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Show I N D E X . Aborigines, American. See Indians. [Arroyo, fiumara or nullah, an, 70. Absinthe. See Sage, wild. Arrow-poison of the Indians, 482. Academy of the 7th Ward of Great Salt Lake City, Arrows of the North American Indian, 119, 120. Adobe manufactory near Great Salt Lake City, 344-5. Adobe of the Western World, 197. " origin of the name, 197, note. Adoption among the North American Indiana, 117. " Mormon principle of, 269. Adultery, Mormon punishment for, 426, Agricultural Society of Deser6t, 316. Agriculture, list of premiums awarded at the annual show, 285-287, note. Agriculture, present state of, in Great Salt Lake Valley, 285. Alamo. See Cotton-wood-tree. Albino, rarity of an, among the Indians, 104. Albinos among buffaloes, 51. Alcohol distilled in Great Salt Lake City, 320. Alexander, Colonel B., his hospitality, 90. Algte in Great Salt Lake, 326. Algarobia grandulosa, or mezquite-tree, 7. Alkali Lake, 153. " lt Station on the Platte Eiver, 54 Almanac, the, published in Utah, 253. America, shape of the continent of, 6. American Fork, 447. "•Americanisms, Dictionary of," Bartlett's, quoted, 17, note. Animal life, absence of, on the Grand Prairie, 18, " " in the American Sahara, 64. u worship of the American Indians, 108. Animals and vegetables, confusing trivial names for, in America, 142, note. Animals, Indian signs for, 126. " of the Uinta Hills,.178. " small quantity of food required to fatten, in the Rocky Mountains and in Somali-land, 140. Animals, wild, at Kocky Bridge, 159. 1' " i n the wooded heights of the Wind. River Mountains, 165. Animals, wild, of the Black Hills, 142. " " of the Rattlesnake Hills, 153. " " of Utah Territory, 279. Antelope at Rocky Ridge, 159. " its habitat, 67. l t its meat, 67. 11 or Church Island, 194, 323, 327. " Springs, 464, 465. " the (Antelocapra Americana), 67. Ant-hills, 196. Apadomey female warriors, 113. Arapaho, or Dirty-Nose Indians, 142,143. " loose conduct of, 117. " sign of the tribe of, 123, 124. " their lodges, 86. u their personal appearance, 143, 144 " visit of some, from a neighboring camp, 142. Archery, Sioux skill in, 120-. Arickaree, or Ree Indians, 37. Arms of the North American Indians, 57,119. " ignorance of the lower grades of English of the use of, 174. Array of the United States, remarks on the. 11 grievances of the, 445. Arrow-wood (Viburnum dentatum), 119. Art in America, remarks on, 186, 187. Artemisia. See Sage, wild. Asclepias tuberosa, common in Utah Territory, 167. Ash Hollow, 70. " " General Harney's defeat of the Brule" Sioux at, 70, 89. Ash-Hollow Creek, 70. ABsiniboin Indians, 97. " u their present habitat, 100. " River, 100. Aurora borealis, a splendid, in the prairies, 61, Avena fatua of the Pacific Water-shed, 139. Badeau's Ranch, or Laramie City, S3. Badgers at Rocky-Bridge Station, 161. Bartlett's "Dictionary of Americanisms" quoted, 17, note. Basswood, 17. " Basswood Mormons," 17, note. Bath, the hot air and water, of the North American Indian, 119. Bathing and its dangers, 156. Battle Creek, 447. Bauchmin's Creek, 189, 190. " " valley of, 189. " Fork, 189. 14 " station at, 189. Bear's Rib," Mato Chigukesa, made chief of the Brule1 Sioux, 89. Bear Bay, 182. " flesh of the, as food, 231. in Cotton-wood Kanyon,. 347. of the Black Hills, 142. River, 182, 183, 325. " coal found on the banks of, 182. " Mountains, 174 Springs, in-Utah Territory, 274 the grizzly, 192. traps, 347. Beavers in the torrent-bed of Echo Kanyon, 187. tails of, as food, 231. Bedstead, populousness of, 202. ~ae, a, on the topmost summit of the Rocky Mountains, 165. Bee House in Great Salt Lake City, 246. Beer, or Soda Springs, 179. u of Great Salt Lake City, 320. Beet-root grown in Great Salt Lake Valley, 287. Bell, Governor, of Great Salt Lake City, 215. Bench-land of the Great Salt Lake Valley, 195. Bennett, J. C, his work on the Mormons, 205, note. Big Field, near Great Salt Lake City, 198. Bighorn, or American moufflon, 153,155. Big Kanyon, 192. Big Mountain, 190. " " pass of the, 190,191. Bill of fare at a supper in Great Salt Lake City, 232. Birds near Fort Kearney, 48. » of Utah Territory, 280. » wild, of the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, 165. Bishops, the Mormon, 400. I Bison Americanus. See Buffalo. N N |