648 INDEX. 



Page. 

 Rocky mountains 



rivers, &c 168 



view frouj summit - - - - - - - - 170 



Mullaii s account of ridge 312-313, 529-533 



snow on 400 



Mullau s report on a pass 538-540 



Rocks 103 



Root- Digger Indians 334 



Ross s Hole mountain - - 320 



prairie . .... - .- - 324325 



Routes, distances on each, (see Itineraries) 126-127 



Sahpcnis rircr 208,477 



Sahtlilkwu rircr 193 



Salmon in Columbia river 299-300 



Salmon Rircr mountains ; 326-327 



Salt lakes 92 



mound 343 



Salubrity. (See Health.} 



Sainahma river 211 



Sandstone - 95 



Suptin rirer - 216 



Sauk rapids 224-226 



bridge 14-13 



Saxton, Lieutenant Rufus, U. S. A., detail 71,76 



explorations and return 73 



route of. 79 



report on Missouri navigation 249-250 



report, Columbia river to Fort Owen and to Fort Benton 251-269 



quartermaster and commissary 4 



Cadotte s Pass, &c., reconnaissance 26-30 



orders on 33 



instructions for return to Washington and for report 39-40 



Sclncoyclpi Indians 412 



Seattle, as a terminus 183,200 



Secretary of War, instructions from ,., 72-75, 449, 633 



Schicock river .- - - - - 211 



Selenite 239 



Sergeant s hill 239,267 



Settlements, to be encouraged 153 



Sltayennc river, character of valley 86, 90 



topography 161 



Shoalicater bay, Gibbs s report 465-467 



Slionkee creek -- . 302 



Siblty, Hon. H. /r., winter climate, Mississippi river to Rocky mountains- 130,401 



Simpson, Sir George, aid afforded by 77 



Simkicee river 209 



Sinaliomish river -. - -- 471, 622624 



and valley - 200 



Indians 432 



Simsik 204 



Siijalikrni river 215 



Skagit Indians 433 



river 200,471 



S kamish. river 192 



Skilkantin river , 211-212 



Skookum-Chuck river 468-469 



Slairntchus rircr 192 



Smallpox among Yakimas 408 



Small Prickly Pear creek 350 



