648 
INDEX. 
Page. 
Rocky mountains — 
rivers, &c. 168 
view from summit. 170 
Mullan’s account of ridge.312-313,529-533 
snow on. 400 
Mullau’s report on a pass. 538-540 
Rocks ..... 103 
Root-Digger Indians . 334 
Ross’s Hole mountain . 320 
prairie. 324-325 
Routes, distances on each, (see Itineraries) . 126-127 
S. 
Sahpenis river .... 
Sahtlilkwu river..... . 
Salmon in Columbia river.. 
Salmon River mountains .-.... 
Salt lakes .. 
mound.. 
Salubrity. (See Health.) 
Samahma river ......-.... 
Sandstone .. 
Saptin river ....... 
Sauk rapids . 
bridge... 
Saxton, Lieutenant Rufus, U. S. A., detail — .. 
explorations and return... 
route of.. 
report on Missouri navigation. 
report, Columbia river to Fort Owen and to Fort Benton.. 
quartermaster and commissary.. 
Cadotte’s Pass, &c., reconnaissance. 
orders on. 
instructions for return to Washington and for report. 
Scliwoyelpi Indians ------ — ---- - — -- 
Seattle, as a terminus.. 
Secretary of War, instructions from.... 
Schwock river. ----• - —...— - 
Selenite ..— ...... ........ .... ... 
Sergeant's hill ....-.-.—--- 
Settlements, to be encouraged. 
Shayenne river, character of valley........ 
topography...-.. 
Shoalwater bay, Gibbs’s report. 
Shonkee creek -----—.—..- 
Sibley, Hon. II. W., winter climate, Mississippi river to Rocky mountains- 
Simpson, Sir George, aid afforded by. 
Simkwee river .. 
Sinahomish river .-.-. 
and valley.. 
Indians. 
Simsik ....-.-.. 
Siyahkan river .. 
Skagit Indians .-. 
river. 
S’hamish river ... 
Skilkantin river .. 
Skoohurn-Chuck river .... 
Slawntehus river ..-.-.-.- ■ 
Smallpox among Yakimas. 
Small Prickly Pear creek . ■---.. .•--- 
208,477 
198 
299-300 
326-327 
92 
343 
211 
95 
216 
224-226 
14-18 
71,76 
78 
79 
249-250 
251-269 
4 
26-30 
33 
39-40 
412 
183,200 
72-75,449,633 
211 
239 
239,267 
153 
86,90 
161 
465-467 
302 
130,401 
77 
209 
. 471,622-624 
200 
432 
204 
215 
433 
200,471 
192 
211-212 
468-469 
192 
408 
350 
