INDEX, 



325 



PAGE 



Totters' clay, where found, and analysis 



of 314 



Prairie, its natural compactness . . 44 



clover ...... 79 



" dogs 120 



Pulse family 78 



Quaternary Age, changes of climate in . 306 

 " periods of 253-265-291 



" inauguration of . . 253 



Babbits 122 



Raccoons . . . . 119 



Race, probable future of in Nebraska 153 



36-37-38 

 35-36 

 . 44 

 41-43 

 46 

 48 

 :\r, 

 34 

 62 



IT.' 



121 



191 



63 



262 



Rain, when mosl apt to fall 

 Rainfall, areas of equal 



average amount of 

 14 cause of increasing 

 " increasing 

 " increase in west Nebraska 

 " originating from rivers 

 west of 100th Meridian 

 Rainy season .... 

 Rapid (reek .... 

 Raspberries .... 

 Bate ... . 



Reptiles in Niobrara Group 

 Republican River origin of, etc. 

 Resume of geological history 

 Revolution geological at close of Laramie 



Group . .... 



Rheumatism in Nebraska . 

 Rhinoceros in Pliocene 

 Richthofen's theory on origin of Loess 

 " what it explains 



objections to 



274-275-276-etc 

 ' ' his assumed absence 



of shells 

 ' ' his assumed absence 



of stratification 

 Rivers of Nebraska .... 

 Roads, nature of Nebraska 

 Rocky .Mountains, when formed, etc. 

 Rose family ..... 

 Ruminating hogs — oieodons — in Miocene 

 Sable American .... 



Saline Spring.-, where located . 



Salt 



Salt Creek, name, character of. etc. 

 Sand Hill cherry .... 



Sand Hills, area of . 



character of . 

 cultivation of . 

 " location and description of 



origin of .... 



where located . 

 Saurians ...... 



Scott's Bluffs, Pliocene origin of 

 Sections, geological 164-236-237-239-253- 



258-260-261-262-267-276-279-281-292-317 



278 



279 



56 



70 



208 



79 



228 



119 



53 



316 



55 



99 



298 



298 



300 



15 



299 



297 



127 



236 



Section showing potters' clay . 



Sediment of Missouri River water 



Sensitive River 



Sharks of Niobrara Group 



Shell bark hickory 



Showers in spring 



on Niobrara 

 Shrubs, list of in Nebraska 



Silica 



Silting up of river beds 



SiOUX Lake .... 



Skunks ..... 



Snakes in Nebraska . 



Soap plant .... 



Springs, appearance of new 

 Springs on Niobrara . 



where found 

 Spurge family .... 

 2A 



314 



3-74 



79 



191 



107 



34 



39 



91 



315 



292 



228 



120 



128 



83 



41 



13 



53 



82 



PAOB 



Stanton, Captain W. 8., U. 8. A. . 39-65 



Strawberries, wild 201 



Stone, building .... 311 



stout, W. B . stone quarry of . . . 812 

 Streams. Increasing size of in Nebraska . 42 

 Subsidence of Basin region . . . 233 

 of Pliocene lake . . . 235 



Superficial deposits . . 253-265-291 



Surface deposits, fuel in . . . . 304 



Swift, the 119 



Swallows 182-161-162 



Squirrels 120 



Tables of annual and mean humidity . 35 



of temperature 18-19-20-21-22-23-24 



Temperature above 100 ° in ten years . 23 



below zero .... 22 



different estimates of . 17 



extremes of ... 29 



mean of years . . .21 



" for the seasons . 25-28 



•• for the whole year . 29 



of the Missouri ... 74 



of the Platte . . . 75 



1 ' of the Missouri and its effect 



on evaporation . 48 



" tables .... 18-19 



Terrace Epoch 291 



in Europe .... 292 

 Terraces, number and height of . . 293 

 Tertiary ages, their character and condi- 

 tion 248 



" epoch . . 209-221-223-etc. 



" general remarks on . . . 252 



Thompson, S. R., head of Nebraska 



weather service ..... 26 

 Timber in modern geological times . . 304 



Titanotheriums 226 



Tortoises in Nebraska .... 127 

 in Niobrara Group . . . 194 

 ' ' in Pliocene beds . . . 242 

 Transition bed between Eocene and Mio- 

 cene 220 



Transition period between Cretaceous and 



Tertiary 207 



Trees covered by alluvium . . .297 



•• increase of young in Colorado . 51 



" supposed dying out of in the moun- 

 tains ...... 50 



Triassic deposits absent from Nebraska . 173 



Trio-Juro Periods 173 



animal life of . 176 



" deposits of . . .174 



length of . .174 



" vegetable life of . . 175 



Trilobites of Carboniferous . . 170 



Pintail Group 220 



animal life of 220 



I'intah Bange, when formed . . . 207 

 Valleys, how to gain a conception of the 



number ...... 12 



Vegetation, changing character of . 42 



Verbenas ....... SI 



Vertebrate fauna of Nebraska . . . 117 



Vermillion Group — Eocene . . 212 



life of .... 212 



Violets 78 



Von Meyer 194 



Walnut, black 107 



white .... 84-88 



Warner, Hon. J. T 189 



" stone quarry of 813 



Wan-en. Lieutenant, discovery by . . 235 



Water, character of in Nebraska . . 71 



river, character of the Mow . 7$ 



* k " Niobrara . 75 



Republican 75 

 " Missouri 74 



