INDEX. 



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Fort Pierre Group, life of ... 199 



4 ' 4 4 how closed . . -200 



Foxes 119 



Fox Hills Group 200 



4 4 not found in Nebraska . 200 



' ' vegetable remains of . 201 



' ' animal life of . . . 201 



Fremont on Buffalo grass . .42 



Fruit destroyers 1 33 



Fruits, wild, of Nebraska ... 97 



Gentian family 81 



Geometrical forms of surface ... 5 



Geike James, on origin of till . . . 254 



Gervais M. of France .... 246 



Gigantic reptiles 177 



Glacial Drift, second appearance of . 209 



44 period . 253 



44 " sections of . . . . 253 



44 " scratches of on rock . . 253 



Glaciers, local during Terrace Epoch . 2.42 



Gold 316 



Gooseberries 103 



Gophers 120-121 



Grapes, where finest flourish . . . 25 



wild 104 



44 summer, etc 104 



Grasses, wild 108 



analysis of 109 



4 * Buffalo disappearance of . .114 



Griffith Mountain 51 



Group, Dakota 181 



4 ' Fox Hills 200 



44 Fort Benton . . . . - . 187 



44 Fort Pierre 197 



44 Laramie 201 



4 ' Loup Fork 2*3 



Green River Group, flora of . . 203-214 



41 animal life . . 215 



Grinnell Laud, former climate of . . 3t>6 



Gumbo soil, analysis of .... 302 



G-uyot's table of rainfall .... 40 



Hares 122 



Harlan County, character of Pliocene . _'o7 



Hard pan . , 3n-> 



41 analysis of 3u2 



Hawn, Prof 182 



Hawthorns . . . . . . ],_> 



Hazel nuts . . . . . .108 



Hay den quoted, etc. . 178-181-188-208=224-244 



Healthfulness of Nebraska . . 145 



Heat, amount received from the sun . 308 



Hessian fly, habits of. etc. . . . 133 



Heer, Prof. O. ... 183-225-242 



Honeysuckle family 80 



Hoofed animals . . . . . 213 



Horse family in Miocene .... 226 



in Pliocene . . .243 



Humboldt quoted 4J 



Humidity, annual and mean . . .86 



Huronian rocks 161 



Hydraulic limestone , 313 

 Hieroglyphic on boulder . . . .256 



Ice sheet retreating .... 263 



Impurities of water, source of . . 72 



Increasing rainfall 43 



Indigo plant 79 



Insectivora 122 



Insect life, number of species, etc. . 131 j 



Insect, material conditions in relation to 135 



Insects, enemies to .... 135 



Infusorial earth in the Pliocene . . 238 

 Iris family . . . . .82 



Iron ores 318 | 



Isotherm summer of 72 , 76 c . . 25 



Isochimal, winter of 20 . . . 25 I 



June berry 102 



June rains . 34 



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Jurassic deposits absent in Nebraska 



Juro-Trio period 



Jurassic beds, where found 



Jurassic period, close of . 



Kames 



Kaolin 



Keya Paha River .... 



King, Clarence . 1 74-198-2 15-249-etc. 



Labyrinths on the Niobrara ... 13 



Lake Bonneville 262 



Lake Lahontan . . . 263 



Lake, Miocene . ... 222 



Lakes, number and extent in Nebraska . 52 



Laramie Group ...... 201 



animal life of . . . 204 



area of ... 202 



coal beds of ... 203 



sediments of . . . 201 



44 vegetable life of . . 203 



Lancaster County, section in . . . 257 



Larkspur . 78 



Laurentian rocks . ... 161 



Lava Hood at close of Miocene . . . 231 



Lead ... ... 318 



Leidy, Dr. . 1 91-215-221-236-244-25 7-etc. 



Lesquereux, quoted . 184-203-214-etc. 



Level, changes of during Loess period . 282 



Lewis and Clarke . . . . . 203 



4 4 on buffalo grass . 42 

 44 44 on temperature of Mis- 

 souri .... 48 



Lily family 82 



Limestone 313 



Lithographic stone . ... 316 



Lobelia family . 80 



Locusts, egg laying . ... 138 



departure of swarms . .139 



destructiveness of . . 139 

 future depredations of . .143 



how to combat them . . 140 

 hatching of . . .139 



invasions of ... 143 



invertebrate enemies of . . 142 



nativity of . . 136 



nature's method to destroy . 141 



numbers that light down . . 187 



spring history and migration . 187 



vertebrate enemies of . . 143 



Loess deposits, and period of . . . 265 



4 4 analysis of ... 267 



adaptability to fruit . 271 



architectural properties . 2d9 



causes of peculiarities . 270 



4 close of period . . 286 



human remains in . . 283 



4 4 length of ... 283 



44 life of .... 284 



mollusks of ... 287 



physical properties of . 267 



river sediments of . . 281 



Rhine Loess, analysis of 267 

 44 Richthof en's theory con- 

 sidered . . .273 



4 4 scenery of ... 272 



4 4 true origin of . . . 280 



Logan River, character of, etc. . . 64 



Loup River, head waters of . . 15 



4 origin of, etc. ... 66 



Lyell's theory on changes of climate . 306 



Mallows . ..... 78 



Mammals, wild of Nebraska . . . 117 



44 of Eocene . . . 213 



4 4 of Vermillion Group . . 213 



Manual of Economic Entomology needed 136 



Marl beds ... . 316 



Marsh . . . 191-194-213-243-245-etc. 



Mastodon of Pliocene . . . 244, 



