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568 INDEX. Militia force of the United States, general abstract of the, 336, 337. Milk River, Indians of, 100., 44 weed (Asclepias tuberosa) common in Utah Territory, 167. Milk-sickness of the Western States, 284 Mill Creek, 195. Miller, Captain, of Millersville, 215. Miller's Station, 495. Millersville, on Smith's Fork, 177. MillB, saw, a night passed in one of the, 348. 44 44 in the kanyons, 347. Miniswakan Lake, 100. Minnesota Indians, 96^ 97. Minnikanye-wozhipu Indians, habitat of the, 98. Mirage, a curious, 47, 48. 44 on the counterslope of the Rocky Mount­ains, 164. Missionaries, certificates supplied to, 353,354, note. " from Great Salt Lake City, 353, 354. 44 number of, in Great Britain, 301. Mississippi, the, 15. 44 Indians of the, 96. 14 Missouri Compromise," the, 33. " " " origin of the trouble which gave rise to the, 33, 34, note. Missouri, establishment of the mail-doach route from, to California and Oregon, 4 Missouri, rainy season in, 16. 44 River, navigation of the, 15. 14 4t sand-banks of the, 15. 44 4t sawyers and snags of the, 15. 14 44 the Great, 15. 44 44 the Little, Indians of the, 15. " 44 winter season on the, 16. Moccasins, Indian mode of making, 57. 44 use of, to the prairie traveler, 11 Modesty, Mormon, instance of, 268. Mollusks of Utah Territory, 280. Mono Lake, 274. Montagnes RocheuseB, Les, 153,162. Moonshine Valley, 480. Moore, "Miss," and her ranche, 154. 44 44 her history, 155. Moose deer (Cervus Alces), habitat of the, 68. Moravianism regarded as a means of civilization of the Indians, 35. Mormon agglomeration of all that is good in all sects, 397, 398. Mormon balls and suppers at Social Hall, 230-2. 44 Bible, 367. " " contents of the, 368, note. " Mormon, Book of," 367, note. . " 44 chronology of the most im­portant events recorded in the, 411 Mormon Conference, description of a, 302-309. " dispensation of Mr. Joseph Smith, 183. " doctrines and covenants, 371. " doxology, remarks on the fourteen articles of the, 387, et eeq. Mormon emigrants, 13T, 176,180,181,132, 225. " " miseries of one of the, 174,175. 14 emigration, system of, 295. " " the regular track of, 174 " estimate of outfit for the Utah route, 138, note. Mormon feat at Simpson's Hollow, 168. " 4t near Green River, 173. 14 fugitives on the road, 466. » gift of tongues, 268. 14 government, upon what it is based, 301. " hierarchy, the, 399. " History, chronological abstract of, 548. " lad, a, In the South Pass, 106. " lectures on faith, 371 14 materialism, 384. " meaning of the word, 361-2. " meeting-rooms in London and its vicinity, list of, 301, note. Mormon modesty, 268. " names, 227. 44 neophytes, behavior of the, 228-9, Mormon polygamy, 373, 426, 428, 431, 432. " Prophet, visit to the, 237, et seq. " Saints, dress of the fair, 227. " Scriptures, list of the, 209, note. " shanty, Dawvid Lewis and his dirty, 174, 175. Mormon tolerance, 351 44 wagons, trains of, on the road, 137,176. 180,181. Mormonism, deep root which it has taken in Great Britain, 301 Mormonism, final remarks on, 441 " Lieutenant Gunnison's reswmi of, 398. 44 list of works published upon the sub­ject of, 203, note. Mormonism, objections to, 404 sketch of, 361, et eeq. what it is not, 403. Mormonland, account of, 272. Mormons, children of the, 423. 44 description of their Temple, 514. 44 fondness of the, for sleighing, private theatricals, and dancing, 229-31. Mormons, foundation of their city, 288. 44 how they regard the United States, 260, " kindness of the, to the Indians, 245. 44 period for, leaving the Mississippi, 138. 14 political prospects of the, 352. promulgation of their Constitution, 289, note. Mormons, remarks upon the articles of their doxol­ogy, 387, et seq. Mormons, sketch of the religion of the, 361 44 tenure by which, they hold their lands, 290. Mormons, their belief as to marriages between a Saint and a Gentile, 170, note. Mormons, their complaints against Congress, 289, 290. Mormons, their Emigration Road, 71. 44 their hierarchy, 399. 44 their materialism, 384. 44 their Nauvoo Legion, 354-5. 44 their new Independence-day, 251. " their newspapers, 255. 44 their politics, 251 44 their polygamy, 373. u their punishment for adultery, 252. 44 their quasi-military organization on the march, 138. Mormons, their sermons in the Bowery, 260, 264 44 their tithes, 249-50. Morning on the prairies, 131 Motherhood, how regarded in the Western States, 432. Moufflon, the American, 153,155. Mountain, Big, 190. 44 Ensign, 196. 44 Little, 192. 44 Meadow Massacre, 339. 44 Point, 195, 459. 14 Quaking-Asp, 181. 44 Rim-Base, 181. 44 Springs, 4G2. Mountaineer," Mormon newspaper, 257. Mountaineers of the WeBt, 81 Mountains, Bear-River, 174, 44 Black. 133, 142. 14 Granite, 454. 14 Green-River, or Sweet-water Hills, 153. 14 High, 458. 14 Laramie, 91,134. 44 Laramie Peak, 79, 85. 44 of Utah Territory, singular formation of the, 275. Mountains, Oquirrh, 191,194, 322. 4 Rocky, 153, et seq. 4 Traverse, 332. 1 Uinta, 176, 178. 4 Wasach, 189, 195, 822, 330. 4 White, 450. 4 Wind-River, 68,162,163,164, 166.