INDEX
Adobe buildings: 248
Agriculture and crops: see irrigation, livestock
Ague: 27
Alcoholism: see liquor
American Falls (of Snake R.): 59, 287
American River (CA): 242
Andrews, John and Elizabeth: 161, 168
Andrews, Nephi: 168
Animal Springs (NE): 91
Antelope: 38–39, 52, 109, 141–42, 144, 205, 273; meat of, 224–25
Antelope Springs (NV): 293
Anthony, Susan B.: 246
Anthrax (Murrain, hollow horn): cattle disease, 32, 53, 57, 59
Arapaho Indians: 146, 148, 201
Archibald, Albert W.: 192, 194
Archibald, John C. and Jane B.: 192, 212
Archibald, Julia: see Holmes, Julia Arizona: 203–04
Arkansas River: 135, 144–45, 149, 151, 200, 202–04; see also Little Arkansas River
Austin, Elizabeth “Libbie” (Pelton): 78, 102, 108, 112; children, death, 80; marries H. Roeder, 80; rheumatism, 103–04
Babcock, Eliza C.: 246
Balm of Gilead trees: 68, 70; see also cottonwood
Bannock River (ID): 237
Bashaw, Joseph and Mary: 22
Beam, George Wesley: 83, 116, 118
Bear River (UT/ID): 55–56, 113, 138, 230, 233
Bear River Mts. (ID/UT): 54
Bears: meat of, 284
Beaver Creek (WY): 140
Beef: 238
Bent’s Fort: old, 145; new, 146–49, 203–04
Berries: see strawberries
Birch Creek (OR): 75
Bishop, James J. and Frances: 259, 264
Bishop’s Creek (NV): 290
Black Hills (WY): 46, 225, 276–78
Black Squirrel Creek (CO): 144
Blacks Fork River (WY): 139, 188, 229
Blacksmithing: 45, 53–54, 57, 282
Blodget, George E.: 260
Bloomer, Amelia: 9
Bloomer costume: 9–10, 191, 194–96, 245, 247
Blue Mts. (OR): 124
Blue River (KS/NE): 36–37, 270
Boggy Depot (OK): 154
Boiling springs: in CO, 206–07; in NV, 289, 294; in VT, 232; see also hot springs
Boise River (ID): 68–71, 119–22
Bolster, James F.: 82
Boxelder Creek (WY): 276
Bozarth, Urban E.: 85
Brady, George: 144
Bridges: 96, 99, 220, 271, 279, 286; on American R., 242; of boats, 267; of Indians, 33, 96; Reshaw’s, 183
Brigham Young Univ. (UT): 136
Brown, Leroy D.: 246
Brule River (NE): 221
Buchanan, Pres. James: 157
Buffalo (Bison): 49, 141, 150–51, 175; described, 197–99; meat of, 48–49, 176, 222; robes, 204
Buffalo chips: 39–40, 100, 222
Buffalo Springs (NV): 294
Bull Creek (KS): 265
Butte County (CA): 262
California: overland parties to, 217, 245,
California (cont.)
259; road to, 57; University, Berkeley, 253
California Historical Society: 217
Canadian River (OK): 154
Cannon, Angus Munn: plural marriages, 158, 160
Cannon, David Henry, 160
Cannon, Sarah: 117
Canon Creek (ID): 63
Carson Canyon (NV): 241
Carson City (NV): 240, 245; Siena Seminary, 253–57
Carson River (NV): 239
Carter, Joseph and Laura: 17, 30, 39, 53, 62, 74
Castle River (NE): 102
Castle Rocks (NE): 103
Cattle: die, 63–64, 72–75, 184, 227, 240–41; drovers, 164, 219; droves of, 10, 35–38, 143–44; price of, 30; shoeing of, 109; sold, 47; stampede, 175, 177, 223; stray off, 167, 179; traded, 43, 286
Cayuse Indians: 75
Cedar trees and wood: 40–42, 57, 265, 273
Chamberlain, David and Martha C.: 20, 61
Chapman, Addison B.: 20
Chapman, George and Eliza J.: 20, 59, 63
Chapman, John H. and Martha: 20, 59, 65–66, 68
Chapman, William and Mary Ann: 21, 63
Cheese: 57; see also milk
Chehalis County (WA): 85
Cherokee Indians: 143
Cherry Creek (CO): 135, 143–44
Cheyenne Indians: 146, 148, 199, 201, 203
Chicago (IL): 87
Chickens: see sagehens
Chickensas River (OK): 153
Chimney Rock (NE): 44, 103, 181, 224, 275
Chinatown (NV): 240
Cholera: 107
City of Rocks (ID): 282n, 288
Clapp, Hannah Keziah: portrait, 244; death, 246; feminist, 10, 245–46; letter of, 247–57; as teacher, 245, 253–57
Clapp, Norman: 246
Clark, Caroline Hopkins: children, 151–52; death, 152; diary, 152–62; Mormon convert, 7, 151; pregnant, 152
Clark Fork (of Yellowstone R.): 62
Clark’s Creek (KS): 266
Clear Creek (KS): 265
Clemens, Orion: 253
Clemens, Samuel L. (Mark Twain): 253–57
Clover Creek (WY): 283
Colorado: 135, 143–44; gold rush to, 191
Columbia River: 125
Coody, Richard and Susan: 153
Cook, Jacob “Missouri” and Jane Ann: 21, 43, 52, 58, 61, 67
Cook, Thomas L. and Harriett: 21, 59, 63, 69, 75
Cooking: utensils, 30; see also stoves
Coon Creek: in IA, 167; in KS, 150, 202
Copperas Spring (UT): 189
Corliss, George W. and Lucretia: 80, 84
Corn: in UT, 232
Cottonwood Creek: in OK, 151; in WY, 195, 277
Cottonwood trees: 225, 230; see also Balm of Gilead
Council Bluffs (IA): 88, 92, 171, 219
Court House Rock (NE): 224, 275
Coyotes: see wolves
Crab Creek (NE): 102
Croll Creek (NE): 180
Crossgrove, James A.: 160
Cummings, Gov. Alfred: 249
Curry, Thomas and Mary E.: 19
Cutler, Mrs. W. K. (Ellen): 246, 253–54, 257
Daguerreotypes: 86
Dallas (TX): 155
Deadman’s Cave (UT): 136n
Deaths on trails: 34, 65, 101–02, 105, 150, 173–74, 176
Deep Hole Springs (NV): 294
Deer Creek: in KS, 265; in WY, 183, 279
Delaware: 157
Des Moines (IA): 167
Detroit (MI): 87
Devil’s Churchyard (ID): 117
Devil’s Gate (WY): 50, 109, 185, 227, 280
Diamond Springs (CA): 242
Diaries and journals: sources of, 16–17, 79, 136, 151, 191–92, 217, 245, 262
Dicus, Samuel C. and Margaret: 262, 264–67, 274, 281, 284
Diseases: see ague, cholera, smallpox
Doctors: see medicine
Dogs: of Indians, 43, 148, 152, 159; for sheep, 260
Douglas County (OR): 22
Duncan, Homer: 184n
Ebey, Jacob: 83, 94, 101, 105, 124–25, 127; family of, 83, 107
Echo Canyon (UT): 137, 189, 230
Echo Creek (UT): 230
Eckels, Delana R.: 251
“Elephant, seeing the”: 44
Elk: 35
Elk Creek (NE): 99
Elk Mts. (CO): 142
Elkhorn River (NE): 95, 171, 220
Emigrants: returning parties, 52, 109, 202
Emigration Canyon (UT): 137
England: 21
Feed for livestock: see grass
Feminist movement: 9–10, 191–92, 196, 200, 245–46
Ferries: on Columbia R., 125; on Elkhorn R., 171; fees, 54, 62, 70, 125; on Green R., 54, 111, 187, 229; on Loup Fork, 221; on Mississippi R., 31–32; on Missouri R., 219; on Snake R., 62, 70
Firearms: see guns
Fish: bought of Indians, 59, 62, 66, 290, 292; in trail streams, 38, 56, 59, 111–12, 116, 151, 186, 236, 282–83; see also salmon
Flag Creek (ID): 63
Flowers: 167–68, 177, 200, 203, 209–10, 282, 284
Food: lack of, 145; see also beef, potatoes, provisions
Foreman, Joseph and Margaret: 160, 164, 166, 171
Forest Grove (OR): 83
Fort Atkinson (KS): 150
Fort Bridger (WY): 139, 188, 229
Fort Gibson (OK): 154
Fort Kearney (new, NE, on Platte R.): 12, 270
Fort Laramie (WY): 46, 105, 181, 225, 276
Fort Riley (KS): 266
Fort Scott (KS): 264
Fort Union (NM): 193
Fort Walla Walla (WA): 124
Fountains qui Bouille Creek (CO): 144, 205–06
Fremont (NE): 220
Fremont Peak (WY): 228
Fremont Springs (NE): 272
Fuel for fires: see buffalo chips, sagebrush, wood
Furs: of prairie dog, mink, wild cat, wolf, 40
Gaines, Gov. John P. (OR): 21, 76
Game, wild: see buffalo, deer, elk, grouse, sagehens Gates, Levi and Emeline: 83
Geese: 39
Genoa (NE): 172
Genoa (NV): 241
Giesy, Howard B.: 17
Gillespie, William M.: 253, 256–57
Glenrock (WY): 183
Gold: 28; coins, 27; prospectors, 74, 76; rash to Pikes Peak, and CO, 191–215; washers for, 240
Golead (TX) battle: 133
Goodell, Anna Maria: children, 81–82; death, 81; diary of, 86–130; marriages, 81
Goodell, Frederick A.: 81, 89–91, 93, 100, 118
Goodell, Jotham W. and Ann: 82, 126–28
Goodell, Melancthon Z.: 80, 127–29
Goodell, William Bird: 81, 88–89, 93–94, 104–05, 108–09, 112, 116; drowned, 81
Goodell (Goodale) family: 79n, 82
Goodwin, John Robert: 135
Goose Creek (ID/UT): 60, 234–35, 288
Gooseberries: 95, 230–31, 266–68, 270
Gossage, Jerome: 219
Gossage, John and Lorena: 219, 225, 234, 241; children, 219n
Grand Mound (WA): 79, 83, 128–29
Grande Ronde River and Valley (OR): 77, 123–24
Granite Creek (NV): 294
Granite Springs (ID): 288
Grant, Capt. Richard: 84, 114, 118, 120
Grapes: 151
Grass: passim; in plenty, 57; scarcity on trails, 278
Grasshopper Creek (ID): 65
Graves: on trails, 36, 53–55, 60, 64–65, 97–100, 102, 268, 272, 287, 293 Gray, Joseph and Mary: 21, 24, 30, 74
Great Lakes: shipping on, 80–84, 86
Great Salt Lake: 232; salt from, 232, 252
Greeley, Horace: 249n
Green River (WA): 126
Green River (WY): 53–54, 111, 139, 187, 229, 251, 283; trading post at, 54
Griswold, Augustus Henry: 217, 232
Griswold, Carrie: 229
Griswold, Eddie: 237
Griswold, Harriet Booth: children, 217–18; diary of, 218–42
Grouse: 126
Guns: 10, 27, 68, 71, 201, 247
Hail storms: 272
Hams Fork River (WY): 54, 112, 139, 188
Handcarts: 158, 161, 168, 179–80
Hardy, Ebenezer C. and Mary: 84, 117
Hares: 234; see also rabbits
Harney, Gen. William S.: 274
Harrington, Milton S.: 287n
Harris, James and Frances J.W.: 133; children, 133–36
Hart, James Henry: 161–62, 171, 183, 188
Hasbrouck, Lydia Sayer: 191
Hay: 238
H. C. Page (ship): 80
Headley, Thomas and Sarah Ann: 84, 111, 116
Heber (UT): 135
Hicks, George: 153
Hitchcock, Ruth Hughes: 262
Hoflheins, Jacob: 162, 164, 182, 188–89
Hollister, W.W.: 10
Hollow horn: cattle disease, fee anthrax
Holmes, Horatio N. V.: 16
Holmes, Julia Anna Archibald: portrait, 190; letter of, 193–215; parents, children, 192–93
Holmes Hill (OR): 16
Hope Valley (NV): 241
Horse Creek (NE): 275
Horses: passim; die, 53, 238; emigrant use, 137, 268; of Indians, 47, 119–23; Indians steal, 66, 97; shot, 290; stampede, 233
Hotel Olympia: 80
Houses: see sod houses
Howe, Col. Marshall S.: 286–87
Hudspeth, Benoni M.: 288n
Hudspeth, Will: 290
Humboldt River (NV): 12, 236–38, 289–93; Desert and Sink, 239; desert wells, 239; Meadows, 238
Hundley, Alice May: 136–37, 147; ill, 154
Hundley, Lewis: 136–38, 146; ill, 154
Hundley, Margaret Ellenor: portrait, 132; diary of, 136–55; marries, 133–34
Hundley, Thomas Augustus: 134, 137, 149, 151–52; children, 134–35; ill, 153, 155
Ice Springs (WY): 281
Illinois: 16, 21, 31, 218; College, 27
Illnesses: see ague, cholera, medicine, smallpox
Independence Rock (WY): 49, 108, 185, 227, 280
Indians: atrocities of, 98, 284, 287; burials, 45–46; fear of, 233, 288; friendly, 33, 63, 96, 172; gifts for, 68, 71; graves, 146, 203; horses of, see horses; kill emigrants, 120, 236; killed by emigrants, 38; steal livestock, 61, 70–71, 268; villages, 53; Ward massacre, 120; see also tribal names; squaw wives; women
Injuries: from stampede, 178; by wagons, 168; see also deaths
Iowa City (IA): 163
Irrigation: 248
Jackrabbits: see rabbits Jackson County (OR): 19–20
Johnson, Mrs. Laura K.: 17, 23
Johnston, Albert Sidney: 250–51
Jones, Mrs. Justine: 17
Jones, Larry R.: 287n
Judson, Holden A. and Phoebe: 83, 85, 88, 93–94, 107, 112, 114, 116, 127, 129
Judson, Lucretia: 84, 88–89, 93–94, 97, 108–09, 123, 129
July Fourth: recognized, 56, 204, 225, 276
Kansas City (MO): 91
Kansas River: 267
Kimball, Mrs. Dortha: 136
Kimball, Elizar and Melinda: 20
Kimball, Heber C.: 247
Kimball, Henry: 27
King County (WA): 85
Kinnikinnik Canyon (ID): 285
Kirkland, Moses and Nancy: 85, 124, 126
Lander, Edward: 80
Lander, Frederick West: 11, 282n; road of, 10–11, 282
Lane County (OR): 21
Langton, Seth and Robert: 162, 170, 172, 185
Laramie Peak (WY): 46, 275, 277
Laramie River (WY): 46
Larson, Don and Lillian: 17
Lassen’s Meadow (NV): 293
Laundering: 65, 92, 104, 276; passim
Lawrence (KS) Company: to CO, 191–215
Leroy (KS): 265
Lewis, John and Susanna: 17, 19, 24
Lewis (IA): 168
Lewis River (ID): see Snake R.
Liberty Pole (NE): 171
Lime Kiln Springs (WY): 277
Liquor and temperance: 42, 54, 57, 204
Little Arkansas River (KS): 197
Little Jordon River (IA): 168
Little Springs (WY): 283
Livestock: droves to CA, 260–61; sheep herders, 260; see also cattle, mules, oxen, sheep
Lizards: 65
Lockwood, Reuben Thurston and Mary B.: 21–22, 62; daughter Nancy, 22
Longmire, James: 126n
Loup Fork River (NE): 96, 172, 221
McCune, Matthew and Sarah: 162, 164, 181
McMenemy, Elizabeth C.: 159, 183
Maggie Creek (NV): 291n Mail: carriers, 46, 100, 137–38, 202; coach, 237; stations, 237
Martin, Jesse Bigley: 162, 175
Medicine and doctoring: 107; calomel, 107; cures for livestock, 67
Meeker, J.R. and Nancy: 85, 97, 103–04, 125, 128; child Sarah, 85; Nancy death, 105
Melons: 232; see also watermelons
Meloy, Nathan and Mary G.: 82
Methodists: 27
Michigan: 245
Middleton, Robert: 196n
Middleton (ID): 120n
Military: on trails, 221, 226, 233
Miller, Benjamin F. and Margaret: 19, 52
Miller, Keith L.: 82
Miltimore, Edwin A.: 287n
Mining: fee gold
Mississippi River: 32
Missouri: 31, 85, 88–90, 259, 263
Missouri River: crossing of, 31, 95, 169; steamboat hazards, 90–92
Moccasins: 43, 103–04, 123, 147, 195, 208
Moffett, Anita: 253
Moore, James Preston: 10–11, 259–61, 270–71, 286, 288, 294; death, 261; ill, 283
Moore, Martha Missouri: 10; portrait, 258; children, 261; death, 261; journal of, 269–95
Mormons: H. Clapp among, 247–48; converts to, 135, 157–63; emigrant numbers, 91; fortifications, 231; handcarts, 158, 161, 168, 179–80; in TX, 134; missionaries, 46; polygamy, 157–58; returning east, 52; toll bridge, 113; see also polygamy
Mosquitoes: 56, 58, 102, 113, 145, 220–21, 274
Mount Ranier (WA): 79
Mountain Meadows Massacre: 251–52
Mountain sheep: 140
Mousley, Ann Amanda: 158, 160, 170, 178
Mousley, George Washington and Eliza W.: 160, 164–65, 169, 185–86
Mousley, Lewis Henry: 157, 187
Mousley, Margaret Jane: 160
Mousley, Martha Ellen: 160, 170, 178
Mousley, Sarah Maria: diary of, 163–89; marriage, children, 158; family, 160–61
Mousley, Thomas E.: 160; wife gives birth, 187
Mousley, Titus and Arm McM.: 157, 159, 164, 169, 183, 185
Mousley, Wilhelmina L.: 160, 170, 178
Mud Springs (NV): 295
Muddy Fork River (WY): 189, 281
Mules: 26, 43, 109–10, 141, 170; as pack animals, 52
Mullen, Neill D.: 82
Multnomah County (OR): 82
Murrain: see anthrax
Music: 170; see also recreation
Naches River (WA): 126
Nemaha River (NE/KS): 35
Nevada: 12; Carson City school, 246; University of, 246
Nevada State Historical Soc.: 245
New York City: 129
Newton (IA): 166
Nez Perce Indians: 122
Nisqually River (WA): 128
Nobles’ Route (in CA): 261, 295
Northern Light (steamship): 129
Nye, James W.: 255
Oakland (CA): 217
Oberlin College (OH): 22
Oddfellows Lodge: 50
Ogden (UT): 232
Olympia (WA): 84
Oregon: overland parties to, 15
Oregonian: newspaper, 20
Osage Indians: 43, 153; Nation, 151
Osborne, Andrew J.: 262
Otter Creek (NE): 37
Ottumwa: in IA, 218; in KS, 266
Oxen: 128, 218; bought, 181, 185; death of, 53, 55, 65, 114, 278, 283; price of, 54, 63, 68; lame, 118; Indians steal, 149; sick, 114; traded, 112
Pacific Spring (WY): 228
Palo Alto (CA): 246
Park City (UT): 135
Pawnee Fork (KS): 150
Pelton, Ann Marie: 82
Peria, Ellatheria D.: 161, 164
Pikes Peak (CO): 10, 143, 205; climbing of, 206–11, 213–14; gold rush, 191-215
Platte River (NE/WY): 38–49, 95, 99–108, 171–84, 220–26, 270–80; North, 41; South Fork, 135, 142, 144, 272–73
Plum Creek (NE): 271
Plum Creek (WY): 47
Polygamy: 249
Port Angeles (WA): 81
Portneuf River (ID): 58, 186–87
Prairie Creek (NE): 98, 174–75
Prairie schooners: see wagons
Pratt, Orson: 247
Presbyterian Church: Indian mission, 33
Prices: of provisions, 71; in OR, 76; in WA, 127
Prospect Hill (WY): 108
Provisions for the trail: 219; see also beef, flour, milk, potatoes, prices
Puget Sound (WA): 80
Pumpkin Creek (NE): 180n
Puyallup River (WA): 127
Quicksand Creek (NE): 224
Quincy (IL): 31
Rabbit Hole Springs (NV): 293
Rabbits and jackrabbits: 53, 59–60, 67, 118; see also hares
Rafts: 138
Ragtown (NV): 239
Rain: passim; 198
Rainboth, Mrs. Zahna Z.: 17
Rattlesnake Creek (NE): 223
Rattlesnake Mts. (WY): 227
Recreation: on trails, 90, 205, 286
Red Bluff (CA): 10
Red Buttes (WY): 47
Red River (OKTTX): 154
Reed’s Creek (CA): 261
Renfro, John: 264
Reno (NV): 246
Republican River (KS/NE): 267–69
Reshaw’s Bridge: 183
Rivers and creeks: crossing of, 63, 137, 202; see also river names, bridges, ferries
Roads: dusty, 53; muddy, 166; rocky, 227; rough, 142; sandy, 223
Robinson, William Davis: 161–62, 164, 186
Rock Creek: in ID, 60–61, 65; in WY, 282
Rock Spring (NV): 289
Roeder, Elizabeth Austin: see Austin, Elizabeth
Roeder, Henry: 79–80; marries Eliz. Austin, 80; death, 80
Rogue River (OR): Valley, 19
Rosses Creek (ID): 286
Rush Springs (NV): 289
Russell, William Green: Cherokee expedition, 143n
Sacramento (CA): 242
Sagehens: 53, 60, 67, 116, 118
Salt Lake City: 137, 157–64, 232, 247–52; Fort at, 250; Tabernacle, 247
Salt Springs (WY): 285
Sam Cloon (ship): 88
San Francisco (CA): 217
Sandy River: Big, 139; Little, 110, 187; in WY, 53, 110, 228–29, 283
Santa Fe Trail: 145–49, 194–203; freighting on, 194–95
Santa Rosa (CA): 193
Schools: in NV, 246, 253–57; in OR, 30
Scotts Bluff (NE): 45, 104, 275
Seneca Falls (NY): 9
Service berries: 231
Shawnee Indians: 148
Sheep: 10, 61, 143, 259–61, 264–95; dogs, 260, 265; trail deaths, 260; drown, die, 272–73, 277; sold, 276
Shell Creek (NE): 220
Sherman (TX): 154
Shoshone Indians: 54, 68, 120n, 142, 289–91
Sierra Nevada: crossing of, 241–42
Sierra Seminary (NV): 246, 253–57
Sill, Dr. Eugene: 218n
Silver, Barnard S.: 159
Sioux Indians: 41–42, 179, 221, 271, 273–74, 277
Slavery: in MO, 31; in New Orleans, 133, 192
Smallpox: 180
Smith, Henry Nash: 253
Smith, John F. and Hanna: 18
Smith, Samuel and Melissa: 18
Smoke Creek (NV): 294
Snake (or Lewis) River (ID/OR): 115, 287–88; crossing of, 58–71, 115
Snakes: 65; see also rattlesnakes
Snow, Mrs. Robert G.: 159
Snow: 137
South Pass (WY): 110, 228, 283
Spring, Agnes Wright: 192
Spring Creek: in NE, 181; in WY, 283
Springfield (IL): 166
Springs: copperas, 230; see also hot springs
Sprouse, Will: 139
Squaw wives: 44–45, 106, 147–48, 227; Indian dress, 59
Stagecoaching: 9; stations on trails, 277, 281
Steilacoom (WA): 127
Stewart, Alexander Franklin “Frank” and Laura R.: 18, 24; marriages, 18
Stewart, Amos Kendall “Doc”: 17–18, 24, 28
Stewart, Ann Elizabeth: 17
Stewart, Hanna Jane: 18
Stewart, Harriet Augusta: 15, 18
Stewart, Joel and Sarah Sutton: 15
Stewart, Melissa: 18, 24, 27, 28; letter of, 23–25
Stewart, Susan: 18
Stony Point (NV): 291
Strawberries: 110, 142, 282–84
Strawberry Creek (WY): 282
Sullivan, Pauline: 17
Sulphur Creek (WY): 230
Sulphur Springs: in OR, 73; in WY, 140
Sunday observance: 31, 124, 142, 150, 155, 209, 223, 244, 259
Sutton, Harriet Augusta: 15, 28
Sutton, James McCall: 16, 18–19, 24–25, 29, 48, 66
Sutton, John Pierce: 15, 26, 28, 48; children, 15
Sutton, Margaret Jane: 19, 25–25
Sutton, Mary Emily: 19
Sutton, Sarah: children, husbands, 15, 17; death, 15–16, 77; letters of, 17, 23–77
Sutton, Walter and Louisa: 15, 20, 26
Sweaney, Frances Bishop: 262
Sweetwater River (WY): 49–52, 109–10, 185–87, 227–28, 280–82;
Strawberry branch, 110
Taos (NM): 212
Taylor, Abigail Irene: 152, 155
Taylor, George J.: 163–65, 170
Taylor, John: 163–64, 169–70, 177
Tents: 39, 49, 71, 99, 185, 220, 271
Terry, Thomas Sirls: 163, 178, 180, 182, 189
Texas: overland party to, 133
Thousand Spring Valley (UT): 235, 289
Thunder, lightning: 98–100, 166, 226, 274
Thurston County (WA): 82
Tiemey, Luke V.: 200n
Timber: in ID, 55, 255; in OR, 74; in Sierra (CA), 242; in UT, 135
Tipton, Meshach and Elizabeth: 22, 72–76
Trading posts: 42, 45, 47–52, 58, 106, 144, 227, 229
Trinity River (TX): 155
Trunk: abandoned, 116
Twain, Mark: see Clemens, Samuel L.
Umatilla River (OR): 124
Utah: Deseret, 250; military to, 250–51
Utah State Historical Soc.: 159
Ute Indians: 148
Vacaville (CA): 245
Van Wormer, Charles and Mary: 85, 87–89, 94, 105, 107, 114, 127
Van Wormer, Frank: 118
Verdigris River (OK): 153
Vermilion (OH): 79–82, 86, 129; wagon train of, 79–130
Vina (CA): 262
Wagons: abandoned, 77; numbers of, 29, 171, 218; other conveyances, 75; repairs on, 58, 116, 138, 152, 171; upset, 63
Waldo, John B. and Avarila: 22–23, 74
Walla Walla River: 124
Walnut Creek (KS): 151–52, 200
Ward, Alexander: 120n
Warren, John Q. A.: 261
Washington Historical Soc.: 79
Washington Territory: 126–29; emigrants to, 79
Washington, Univ. of: 79
Water: passim; container for, 54; poor quality, 117; scarcity on trails, 140
Watermelons: 153
Weather: cold, 36, 53, 57–58; flood, 198; see also hail, rain, snow, thunder, winds
Weber River (UT): 137, 157, 187, 231–32
Wells, Daniel H.: 247
White Horse Creek (ID): 119
White River (WA): 126
Whitsell, Henry and Margaret: 85, 118–19, 126–27
Whitworth, Rev. George: 85, 129
Whitworth College (WA): 85
Wilkes, William and Elizabeth: 163, 184
Willamette Valley (OR): 21
Willow Creek: in ID, 65; in WY, 228, 282
Willow Spring (WY): 184, 226, 280
Winds: 268; see also weather
Wolves and coyotes: 40, 42, 95, 100, 197, 224, 279, 282, 287
Women: fear of Indians, 201; see also feminist movement, squaw wives
Women’s rights: 200
Wood, James: 102
Wood: for fires, 166; lack of, 38, 116, 223; wagons used for, 123; see also cedar, sagebrush
Wright, Mary (Ebey): 85, 107; husband, 108
Yakima River: 125
Yale University, Beinecke Library: 262
Yantis, Alexander S. and Sarah: 86, 123–25
Yellow Creek (UT): 230
Yellow fever: 23
Younker, J. F.: 196n, 199n
Zahniser, Aaron and Harriet: 18