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Show 562 INDEX. Bissonette, M., the Creole, 139. Blackfeet, or Sisahapa Indians, 98. " sign of the tribe of, 124. " their friendliness to whites, 165. " their lodges, 86. Black Hill*, the, 91. '\ " the, animals to which they afford shelter, 142. Black Hills, geography of the, 134 Black Rock, near Great Salt Lake, 324 " " view from the, 330. Black's Fork River, 174, 176. " " vegetation of, 17T, 178. Bloomer dress, 91,92. Blue River, Big, 29. " " Little, 38. " " " fish of the, 38. Blue-Earth River, Indians west of, 96. Bluffs on the prairies, 29. Bogus, origin of the term, 41T, note. Bonhomme Island, sand-banks at, 15. " Book of Mormon," the. See ".Mormon, B6ok of." Books necessary to the Western traveler, 10. " on Mormonism, list of, 203, note. Botany of Utah Territory, 280. Boulders, huge natural pile of, Brigham's Peak, 136. " in Great Cotton-wood Kanyon, 346. Bow and arrow of the North American Indian, 119, Bowery, the, in Great Salt Lake City, S " visit to the, 258. Box-Elder Creek, 136. Boys, Indian, 59. "Brass, City of," of the Arabs, 78. Braves, Indian, 57. Bread made in the prairies, 84 Bread-root of the Western hunters, 182, note. Breakfast in the prairies, 84. Brewery, Utah, 332. Brick-making at Great Salt Lake City, 344,345. Bridger, Colonel James, the celebrated trapper, 178. " Fort, 178. " Range of the Uinta Hills, 176. Bridle and bit used on the prairies, 27. Brigham's Kanyon, 194,235. " Peak, 136. " " the driver's storyof, 136. "British-English" Mormons on the'road to Great Salt Lake City, 137. Bruin Sioux Indians, their habitat, 98. Sec Sioux. Brutisch, Giovanni, the Venetian, 485. Bugs, bed, 160, note. " other, 160, note. Buffalo, absence of the, on the Grand Prairie, 18. " annual destruction of, 50. " berry, the, cultivated in Great Salt Lake City, 170, note. Buffalo, Britishers and buffalo shooting, 73. " extinct westward of the Rocky Mountains. 50. Buffalo, former and present number of, 50. " grass, 61. " herds of, 48. " Indian mode of hunting it, 51, 52. u Indian mode of preparing the skins of, " its habits, 51. " number of robes purchased by the several companies, 49, note. Buffalo, three great families of, 50. 14 uses to which it is put, 51,52. 11 wild, as compared with tame meat, 49. Bullock, W. T., the Mormon, 419. Bunch-grass, 139. " its geographical limits, 139. " proposed acclimatization of, 140. Bundling among the North American Indians, 116. " antiquity of the practice, 116, note. "Bunk," the, at Lodge-Pole Station, 66. Burnt-Thigh Indians, their habitat, 98. Butte Station, 468. Buttes, Red, trading-post of, 146. " meaning of the word, 146, note. Butterneld, or American Express, route of the, 3. Butterfield, or American Express, its receipts from government, 4 Cache. Cave, 1S4. " Valley, 335. Cacti of the American wilderness, 64. Cactus, intoxicating, 64, note. Calidarium, the Indian, 119. California, establishment of the mail-coach route from Missouri to, 4. California, roads from Great Salt Lake City to, 452, " slope and surface of the land of, 8. time for setting out for, 138. Calumet, the, regarded as a sacred instrument, 112. Camel corps, proposal for establishing a, for American outpost duty, 46. Camp Floyd, description of, 334 " hatred of the Mormons expressed at, Camp Floyd, position of the camp, 446. " second visit to, 444 u the sick certificate, 342. " trip to, 331. Scott, near Fort Bridger, 179. Canadians, French, settled in the Far West, 152. Canis latrans, the, 64 Cannibals, how far the North American Indiana are, 117. Cannon River, Indians west of, 96. Card-playing among the North American Indians, 117. ^^ Carrington, Albert O., the Mormon, 242. " Island, 32T, Carson City, 494, 496. " " lawless violence of, 288. " House Station, 189. " Kit, the celebrated guide and Indian interpreter, 178. Carson Lake, 274, 491. " River, 493. Carter, Judge, and his store, 179. Caswall, Rev. Henry, his works on Mormonism, 205, note. Cattle starved in some regions, 138. " numbers of skeletons seen, 138. Cedar Creek, 334 " effect of climate upon the growth of the, 41. " gradually diminishing, 53. " Island, the first, in the Missouri, 41. " the name, as used in the United States, 70, note. Ceremony and manners, Indian want of, 118. Chamizo, or greasewood, 158. Chandless, William, his work on Mormonism, 204, note. Cherokee?, their present condition, 35. " their lodges, 86. Cheyenne Indians, the, 99. " sign of their tribe, 124 li their chastity, 117. " their lodges, 86. Chieftainship among the Indians, 117. Children, Indian fondness for, 103. Indian, 59. of the Mormons, 422-3. of the Prophet, 249. Chimney Rock, the, 74 China-town, Carson River, 496. Chinche, or Dug, the, 160, note. " Chip" fires in the prairies, 48. Chipmonk, or Chipmuk, the, 159, note. Chippewas. See Ojibwa Indians. Choctaw Indians, their lodges, 86. Chokop's Pass, 480. Chronology of the most important events recorded in the Book of Mormon, 411. Chugwater, the, 90. Church Butte, geological formation of, 176. Churchill, Fort, 493. Cities, formation of, in Utah Territory, 291. City-Creek Kanyon, 195. |