INDEX. 



Oto Indians, ceremony of marking a 



squaw, ii. - - 189 



their knowledge of insects, ii 189 

 intoxicating beao used by, ii> 194 

 Out-fit and departure from Pitts- 



burgli, i. - - 4 



Out-lyins; hills, ii. - - 11 



Owl, Coquiinbo described, ii. 36, 37, 200 

 Ozaric mountains, remarks concern- 

 ing, li. - - 2'iG 

 riversof, ii. - - 281 

 account of soil, minerals, 

 &c. ii. - . 28? 



Padouca Indians, ii. - 65 



Papilion creek, i. - - 427 



Pawnee Indians, their attack on Mr. 



Say's detachment, i. - 133 

 depiitafinn of, i. - 159 



visit to their camp, i. - 160 

 attack the Konza village, i. 303 

 village destroyed by VVa- 



sacaruja, i. - - 306 



their council, i. 353, 366 



presents made them, i. 353, 36 1 

 dance, i. - 354, 361 



mode of receiving distin- 

 guished strangers, i. 355, 365 

 Petaleesharoo, i. - 356 



human sacrifices, i. - 357 

 battle with the mountain 



Indians, i. - 362 



civil dissension, i. - 365 



shield, i. - - 367 



Pawnee villages, arrival at, i. 435 etseq. 

 population, i. - - 445 



situation and surrounding 

 country, i. - 446 



Peak, James's, ii. - - 28 



a distinguished land mark, ii. 78 

 Spanish, ii. - - 68, 77 



Peale, Mr. his duties, i. - 2 



his sickness, ii. - 87 



accidental separation from the 

 party, ii. - - 118 



Pear, prickly, ii. - - 19 



Peltcanus carbo, i. - - 4 



Pelidna pectoralis, described, i. 171 



cinclus, var described, i. 172 

 Petrosilex of the Washita, ii. 288 



Phenomenon, atmospheric, ii. - 490 

 Phryganea, i. . - 32 



Pigeon, apparently new, described, ii. 10 

 Pikf/s blockhouse, ii. - - 40 



Pilots, at f he falls of Ohio, i. 26 



Pine, Weymouth, i. - - 12 



species of, on the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, ii. - - 34 



Plants of the Rocky Mountains 



above perpetual frost, ii. 27 



colour of their flowers, ii. 28 



Platte river, its month, i. - 143 



its valley, i. - - 429 



arrival at, i. - 450 



scenery of, i. - 454,468, 



483.488 



remarks concerning, i. 459 



temperature of, i. 489 



Point Pleasant, i. - - - 19 



a Cherokee village on the Ar- 



kansa, ii. - - 268 



Poison Spring, near the Hot Springs 



of Washita, ii. - 292 



anecdote of, ii, - - 293 



Pond Fort, i. - - 408 



Populus Angustifolia, i. - 497 



Angulata, ii. - - 164 



Portland i. - - - 48 



Poitulacca pilosa, ii. - 68 



Potamogeton natans, i. - 455 



Poteau nver, ii. - - 260 



Prairie fiy, i. - - - 75 



wolves, their sagacity, &c. i. 168 



Prairies, their origin and character, i. 404 



Prairie dog described, i. - 451 



their villages, i. - 498 



Precautions used by the party, ii. 36 



Precious metals, fabulous accounts 



of, ii. - - 277 



Prickly pear, (cactus ferox and 



mammillaris) i. - 452 



Provisions, seasonable supply of, i. 462 

 scarcity of, ii. 38,49, 83, 93, 101 

 particularly plenty, ii. 127 



Capt Bell's party in great 



want of, ii. - 227 



supplied by Lieut. Swift, ii. 228 



Psoralea esculenta, i. - - 448 



Purgatory creek, ii. - 69 



difficulty in ascending its 



blufl's, ii. - - 76 



R, 



Raft, Great, of Red river, ii, - 307 

 Ranunculus aniphibius, i. - 498 



Rat, Florida, i. - - 54 



R^ttiesnakes, i. - - 116,499 



Red Mouse, a Kaskaia chief, ii. 106 



