Index 
395 
Johnson, Captain George A., 144, 150, 
154, 156, 164, 167, 297 ; passes Ives, 
165 ; to head of navigation, 154, 165 
Johnson, W. D., 311, 315, 316 
Joint resolution of Congress on rations, 
379 
Jones, S. V., 239 
Junction of Green and Grand rivers, 
207, 209, 277; altitude of, 60; White’s 
description of, 176 
K 
Kaibab Pai Utes, 305 
Kaibab plateau, 48, 52, 59, 92 
Kaiparowitz plateau, 52 
Kaivavitz tribe, 92 
Kanab, 305 
Kanab Canyon, 46 ; altitude of mouth, 
59; second Powell expedition, ar¬ 
rival at, 340 ; Wash, 46 
Kanab plateau, 52, 304 
Keam, Thomas V., 94 
Kearney's forces, 138 
Kelly’s description of the Green and 
Colorado, 130 
Kendrick, F. C., 345 
Kenosha, White’s home, 175 
King, Clarence, 380 
Kingfisher Canyon, 64, 194, 248 
Kino, Padre, 80; map, 83 ; reaches 
mouth of the Colorado, 84 
Kit Carson, 127, 135, 175 
Kwagunt Valley, 326 
L 
Labyrinth Canyon, 207, 275 
Lain, Don Juan, 98 
Land of Standing Rocks, 279 
La Sal Mountains, 53 
Las Vegas Wash, 297 
Lava Falls, 224, 310 
Lee, John D., 138, 316; Mrs., the 
XVIIL, 316 
Lee’s Ferry, 102, 216, 318 ; river at, 
once frozen, 192 
Length of canyons, 54, appendix 
Leroux, Antoine, 148 
Let-downs, 249 
Letters from Major Powell, iv 
Lewis and Clark, 107 
Life-preservers, 222, 224; Brown party, 
347 ; Stanton party, 359 
Lignite Canyon, 271 
Line portage, 249 
Little Brown’s Hole, 112 
Little Colorado River, 56, 78, 218, 325 
Lodore Canyon, 62, 196 ; Gate of, 251 ; 
length of, 62 
Logan, Mount, 310 
Log Cabin Cliff, 270 
Loring, F. W., 296, 297 
Lower Disaster Falls, 255 
M 
Macomb, Captain, 170, 279 
Major Powell, the, launch, 368 
Maldonado, 7 
Mange, Captain, 82 
Mansfield, Captain, report, 189 
Marble, colour of, in Marble Canyon, 322 
Marble Canyon, 92, 216, 292, 305, 318; 
depth of, 58 ; length of, 58 ; num¬ 
ber of rapids, 325 ; total descent, 325; 
walls polished, 322; width at top, 323, 
Maricopa tribe, 68 
Marie, the, smashed, 363 
Markagunt Plateau, 52 
Massacre of Craig gang, 140 
Melting snows, floods from, 54 
Mendoza, viceroy, 9 
Meridian raid, Powell in, 376 
Mesa plateaus, 52 
Mesquite tree, 71 
Mexican Boundary Survey, 147 
Mexican league, 27 
Millecrag Bend, 215, 286 
Miller, 230 
Mineral Veins, 74 
Missionaries lost on Colorado, 130 
Mission of St. Catherine, 126 
Missions on the Colorado, 103; end of, 
104 
Moab, Mormon town, 346 
Mocking bird, 72 
Mohave Canyon, 165; Valley, 165 
Mohave tribe, 68, 116 
Moki, missions at, 94 
Moki towns, 89 
Moncada, Captain, 104 
Montague Island, 120 
Monterey, 87, 98; schooner, 154, 158 
Monument Canyon, 216, 287 
Moreno, Padre, 104 
Morgan, Lewis H., 382 
Mormon Battalion, 138 
Mormons, 147, 272, 200; trail to Moki 
towns, 304 
Moss Agates, 245 
Mound Canyon, 216, 287 
Mountain Meadows, 138, 139; ma.=sa- 
cre, 316 
Mountain sheep, 72, 264 
Mountains of the Colorado River Basin, 
53 
Mouth of Colorado, first visit of Euro¬ 
peans to, 8 
