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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.