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IINDEX. 



Fort Lisa, arrival at, i, . 145 



Smith, arrival at, ii, - 172 



described, ii, 260etseq. 



Fortification, Indian, ii, - 478 



Fossils, extraneous, i, - 33, 42 



Fox, small species of, i, - 486 



Franklin, arrival at, i, - 88 



Freeman, account of his expedition 



up Red river, ii, 306 et seq. 



met by the Spaniards, ii, 313 



resolution of his sentinels, ii, 3 1 4 



compelled to return, ii, 314 



Frenchoian, singular hardihood of 



cne wounded, i, - 428 



Fringilia grammacea described, i, 139 

 psaltria and frontalis de- 

 scribed, ii, . . 40 

 Fuel, bison dung used as, i, - 467 

 ii, ■ 68 

 Fulgur perversus found in an Indian 



mound, i, - - 64 



G. 



Galeodes pallipes et subulata, ii, 3 



Games of hazard, i, - - 444 



Gaura limlolia described, ii, 100 



mollis described, ii, - 77 



Gasconade river, i, - - 79 



Geographical land-marks, want of, ii, 128 

 Geologtcal boundary, i, - 146 



Geology, see tab. con. vol. ii. ch. XIX. 

 Gerbillus like canodeiisis, ii, - 17 

 Girl, letan presents a horse to Major 



O'Fallon, i, - - 360 



Glen, Mr., his trading house on the 



Verdigris, ii, - 251 



Glycirrhiza lepidota, i, - 460 



Granite crumbled, ii, - - 25 



of the Ozark mountains, ii, 298 

 Grand tower, i, - - 45 



anecdote of, i, - 46 



prairie, i, - - 76 



river, i, - - - 98 



remarks on the country 

 of, i, - - 416 



island in the Platte, i, 4 3 



forestof the Platte, i, - 495 

 camp creek, grand encamp- 

 ment, i, - - 502 

 Grapes, abundant and delicious, na- 

 ture indicates the proper 

 mode of culture, ii, - 126 

 Grasshoppers, great flights of, ii, 31 

 Graves of the reputed Lilliputians, i, 



60 etseq. 

 Great swamp noticed, ii, - 2S4 



Greenstone, amygdaloidal and por- 



pbyritic, ii, - - 81 



Grizzly bear, account of, ii, - 52 



Grouse, apparently a new species de- 

 scribed, ii, - - 14 



H. 



Hailstorm, i, 



409 

 124 



Herculaneum, arrival at, i, - 52 



Heuchcra araericana, i, - 409 



Hmracium runcinatum described, i. 453 

 Hirundo lunifrons described, ii. - 47 

 Hop, common, on the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, ii. - - 8 

 Hornbleud in connection with the 

 granite of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, ii. - - 5 

 Horses, and mules belonging to the 



expedition, i. - - 425 



of the Pawnees, i. - 445 



whole number belonging to 

 the expedition stated, i. 450 



frightened by bisons, i. 479, 484 

 wild, noticed, i. - 485 



remarks concerning, ii. 95, 

 97, 123, 137 

 a large gang of, ii. - 140 

 one shot, li. - 95 



Hospitality, Indian, i - - 321 



of Mr. Billingsly, ii, 265 

 Hot Springs of the Washita noticed, 

 and remarks on the cir- 

 cumjacent country, ii. 288 

 et seq. 

 visited by various per- 

 sons, ii. - 290 

 their individual temper- 

 ature, locality, and com- 

 parative discharge, ii. 291 

 Human feet, impressions in lime- 

 stone, i, _ - 57 



L 



letan war party, ii. - - 208 



their attempt to rob, ii. 211 



Ilexopaca and I. cassine, ii. - 294 



Illinois riverof Arkansa, arrival at, ii. 254 



creek or bayou, ii. - 271 



Indians, detailed account of, i 167 to 403 



wandering, trade with the 



Shiennes, i. - 602 



met by Captain Bell's detach- 

 ment, ii. - - 174 

 Indian villages, ruins of, i. - 145 

 speeches, i, - - 396 

 peculiar odour, i. - 482 

 estimation of inferior ani- 

 mals, i. - - 320 

 interpreters and guides, diffi- 

 culty in obtaining, i. - 443 



