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  • Militia force of the United States, general abstract of the, 336, 337.
  • Milk River, Indians of, 100.
  • Milk weed (Asclepias tuberosa) common in Utah Territory, 167.
  • Milk-sickness of the Western States, 284.
  • Mill Creek, 195.
  • Miller, Captain, of Millersville, 215.
  • Miller's Station, 495.
  • Millersville, on Smith's Fork, 177.
  • Mills, saw, a night passed in one of the, 348.
  • Mills, saw, in the kanyons, 347.
  • Miniswakan Lake, 100.
  • Minnesota Indians, 96, 97.
  • Minnikanye-wozhipu Indians, habitat of the, 98.
  • Mirage, a curious, 47, 48.
  • Mirage, on the counterslope of the Rocky Mountains, 164.
  • Missionaries, certificates supplied to, 353, 354, note.
  • Missionaries, from Great Salt Lake City, 353, 354.
  • Missionaries, number of, in Great Britain, 301.
  • Mississippi, the, 15.
  • Mississippi, Indians of the, 96.
  • "Missouri Compromise," the, 33.
  • "Missouri Compromise," the, origin of the trouble which gave rise to the, 33, 34, note.
  • Missouri, establishment of the mail-coach route from, to California and Oregon, 4.
  • Missouri, rainy season in, 16.
  • Missouri River, navigation of the, 15.
  • Missouri River, sand-banks of the, 15.
  • Missouri River, sawyers and snags of the, 15.
  • Missouri River, the Great, 15.
  • Missouri River, the Little, Indians of the, 15.
  • Missouri River, winter season on the, 16.
  • Moccasins, Indian mode of making, 57.
  • Moccasins, use of, to the prairie traveler, 11.
  • Modesty, Mormon, instance of, 268.
  • Mollusks of Utah Territory, 280.
  • Mono Lake, 274.
  • Montagnes Rocheuses, Les, 153, 162.
  • Moonshine Valley, 480.
  • Moore, "Miss," and her ranche, 154.
  • Moore, "Miss," her history, 155.
  • Moose deer (Cervus Alces), habitat of the, 68.
  • Moravianism regarded as a means of civilization of the Indians, 35.
  • Mormon agglomeration of all that is good in all sects, 397, 398.
  • Mormon balls and suppers at Social Hall, 230-2.
  • Mormon Bible, 367.
  • Mormon Bible, contents of the, 368, note.
  • "Mormon, Book of," 367, note.
  • "Mormon, Book of," chronology of the most important events recorded in the, 411.
  • Mormon Conference, description of a, 302-309.
  • Mormon dispensation of Mr. Joseph Smith, 183.
  • Mormon doctrines and covenants, 371.
  • Mormon doxology, remarks on the fourteen articles of the, 387, et seq.
  • Mormon emigrants, 137, 176, 180, 181, 182, 225.
  • Mormon emigrants, miseries of one of the, 174, 175.
  • Mormon emigration, system of, 295.
  • Mormon emigration, the regular track of, 174.
  • Mormon estimate of outfit for the Utah route, 138, note.
  • Mormon feat at Simpson's Hollow, 168.
  • Mormon feat near Green River, 173.
  • Mormon fugitives on the road, 456.
  • Mormon gift of tongues, 268.
  • Mormon government, upon what it is based, 301.
  • Mormon hierarchy, the, 399.
  • Mormon History, chronological abstract of, 548.
  • Mormon lad, a, in the South Pass, 166.
  • Mormon lectures on faith, 371.
  • Mormon materialism, 384.
  • Mormon meaning of the word, 361-2.
  • Mormon meeting-rooms in London and its vicinity, list of, 301, note.
  • Mormon modesty, 268.
  • Mormon names, 227.
  • Mormon neophytes, behavior of the, 228-9.
  • Mormon polygamy, 373, 426, 428, 431, 432.
  • Mormon Prophet, visit to the, 237, et seq.
  • Mormon Saints, dress of the fair, 227.
  • Mormon Scriptures, list of the, 209, note.
  • Mormon shanty, Dawvid Lewis and his dirty, 174, 175.
  • Mormon tolerance, 351.
  • Mormon wagons, trains of, on the road, 137, 176, 180, 181.
  • Mormonism, deep root which it has taken in Great Britain, 301.
  • Mormonism, final remarks on, 441.
  • Mormonism, Lieutenant Gunnison's resumé of, 398.
  • Mormonism, list of works published upon the subject of, 203, note.
  • Mormonism, objections to, 404.
  • Mormonism, sketch of, 361, et seq.
  • Mormonism, what it is not, 403.
  • Mormonland, account of, 272.
  • Mormons, children of the, 423.
  • Mormons, description of their Temple, 514.
  • Mormons, fondness of the, for sleighing, private theatricals, and dancing, 229–31.
  • Mormons, foundation of their city, 288.
  • Mormons, how they regard the United States, 250.
  • Mormons, kindness of the, to the Indians, 245.
  • Mormons, period for, leaving the Mississippi, 138.
  • Mormons, political prospects of the, 352.
  • Mormons, promulgation of their Constitution, 289, note.
  • Mormons, remarks upon the articles of their doxology, 387, et seq.
  • Mormons, sketch of the religion of the, 361.
  • Mormons, tenure by which they hold their lands, 290.
  • Mormons, their belief as to marriages between a Saint and a Gentile, 170, note.
  • Mormons, their complaints against Congress, 289, 290.
  • Mormons, their Emigration Road, 71.
  • Mormons, their hierarchy, 399.
  • Mormons, their materialism, 384.
  • Mormons, their Nauvoo Legion, 354–5.
  • Mormons, their new Independence-day, 251.
  • Mormons, their newspapers, 255.
  • Mormons, their politics, 251.
  • Mormons, their polygamy, 373.
  • Mormons, their punishment for adultery, 252.
  • Mormons, their quasi-military organization on the march, 138.
  • Mormons, their sermons in the Bowery, 260, 264.
  • Mormons, their tithes, 249–50.
  • Morning on the prairies, 131.
  • Motherhood, how regarded in the Western States, 432.
  • Moufflon, the American, 153, 155.
  • Mountain, Big, 190.
  • Mountain, Ensign, 196.
  • Mountain, Little, 192.
  • Mountain Meadow Massacre, 339.
  • Mountain Point, 195, 459.
  • Mountain, Quaking-Asp, 181.
  • Mountain, Rim-Base, 181.
  • Mountain Springs, 462.
  • "Mountaineer," Mormon newspaper, 257.
  • Mountaineers of the West, 81.
  • Mountains, Bear-River, 174.
  • Mountains, Black, 133, 142.
  • Mountains, Granite, 454.
  • Mountains, Green-River, or Sweet-water Hills, 153.
  • Mountains, High, 458.
  • Mountains, Laramie, 91, 134.
  • Mountains, Laramie Peak, 79, 85.
  • Mountains of Utah Territory, singular formation of the, 275.
  • Mountains, Oquirrh, 191, 194, 322.
  • Mountains, Rocky, 153, et seq.
  • Mountains, Traverse, 332.
  • Mountains, Uinta, 176, 178.
  • Mountains, Wasach, 189, 195, 322, 330.
  • Mountains, White, 450.
  • Mountains, Wind-River, 68, 162, 163, 164, 166.