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INDEX. 567 Kanyon Creek, Big, 191. 44 41 " station at, 191. 14 near Great Salt Lake City, purity of the water of the, 332. Kanyon, the Devil's Gate, 151. Kanyons, stupendous, of Northern Mexico, 139, note. Kanyons, the, of America, 139, note. Kearney, Fort, 41. 44 • " longitude of, 6. Kelly, W., Esq., J. P., his chapters on Mormon­ism, 204, note. 44 Keening" the dead practiced among the In­dians, 122. Kennedy, the Ras Kafilah, 455, Kennedy's Hole, 460. Kennekuk, in Kansas, halt at, 19. Kickapoo Indians, description of the, 20. 44 u mode of building the tents of the, 85. Kickapoo Indians, strength of the tribe of, 20. 14 44 the, 19. Kimball, Heber C , his address in the Bowery, 262. 44 44 the president, account of, 241. Kinnikinik smoked by the American Indian, 111. 14 the, 31. Kiowa Creek, Little, 79. 44 Indians, lodges of the, 86. 44 " or Prairie-men, sign of the tribe of the, 124. Kisiskadjiwan River, Indians on the, 100. Kit, the traveler's, 9. Kiyuksa, or breakers of law, Indians, 97. Kleptomania of the Indians, 60. 44 of the Sioux, 102,103. La Bont6 Creek, 135. 44 Ladies" in the Prairies, 91, 92. Lake Alkali, 153. 44 Carson, 274, 491. 41 Cotton-wood, Great, 347. " Devil's, 97. " Great Salt, 194, 322, 323. 44 Little Salt, 274. 14 Miniswakan, 100. 14 Mono, 274. " Mud, 274 44 Nicollet, 274. 44 of the Hot Springs, 195. 44 of the Wasach Mountains, 347. 14 of the Woods, 100. 44 Pyramid, 274 14 qui Parle, 96. 44 Saleratus, 14T. 44 Stone, 96. 44 Traverse, 96. 14 Utah, or Sweet-water Reservoir, 274, 332, 446. Lake, Walker's, 274. " Winnipeg, 100. Lakes, Three, 161. Lance, the, of the North American Indian, 119. Land-tenure of the Mormons, 290. Lander's Cut-off, 158. Language, its peculiarities, 121. 44 men's first and progressive steps in, 121 Language, the, of the Sioux, 120. 44 the pantomime of the Indians, or sign-system of, 123. Languages of the Northeastern Indians, 96^ note. Laramie City, 88. " 44 prices of skins at, 88. " Fort, climate and soil at, 90. " " formerly Fort John, 90. u " longitude of, 6. it tt vegetation of the slopes west of, T. 44 Hills, geography of the, 134. 44 Peak, 79. Laramie's Fork, 90. Lasso, the, 68. Last-Timber Station, 71, note. Lawrence Fork, 71. 44 44 origin of the name, 72. Lead plant (Amorphe canescens), the, of the Amer­ican wilderness, 64 Leaf-shooter Indians, %. Leather manufactured at Great Salt Lake City, 344 Leeches, American, 466-7. Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory, 310. Lehi City, 447. Liberty-poles in the United States, 251 Library, public, of Great Salt Lake City, 235. Lightning-bug, or fire-fly, 60. Lignite in Nebraska, 141 Lion House in Great Salt Lake City, 246, 44 the mountain, or cougar, 153, and note. Litters, Indian, 58. Little Mountain, 192. 44 Mr., his tannery, 344 Locknan's Station, 21 44 4t vegetation of, 21 Lodge-Pole Creek, or Fork, 64. 41 " Station, 66. 44 4t 4' squalor and wretchedness of, 66. London, Mormon meeting-houses in and about, 301, note. « Long-chin, the Indian murderer, 85. 44 Valley, 471 Look-out Fort, 97. Louis, St., altitude and temperature of, 159. Loup Fork, ferry across, 71, note. Lynch, Lieutenant W. F., his proprieties of travel, 150. Lynn, Catharine Lewis, her work on Mormonism, 206, note. Macarthy, Mr., his establishment, 170,172. 44 his rough-and-tumble, 183. 4' of Green-River Station, 170. Mail-coach route from Missouri to California and Oregon, 4 Mail-coach, slow rate of traveling, 5. Main, or Whisky Street, in Great Salt Lake City, 217. Maize, question as to its being indigenous to Amer­ica, 110, note. Majors, Mr. Alexander, his efforts to reform the morals of his mail'drivers, 5. Mankizitah, or White-Earth River, 72. Manna in Great Salt Lake Valley, 287. Manufacturers in Utah Territory, 317-20. Marcy, Major, 73. " " his 4t Prairie Traveler" quoted, 4 Market-place, absence of a, in Great Salt Lake City, 291 Marriage among the Mormons, 427, 432. 14 among the North American Indians, 116. Marshall, James: W., his discovery of Californian gold, 356. Martin, Michael, his store, 173. Marysville, or old Palmetto City, trade of, 29, Materialism, Mormon, 384. Matriya, the 44 Scattering Bear," death of, 89. Mauvaises Terres^ or Bad Lands, extent of the, 72. Mdewakantonwan Indians, civilization of the, 100. 44 « habitat of the, 96. Meadow Creek, 451, 452. Medical men in Great Salt Lake City, 278. Medicine-man of the Indians, 108. 44 the Indians' knowledge of, 118,119. Medicines necessary to the Western traveler, 9,10. Menomene Indians, habitat of the, 96. " 4t tents of the, 86. Meteorology of Utah Territory, 275. Methodism, foundation of, 365. Mexico, Northern, stupendous kanyons of, 139, note. Mezquite, or muskeet-tree (Algarobia glandulosa),7. Midway Station, 49. Military departments into which the United States are divided, 42, 43, note. Militia force of Great Salt Lake City, 354-5.