Ackerly's ranch: 250

Adams, Green & Co.: 256

Adventures on the Plains, 1865-67,

   Dennis Farrell: 247

Alderdice, Mrs. Susannah: 28

Allen, Walter: 86

Alma: 231

Almy, Lieutenant Jacob: 30

American Fur Company: 131, 138

An Indian Raid of 1867,

   John R. Campbell: 259

An Interesting Historical Document,

   Albert Watkins: 308

Anadarko (Oklahoma): 89

Andrews, George: 28

Annual address of John Lee Webster,

   President 1913: 232

Applegate, Jesse: 114

Arbor Day: 150

Arnold, Ernest: 230

Ash Hollow: 144, 223, 226

Ashley expedition: 224

Astorian expedition: 167

Atchison: 132

Atkinson, Colonel Henry: 165, 175,

   183, 184, 189, 192, 194, 196, 198,

   199, 202

Augur, Gen. C. C.: 28, 262

Avery, Dr. Samuel: 324

 

Bainter, James: 160

Banner county: 220

Barnes, Edward: 230

Bassett, Samuel C.: 152

Beaver creek: 21, 22, 23, 29, 30, 31

Beach family: 208

Beatrice: 157

Beiyon, Frank A.: 230

Belle Fontaine: 164, 174, 176, 189, 194

Bellevue: 167

Bené: see Benoit

Benedict, Albert J.: 172

Bengtson, Prof. N. A.: 324

Benoit, Jules: 223, 226, 248; death of, 249

Benton, Randolph: 113

Botany of American Aborigines,

Bibliography on Economic: 353

Biddle, Major Thomas: 165, 198

Big Blue river: 113, 119

Big Elk: 167

Big Horn river: 112

Bissell, General: 178, 202

Black Tail Deer Fork creek: 29

Blackbird, Alfred: 316

Blake, Major G. A. H.: 129,132,134,

136,140

Bliss, Captain: 183, 187, 198

Blue Water creek: 223

Blush, Mrs. Francis: 159

Bonneville, Captain: 224

Boonville (Missouri): 131

Boston & Newton Joint Stock Association:

117, 118

Boyd county: 76

Brackenridge, H. M.: 201

BRISTOL, CICERO L., Origin of Olatha,

Nebraska: 205

Brown, Herman M.: 211

Brown, Lieutenant: 187

Brownville (Nebraska): 132

Buchanan, Lieutenant Colonel

Robert C.: 129

Buck, Nelson: 30; surveying party,

massacre of: 30

Buck, Royal: 34

Buffalo county, organization of: 152

Buffalo Ranch: 160

Burgess, William: 39

Burlington & Missouri River Railroad: 34

Burt, Mr.: 120

Burt, Governor Francis: 308

Butler, Charles: 160

372

Butler, David: 157, 218, 219

Butler, Ella: 159

Butler, Preston: 160

 

C. Choteau, Jr., & Co.: 134

Camp Rankin: 248

Campbell family: 259, 260

CAMPBELL, JOHN R., An Indian Raid

of 1867: 259

Campbell, Peter: 259, 260

Campbell, Mrs. Peter: 260

Calhoun (steamboat): 194, 195, 203

California road: 224

Calvert, Smith: 189

Camp Clarke: 222

Camp Martin: see Martin Cantonment

Camp Missouri: 165, 167, 198, 199;

barracks at: 200

Camp Ruskin: 223

Camp Sheridan: 44

Camp Shuman: 226

Candy, James: 157

Carlton, Major: 44

Carr, Major General E. A.: 22, 27,

28,29, 130

Carson, Kit: 113

Cass, Lieutenant: 136

Castor, Tobias: 159

Chambers, Lieutenant Colonel Talbot:

164, 176, 178, 190, 192, 196, 197

Chambers, Samuel A.: 172

Chariton (Missouri): 130, 131, 200, 201, 202

Charleton, Lieutenant C. H.: 130, 136

Chase county: 20, 33

Cheyenne county: 219, 220; derivation of

name: 222; organization: 218;

population: 221

Cheyenne pass: 312

Cheyenne raid of 1878: 42

Chief White Eye: 254

Chimney Rock: 226

Choteau, August: 167, 168

Choteau, C. P.: 134, 135, 136

Choteau, Pierre Jr.: 128, 131

Chippewa (steamboat): 131, 133, 134

135, 136, 137,144,

Chivington, John M.: 24

Chivington massacre: 23

Clay county: 172, 206

Clay, Henry: 175, 192, 193

Clayton: 206

Cleburne, Joseph C.: 218

Coal in Nebraska: 207

Colefax, George: 189

Collins, Lieutenant Caspar: 311

Collins, Thomas: 228

Comstock, Ansel: 161

Comstock, E. S., Sr.: 156, 159, 160

Comstock, George: 161

Comstock, Harry C.: 159

Comstock, J. M.: 159,160

Comstock, Mary: 159

Comstock, Mrs. Sarah: 159

Constable, George: 160

Cooper, Doctor: 136, 139

CORDEAL, JOHN F., Historical Sketch of

Southwestern Nebraska: 16

Coronado: 18; route of: 16, 17

Coulter, John: 166

Council Bluffs: 131, 169, 175, 195, 198,

202, 203

Council Bluffs route: 115

Courthouse Rock: 226

Cow Island: 186, 188, 189

Cow Island rapids: 145

Cowles, James H.: 171

Cowles, Jesse: 171

Cox, William: 271

Craig, Captain: 178, 183, 186, 189, 191

Craig, Silas: 175

Crawford, Medorem: 113

Crook, General George: 43, 84

Crow, Christopher: 186

Croxton, John H.: 219

Culbertson, Alexander: 128

Curry, R. D.: 229

Cuming, Thomas B.: 308; letter to

George W. Jones: 309

 

Dallas, Captain A. J.: 261

Daugherty, W. E.: 32; battle with the

Indians: 32; surveying party: 28

Dauphin rapids: 144, 145

373

Davis, A. F.: 218

Davis, Abner E.: 157

Davison, Jonathan L.: 205, 207

Dawes, Senator: 81

Dawson, Andrew: 134

Dent, Frederick: 174

Deuel county: 220

Dey, Peter A.: 151, 311

Dickenson [Mr.]: 252

Diddock, Mrs. Walter: 316

Dilworth, Caleb J.: 230

Disaster Bend: 145

Dodge, Augustus C.: 309

Dodge, General Grenville M.: 151,

310, 312

Dodge, Nathan P.: 311, 313

Dog creek: 29

"Dog-soldiers": 27

Doniphan: 259

Douglas, James: 159, 160

Douglas, Stephen A.: 309

Downing, Elbridge L.: 157

Draper, T. M.: 214

Dudley, General Nathan A. M.: 40, 41

Dull Knife: 42, 222

Dundy county: 20, 33

Duncan, General: 30

Dunham, W. W.: 206

Dunham, Mrs. W. W.: 206

Dunlap, J. P.- 262

Dygart, H. A.: 219

 

Economic plants by families: 337

Edwards, A.: 157

El Paso (steamboat): 131, 134

Ellis, Mr.: 36

Ellis, John G.: 219

Ellsworth, H. L.: 219

Elm Tree Ranch: 160

Emery [Bob]: 160

Emery, Charles: 160

Emilie (steamboat): 136

Emmett, James: 305, 306

Etherton [Mr.]: 205

Eubank Ranch: 160

Eubank, William: 158

Ewing Ranch: see Kelley Ranch

Expedition (steamboat): 131, 174, 176,

178, 183, 188, 189, 190, 208, 204

 

Farnham, Henry: 312

FARRELL, DENNIS, Adventures on the

Plains, 1865-67: 251

Farrell's Ranch: 250, 254

Fewkes, J. W.: 322

Ficklin's: 226

First Steamboat Trial Trip Up the

Missouri, Albert Watkins: 162

Fish, Lieutenant: 22

Fisher, Joseph: 218

FITZGERALD, REV. DENNIS G., The

Semi-precious Stones of Webster,

Nuckolls and Franklin Counties,

Nebraska: 209

Florence (steamboat): 135

Floyd, John B.: 141

Follmer, C. S.: 158

FOLLMER, GEORGE D., Incidents of

the Early Settlement of Nuckolls

County: 156

Fontenelle, Logan: 232

Fort Atkinson: 162

Fort Benton: 127, 129, 131, 132,

133, 134, 137, 141, 144

Fort Berthold: 138

Fort Boise: 141

Fort Brulé: 144

Fort Buford: 144

Fort Caspar: 311

Fort Clark: 138

Fort Columbus (New York): 130

Fort Cottonwood: 25

Fort Dallas: 128, 129

Fort Grattan: 226

Fort Hall: 114, 141

Fort Julesburg: 24

Fort Kearny: 23, 30, 34, 225, 227,

231, 247, 261

Fort Laramie: 141, 225, 247, 255;

treaty of: 81, 82, 83

Fort Leavenworth: 131, 141, 225

Fort Lyon: 24

Fort Marion: 137

Fort McPherson: 27, 28, 40

374

Fort Mitchell: 226

Fort Osage: 112, 175, 191, 196

Fort Pierre: 131, 133, 136, 137, 138

Fort Randall: 132, 134, 137

Fort Riley: 141

Fort Robinson: 44

Fort Sedgwick: 24, 223, 226, 255

   history of: 248

Fort Sidney: 226, 227

Fort Snelling: 140

Fort Union: 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 138

Fort Walla Walla: 128

Forts: see Camps

Franklin City: 229

Franklin county, geology of: 211;

   organization of: 229

Franklin (Missouri): 130

Fremont, Francis: 316

Fremont, John C.: 19, 113

Fremont, Nettie: 316

French explorers: 303

Frenchman river: 20

Frenchman's Fork (creek): 30

Fry, Ed A.: 76

Furnas, Robert W.: 150, 173, 234

 

Garber, Silas: 234

Gantt, Judge Daniel: 158

George Bell Co.: 211

Getty, Captain: 136

Gilbert, John: 159

GILMORE, MELVIN R.: 277, 292;

A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians: 314; Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota: 358

Glasgow (Missouri): 131

Glover, Frederick: 219

Golden, Andy: 218

Goodman, Charles W.: 157

Goodwin, James S.: 205, 206, 207

Gould, George: 116

Grand Island: 112

Grasshopper devastation: 40

Grattan, Lieutenant John L.: 226

Greeley, Horace: 115

Green river: 112

Halderman, [Mr.]: 184, 186, 187

Hall county: 152

Hancock, General Winfield S.: 144

Hannum, Jonas: 157

HANSEN, GEORGE W., A Tragedy of

the Oregon Trail: 110

Harahey: 17

Hardhart: 200, 201

Hardin, Lieutenant, M. D.: 130, 136

Hardy (Nebraska): 209

Harlan county, organization of: 230

Harney, General W. S.: 128, 223, 262

Harris, John: 188

Haskins, John G.: 207

Head, Dr. S.F.: 136, 139

Helvey Ranch: 156

Hemstead, Major Thomas: 178,188

Henby, Willis: 157

Henderson, J. B.: 262

Hendrickson, Captain Thomas: 130

Henn, Bernhart: 309

Henry, Dr. Charles A.: 228

Hilton, Charles: 207

Hilton, John Greenleaf: 206, 207

Historical Sketch of Cheyenne County,

Nebraska, Albert Watkins: 218

Historical Sketch of Southwestern

Nebraska, John F. Cordeal: 16

Historical Society, Work of, John Lee

Webster: 1

History, Right Reverend J. Henry

Tihen: 293

Hodge, F. W.: 17

Hogback peak: 227

Holland, John: 228

Hook, Amos 0.: 228

How Shall the Indian be Treated

Historically, Harry L. Keefe: 263

Howard county (Missouri): 130

Hughes, Jack: 249

Hull, J. A.: 135

Humphreys, Captain W. H.: 134, 136, 145

Hunt, Wilson P.: 167

 

Illiteracy, by states: 153

Importance of the Study of Local History,

James E. Le Rossignol: 2,85

375

Incidents of the Early Settlement of

Nuckolls County, George D. Foll-

mer: 156

Independence (Missouri): 115, 119, 149

Independence (steamboat): 130

Indian battles:

Ash Hollow: 223

August 6, 1860: 21

Carr's with the Sioux: 26

Julesburg: 224

Mud Springs: 224

Indian manners and customs:

Agriculture: 268, 279, 317, 328

Beverages: 329

Breakfast: 91, 92

Civilization: 267

Clothing: 324

Ceremonies: 98, 330

Death and burial: 103, 273, 321, 322,    360

Courtship: 99

Dyes: 324, 325, 367

Foods: 325, 326, 327, 328, 334, 358,    359, 361, 363, 364, 366

Games: 92, 93, 98

Gum chewing: 98

Hand work: 318

Instruction: 94, 98, 101

Language: 88

Literature: 273

Marriage: 100

Medicines, 314, 332, 334, 361, 362,    368

Men's work: 92, 102

Perfumes: 323, 359, 360, 363, 367

Pets: 97

Play: 361, 362

Religion: 319, 320, 321, 273

Tanning: 101, 358

Tipi, description of: 91

Visiting: 96

Winter camp: 92

Women's work: 97, 101, 102, 280

Work societies: 101

Indian massacres:

Chivington: 23

Custer: 311

Junctionville, 1867: 260, 261

Little Blue, 1864: 158, 159

Pawnee-Sioux, 38

Plum Creek: 256

 

Indian molestations: 253, 254, 266, 256

Indians:

Arapaho: 20, 23, 89, 222, 223, 310

Arikara: 167

Assinaboine: 134, 316

Biloxi: 316

Blackfeet: 134, 166

Brulé Sioux: 31, 85

Caddo: 89

Catawba: 316

Cheyenne: 20, 23, 27, 28, 42, 43,

   89, 222, 223, 310

Comanche: 89

Crow: 166, 316

Dakota: 358

Hidatsa: 316

Hopi: 89

Iowa: 316

Kansa: 316

Kiowa: 89

Kwapa: 316

Minetari: 316

Missouri: 316, 317

Navajo: 89

Ogalala Sioux: 85

Omaha: 167, 232, 315, 316

Osage: 316, 317

Oto: 279, 316, 317

Pawnee: 20, 26, 39, 279, 306, 317

Pawnee Loups: 313

Ponka: 84, 87, 167, 168, 270, 279,

   306,316

Piute: 89

Pueblo: 89

Sioux: 20, 26, 27, 31, 38, 85, 89,    222, 232, 310; Standing Rock    tribes: 85

Stricheron (Starrahe): 167

Tutelo: 316

Wichita: 89

Winnebago: 316, 318

Indian Woman, James Mooney, 95

376

Influence of Overland Travel on the Early

Settlement of Nebraska, H. G. Taylor: 146

Ingraham, Lieutenant: 22

Iron Eye: 316

Izard, Governor: 308

 

Jackson's Hole: 112

James, Acting Governor William H.:

229, 230

Jefferson (steamboat): 176, 183, 186,

188, 189, 190, 203

Jefferson Barracks: 129

Jefferson county, original: 309

Jesup, General Thomas S.: 129, 168,

170, 174, 175, 184, 189, 192, 202

Johnson (steamboat): 174, 176, 183,

188, 189, 190, 203

Johnson, Andrew: 186, 190

Johnson, Henry: 170, 175

Johnson, James: 168, 170, 174, 175,

176, 193

Johnson, Joel: 170, 175

Johnson, John T.: 170, 175

Johnson, Richard Mentor: 170, 171, 176

Johnson county, history of: 172

Johnston, Albert Sidney: 225

Johnston, Colonel Joseph E.: 129

Johnston, Thomas B.: 157

Jones, Captain Delancey Floyd: 130, 136

Jones, George W.: 309

Jones, W. W. W.: 34

Jones, Walter: 174

Jones county, organization of: 309

Jules station: 223

Julesburg: 224, 248, 251

 

Kane, Thomas: 218, 219

Kautz, Lieutenant August V.: 130, 136

Kearney City: 228

Kearney county: 153; organization of:

228, 229

Keefe, Harry L., How Shall the Indian

be Treated Historically: 263

Keeler, Lieutenant: 199

Kellogg, William Pitt: 71

Kelleher, D. M.: 219

Kelley, W. R.: 159, 160

Kelton, John C.: 130

Keyapaha river: 53

Key West (steamboat): 133, 134, 135, 144

Kimball county: 220

King, Professor: 332

Kinnikinnik: 367

Kiowa (Nebraska): 160

Kiowa Ranch: 156, 158, 160

Kingsbury, George W.: 76

Knight, James: 230

Knox, Halderman & Co.: 169

Knox county: 76

Kyle, Corporal John: 29

 

Labarge, Captain: 134, 135, 136

La Flesche, Carey: 316

La FIesche, Francis: 316

La Flesche, Joseph: 316

La Flesche Mrs. Mary: 316

La Flesche: Noah: 316

Lake, George B.: 219

Leavenworth: 132

Lendrum, Captain John H.: 130, 136

LE ROSSIGNOL, JAMES E., The

Importance of the Study of Local History: 285

Lexington: 256

Liberty Farm: 160

Life Among the Indian Tribes of the

Plains, James Mooney: 88

Lincoln county: 153, 219

Lisa, Manuel: 164,166

Little Blue river: 113, 115

Little Blue Station: 160

Little Wolf: 42

Little Wound: 27, 28

Livingston, Colonel Robert R.: 224

Livingston, Lieutenant La Rhett L.: 130, 136

Logan creek, Indian name of: 326

Lodgepole creek: 251

377

Lone Tree Ranch: 160

Long Bear: 330

Long, Major Stephen H.: 184, 185, 196

Lord, Brackett: 119

Lowell, (town): 229

Lynch, Matthew: 230

McArdle, James: 252

McClinnon, [Mr.]: 167

McGunnegle, Captain: 183, 188, 189, 202

McPherson, John: 230

Mackay, James: 304

Mad Bear, Sergeant: 29

Mallet Brothers: 18

Marias river: 144

Marion's Bend: 137

Marsh, Mr.: 37

Martin, Captain: 164

Martin, D. S.: 218

Martin Cantonment: 169, 174, 175,

184,189

Martin's Camp: 183

Mason, Rev. Joel S.: 206, 207

Mason, Mrs. Joel: 206

Mason, General John: 174, 176

Mason, John S.: 130

Massacre Cañon: 38

Memorabilia-Gen. G. M. Dodge,

Albert Watkins: 312

Mercer, John T.: 130

Merger, Captain: 164

Meridian: 156, 157

Mescal: see Peyote

Metcalf, Nute: 160

Meyer, Dr. H. F. G.: 279, 332

Michael, Philip: 156, 157

Miles, General Nelson A.: 84

Milk river: 131, 134

Miller, Alexander: 219

Miller, Bishop George: 306

Miller, George: 316

Miller, Dr. George L.: 31, 234

Milligan [Mr.]: 160

Minick, John S.: 172

Mississippi and Missouri railroad: 311

Missouri Fur Company: 166, 167

Missouri river, Indian name: 317

Missouri river, navigation of: 127, 162

Mitchell, General: 25

Mizner, J. K.: 43

Montgomery, D. W.: 157, 158

Moody, William: 160

MOONEY, JAMES: 319; Life Among the

Indian Tribes of the Plains: 88; The Indian Woman: 95; Systematic Nebraska Ethnologic Investigation: 103

Moore, C. A.: 219

Mormon road: 224

Mormon trail: 149, 225, 307

Mormons, expedition to Texas: 306;

western exodus: 306

Morrill county: 220

Morrow's ranch, Jack: 25

Morton, J. Sterling: 34, 149, 150

Moss [Morse] family: 36

Mudge [Mr]: 160

Mud Springs: 224

Mud Springs ranch: 251

Mullan, Lieutenant John: 128, 129, 132, 139

Murphy, Frank: 309

Mustgrove, J. Q.: 230

Myers, Brevet Brigadier General

William: 255

 

Napoleon (town): 231

Naponee (Nebraska): 213

Native Nebraska plants:

Acer saccharinum: 324, 328

Acer negundo: 366

Acorus calamus: 334, 359

Allionia nyctaginea: 361

Allium, spp.: 325

Amelanchier alnifolia: 364

Amorpha canescens: 334

Apios apios: 325

Apios tuberosa: 325

Aquilegia canadense: 323

Artemisia gnaphalodes: 321, 334

Asclepias syriaca: 325, 363

Astragalus canadensis: 365

Astragalus crassicarpus: 365

Brauneria pallida: 361, 368

378

Native Nebraska plants: (Continued

Caulophyllum thalictroides: 335

Ceanothus americana: 329, 336

Celtis occidentalis: 362

Chenopodium, albidum: 361

Corylus americana: 326

Cornus amomum: 331, 367

Cornus asperifolia: 317

Crataegus coccinea: 326, 329

Crataegus mollis: 326

Cucurbita foetidissima: 335

Cuscuta sp.: 362

Echinacea augustifolia: 332, 336

Equisetum spp.: 318

Falcata comosa: 326

Fragaria virginiana: 326

Fraxinus viridis: 317, 318, 322

Galium triflorum: 323, 367

Glycyrrhiza lepidota: 365

Grindelia squarrosa: 368

Gutierrezia sarothrae: 368

Gymnocladus dioica: 335

Hedeoma sp.: 363

Helianthus tuberosa: 325

Humulus lupulus: 362

Indian tobacco: 331

Indian turnip: 325

Juglans nigra: 326, 367

Juniperus virginiana: 320, 322

Kinnikinnik: 367

Lacinaria scariosa: 335

Lophophora williamsii: 322

Lepargyraea argentea: 326

Lithospermum canescens: 336

Malvastrum coccineum: 362

Metilotus alba: 365

Mentha canadense: 329, 334, 363

Micrampelis lobata: 336

Monarda fistulosa: 323, 363

Morus rubra: 326

Nicotiana: 330

Opuntia humifusa: 366

Oxalis Stricta: 335

Parosela aurea: 366

Parosela enneandra: 366

Pentstemon grandiflorus: 363

Physalis heterophylla: 362

Pomme de prairie: 325

Pomme de terre: 325

Populus sp.: 360

Populus sargentii: 321, 322, 324

Prunus americana: 326, 336, 364

Prunus besseyi: 326, 364

Prunus melonacarpa: 364

Prunus virginiana: 326

Psoralea: 325

Psoralea esculenta: 365

Peoralea ftoribunda: 366

Quercus rubra: 325, 327

Ratibida columnaris: 368

Rhus glabra: 325, 331, 334, 335,

   367

Ribes missouriensis: 326

Rosa arkansana: 323, 336

Rubus occidentalis: 326, 329

Rumex altissimus: 361

Sagittaria latifolia: 325

Sagittaria sp.: 358

Salix: 319, 324

Salix fluviatilis: 361

Salix spp.: 322

Sanguinaria canadensis: 324

Savastana odorata: 320, 322, 359

Scirpus lacustris: 323, 359

Silphium laciniatum: 335, 336

Silphium perfoliatum: 334

Solidago spp.: 336

Stipa spartea: 324

Symphoricarpos symphoricarpos:

   367

Thalictrum purpurascens: 360

Tilia americana: 324

Toxylon pomiferum: 318

Typha latifolia: 322, 323, 359

Ulmus fulva: 324, 325

Ustilago maydis: 329, 349

Verbena stricta: 329, 363

Vitis riparia: 326

Vitis vulpina: 326

Wild potato: 325

Xanthoxylum americana: 323

Yucca glauca: 358

Zea mays: 322, 327

Zizania aquatica: 328

Nauvoo (Illinois): 305, 360

379

Navigation of Missouri river: 181, 193

Naylor, Alexander: 157

Nebraska Center: 152

Nebraska City: 132, 205, A59

Nebraska-Dakota boundary line: 81

Nebraska, Mother of States, Albert

Watkins: 48

Nebraska, original area of: 48, 49; original

boundaries of: 49, 50, 61, 52

Nebraska Territorial Acquisition,

Albert Watkins: 53

Neill, Captain P. W.: 249, 255

Nelson (Nebraska): 157

Nemaha county: 172

Newport Barracks (Kentucky): 130

Newspapers, value of preserving: 2

Niobrara river: 53, 76, 87; meaning of

Indian name: 317

North, Major Frank: 27, 29

North Platte river: 20

Northwest Fur Company: 128

Nuckolls county: 156; geology of: 214;

organization of: 156

 

Oak Grove Ranch: 156, 157, 159, 160,

161

O'Brien, Captain Nicholas J.: 249, 258

O'Fallon, Captain John: 185, 202

O'Fallon, Major: 198, 200, 202

O'Fallon's Bluff: 249

Offutt, H. J.: 190

Olatha (Nebraska): 205, 208

Olatha, Nebraska, Origin of, Cicero L.

Bristol, 205

Old Crow: 42

Omaha: 132, 205

Omaha City: 136

Omaha (steamboat): 136

Omaha Nebraskian: 133

O'Neal, Thomas: 206

only Chance (steamboat): 145

Oregon emigration: 114, 115

Oregon Recruit Expedition, Albert

   Watkins: 127

Oregon Trail: 113, 114, 115, 117, 127,

149, 156, 158, 161, 224, 307

Oregon Trail, A Tragedy of, George

W. Hansen: 110

Organization of the Counties of Kearney,

Franklin, Harlan and Phelps, Albert

Watkins: 228

Origin of Olatha, Nebraska, Cicero L.

Bristol: 205

Orleans: 231

 

Pacific railroad: 312

Paddock, Algernon S.: 233

Palmer, Henry E.: 159

Pathfinders, The Historic Background

Of Western Civilization, Heman C.

Smith: 300

Pawnee Killer: 27, 28, 30, 31, 32

Pawnee Ranch: 160

Pawnee scouts: 27, 28, 29

Pawnee-Sioux massacre: 38

Pawnee village on the Beaver: 313

Pearce, H. C.: 130

Pelham, Captain: 195

Peyote: 319

Phelps county, organization of: 230

Picotte, Mrs. Susan La Flesche, M.D.: 316

Pierre's Hole: 111, 112

Pinkney, William: 175

Plants Arranged According to Uses

Among the Omaha: 349

Platte river: 19

Plum Creek station: 256

Ponca Indian commission: 84

Ponca reservation: 81, 82

"Ponca Strip": 76; area of: 80

Pope, Major General John: 311

Poplar river: 131, 137

Popo Agie river: 112

Powell, B. W.: 230

Prairie Dog creek: 29

Prey, John D.: 205

Pringle, Jim- 252

Pyper, James M.: 229

 

Quivira: 17

 

Randolph, G. G.: 160

380

Republican river: 19, 20, 30

Republican Valley Land Company: 34

Red Willow creek: 30, 35

Red Cloud (Nebraska): 209

Red Willow county: 23, 40

Richardson county, geology of: 214

Riley, Captain: 164

Robertson, John B.: 171

Roca (Nebraska): 205

Rock creek: 113

Rock Island railroad: 311

Rocky Mountain Fur Company: 112

Rodgers, Commodore John: 174, 176

Roper, Laura: 159

Ross, Hugh: 156

Rouillet, Louis: 252

Rowley, George: 43

Royal Buck expedition: 34

Russell, Major: 39

 

St. Joseph: 132

St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad

Company: 157

St. Joseph & Western railroad: 157

St. Paul (Minn.): 142

Salt creek: 205; ford: 207

Sappa Peak: 212

Sanborn, General John B.: 24, 262

Sand creek (Colo.): 23

Sand creek (Kansas): 42

Sand creek massacre: 24

Santa Fé trail: 110, 130

Sarpy's trading point: 306

Saunders, Alvin: 69, 76, 78, 80, 233

Schoonover, Major: 136

Schurz, Carl: 85

Scott's Bluff county: 220

Sebree, Major: 183, 186, 187, 223

Sedgwick, Major General John: 223

Semi-Precious Stones of Webster, Nuckolls

   and Franklin Counties, Nebraska, Rev.    Dennis G. Fitzgerald: 209

 

Sentegaleska: see Spotted Tail

Seymour, Silas: 151

Shank, J. M.: 158

Shell creek: 317

Shelley, Marmaduke M.: 206, 207

Sherman, Lieutenant General William T.:

225, 249, 255, 262, 312

Shuman, Captain: 226

Sidney: 218, 221

Sidney Station: 252

Simmons, John E.: 230

Simonton, Adam: 157

Simonton, Ella: 157

Singleton, John A.: 171

Sioux City: 132

Sioux reservation, division of: 85

Smith, Lieutenant Benjamin F.: 130, 136

Smith, George Charles: 211

SMITH, HEMAN C., The Pathfinders,

The Historic Background of Western Civilization: 300

Solomon river: 21

Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their

Uses by the Dakota, Melvin Randolph Gilmore: 358

South Pass: 112, 312

Southern Pass: 112

Southwestern Nebraska, Historical Sketch

of, John F. Cordeal: 16

Spotted Tail: 28, 31, 262

Spread Eagle (steamboat): 133, 134, 135,

137, 138, 144, 160

Standing Bear: 239, 270

Staples, David: 119

State Center (Iowa): 305

Steen, Major E.: 141, 143

Stickney, William: 84

Stockton, Lieutenant: 22

Stoughton, Lieutenant Edwin H.: 130, 136

A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha

Indians, Melvin Randolph Gilmore: 314

Sturgis, Captain S. D.: 21, 23

Sublette, William: 224

Summit Springs: 28

Sutton (Nebr.): 34

Sweetser, Mr.: 120

Sydenham, Moses: 228,231

Systematic Nebraska Ethnologic

investigation, James Mooney: 103

381

Taffe, John: 219

Talbot, John: 228

Talcott, Lieutenant: 200

Tall Bull: 27, 28

Tappan, S. F.: 262

Tatarrash: 17

TAYLOR, H. G., Influence of Overland

Travel on the Early Settlement of

Nebraska: 146

Taylor, James: 186

Taylor, N. G.: 24, 262

Taylor, Richard: 206

Taylor, William Z.: 39

Tecumseh: 171

Terry, General A. H.: 43, 262

Thaine, Mr.: 157

Thayer county: 309

The Whistler: 27, 28, 30

Thirty-two Mile Creek Ranch: 161

Thomas, William D.: 229

Thompson [Mr.]: 256

Tibbets [Mr.]: 252

Tiffany& Co.: 210, 214

TIHEN, RIGHT REVEREND J. HENRY,

History: 293

Tipton, Thomas: 233

Tracy, T.: 228

"Traders Trail": 25

Trading posts: 166

Trudeau, Zeno: 304

Turkey creek: 29, 37

Turner, Dick: 252

Twenty-two Mile Ranch: see Farrell's

Ranch

 

Umphrey, E.: 160

Upham, Lieutenant J. J.: 130, 136

Union Pacific railroad: 312

Upland (Nebraska): 211

 

Valentine, E. K.: 76

Van Elten, D.: 229

Van Laningham, C. J.: 229, 231

Vanderwork, E.: 156

Vaughan, Alfred J.: 134, 136

Vifquain, General Victor: 230

Vining, Charles: 230

Wajapa: 316

Waiilatpu: 128

Walden [Mr.]: 252

Walls, John: 169

Walters, Richard: 230

Ward, William: 170

Ware, Captain Eugene F.: 249

Warren, Lieutenant: 138, 144

Wash-inga-sabe: 316

WATKINS, ALBERT, First Steamboat

Trial Trip Up the Missouri: 162; Historical Sketch of Cheyenne County, Nebraska: 218; An Interesting Historical Document: 308; Memorabilia-Gen. G. M. Dodge: 310; Nebraska, Mother of States: 48; Nebraska Territorial Acquisition: 53; The Oregon Recruit Expedition: 127; Organization of the Counties of Kearney, Franklin, Harlan and Phelps: 228

Watt, Sam: 248, 250

Weaver, A. J.: 158

WEBSTER JOHN LEE, Annual Address,

1913: 232; The Work of the His-

torical Society: 1

Webster county, geology of: 209

Weeks, Joseph V.: 205, 207

Weeks, Mary J.: 207

Westbrook, Captain: 248, 249

Westbrook, Royal L.: 255

Western Engineer (steamboat): 131, 194

Westport: 149

Whelan's creek: see Beaver creek

Whistler, Major: 178

White Antelope: 24

White, Barclay: 39

White, Doctor Elijah: 113

Whitman, Marcus: 114

Whitman's Mission: 128

Wiechel, Mrs.: 28

Wight, Lyman: 306

"Wild cat" bank, Florence: 312

Wild Cat mountains: 227

Wild Cat peak: 227

Wild game: 35, 44, 157, 251, 253,

254

382

Wild hay: 263

Wild Hog: 42

Wiley [Mr.]: 252

Will R. King & Co.: 256

Wind river: 111

Winter Quarters: 149, 306

Winslow family: 117

Winslow, George: 110, 116; last letter to

his wife: 120

Winslow, George E.: 115

Winslow, Henry O.: 116

Winslow, Jesse: 119

Wirt, Attorney General William: 174,

176, 203

Woodruff [Mr.]: 207

Woodruff, Charles: 207

Woolworth, James M.: 143

Wright, Captain: 134, 136

Wright, Colonel: 141

Wyeth, Nathaniel J.: 113, 224

Wyman, Captain: 261

 

Yellow Horse: 270

Yellowstone (steamboat): 131

Yellowstone expedition: 130, 168

Young, Brigham: 306

Young, F. G.: 115