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INDEX.- 573 United States, proposal for establishing a camel corps in the, 46. United States, remarks on the army system of out posts in the, 43, 44. Utah Indians, lodges of the, 86. 44 Lake, or Sweetwater Eeservoir, 274, 332,444, 446. Utah Territory, bad effects of conflicting judiciaries in, 312. Utah Territory, boundaries of, 273. 44 u cities and counties of, 291-3. 44 4t climate of, 275. 44 u configuration of the country, 273. 14 u diseases in, 278. 14 " geography of, 273. 14 " geology of, 281. 44 u grazing in, 284. 14 " Indians of, 473. 14 tL lakes of, 274. 14 4t Legislative Assembly of, 310. " 44 minerals of, 281. " 4t Mormon government in, 301. 14 u origin of the name, 272. t4 u population of, 294. " u present state of agriculture in, 285. 44 4t principal value of, 287. 44 u proposed route to, 3. 44 " rights of the citizens of, 311. 44 44 scourges of crickets and grasshop­pers in, 284. Utah Territory, singular formation of the mount­ains of, 275. Utah Territory, soil of, 283. 44 44 springs of, 274. 44 4t the Great Desert of, 455. 14 44 the Indian bureau of, 476. 44 t4 the past of Mormonland, 288. 44 4t United States officials in, 309-10; 44 44 want of timber in, 284-5. 44 44 wild animals of, 279. Valley Home, in Kansas, 19. 44 Valley Tan," origin of the name, 170, and note. Vegetables grown in Great Salt Lake Valley, 287, Vegetation at Black Fork, 176,177-8. 44 at Quaking-Asp Hill, 181 44 of Big Kanyon, 192, 193. 44 of Big Mountain, 190. 44 of Big Sandy Creek, 167, 169. 44 of Great Cotton-wood Kanyon, 346. 44 of Kansas, 17. 14 of Little Blue Eiver, 31. 44 of the banks of La Grande Platte Eiv­er, 41, 48, 52, 53. Vegetation of the valleys of the Black Hills, 134 44 of the Wind-Eiver Mountains, 163. Veranda, a model, 53. Vermilion Creek, 27. Viburnum dentatum, 119. Villages, Indian, 86. Violin, Mormon fondness for the, 177. Waddington, Mr., the Mormon, 463. Wag&hongopa, or Glistening Gravel Water, 167. Wagon trains of the Great American Sahara, 22. Wagons, various uses of the, of the prairies, 71. 44 price of the, called ambulances, 73 note. Wahpekute Indians, habitat of the, 96. Wahpetonwan Indians, habitat of the, 96. Wakoes, tents of the, 85. Walker's Lake, 274. Wallace, Mr., at the Bowery, 260. Walls, the great, of Great Salt Lake City, 197. Walnut Creek, 21. 44 '4 prairie storm at, 21. War-parties among the Indians, 143. 44 party, return home of a, 144. Ward, Mrs. Maria, her work on Mormonism, 206, Ward,'w.,the Mormon sculptor and apostate, 246. Wards into which Great Salt Lake City is divided, 217. Ward's Station, or th-a "Central Star,''«91-, Warm Springe, 158. " " barren country beyond, 158. Warren, Lieutenant Gouverneur K., report of, on Nebraska quoted, 7. Wari'iord, Indian, 57. Wasach Mountains, 189, 195. 44 4t eternal snow of the, 323. Washiki, the Shoshonee chief, 165. Washington County, Utah Territory, description of, 292, note. Water communication, idea of, between the Mis­souri and the Columbia Rivers, 162, 163,.note. Water, none in the First Desert, 167. 44 scarcity of, on the counterslope of the Eocky Mountains, 166. Water, supply of, in Great Salt Lake City, 216. Wazikute Indians, 97. Weapons necessary to the Western traveler, 9, 44 of the North American Indians, 57,119, 120. Weber Eiver, 182. 44 44 head and course of the, 188, 325. 44 44 rain-storms and cold winds of, 188. 44 44 Station, 188. 44 44 tributaries of the, 189. 44 44 valley of the, 188. Weed-prairie, the, 48. Wells, General, the Mormon president, account of, 241, 354. Western man's home, description of a, 468-9. Whisky a favorite with the wagon drivers, 24. 44 44 Valley Tan," 170. White-Earth Eiver, or Mankizitah, 72. 44 Knife Indians, 481-2. 44 Mountains, 450. 44 White Savjages" of the West, 173, and note. Wichiyela, or First-Nation Indians, 97. Wigwams, huts, or cabins of the Eastern Ameri­can Indians, 86, note. Wilderness, the American, 63. 44 4t animal life in, 64. Willow Creek, 161. 44 " a little war at, 461. 44 44 Canadian settlers at, 161. 44 44 station at, 461. 44 Island Eanch, 49. 44 Springs Station, 147. 44 the red, the bark of, smoked, 111. Wind, alternate hot and cold puffs of, in the prai­ries, 79. Wind Eiver, fountain-head of the, 162. 44 Mountains, 162, 163,164. 44 44 evening view of the, 1C4. 44 *4 game in the, 68. 14 4C gold found in the, 165. 44 " morning in the, 166. 44 44 wild animals of the wood­ed heights, 165. Winds, cold, of Weber-Eiver Station, 188. Wind-storms of the South Pass, 165. Wind, west, almost invariable at the South Pass, 163. Winnebagoes, Winnipegs, or Ochangras, Indian tribe of the, 20, note. Winnebagoes, their tents, 86. Winnipeg Lake, Indians on, 100. Witchetaws, tents of the, 85. Wright, Mose, 472-3, 481-2. Wolves at Eocky Bridge Station, 160,161. 44 near Black's Fork, 176. 44 the prairie, 30. Women, excess of the female over the male pop­ulation in Utah Territory, 301. Women, house of the wives of the Prophet in Great Salt Lake City, 246. Women, Indian, 59, 106. 44 Indian names of, 115. 44 marriage among the North American In­dians, 116. Women, Mormon marriage, 427, 432. 44 Mormon, their polygamy, 431.