henry: character, 41, 56; enthusiasm, 41, 49; influence with Lincoln, 41-42; elected senator from Kansas, 42; accepts colonelcy and begins recruiting, 43; not to be taken as type, 45; redoubles efforts for organizing brigade, 49; empowered to recruit, 50; conceives idea of utilizing Indians, 50, 57; abandons Fort Scott, 52; throws up breastworks at Fort Lincoln, 52; proceeds to seek revenge in spite of Robinson’s opposition, 55; burns Osceola, 55; attitude towards slavery, 56; suggests re-organization of military districts on frontier, 58; disconcerted by appointment of Hunter, 66-69; plans for inter-tribal council, 69; Denver had measured swords with, 70; control over Federal patronage in Kansas, 71; nominated brigadier-general, 71; friction between Hunter and, 74-76; instructed by anti-Coffin conspirators, 88, footnote; protests to Lincoln against appointment of Denver, 97; succeeds in preventing appointment of Denver, 98; responsible for Blunt’s promotion, 107, footnote; Phillips appointed on staff, 126, footnote; endorses request of Agent Johnson, 207, footnote; introduces resolution for extending southern boundary of Kansas, 223; denounces Stevens as defaulter, 226, footnote; opposed to Gamble, Schofield, and Curtis, 249, footnote; belongs to party of
Extremists, 305, footnote; requests that Blunt be summoned to Washington for conference, 322, footnote
Lane, W.P: 266, footnote
Lane’s Kansas Brigade: 41, 43, 49, 51, 58, 59, 71; relation to Hunter’s command, 72 and footnote; marauding committed, 75, footnote; prospective Indian element dispensed with, 77
Lawler, J.J: 204, footnote
Lawrence (Kans.): 62, footnote, 73, footnote; Quantrill’s raid upon, 238, footnote; Dole detained by raid upon, 239