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* 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.