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INDEX. 571 Routes proposed for a Pacific Railroad, difficulties of, 277. Ruby Valley, 471. Russell, Mr. W. H., and the Pony Express, 28, and note. ' Russell, Mr. W. Hi, and the Pony Express, slow­ness of the transport by, 136. Rush Valley, 451, 453. Sac Indians, tents of the, 86. " the, 19. Saddle, the native Indian, 25. " the prairie, 24, 25. Sage at Rocky-Bridge Station, 161. " hen or prairie-hen, 142. " Springs, 486. " wild (artemisia or absinthe), description of, Saleratus Lake, 147,148. "t " startling appearance of, 148. Salmon trout of the Green Eiver, 170. Salt grass, 148. " Lake City, Great. See Great Salt Lake City. " " Great. See Great Salt Lake. " " House Hotel, 201. " " Little, 274. " quantity of, in the water of Great Salt Lake, 325-6. Saltpetre not found in Utah Territory, 282. San Francisco, 500. Sand-banks of the Missouri, 15. " hills, the tract called the, 70, note. " Springs Station, 491. Sandstone at Grasshopper Creek, 21. Sandy Creek, 71. " " Big, or Wagahongopa, 167. " " Little, 167. Sandy River, Big, 30,169. " " Little, 30, 169. Sans Arc Sioux Indians, habitat of the, 98. Sault Ste. Marie, Indians at, 100. Saurians of Utah Territory, 280. Sawyers and snags of the Missouri, 15. Scalping, origin of the custom of, 112. tt considered as a religiouB rite, 118. Schools in Great Salt Lake City, 345. " principal, 425. Scott's Bluffs, 77. " " hurricanes of, 78. " ii origin of the name, 78. Scythians, scalping rites of the, 112. SeasonB, the, in Utah Territory, 277. Seneca City, in Kansas, 21. Seventeen-mile Station, 48. Seventies, the, in the Mormon hierarchy, 400. Sevier, Mr., the Mormon, 463. Shanties, 18. " of Seneca City, 21, 22. " origin of the word, 18, note. Shanty, a, in Kansas, 19. " the, at Pacific Springs, 166. " the dirty, of Ham's Fork, 174,175. Shawnees, their lodges, 86. Sheawit Creek, 482. Shell Creek, 465, 466. Shops in Great Salt Lake City, 217. Shoshonee Indians, 473-4. " " their friendliness to whites, 165. Sibley, Major, his improved tent, 87. Sichangu, Brule, or Burnt-Thigh Indians, habi­tat of the, 98. Sierra Nevada, the, 493. Sign-system of language among the Indians, 123. Silva, Luis, and his wife, 154. Silver found in Utah Territory, 281. " virgin, found in the White Mountains, 450, note. Simpson's Hollow, 168. " ii feat of the Mormons at, 168. " Park, 485. " Pass, 486. Simpson's Road, 481. Sioux Indian, a " buck," 89. " " meaning of the name " Sioux," 95, Sioux Indians, books printed in their tongue, 120, 121. V Sioux Indians, character of the, 102. " " constitution of the, 104. " " dependence of the, on the buffalo for subsistence, 51. Sioux Indians, destruction of Lieutenant Grattan and his party by the, 88. Sioux Indians, funeral ceremonies of the, 122, " " future of the, 100,101. " " habits of the, in former times and at present, 102. Sioux Indians, language of the, 120. " " lodges of the, 86. " " manners and customs of the, 99. " " murder of M. Montalan by the, 91. " " poetry and songs of the, 122. " " ' present habitat of the, 95. " " principal bands into which the race is divided, 95-98. Sioux Indians, religion of the, 103. " " revenge of the, 103. " " sacred language of the, 122, " it sign of the tribe of, 12i " " skill in archery of the, 120. " " the Brule, their defeat at Ash Hol­low, 70. Sioux Indians, women of the, 103. " River, Big, 97. Sisahapa, or Blackfeet Indians, 98. Sisitonwan Indians, habitat of the, 96, Skins, prices of, at Laramie City, 88. Skull of the Indian, its form and dimensions, 105, " Valley, 454. Skunk, the, 189. Slade, the redoubtable, 92,173. Slavery legalized in Utah, 243. Sleighing in Great Salt Lake City, 229. Smith, Captain John, the Mormon patriarch, 180. " 'George A., the Mormon apostle, account of, 241. Smith, Joseph, account of the martyrdom of, 517. " " his works, 209, 210, note. " it his second son David, 241. u " his son Joseph, of Nauvoo, 240. " ti vindicated, 405-6. " Mrs. M. E. V., her works on Mormonism, 207, 208, note. Smith's Creek, 486. " Fork, 176. Smoking among the American Indians, 110. " materialoftheWildManoftheNorth,31. Smoky Valley, 484. Smoot, Bishop Abraham O., his address in the Bowery, 260. Smudge," a, before sleep, 165. Snags and sawyers of the Missouri, 15, Snake Indians at Ham's Fork, 174. " lodges of the, 86. River, fountain-head of the, 162. " Indian name for, 167, note. Snakeroots, 156,157, note. Snow Creek, 140. " country about, 141, 142. Lorenzo, his Mormon works, 212, note. Snowy Peak, 164. Social Hall in Great Salt Lake City, 229. " " fetes at, 230, 231. Soda, carbonate of, in Saleratus Lake, 147, and note. Soda, or Beer Springs, 179. Soil at Fort Laramie, 90. " beyond the immediate banks of La Grande Platte River, 41. Soil near Plum Ranche, on the Platte River, 48. " of Big Sandy River, 169. " of the bench-land of Great Salt Lake Valley, 195.