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Show 570 INDEX. Prairie fever, cause of the, 22. ti fires, the, 29. " " effects of, on the temperature of the air, 79. Prairie hen, heath hen, or pinnated grouse, 142. tt land of the United States, 6. n monotony of the, 18. " " ' " rolling, 69. l t or " perrairey," the Western, peculiarities of the, 17. Prairie, pitch-holes or " chuek-holes" of the, 18. it pony, or mustang, 68, note. " saddle, the, 24, 25. " skeleton of the earth at the bias's, 29, " squirrel, the (Spennophilus tredecim-linea-tus), 159, note. Prairie storm, a, 21. , " the grand, 17. " Prairie Traveler," the, of Captain E. B. Marcy, quoted, 4. Prairie trees, progressive decay of the, 69. " turnip, the, 182, note. " "weed," 48. " wolf, or coyote, 64, " " the, 30. Prairies, alternate puffs of hot and cold winds in the, 79. Prairies, blanched bones on the, 48. tt clouds of grasshoppers in the, 69. " names of different kinds of, 48. u the buffalo the "monarch of the," 50. Pratt, Mrs. Belinda M., letter of, on polygamy, 433, etseq. Pratt, Orson, account of, 353. "• it iitheGaugeofPhilOBophy,"Mormon works of, 212, note. Pratt, Parley P., Mormon works of, 211, 212, note. " u murder of, 340, and note. Prele Eiver, the, 136. President, rank of, in the Mormon hierarchy, 399. Prices in Great Salt Lake City, 321. Priests, high, rank of, in the Mormon hierarchy, 399. Prophecies of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, 356, note. Protestantism, origin of, 364. Provo City, 189, 219, 333, note. " Eiver, 333. Puma, the, 153, note. Punishments, Indian, 103. Punkin Creek, Little, 71. Pyramid Lake, 274. Quaking-Asp Creek, 161. " " Hill, 181. it tt (Populus tremuloides), 180. Rabbit-bush, the, 158. Eace-course Bluff, 179. Eailroad Kanyon, 480. " Pacific, Mr. Jefferson Davis's estimate of the cost of the, 3, note. Rain-storms at Weber-Eiver Station, 188. Rainy season in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Southern Nebraska, 16. "Ranch," the, at Turkey Creek, 30. Eancho, the, in Mexico and California, 5, note. Rattlesnake bites and their remedies, 156. " Hills, the, 161,163. Rattlesnakes, 156. Red Butte, 195. " region, the, 136. Reese's River, 486. Regshaw, Mr., his bridge over tho Platte, 140. Eeid, Captain Mayne, remarks on his "Wild Huntress," 209, note. Religion of the Indians generally, 107. it " Mormons, sketch of the, 361, et seq. " " Sioux, 103. Religions of the United States, list of, 363, note. Remy, Jules, and Mr. Brenchley, their work on the Mormons, 204, note. Revenge, Indian, 103. Revolvers, value of, 9. Reynal, M., of Horse-Creek Station, 80. " sketch of, and his career, 81, Bice, the wild (Zizania aquatica), 96, note. Richland town extinct, 21. Rifles, Hawkins's, 9, Riggs's, Eev. S. R., dictionary of the Sioux Ian. guage, 120, 121. River, Assiniboin, 100. " Bank and Stream camping-ground on the Sweetwater, 158. River, Bear, 182, 325. ' Black's Fork, 174,176,177. Blue, Big, 29. " Earth, 96. " Little, 31, 38. Cannon, 96. Carson, 493. Colorado, 162. Columbia, 162. Des Moines, 96. Fox, 19. Fr6mont's Peak, 153,161,164. Grand, Neosho, or White-Water, 34, Green, 162,166,170, 284. Ham's Fork, 174. Humboldt, 480. James,TI7. Kisiskadjiwan, 100. Milk, 100. Mississippi, 15, 97. Missouri, 15, 97. " Little, 97. Muddy Fork, 174. New Jordan, 233, 325. Niobrara, or Eau qui court, 40, 72. Padouca, 60, 63. Platte, La Grande, or Nebraska, 39, 60. Platte, 162. Powder, 97. Prele, 136. Reese's, 485, 486. Sandy, Big, 30,169. " Little, 30. Sioux, Big, 97. Smith's Fork, 176. Snake, 162. Snowy-Peak, 164. Sweetwater, or Pina Pa, 160,158,161,162, Timpanogos, 182, 333. Weber, 182,188, 189, 32S. White-Earth, or Mankizitah, 72. Wind, 162. Yellow-Stone, 162. Road from Fort Kearney, 47. " from the Black Hills, 134. Roads from Great Salt Lake City to California, 452. " junction of the Great Salt Lake City and Fort Hall, 167. Robber's Boost Station, 468. Robidoux, Antoine, notice of, 75, note. " Fort, 75. Robinson (" Uncle Jack"), 177. Rock, Independence, 148. " u names inscribed on, 149, " or Turkey Creek, 30. " " " the "ranch" at, 30. Rocks" of the West, 19. Rockwell, OiTin Porter, account of, 448-9. u excellent advice of, 449, " the Danite, 191. Rocky Mountains, a humble-bee on the topmost summit of the, 165. Rocky Mountains, 'first view of the, 153. " " heights of the, 7,153, et seq. " " surface of the land on the west-tern slopes of the, 8. ,, »ky Mountains, temperature on the counterslope of the South Pass of the, 168. Rogers, Colonel, or " Uncle Billy," 471. Bose, the apostate Jew and Mormon, 456, Routes proposed for a Pacific Railroad, 3. |