322 



INDEX. 



Carboniferous age, fossils of 

 " " rocks of 



" " sections of rocks 



" rocks for building 



" age, vegetation of 



Camivora in Nebraska 



' ' of Fort Bridger Eocene 



'• of Miocene 



Cat family in Miocene 

 41 in Pliocene 



Cats, father of . 



Charts of rainfall 



Chalk bluffs .... 



' ' rocks from, for buildins 



Cherries, wild .... 



Chikls, Dr., meteorological tab] 



■_'(!-■.' 1 



Chinch bug, history of etc. 

 Climate of Carboniferous age . 

 " future effect in Nebraska 

 " extreme effects in Nebraska 

 Climatic conditions in Quaternary 

 " '• LyelTs theory 



" " Croll's and Geike' 



theories 

 Climatology of Nebraska . 

 Clouds, sharp outlines of . 

 Coal, artesian borings for 



" fields of Tria J uro deposits 

 ' k in Carboniferous of Nebraska 

 " in Cretaceo is of Nebraska 

 " in Lincoln artesian boring 

 " in Upper Carboniferous . 

 Colorado Group, how formed, by King 



k ' Range, Pliocene beds of 

 Columbine .... 



Composite family 

 Conglomerate of Pliocene beds 

 Consumption discussed 

 Convolvulus family . 

 Convulsive movements in Pliocene 

 Cope. Prof. . LMI-192-194-J17- 



Cottonwood leaf beetle 



Coyote 



Cretaceous deposits represented 

 " " divisions . 



' ' groups in Colorado 



" period 



" " close of 



Crinoids 



Crocodile in Green River beds . 



Crowfoo family 



Croxton's artesian boring 



Crustacians of Carboniferous Age 



Curlew spring at 



Currants, wild .... 



Curves dominant form of surface 



Cy cads 



Dakota Group, climate of epoch 



" discussions in regard 



" extent of . 



" flora accounted for 



" flora disconnected 



" first published reports of 184 



" how recognized . 172-176 



" Lesquereux's report on . 185 



" opinions of Marcou and 



Capellini 

 " origin of . 

 " source of salt at Lincoln 

 " shallow^ sea deposit . 

 Dams, how best built 

 Dawn horse ..... 

 Deer number of species in Nebraska 

 Destructive climates .... 

 Devonian age 



. 165 



103-164 

 Kit 

 313 

 168 



nit 



21!) 

 229 



2>9 



246 

 219 



37 

 ls8 

 313 



100 



I.. 



131 

 170 

 154 

 149 

 305 

 306 



307 

 17 

 32 

 167 

 17.", 

 165 

 206 

 166 

 166 



IDS 



2-19 



18 



80 



238 



147 



si 



2b) 



219-226-230 



134 



119 



17s 



17!) 



180 



17S 



207 



169 



215 



78 



165 



170 



L50 



1,.". 



5 



17l! 



186 



1 82 



1SI 



186 



1 85 



Dinosaurs .... 



1 ' in Niobrara Group 

 " in Laramie Group 



Dinocerata 



Divide between Missou 



Dog family 



Drainage, general character of 



Drift materials . . . , 



PAGE 

 176 

 195 



205 

 217 

 235 



and Mississippi 



230-247 



. 70 



255-256-257 



" mingled with alluvium . 256 



' ' sections of ... 257 



Eaton on coal in Lincoln . . . .166 



Eccentricity, the earth's changes of . 3()7 



Economic geology 3 9 



Ehrenberg .... 41-189-210 

 Elevation of towns and stations in Ne- 

 braska 6 



Elevation, average of east half of State . 9 

 "of west half of State . 

 " kt of going west 



" " of whole State . 



Elkborn Biver. where it rises, length, 



character and tributaries . 

 Elevation of Pliocene beds 

 Elephants, earliest forms of 



' k in Pliocene .... 



Elk, numbers of, etc 



Emmons, Prof., analvsis of Missouri wa- 

 ter ....... 73 



241 



1 35 



. 21 ) 



. 211 



212-213-214-215 



216-21 8-ctc 



9 

 9 



3-70 



63 

 234 

 217 

 2-14 

 118 



Endlich, Prof., analysis of geyserite, by 

 Enemies to injurious insects 

 Eocene Epoch 



' ' groups of 



' ' life of 



' ' length of 



Epoch, Niobrara 



' ' Miocene 



Erie clays 



Erickson on solar engines 



Erosion during the Miocene 



Estimates comparative of rainfall with 



other regions .... 

 Europe, rainfall of . 

 Evaporation from rivers of Nebraska 

 Experiments ou absorptive power of soils 

 Fauna of Nebraska . 



Ferns 



Ferret, black-footed 

 Figwort family .... 

 Fire clay, where found, etc. 

 Fishes, bony .... 



" cartilagenous 

 Flora of Nebraska, general character of 



" kt origin of . 



. 21 



Manual, Wood's Class 



Des Moines River coal beds 



162-163 



' ' Eocene 



" Miocene 



' ' Pliocene 



Floras, Gray's 



Book 



Flowerless plants .... 

 Flowering plants of Lignitic 

 Flood-plains of Nebraska rivers 



Fly, Hessian 



Forest trees of Nebraska . 



Forest bed. old 



" ' ' ' k vegetation of . 

 Forests formerly and now of Nebraska 



" of Jurassic period 

 Food, kind of in rural districts 

 Fort Benton Group where found 

 " " how originated 



" " length of epoch 



" life of . . 

 Fort Bridger Group .... 



' * '.' animal remains 



Fort Pierre Group .... 

 " " gypsum in 



'• " sea 



1S7 

 221 

 254 

 152 

 223 



39 

 40 

 47 

 45 



117 

 S3 



11!) 



SO 

 314 

 129 

 130 

 77 

 115 

 2-214 

 •225 

 241 



77 



89 

 204 

 282 

 133 



84 

 258 

 259 



84 

 177 

 149 

 187 

 187 

 187 

 187 

 215 

 216 

 197 

 198 

 198 



