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• Prairie fever, cause of the, 22.
• Prairie, fires, the, 29.
• Prairie, fires, effects of, on the temperature of the air, 79.
• Prairie hen, heath hen, or pinnated grouse, 142.
• Prairie, land of the United States, 6.
• Prairie, monotony of the, 18.
• Prairie, monotony of the rolling, 69.
• Prairie, or "perrairey," the Western, peculiarities of the, 17.
• Prairie, pitch-holes or "chuck-holes" of the, 18.
• Prairie pony, or mustang, 68, note.
• Prairie saddle, the, 24, 25.
• Prairie, skeleton of the earth at the bluffs, 29.
• Prairie squirrel, the (Spermophilus tredecimlineatus), 159, note.
• Prairie storm, a, 21.
• Prairie the grand, 17.
• "Prairie Traveler," the, of Captain R. B. Marcy, quoted, 4.
• Prairie trees, progressive decay of the, 69.
• Prairie turnip, the, 182, note.
• Prairie "weed," 48.
• Prairie wolf, or coyote, 64.
• Prairie, wolf, the, 30.
• Prairies, alternate puffs of hot and cold winds in the, 79.
• Prairies, blanched bones on the, 48.
• Prairies, clouds of grasshoppers in the, 69.
• Prairies, names of different kinds of, 48.
• Prairies, the buffalo the "monarch of the," 50.
• Pratt, Mrs. Belinda M., letter of, on polygamy, 433, et seq.
• Pratt, Orson, account of, 353.
• Pratt, Orson, "the Gauge of Philosophy," Mormon works of, 212, note.
• Pratt, Parley P., Mormon works of, 211, 212, note.
• Pratt, Parley P., murder of, 340, and note.
• Prêle River, 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.
• Provo River, 333.
• Puma, the, 153, note.
• Punishments, Indian, 103.
• Punkin Creek, Little, 71.
• Pyramid Lake, 274.

 

• Quaking-Asp Creek, 161.
• Quaking-Asp Hill, 181.
• Quaking-Asp (Populus tremuloides), 180.

 

• Rabbit-bush, the, 158.
• Race-course Bluff, 179.
• Railroad Kanyon, 480.
• Railroad, Pacific, Mr. Jefferson Davis's estimate of the cost of the, 3, note.
• Rain-storms at Weber-River Station, 188.
• Rainy season in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Southern Nebraska, 16.
• "Ranch," the, at Turkey Creek, 30.
• Rancho, the, in Mexico and California, 5, note.
• Rattlesnake bites and their remedies, 156.
• Rattlesnake Hills, the, 151, 153.
• Rattlesnakes, 156.
• Red Butte, 195.
• Red region, the, 136.
• Reese's River, 486.
• Regshaw, Mr., his bridge over the Platte, 140.
• Reid, Captain Mayne, remarks on his "Wild Huntress," 209, note.
• Religion of the Indians generally, 107.
• Religion of the Mormons, sketch of the, 361, et seq.
• Religion of the 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.
• Reynal, M., sketch of, and his career, 81.
• Rice, the wild (Zizania aquatica), 96, note.
• Richland town extinct, 21.
• Rifles, Hawkins's, 9.
• Riggs's, Rev. S. R., dictionary of the Sioux language, 120, 121.
• River, Assiniboin, 100.
• River Bank and Stream camping-ground on the Sweetwater, 158.
• River, Bear, 182, 325.
• River, Black's Fork, 174, 176, 177.
• River, Blue, Big, 29.
• River, Blue Earth, 96.
• River, Blue, Little, 31, 38.
• River, Cannon, 96.
• River, Carson, 493.
• River, Colorado, 162.
• River, Columbia, 162.
• River, Des Moines, 96.
• River, Fox, 19.
• River, Frémont's Peak, 153, 161, 164.
• River, Grand, Neosho, or White-Water, 34.
• River, Green, 162, 166, 170, 284.
• River, Ham's Fork, 174.
• River, Humboldt, 480.
• River, James, 97.
• River, Kisiskadjiwan, 100.
• River, Milk, 100.
• River, Mississippi, 15, 97.
• River, Missouri, 15, 97.
• River, Missouri, Little, 97.
• River, Muddy Fork, 174.
• River, New Jordan, 233, 325.
• River, Niobrara, or Eau qui court, 40, 72.
• River, Padouca, 60, 63.
• River, Platte, La Grande, or Nebraska, 39, 60.
• River, Platte, 162.
• River, Powder, 97.
• River, Prêle, 136.
• River, Reese's, 485, 486.
• River, Sandy, Big, 30, 169.
• River, Sandy, Little, 30.
• River, Sioux, Big, 97.
• River, Smith's Fork, 176.
• River, Snake, 162.
• River, Snowy-Peak, 164.
• River, Sweetwater, or Pina Pa, 150, 158, 161, 162.
• River, Timpanogos, 182, 333.
• River, Weber, 182, 188, 189, 325.
• River, White-Earth, or Mankizitah, 72.
• River, Wind, 162.
• River, Yellow-Stone, 162.
• Road from Fort Kearney, 47.
• Road from the Black Hills, 134.
• Roads from Great Salt Lake City to California, 452.
• Roads, junction of the Great Salt Lake City and Fort Hall, 167.
• Robber's Roost Station, 468.
• Robidoux, Antoine, notice of, 75, note.
• Robidoux, Fort, 75.
• Robinson ("Uncle Jack"), 177.
• Rock, Independence, 148.
• Rock, Independence, names inscribed on, 149.
• Rock or Turkey Creek, 30.
• Rock or Turkey Creek, the "ranch" at, 30.
• "Rocks" of the West, 19.
• Rockwell, Orrin Porter, account of, 448-9.
• Rockwell, Orrin Porter, excellent advice of, 449.
• Rockwell, Orrin Porter, the Danite, 191.
• Rocky Mountains, a humble-bee on the topmost summit of the, 165.
• Rocky Mountains, first view of the, 153.
• Rocky Mountains, heights of the, 7, 153, et seq.
• Rocky Mountains, surface of the land on the western slopes of the, 8.
• Rocky Mountains, temperature on the counterslope of the South Pass of the, 168.
• Rogers, Colonel, or "Uncle Billy," 471.
• Rose, the apostate Jew and Mormon, 456.
• Routes proposed for a Pacific Railroad, 3.