INDEX. 



325 



PAGE 



Potters' clay, where found, and analysis 



of 314 



Prairie, its natural compactness . . 44 



44 clover 79 



" dogs 120 



Pulse family 78 



Quaternary Age, changes of climate in . 306 



periods of . 253-265-291 



' 4 inauguration of . . 253 



Rabbits 122 



Raccoons 119 



Race, probable future of in Nebraska . 153 



Rain, when most apt to fall . . 47 



Rainfall, areas of equal . . . 36-37-38 



4 average amount of . . 35-36 



' ' cause of increasing ... 44 



44 increasing . . 41-43 



' ' increase in west Nebraska . . 46 



4 4 originating from rivers . . 48 



west of 100th "Meridian . . 35 



Rainy season 84 



Rapid Creek 62 



Raspberries 102 



Rats 121 



Reptiles in Niobrara Group . . .191 



Republican River origin of, etc. . . 63 



Resume of geological history . . . 262 

 Revolution, geological at close of Laramie 



Group . 207 



Rheumatism in Nebraska .... 48 



Rhinoceros in Pliocene . . . .244 



Richthofen's theory on origin of Loess . 273 



what it explains . 274 



4 4 objections to 



274-275-276-etc. 

 44 his assumed absence 



of shells . .278 

 his assumed absence 



of stratification . 279 



Rivers of Nebraska ..... 56 



Roads, nature of Nebraska ... 70 



Rocky Mountains, when formed, etc. . 208 



Rose 'family 79 



Ruminating hogs oreodons in Miocene . 228 



Sable American 119 



Saline Springs, where located ... 53 



Salt 316 



Salt Creek, name, character of. etc. . 55 

 Sand Hill cherry . . . .99 



Sand Hills, area of 298 



4 4 character of . . . . 298 



' 4 cultivation of . . . . 300 



4 4 location and description of . 15 



origin of .... 299 

 4 4 where located . . . .297 



Saurians 127 



Scott's Bluffs, Pliocene origin of . . 236 

 Sections, geological 164-236-237-239-253- 



25 8-260-2 61-262-2 67-2 76-2 79-281-292-317 



Section showing potters' clay . . 314 

 Sediment of Missouri River water 73-74 



Sensitive River 79 



Sharks of Niobrara Group . . . 191 



Shell bark hickory 107 



Showers in spring ..... 34 



4 4 on Niobrara . 39 



Shrubs, list of in Nebraska . . 91 i 



Silica 315 ! 



Silting up of river beds . . . . 292 j 



Sioux Lake 228 j 



Skunks . 120 i 



Snakes in Nebraska 128 , 



Soap plant 83 



Springs, appearance of new ... 41 



Springs on Niobrara . ... 13 



4 ' where found .... 63 



Spurge family 82 



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 Stanton, Captain W. S., TJ. S. A. . 39-65 



Strawberries, wild 201 



Stone, building . . . .311 



Stout, W. B , stone quarry of . . . 312 

 Streams, increasing size of in Nebraska . 42 

 Subsidence of Basin region . .' . 233 

 4 4 of Pliocene lake . . . 235 

 Superficial deposits . . . 253-265-291 

 Surface deposits, fuel in . . . . 304 



Swift, the 119 



Swallows 182-161-162 



Squirrels 120 



Tables of annual and mean humidity . 35 



44 of temperature 18-19-20-21-22-23-24 



Temperature above 100 in ten years . 23 



below /ero .... 22 



different estimates of . 17 



extremes of ... 29 



mean of years . . .21 



' 4 for the seasons . 25-28 



4 4 for the whole year . 29 



of the Missouri ... 74 



of the Platte ... 75 



of the Missouri and its effect 



on evaporation . . 48 

 44 tables .... 18-19 



Terrace Epoch 291 



44 in Europe .... 292 

 Terraces, number and height of . . 293 

 Tertiary ages, their character and condi- 

 tion 248 



44 epoch . . 209-221-223-etc. 



4 4 general remarks on . . 252 



Thompson, S. R., head of Nebraska 



weather service 26 



Timber in modern geological times . . 304 



Titanotheriums 226 



Tortoises in Nebraska . . . .127 

 4 4 in Niobrara Group . . . 194 

 4 4 in Pliocene beds . . . 242 

 Transition bed between Eocene and Mio- 

 cene 220 



Transition period between Cretaceous and 



Tertiary 207 



Trees covered by alluvium . . .297 

 4 4 increase of young in Colorado . 51 

 4 4 supposed dying out of in the moun- 

 tains 50 



Triassic deposits absent from Nebraska . 173 



Trio-Juro Periods 173 



44 animal life of . .176 



deposits of . . .174 



length of . . .174 



4 4 vegetable life of . .175 



Trilobites of Carboniferous . . .170 



Uintah Group 220 



44 animal life of . . . 220 



Uintah Range, Avhen formed . . . 207 

 Valleys, how to gain a conception of the 



number 12 



Vegetation, changing character of . . 42 



Verbenas 81 



Vertebrate fauna of Nebraska . . . 117 



Vermillion Group Eocene . . . 212 



44 life of . . . .212- 



Violets 78 



Von Meyer 194 



Walnut, black 107 



44 white .... 84-88 



Warner, Hon. J. T 189 



44 4 4 stone quarry of . 312 



Warren, Lieutenant, discovery by . . 235 



Water, character of in Nebraska . . 71 



4 4 river, character of the Bow . 7S 



4 4 Niobrara . 75 



44 44 4l Republican 75 



44 4 4 4 4 Missouri . 74 



