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Index 0 O'Brien, William Smith, Irish patriot, 18, 18-19 n. 26 Oil, presence at Great Salt Lake reported, 149,149 n. 59 P Passenger Canyon, route into Great Salt Lake Valley, 82, 82 n. 22 Patterson, J., member of Colony Guard, 42 n. 2 Patton, William, churchman, 13,13 n. 17 Peelor, N., member of Colony Guard, 43 Pelham, Guard, 42' member of Colony Pelican Island, see Gunnison Island Perpetual Emigrating Fund, 89 n. 33 Perraul t, Francois, member of S tansbury Survey, 167 n. 92 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Colony Guard arrived, 49; population in 1849, 49 n. 11 Pilot Peak, Howard Stansbury arrived at, 120 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, description, 51-52, 52 n. 17 Polk, James K., declined to run for presi- dent, 18, n. 25 Population Control, Mormon attitude toward, 84-85,85 n. 26 Postage, description of service and charges, 16,16 n. 21 Prairie, travel on, 65-67, 67 n. 4 Preamble and Constitution of the Colony Guard, 1849, purchased by University Library, xi-xii; facsimile, 198-208 Presque Isle, see Strong's Knob Promontory Mountains, description, 131, 131 n. 14; vegetation on, 132, 132 n. 17; see also Great Salt Lake Promontory Peninsula, rock formations on, 142, 1 .42 n. 43; see also Great Salt Lake Q Quaker Hat Island, see Bird Island R Railroad, description of in 1849, 50; description of Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road, 1849,5O n. 13 Riker, A., member of Colony Guard, 42 n. 2 Robbins, Royal E. (friend of John Hudson), 12, 12 n. 15; offered to outfit John Hudson to goldfields, 41 Robinson, William J., member of Colony Guard, 42 n. 2; died on trek to Califor- nia, 70 n. 8 Rock Abbey, see Great Salt Lake Rocky Gate, see Great Salt Lake Ross, James Clark, expeditions to Arctic, 145,145-46 n. 54 Ross, John, expeditions to Arctic, 145, 145-46 n. 54 Rouke, J., member of Colony Guard, 42 n. 2 Rouke, W., member of Colony Guard, 42 n. 2 Rozel Point, drilling for oil, 149 n. 59; see also Great Salt Lake Salt Lake City, descriptions, 67, 67 n. 5, 82-83; cost of lots, 72-73, 73 n. 13; price of provisions in 1849-50, 83, 83 n. 23, 188 Salt Lake Valley, see Great Salt Lake Valley Sands, William S., member of Colony Guard, 42 n. 2, 43; reached California, 70 n. 8 Sanpete Valley, settled, 102-3 n. 10; settle- ment needed strengthening, 103 n. 10 Seagulls, "Miracle of the Gulls," 95, 95 n. 3 Sego Lily, description 183 n. 133 Shearman (Sherman), John, son of John H. Shearman, 14 Shearman (Sherman), John H. (friend of Hudson family), physician, 11, 11 n. 13; description of circumstances of, 13-14; family affairs, 24, 29 Shearman (Sherman), William H., son of John H. Shearman, 14; joined gold diggers, 30, 31; member of Colony Guard, 42 n. 2, 44-45; reached Califor- nia, 70 n. 8 Slavery, description of sale of young boy, 55; chief trading centers in 184Os, 55-56 n. 21 Sowiette, Indian chief requested colonists be sent to Utah Valley, 78 n. 18 Spencer, Orson, chancellor of University of Deseret, 86 n. 30 St. Louis, Missouri, description, 56, 56-57, n. 22 Stagecoach, description of travel, 50-51, 5i n. 15 Standish, Henry, cook for Stansbury Sur- 225 |
