INDEX.
571
- Routes proposed for a Pacific Railroad, difficulties of, 277.
- Ruby Valley, 471.
- Russell, Mr. W. H., and the Pony Express, 28, and note.
- Russell, Mr. W. H., and the Pony Express, slowness of the transport by, 136.
- Rush Valley, 451, 453.
- Sac Indians, tents of the, 86.
- Sac Indians, the, 19.
- Saddle, the native Indian, 25.
- Saddle, the prairie, 24, 25.
- Sage at Rocky-Bridge Station, 161.
- Sage hen or prairie-hen, 142.
- Sage Springs, 486.
- Sage, wild (artemisia or absinthe), description of, 53, 54.
- Saleratus Lake, 147, 148.
- Saleratus Lake, startling appearance of, 148.
- Salmon trout of the Green River, 170.
- Salt grass, 148.
- Salt Lake City, Great. See Great Salt Lake City.
- Salt Lake, Great. See Great Salt Lake.
- Salt Lake House Hotel, 201.
- Salt Lake, Little, 274.
- Salt, quantity of, in the water of Great Salt Lake, 325–6.
- Saltpetre not found in Utah Territory, 282.
- San Francisco, 500.
- Sand-banks of the Missouri, 15.
- Sand hills, the tract called the, 70, note.
- Sand Springs Station, 491.
- Sandstone at Grasshopper Creek, 21.
- Sandy Creek, 71.
- Sandy Creek, Big, or Wágáhongopá, 167.
- Sandy Creek, Little, 167.
- Sandy River, Big, 30, 169.
- Sandy River, Little, 30, 169.
- Sans Arc Sioux Indians, habitat of the, 98.
- Sault Ste. Marie, Indians at, 100.
- Saurians of Utah Territory, 280.
- Sawyers and snags of the Missouri, 15.
- Scalping, origin of the custom of, 112.
- Scalping, considered as a religious rite, 113.
- Schools in Great Salt Lake City, 345.
- Schools, principal, 425.
- Scott's Bluffs, 77.
- Scott's Bluffs, hurricanes of, 78.
- Scott's Bluffs, origin of the name, 78.
- Scythians, scalping rites of the, 112.
- Seasons, the, in Utah Territory, 277.
- Seneca City, in Kansas, 21.
- Seventeen-mile Station, 48.
- Seventies, the, in the Mormon hierarchy, 400.
- Sevier, Mr., the Mormon, 463.
- Shanties, 18.
- Shanties, of Seneca City, 21, 22.
- Shanties, origin of the word, 18, note.
- Shanty, a, in Kansas, 19.
- Shanty, the, at Pacific Springs, 166.
- Shanty, the dirty, of Ham's Fork, 174, 175.
- Shawnees, their lodges, 86.
- Sheawit Creek, 482.
- Shell Creek, 465, 466.
- Shops in Great Salt Lake City, 217.
- Shoshonee Indians, 473–4.
- Shoshonee Indians, their friendliness to whites, 165.
- Sibley, Major, his improved tent, 87.
- Sichangu, Brûlé, or Burnt-Thigh Indians, habitat of the, 98.
- Sierra Nevada, the, 493.
- Sign-system of language among the Indians, 123.
- Silva, Luis, and his wife, 154.
- Silver found in Utah Territory, 281.
- Silver, virgin, found in the White Mountains, 450, note.
- Simpson's Hollow, 168.
- Simpson's Hollow, feat of the Mormons at, 168.
- Simpson's Park, 485.
- Simpson's Pass, 486.
- Simpson's Road, 481.
- Sioux Indian, a "buck," 89.
- Sioux Indian, meaning of the name "Sioux," 95, 96.
- Sioux Indians, books printed in their tongue, 120, 121.
- Sioux Indians, character of the, 102.
- Sioux Indians, constitution of the, 104.
- Sioux Indians, dependence of the, on the buffalo for subsistence, 51.
- Sioux Indians, destruction of Lieutenant Grattan and his party by the, 88.
- Sioux Indians, funeral ceremonies of the, 122.
- Sioux Indians, future of the, 100, 101.
- Sioux Indians, habits of the, in former times and at present, 102.
- Sioux Indians, language of the, 120.
- Sioux Indians, lodges of the, 86.
- Sioux Indians, manners and customs of the, 99.
- Sioux Indians, murder of M. Montalan by the, 91.
- Sioux Indians, poetry and songs of the, 122.
- Sioux Indians, present habitat of the, 95.
- Sioux Indians, principal bands into which the race is divided, 95–98.
- Sioux Indians, religion of the, 103.
- Sioux Indians, revenge of the, 103.
- Sioux Indians, sacred language of the, 122.
- Sioux Indians, sign of the tribe of, 124.
- Sioux Indians, skill in archery of the, 120.
- Sioux Indians, the Brûlé, their defeat at Ash Hollow, 70.
- Sioux Indians, women of the, 103.
- Sioux River, Big, 97.
- Sisahapa, or Blackfeet Indians, 98.
- Sisitonwan Indians, habitat of the, 96.
- Skins, prices of, at Laramie City, 88.
- Skull of the Indian, its form and dimensions, 105.
- Skull Valley, 454.
- Skunk, the, 189.
- Slade, the redoubtable, 92, 173.
- Slavery legalized in Utah, 243.
- Sleighing in Great Salt Lake City, 229.
- Smith, Captain John, the Mormon patriarch, 180.
- Smith, George A., the Mormon apostle, account of, 241.
- Smith, Joseph, account of the martyrdom of, 517.
- Smith, Joseph, his works, 209, 210, note.
- Smith, Joseph, his second son David, 241.
- Smith, Joseph, his son Joseph, of Nauvoo, 240.
- Smith, Joseph, vindicated, 405–6.
- Smith, Mrs. M. E. V., her works on Mormonism, 207, 208, note.
- Smith's Creek, 486.
- Smith's Fork, 176.
- Smoking among the American Indians, 110.
- Smoking material of the Wild Man of the North, 31.
- Smoky Valley, 484.
- Smoot, Bishop Abraham O., his address in the Bowery, 260.
- "Smudge," a, before sleep, 165.
- Snags and sawyers of the Missouri, 15.
- Snake Indians at Ham's Fork, 174.
- Snake Indians, lodges of the, 86.
- Snake River, fountain-head of the, 162.
- Snake River, Indian name for, 167, note.
- Snakeroots, 156, 157, note.
- Snow Creek, 140.
- Snow Creek, country about, 141, 142.
- Snow, Lorenzo, his Mormon works, 212, note.
- Snowy Peak, 164.
- Social Hall in Great Salt Lake City, 229.
- Social Hall, fêtes at, 230, 231.
- Soda, carbonate of, in Saleratus Lake, 147, and note.
- Soda, or Beer Springs, 179.
- Soil at Fort Laramie, 90.
- Soil beyond the immediate banks of La Grande Platte River, 41.
- Soil near Plum Ranche, on the Platte River, 48.
- Soil of Big Sandy River, 169.
- Soil of the bench-land of Great Salt Lake Valley, 195.
