Baldwin, Caleb, I, 222; IV, 13; John N., 13.
Banbury, Jabez, II, 158, 223, 306; IV, 13.
Bancroft county, III, 305, 306.
Banditti, I, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340.
Bank, Commissioners on state, I, 356; examiners, III, 161; laws regarding, I, 355, 356, 357; Miners', I, 174, 175, 184, 209, 212, 219; II, 105; national, II, 105; notes, 102; prohibition of, I, 227; state, I, 355, 356, 357; II, 32, 33, 34, 105; III, 4, 5.
Banking laws, II, 32, 33; III, 4, 5.
Banks, Nath'l P., II, 319; see also De Russey, Pleasant Hill, Red River Expedition.
Barbed wire, III, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107.
Barner, Horatio G., II, 403, 405.
Barris, Willis H., IV, 13, 14.
Barrows, Willard, IV, 14.
Bashore, John L., II, 91, 92.
Bassett, Geo. W., IV, 15.
Bates, John F., II, 53; IV, 15.
Batteries, see artillery.
Battles, see Allatoona Pass, Arkansas Post, Atlanta, Belmont, Black River Bridge, Blue Mills, Champion's Hill, Chattanooga, Chickasaw Bayou, Corinth, Fort De Russey, Fort Donelson, Hartsvllle, Helena, Iuka, Jackson, Jenkin's Ferry, Mark's Mills, Mobile, Moscow, Nashville, Pea Ridge, Pleasant Hill, Port Gibson, Prairie Grove, Resaca, Springfield, Terre Noir, Tilton, Van Buren*, Vicksburg, Wilson's Creek, White Stone Hill, Winchester.*
Battles of Indians, see Black Hawk War, Delaware, Fox, Pottawattamie, Sac, Sioux.
Battleship Iowa, III, 185.
Beach, Benjamin, II, 198.
Beardshear, Wm. M., IV, 15, 16.
Beardsley, Charles, IV, 300.
Beck, Joseph M., III, 116, 117; IV, 16, 17.
Beeson, Byron A., IV, 17.
Belknap, Wm. W., I, 367; II, 207, 215, 216, 218; IV, 17, 18.
Belknap county, III, 306.
Belmont, I, 174, 175, 176; battle of, II, 168, 169.
Bemis, Geo. W., IV, 18; Narcissa T., 18.
Benton, Thos. H., Jr., I, 223, 269, 352, 353; II, 299, 300, 303, 327; III, 13, 264; IV, 18, 19.
Benton county, III, 306, 307, 308.
Bereman, A. H., II, 407.
Berry, Wm. H., IV, 19.
Berryhill, Jas. G., III, 148, 150, 151; IV, 19, 20.
Bessey, Chas. E., IV, 20.
Bestow, Sam'l L., III, 164; IV, 20, 21.
Binders, State, III, 456.
Birdsall, Benj. P., IV, 21.
Bishop, Chas. A., IV, 21.
Bissell, Fred'k E. IV, 21, 22.
Black Hawk, chief, I, 69, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 97, 99, 100, 135; purchase, 87, 154, 155, 157, 162, 220, 221; tower, 76; war, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84.
Black Hawk county, III, 309, 310, 311.
Black River Bridge, Battle of, II, 266.
Blakely, Fort, II, 176, 177, 178.
Blanchard, Lucian C., IV, 22.
Blind, College for, III, 272, 273.
Blizzards, I, 390.
Block-house at Council Bluffs, I, 100.
Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, IV, 22, 23; Dexter C., 23.
Bloomington, see Muscatine.
Blue Mills, Battle of, II, 141, 142.
Blunt, J. G., see Prairie Grove, Van Buren.
Boardman, Norman, IV, 23, 24.
Boards, see control, immigration, health.
Boernstein, Carl, II, 135, 391, 392.
Boies, Horace, III, 154, 156, 158, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 171, 173, 187; IV, 24.
Bolter, Lemuel R., IV, 24.
Bonds, Act authorizing issue of state, II, 56; commission on, 62.
Bonham, Smiley H., I, 252.
Bonney, Edward, I, 336.
Boone, Nathan, I, 336.
Boone county, III, 311, 312, 313.
Booth, Caleb H., IV, 25; Edmund, 26; J. Wilkes, II, 23.
Border, Act for protection of, II, 56, 75, 90; attacks on, 57, 93, 94; brigade, 90; ruffian invasion, 112, 113, 114; war in Davis county, 93, 94.
Boulders, Origin of, I, 6.
Boundary, Act defining county, I, 184; original, of Iowa, 212, 213, 215, 216, 217, 218, 227, 263; dispute over Missouri, see also Missouri.
