INDEX. 



Iron, banks on the Mississippi, i. 38 

 ores of, i. • - - 42 



Isle Au Vacbe, see Cow Island. 



Jackson, arrival at, ii. - 284 



James, Dr. £., joins the Expedi- 

 tion, i. - - 404 

 his duties, i. - 424 

 his excursion from the camp 

 on tlie Platte to the Rocky 

 Mountains, ii. - 4 et seq. 

 James's Peak, distant view of, ii. - ^2 

 explored, ii. - 23 

 described, ii. • 25,32 

 view Ironi its summit, ii, 30 

 acci'ient of the party, ii. 32 

 Journey from St. Louis lo Engineer 

 Cantonment — account of the 

 soil, products, &c., ii. 404 to 423 



K. 



Kakoakis, a Minnetaree chief, rav- 

 ishes and kills a squaw, i. 309 

 Kaskaia Indian, and bis squaw, ii. 60 

 his account of a bat- 

 tle, ii. - 66 

 their true charac- 

 ter, ii. - 175 

 Kaskaias, party of met by Major 



Long, ii. - - 102 

 their want of hospitality, ii. 106 

 their disposition to pilfer, ii. 109 

 remarks concerning, ii. 110 

 the country they frequent, ii. 112 

 their diseases, habits, and de- 

 portment, ii. - 113 

 another party met, ii. - 176 

 Kaskaskias river, a town at its 



mouth, i. - 48 

 Kenhawa river, i. - - 19 

 Kiauiesha rirer, ii. - - 315 

 Kiawa Indians, ii . - - 174 

 council, their fond- 

 ness for tobacco, ii. 176 

 their horsemanship, 

 vermin, ii. - 178 

 appearance, dress, 



&c., ii. - J80 

 visit to their lodg- 

 es, ii. - 182 

 their grand chief 

 Beartooth,ii. - 184 

 subordinate chief of, 

 ii. - - 185 

 their language, ii. 186 

 Kinnecauick, or mixed tobacco, i. S31 

 Kite, Mississippi, i. - - 101 



Knife chief, interview with, i. - 441 



Konzas river, arrival at. &c.,i. - lOB 



remarks on the country 



of, i. - - 131 



Konza Indians, council of, i. - 111 



reception of the party, i, 118 



deputation proceeds to Isle au 

 Vathe, i. - - 119 



description of the village, dwell- 

 ings, and furniture, i. - 120 



food, morle of cooking, and cu- 

 linary apparatus, i. - 122 



go\ernment, marriage ceremo- 

 ny, i. - - - 123 



mourning for the dead, polyga- 

 my, ties of relationship and 

 friendship, and denominations 

 of consanguinity, i. - 124 



diseases, origin, superstitions, i. 125 



physical description, clothing, 

 ornaments, i. - - 126 



occupations of the women, ablu- 

 tions, chastity, courtezans, i. 128 



sodomy, mode of plucking out 

 their hair, i. - - 129 



matricide,!. - - 130 



Pawnee prisoner, i. - 131 



the party exchange a horse with 

 an Indian, i. . - 131 



dog dance, i. - - 135 



L. 



Lake Erie tortoise, i. - - 32 

 Lampyris, different modes of corrus- 



cating, 1. - - 7$ 

 Lands, public, provision for schools, 



&c.,i. - - - 52 



Land-title, anecdote of, i. - 51 



Language, i. - - - 342 



Indian,of signs, i. 378 



Lathyrus polymorphus, i. - 435 



Laurel ridge, i. - - 12 



Lead mine district, ii. - - 286 



ores of, i . - - 42 



Legends, fabulous, i. - - 32» 



Le Mine river, discovery of the body 



of an officerburied near, 



i. - - 91 



extensive diggings near 



it, i. - - 100 



Lepidium virginicum, i. - 488 



Lilliputians, i. - - - 275 



Limestone, metalliferous, i. - 13 



compact,!. 21,34,40,42,47 



ii. - - 324 



sparry, ii. - - 323 



Limosa scolopacea described, i. 170 



Little Red river, ii. - 273 



Little rock, or Arkopolis, ii. - 300 



