Echeloot Indians, 210.  Elk, hunting of, 251.  Ermine, first seen, 49.  Expedition, Lewis and Clark’s, 7.  Organization of, 8. route of, 10; sets sail, 14.  “Experiment,” failure of the boat, 124

     F

Falls of the Missouri, 101. description of, 11. et seq.  Flathead Indians, 211.  Floyd’s River, why so named, 23.  Forks of the Missouri, 135.  Fort Clark, 48.  Clatsop, 255.

     G

Gallatin’s fork of the Missouri, 135.  Gates 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