INDEX, 



323 



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Fort Pierre Group, life of . . . 199 



I k " how closed . 200 



Foxes 119 



Fox Hills Group 200 



l * not found in Nebraska . 200 



" vegetable remains of . 201 ' 



II t4 animal life of . . . '201 

 Fremont on Buffalo grass ■ . . 42 

 Fruit destroyers ..... 133 

 Fruits, wild of Nebraska . . . !»7 



Gentian family SI '< 



Geometrical forms of surface ...-"> 



Geike .James, on origin Of till . . . 254 



Gervais M. Of France .... 240 



Gigantic reptiles 177 



Glacial Drift, second appearance of . 259 



period 253 



" " sections of . . . . 253 



" " scratches of on rock . . 253 



Glaciers, local during Terrace Epoch . 292 



Gold 316 



Gooseberries L03 



Gophers 120-1 21 



Grains, where finest nourish . . .25 



wild 104 



1 ' summer, etc 104 



Grasses, wild 108 



analysis of loo 



Buffalo disappearance of . . 114 



Grillith Mountain ..... 51 



Group, Dakota ...... 181 



Fox Hills 200 



Fort Benton 187 



" Fort Pierre . . . . .197 



Laramie ..... 201 



Loup Fork ..... 233 



Green River Group, flora of . . 203-214 



animal life . . 215 



Grlnnell Land, former climate of . . 3t>6 



Gumbo soil, analysis of . . • . 302 



Guyot's table of rainfall .... 40 



Hares 122 



Harlan County, character of Pliocene . 287 



Hard pan . . 302 



analysis of ..... 3t»2 



Haw n. Prof 182 



Hawthorns 1/2 



Hazel nuts 108 



Hayden quoted, etc . 17S.-1S1-188-203-224-244 



Healthf ulness of Nebraska . . 145 



Heat, amount received from the sun . 308 



i fly, habits of, etc. . . . 133 

 Heer, Prof. <>. . . . 183-225-242 



Honeysuckle family 80 



Hooted animals 213 



Horse family in Miocene .... 226 



" in Pliocene . . . 248 



Humboldt quoted 4) 



Humidity, annual and mean . . . 35 



Huronian rocks ..... 161 



Hydraulic limestone . , . . 313 



Hieroglyphic on boulder .... 256 



Ice sheet— retreating .... 263 



Impurities of water, source of . . 72 



Increasing rainfall 43 



Indigo plant 



Insertivora 



Insect life, number-of species, etc. 



Insect, material conditions in relat 



Insects, enemies to 



Infusorial earth in the Pliocene 



Iris family 



Iron ores .... 



Isotherm summer of 72", 76° 



Isochimal, winter of 20° . 



.June berry 



.June rains 



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Jurassic deposits absent in N>i>raska . 1 73 

 Juro-Trlo period . . .17:5 



.Jurassic beds, where found . . 174 



Jurassic period, close of .... 177 



Karnes 259-293 



Kaolin 314 



Keva Paha River .... 62 



King. Clarence 



171-i:»s-215-249-etc. 



122 

 181 

 1 35 

 L35 

 288 



82, 

 316 | 



25 



25 

 102 



34 | 



Labyrinths on the Niobrara ... 13 



Lake Bonneville 262 



Lake Lahontan . . . 208 



Lake. Miocene . ... 222 



Lakes, cumber and extent in Nebraska . 52 



Laramie Group .... 201 



animal life of . . . 204 



4 ' area of . . . 202 



coal beds of . . 203 



sediments of . . . 201 



vegetable life of . . 203 



Lancaster County, section in . . . 257 

 Larkspur 78 

 Laurentlan rocks . . 161 

 Lava flood at close of Miocene . . . 281 

 Lead ... . 316 

 Leidy, Dr. . 191-215-221-236-244-257-etc. 

 Lesquereux, quoted . 184-208-214-etc. 

 Level, changes of during Loess period . 282 

 Lewis and Clarke ..... 203 

 on buffalo grass . 42 

 " " on temperature of Mis- 

 souri .... 48 



Lily family 82 



Limestone ...... 313 



Lithographic stone . ... 316 



Lobelia family . . 80 



Locusts, egg laying . ... 138 



departure of swarms . . 139 

 " destructiveness of . . . 180 

 future depredations of . . 148 

 '• how to combat them . .140 

 hatching of . . .189 

 " invasions of ... 143 

 invertebrate enemies of . . 142 

 nativity of . . 186 

 nature's method to destroy . 141 

 numbers that light down . 187 

 spring history and migration . l»7 

 vertebrate enemies of . . 148 

 Loess deposits, and period of . . . 205 

 analysis of 267 

 adaptability to fruit . 271 

 architectural properties . 269 

 causes of peculiarities . 270 

 clo>e of period . 286 

 human remains in . . 283 

 length of . . . 283 

 life of 284 

 mollusks of 287 

 physical properties of . 267 

 river sediments of . 281 

 Rhine Loess, analysis of 267 

 " Richthofen's theory con- 

 sidered . . . 273 

 scenery of ... 272 



true origin of . . . 280 



Logan River, character of. etc . . 64 



Loup Riser, head water- of ... 15 



origin of, etc. ... 66 



Ly ell's theory on changes of climate . 306 



Mallows ... 78 



Mammals, wild ot Nebraska . . . 117 



of Eocene . . . 213 



" of Vermillion (iron]) . . 218 



Manual of Economic Entomology needed 186 



Marl beds ... . 316 

 Marsh . . . 101-104-218-218 -215-etc. 



Mastodon of Pliocene .... 244 



