s of the Rocky Mountains, 132.
Goose-nests in trees, 61.
gray, Capt., discoverer of the Columbia, 3.
Grizzly bear, first seen, 40.
thrilling encounters with, 72, 76, 77, 105, 115, 315-

H

Horse-flesh eaten by the expedition, 77.
Hungry Creek, 178, 303-

1

Independence Day, celebration of (1805), 123.
(180(i), 327.
Iowa Indians, 16.
Islands, White Bear, 110.

J

Jefferson, President Thomas, 2-4.
his letters to Capt. Lewis, 12.
presents to,
from Lewis and Clark, 55.
welcome to Capt. Lewis on return, 358.
name given
to fork of the Missouri, 135.
John Day's River, 203-

K

Klikitat River, 214.
Kooskooskee River, 180.

L

Lewis, Capt., biographical notice of, 6, 7.
accidentally wounded, 341;
announces his return, 358.
Governor of Louisiana Territory, 359;
his tragical death, 360.
Lewis and Clark, pursue separate routes across
the Divide, 140.
also on their return, 310.
Lewis's River, 165.

Lewiston, Idaho, 185.
Ledyard, John, 4.
Lemhi River, 152.
Little Devils, hill Of, 23.
Louisiana Purchase, the, 1-2;
divided into two territories, 360.

M

Madison, fork of the Missouri, 135.
Mandan Indians, 4. et seq.;
religion of, 50.
Maria's River, 97.
Medicine River, 106.
Meriwether's Bay, 234.
Milk River, 74.
Minnetarees, at war
with Sioux, 49.
expedition has an encounter with, 31. et seq,
Missouri River, Little, 60.
Missouri, the Upper, So; great falls of, 101;
forks of, 135.
at the headwaters Of, 147.
Mosquitoes, the great
plague of, 126, 339.
Mount St. Helen's, 198.
Hood, 203.
Mouse River, source of, 60.
Multnomah (Willamette) River, 221.
259.
Musselshell River, 81.

N

Nez Perce Indians (Chopunnish), 180.
some account of the, 186.
Noises, mysterious, 122.

0

Osage Indians, traditions of, 15.
Ottoes, council with, 20.

P

Pacific Ocean, first sight of the, 225.
Pawpaw fruit, 357.
Pemmican, 33.
Platte River as a boundary, 17.
Porcupine River, 70.
Prairie dog, 29.

Q Quamash flats, 302.
Quicksand River, 220.

R

Rat, peculiar variety of, 121.
Rickarees, in the cou