Magri, Brother Vincent, 444, 565, 762, 772, 1242
Maline river, 534
Mallet Brothers, name Platte river, 275
Mandan Indians, destruction, 189, 269, 1135
visits to, 245, 651, 785, 790, 828, 857
notes, 666, 676, 832, 882, 1135, 1279, 1381, 1537
Manitou, St. Anne, lake, 516 Mankizita Watpa river, see "White Earth"
Manson, Donald, 557
Maps by D., 561, 662, 1497, 1565, 1581
Marias river, 601, 793, 1357 Marriages, 164, 170, 177, 178, 332, 341, 359, 470, 499, 537, 870, 880, 882, 1258, 1499
Martin, Dr. W. T., 803 Martin's Rapid, 547 Mason and Slidell affair, 1434 Mauvaise Anse, 602
Maximilian of Wied, 604, 663, 1108 May-poles, 545
Mazelli, Brother, 157, 161, 168 McBean, William, 560
McGean or McGill, Brother J. B., 44444, 478, 762, 1233, 1242, McGilvray river, see also " Kootenai," 493
McKenzie, Fort Union, 1132, 1495 McKenzie, Owen, murder, 81 McKinlay, Archibald, Fort Walla
Walla, 455, 56o, 1468 McLeod's Fork, 534 McLoughlin, Dr. John, sketch, 355 friendship and advice, 41, 196,
388, 443
D. brings case to Senator Benton's notice, 1475
mention, 294, 339, 447, 476, 542 letter to, 1468, 1560
letters from, 1553, 1555, 1556, 1557
Meagher, General, letter to, 1526 Medicine river, 534
Meldrum, Robert, Crow interpreter, 1063, 1310, 1495
letter to, 1484
Menetrey, Rev. Joseph, S. J., 444, 762, 961, 1239, 1242, 1318, 1501 Mengarini, Rev. Gregory, S. J.: crosses plains, 1841, 278, 301, 309 introduces useful arts, 572 missionary notes, 316, 330, 334, 338, 392, 452, 455, 466, 470 Merrill, Rev. Moses, 154, 176 Metals, precious, knowledge of, 51, 1421, 1510, 1519
declines to tell, 1508, 1511 tells Gen. Pleasonton, 1521 discoveries, 83, 1321, 1377 notes, 493, 514, 529, 671, 959 Meteor seen at sea, 416 Mexico in 1866, 1448 annexation predicted, 1456 Mormons to emigrate to, 1408 Mica, 668
Michael, Insula, Red Feather, Little Chief, Flathead chief, 28, 267, 304, 322, 366, 766, 1231, 1236, 1245, 1248
D. sends pistols to, 1485 Michael, Kootenai chief, 964 Miege, Bishop, 689, 693, 702, 703, 705, 817, 1199
D. sends cigars to, 1503 Miette river, 534, 539 Milk river, 602, 793
boat unloaded at, 1863, 791, Bog Mill creek, 356
Mine-wakan, Devil's lake, 788 Minnetarees, Hidatsa, Osiers, see also " Grosventres of the Missouri," visits, 277, 651, 785
at Council, 1851, 653, 674, 676 notes, 399, 667, 882, 1279 Miraculous occurrences, 359, 362, 577, 631, 773, 831, 866, 1283 Missions, Canada, decay, 1209 mountain, view, 1839, 1464
see " Sacred Heart," " St. Ignatius," " St. Mary's," " St. Paul," " St. Francis Xavier," " St. Stanislaus," " St. Francis Borgia," " St. Francis Regis," " St. Peter"
Mississippi, dangers of navigation, 709
traffic, 1402, 1425 valley, 1365, 1403 or Missouri, main stream? 1386