INDEX. 647 



Page 



Parties, two .* 3_4 



organization of 76-77 1 88 



Passes, Rocky Mountains , 96-191 



Pclahat valley . 535 



Pcluse river. _ 216 



Indians 150-255 



Pcnd d Orcillc, Indians 148,257 415 441 



lake 169,173,258,292 



missions ...291 528 



Piegan Elackfeet 442-443,445-446 



Stanley s report of visit to camp of 447-449 



Pike lake 78,222,486 



Pisko river 473 



Pisquouse Indians 412 



river, geology , 431 



Plane river, delta and bluffs 236-2:57 



Pomme de Terre river _ 2 &amp;lt;i2, 487 



Port Toicnsend . 429-430 



Prairies, character of 160, 162 



fires on 166, 173 



Pugrt sound, its character, resources, commercial relations, and Asiatic trade 113-116,468-470 



Puyallup river.. 192,470 



Q. 



Quinaitl river 468 



R. 



Rabbit river 487 



Railroad route 81-88 



materials for road 89-95 



plan and cost of 141-145 



those now built westward 157-158 



Rain, distribution of 128-140,569 



(See Meteorology, leports, &c.) 



Reconnaissance, character of .- - 2 



Red Butte valley 329 



Red river of the North . - 81 



navigation of . - 83 



trail to be followed 77 



climate 401 



Red River Half-breeds 143 



Regulations in camp 5152 



for train 48-49 



Results accomplished - . - 3031 



ResumS of route - 121125 



Rice, Hon. H. M., on winter climate, Mississippi river to Rocky mountains 130, 400-401 



River of the Lakes - 91 



Rivers of the region explored 89-95 



Riviere d Jacques, (see James river&quot;) . -- 87 



Roads 142-143,154 



estimated work on one from Fort Benton to Wallah-Wallah 363-364 



Roberts, Capt. Joseph, U. S. A 450 



Rocky mountains - -- - 74, 81 



passes 81,97-101,167 



region described 102106 



timber on - -. - 102 



rocks 103 



arable lands 103 



climate 103-105 



ridge 121 



Lambert on character of eastern slope 167 



ridge 167-168 



