protests against orders of May 31 and June 17, 154-156; objects to appointment of Pearce, 156; reports grievances to Randolph, 156; Cherokees exasperated by stay at Fort McCulloch, 159; letter to Stand Watie, 159, footnote; John Ross complains of, 160; prepares resignation, 161; indites conciliatory letter to Hindman, 162-163; student of art of war, 163; publishes circular address to Southern Indians, 165; effect of circular, 166 and footnote; correspondence with Davis, 167-168; arrested by Cooper, 169; entered upon diplomatic career as agent of Confederate State Department, 171-172 and footnote; exceeded instructions in assuming financial obligations, 174, footnote; considers remuneration, 175, footnote; makes important recommendations to Davis, 179; applies to Holmes for leave of absence, 190; resignation, 191 and footnote; reenters Indian Territory, 198; rumors of conspiracy with unionists in Texas, 199; arrested, 200; sums up grievances in letter to Holmes, 201, Appendix; Kirby Smith attempts to reemploy for service among Indians of Plains, 201, 335; Steele takes umbrage at published statement, 286, footnote

“Pins”:  193, 268, footnote

Planter’s House:  74, footnote, 94, footnote

Pocahontas (Ark.):  25

Poison Spring (Ark.):  battle of, 326-327

Pomeroy, Samuel C:  41, footnote; elected senator from Kansas, 42; John Brown’s opinion of, 42, footnote; endorses principle underlying Fremont’s emancipation proclamation, 56-57 instructed by anti-Coffin conspirators, 88, footnote; protests against appointment of Denver, 97; succeeds in preventing appointment of Denver, 98; responsibility for Blunt’s promotion, 107, footnote; advocates confiscation of Cherokee Neutral Lands, 224; recommends concentration of tribes of West in Indian Territory, 230, footnote; in company of Dole at Leroy, 239, footnote

Pontiac:  31, footnote

Portlock, E.E:  329, footnote

Poteau River (Okla.):  297, footnote

Pottawatomies:  234 and footnote, 274-275, footnote

Prairie Creek (Ark.):  216

Prairie d’Ane (Ark.):  326

Prairie Grove (Ark.):  battle of, 218 and footnote, 249

Prairie Springs:  279

Price, Sterling:  16, 17, 26, 29, 52, 55, 56, 127, footnote, 185, 317, footnote; tries to induce Quantrill and his men to enter regular service, 205, footnote; Hindman’s opinion of, 270, footnote; commands in District of Arkansas, 299, footnote, 326

Prince, William E:  55, 58

Proctor, A.G:  214, 234, footnote

Provisional Congress:  refuses to confirm nomination of Heth, 19; calls for information on McCulloch-Price controversy, 19; established precedents of good faith in Indian relations, 172; resolution authorizing Davis to send a commissioner to Indian nations, 172, footnote, 173, footnote; work of, 173-175 and footnotes; confers honour upon John Jumper, 174, footnote; considerations of committees regarding Indian superintendency, 175, 176