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Show INDEX. 569 Mud Lake, 274 44 Spring Station, 71 Muddy Creek, Big, 180. 44 " Little, 140, 180. " " " the Canadian station-master at, 180. Muddy Creek, Little, wretched station at, 140. 44 Fork, 174. Mules in the West, 135. 14 obstinacy of, 14 14 of Central America, i3, 14. 14 rate of progress ef, 14. 44 recalcitrancies of, 157,167. Murder, Mormon punishment for, 426. Murders in and near Great Salt Lake City, 225, 339. " ' Murders in Carson City, 225. Murphy, Captain, his loyalty, 181 Muskrat Station, 159. 44 the, 153, note. Mustang of the Black Hills, 142. 44 the, or prairie pony, 68, note. Myers, Mr., the Mormon of Bear-River Valley, Mysteries of Endowment House in Great Salt Lake City, 220. Names, Indian, il5. 14 of the Mormons, 227. Nauvoo Legion, account of the, 354-5. 44 44 story of two warriors of the, 187. Nebraska, meaning of the word, 40. " River. See Platte, La Grande. 44 Southern, rainy season in, 16. Needle Rocks, 183. Nemehaw Creek, Big, 21. Neophytes, Mormon, behavior of the, 228-9. Newspapers in Great Salt Lake City, 255. Nicollet Lake, 274 Niobrara, or Eau qui court River, 49, 72. Nullah. See Arroyo. Oats, wild (A vena fatua), of the Pacific water-shed, 139 44 Obelisks, the," 188. O'Fallon's Bluffs, 48, 53. Officials, federal, behavior in Great Salt Lake City of the, 421 Ojibwa Indians, habitat of the, 100,101 44 the name, 100, note. Ogalala, or Okandanda Indians, habitat of the, 98. 44 village of the, 85. Omaha Creek, or Little Punkin, 71 Onions, wild, of the valley of the Little Blue River. 31 Oohenonpalndians,habitatandnumbersofthe,98. Ophthalmia in Utah Territory, 278. Opinion, public, in Great Salt Lake City, 197. Oquirrh Mountains, 191,194, 322. Oregon, boundary-stone between it and Utah, 169. 44 establishment of the mail-coach route from Missouri to, 4. Oregon, origin of the name, 169, note. Ormsby, Mayor, his death, 479. Osages, account of the tribe of the, 34 44 cession of the territory of the, 34. 4t mode of building the lodges of the, 85. Ottagamies, the Indian tribe of, 20, note. Outfit, the traveler's, 9. Outposts, remarks on the United States army system of, 43, 44. Owl, the burrowing (Strix cunicularia), 66. Oxen shod at Great Salt Lake City, 270. Ox-riding, 24, note. Pabakse, or Cut-Head Indians, 97. Pacific Creek, 167. 44 Railroad, difficulties of a, 277. 14 44 routes proposed for a, 3. 14 Springs, 163. 44 '4 station at, 163,166. Padouca River, 60, 63. Pantomime, Indian, or speaking with the fingers, Pantomime, preliminary signs for the traveler, 124. 14 signs of Borne of the Indian tribes, 123. 44 various other signs, 124-30. Panama, 501 Parley's Kanyon, 195, 344 Patriarch, rank of, in the Mormon hierarchy, 400. Pawnee Indians, account of the, 36. 14 " principal sub-tribes of the, 37. " " readiness of the, to cut off a single traveler, 138. Pawnee Indians, sign of the tribe of the, 123. Peddlers, licensed and unlicensed, 81 Penitentiary, the, of Great Salt Lake City, 271. Phelps, Judge and Apostle, his " Sermon on the Mount," 196, note. Phelps, Judge and Apostle, visit to, 253. Pigeons a constant dish in Italy, 38. 44 Pike's Peakerd" on the road, 60., Pine-tree Stream, 174. Pine Valley, 480. Pinon-tree, fruit of the, 466. 44 (P. monophyllus) of the West, 285. Pipes of the Coteau des. Prairies, 88. Lt Pitch-holes or chuck-holes" of the prairies, 18. Placerville City, 499. Platte Bridge, delicious climate of, 137. 44 Fort, 90. 44 River, a dust storm in the valley of the, 75. 44 44 appearance of the, at Platte Bridge, 136. Platte River, beauty of the banks of the, 39. " " character of the soil beyond the immediate banks of the, 41. Platte River, coal found on the banks of the, 141 44 4t division of the, into the northern and southern streams, 60. Platte River, farewell to the, 146. 44 " fording the, 63. 44 " La Grande, or Nebraska, 39. 41 " Lower Ferry over the, 140. 44 44 noxious exhalations from the, 48. " " shallowness of the, 40. " 44 tender adieux at the upper crossing of the, 62. Platte River, timber on the banks of the, 40, 41 41 " wild garden on the shores of the, 41. Pleasant Valley, 461. Plum Creek, 48. 14 44 Ranche, soil about, 48. Poetry of the Sioux Indians, 122. Point Look-out, 454. Poison Springs, 461 Poisons, animal and vegetable, of the Prairie Indians, 120. Polar plant, the, 48. Police, private, of Mormon life, 224. 44 public, of Great Salt Lake City, 224 Polygamy among the Mormons, 373, 426. justification of, 384. Mrs. Pratt's letter on, 433, et seq. results of, 428. revelation to Joseph Smith on,»373. views of women respecting, 431 Pony Express, the, 28, note. 44 44 on the road, 169. 44 postage by the, 29. 44 riders of the, 29. Population of Utah Territory, 294. 44 " " excess of females, 301 Populus tremuloides, the, 180. Postal system of the United States, evils of the contract system, 172,173, note. Powder River, Indians of the, 97. Prairie, absence of animal life on the, IS. 44 an evening in the, 38. 44 compass, the, 48. 14 dog, the (Cynomya Ludovicianus), 66. 44 " his associates, reptiles, birds, and beasts, 66. Prairie-dog village, 65. |