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impress white man as guide,14.incursion of, into Y. N. P.,117-123,215.surrender to Miles,124.territory of,112.treaties with,113.Nez Percé War, beginning of,115.causes of,112,115.criticism upon,125.statistics of,125.Niagara Falls compared with the Falls of the Y.,251,254.original sketch of,168.Niagara Park, Canadian,97.New York State,97.Non-treaty Nez Percés,113.Norris, P. W., biographical sketch of,303.builds road of volcanic glass,218.criticism of his work,131.discoveries of,40,41,108,130.names Dunraven Peak after himself,295.quoted,15,218,265,307,314,324,331,343.road work of,130.second Superintendent Y. N. P.,14,129,130.writings of,131.Norris Geyser Basin,220,340.discovery of,340.North-west Fur Company and name “Yellowstone,”4.sketch of,33.Oblong Geyser,230.Obsidian Cliff,217.first road past,218.Indian quarry at,12,217.Old Faithful,167,234-6.discovery of,82.Oldham, Albert, member Radersburg tourist party,112.“Old Man of the Mountains,”244.Orange Geyser,214.Original sketches of Park scenery,168,169.Orographic agencies, work of, in Park,157.Overhead sounds near Y. Lake,246.Pacific Creek,246.Pacific Fur Co.,34.Paintpots described,174.on west shore Y. Lake,242.Peale, A. C., quoted,13,323,344.work of, in Y. N. P.,361,363.Pearl Geyser,220.Pend d’Oreilles Indians in geyser basins,14,45.Peterson, W., member of Folsom party,73.Petrifactions in Y. N. P., Bridger’s story,56.perfection of,179.Pfister, Frederick, member of Helena tourist party,112.Phillips, W. H., connection of, with Y. N. P.,281.Photography of Grand Cañon,256.Pierre Janne.SeeRoche Janne.Pierre’s Hole,24.Pike, Z. M., gives Spanish translation ofPierre Janne,5.Pine, prevalence of, in Y. N. P.,188.Pine tree inscribed with date 1819,40,251.Pitchstone Plateau,153.Plateaus of the Y. N. P.,153.Platte River,188.Poe, General O. M.,105.quoted,287.Pompey’s Pillar,5.Potts, companion of Colter,29.Precedent, effect of, upon future of Y. N. P,284.Presidential Party of 1883,107,371.Prismatic Lake,227.Private interests and Y. N. P.,280.Prospecting expeditions in the Upper Y.,7,66-71.Prospectors, unknown, slain by Nez Percés,121.Protection of game,181,207.Protective Act, Y. N. P.,110,141.Public business in Y. N. P.,139.Pulpit Terrace,214.Punch bowl,230.Pryor’s Fork,22.Pryor’s Gap,23,24.Quadrant Mountain,217.Quiescent Springs,172-3.Radersburg tourist party, 1877,112.experiences of, with Nez Percés,117-120.Railroads and the Y. N. P.,133,270-6,280,365.Rapids of the Y. River,251.Raymond, R. W., quoted,6.Raynolds, Captain W. F., expedition of,58,59,101.map of,62.quoted,60,61,62.report of,63.Red Mountain Range,152.Rendezvous in the fur trade,36.Reservoir, Y. Lake as a,190.Rhyolitic rocks in Y. N. P.,157.“River of the West,”42.quoted from,42,317.River sources in and near Y. N. P.,188.Riverside Geyser,229.Road system of the Y. N. P.,140,201-7.Roberts, Joseph, member of Helena tourist party,112.Roche Janne, French name for Y. River,2,3,7.Rocky Mountains ascended by De La Verendrye,4.Rocky Mountain Fur Company sketch, of,36,38.territory of,36,37.Routes from the east to the Pacific Coast,100.Rules and Regulations for the Y. N. P.,354.Rustic Falls,215.Rustic Geyser, old logs around,13,243.Sapphire Pool,228.Sawmill Geyser,230.Scenery of the Y. N, P.,155,209.in winter,197.Scenic portion of tourist route,260.Schemes to destroy the Y. N. P.,268.Schofield, Lieutenant, meets Radersburg tourists,120.Schurz, Carl, visits Park,106.Schwatka, Frederick, attempts winter journey through Y. N. P.,108.Seasons in the Y. N. P.,193,199Secretary of the Interior applies for military aid,137.instruction of, to first superintendent,270.Segregation projects,133,278,280,365.Sepulcher Mountain,215.Sequoia National Park,97.Sheepeater Indians,8,18,306.characteristics of,10,11.ignorant of geyser regions,15.number of,17.original occupants of park country,10,11,13,14,17.relics of,13.Sheridan Mt.,15,152,242.an extinct volcano,156.Sheridan, General P. H., aids exploration and discovery,75.gives public warning of dangers to Park,106,133.quoted,15.visits Park,106,107.Sherman, General W. T., quoted,111,256.visits Park,105.Shively, Nez Percé guide,123.Shoshonean family of Indians,8.territory,37.Shoshone Indians,8,18.characteristics of,9,10.Spanish articles among,5.treaty with,18.Shoshone Geyser Basin,239.Shoshone Lake,151,239,333.Shoshone Point,239.Sierra Shoshone Range,152.Silica, its function in geyser formation,170.Siouan family of Indians,8.territory,37.Ski, Norwegian snow-shoe,194.Slough Creek,71.Smith, Jacob, member of Washburn Party,76.Smith, Jedediah, fur trader,36.Snake Creek, battle of,124.Snake River,26,150.Snowfall in Y. N. P.,193.Snow-shoe traveling in Y. N. P.,194,195,196.Snowy Range,152.Soaping Geysers,165,343.Soda Butte,264.Cañon,264.Creek,150.Soda Spring,221.Solar eclipse of 1860,59.South-west Fur Co.,35.Spanish traders and name “Yellowstone,”5.Specimen Ridge,179,180,263.Spike Geyser,243.Splendid Geyser,230.Sponge, The,232.Spring Creek Cañon,238.Spurgin, Captain W. F., builds road for Howard across Y. N. P.,124,126.Stage rides in Y. N. P.,277.Stanley, E. J., quoted,322.Stanton, Captain W. S., makes reconnaissance through Y. N. P.,106.Steady Geyser,225.Steamboat, first to reach mouth of Y. River,87.Steamboat Spring,175,244.Steam vents,175.Stevenson, James, ascends Grand Teton,222,309.biographical sketch,307-308.builds first boat on Y. Lake,337.Stewart, J., member of Helena party of tourists,112.Stickney, Benj., member of Washburn party,76.descends to bottom of Grand Cañon,80.Stinking Cabin Creek,322.Stone, Benj., experience of with Nez Percés,123.member Helena party of tourists,112.Stone, Mrs. H. H., first white woman to visit Park,340.Streams of Y. N. P., fish in,186.Strong, Gen. W. E., accompanies Secretary Belknap to Y. N. P.,105.Stuart, James,65,70.Sturgis, General S. D., attacks Nez Percés,124.fails to intercept Nez Percés,124.Sublette Lake, early name for Y. Lake,335.Sublette, William, fur trader,36.Subterranean heat, origin of,158.Sulphur Mountain,249.Spring,250.Superintendents of the Park, duties of,206,207.list of,359.Swan Lake,217.Flats,154.Talmage, T. DeWitt, quoted,253,257.Temperatures in Y. N. P.,198.Terraces, formation of,173,212.Terrace Mountain,215.Tertiary Period in Y. N. P.,156.Teton, Grand. SeeGrand Teton.Teton Pass,24.Teton Range,152,222,243.Therapeutic value of springs in Y. N. P.,199.Thermal activity in Y. N. P. not diminishing,160.Thermal springs, geographical distribution of,160.Third Cañon of the Y.,266.Thompson, David, and name “Yellowstone,”1,2.and source of Y. River,2.Thumb of Y. Lake,241,335.Topping, E. S., quoted,313,315.Tour of the Y. N. P., best season for,210.Tourists and wild animals in Y. N. P.,184.Tourists' season in Y. N. P.,193.Tower Falls,261.discovered,78.Transportation in the Y. N. P.,204.Trappers ignorant of geyser regions,99.Treaties with Indians,18,19.Tree inscribed with date 1819,40,251.Trees of Y. N. P.,187.Trout Creek, serpentine course of,249.Trout in Y. Lake,186.Trumbull, Walter, member Washburn Party,76.publications by,83,84.sketches by,169.Tukuarika, native name for Sheepeater Indians,8,10.Turban Geyser,230.Turquoise Spring,227.Twin Buttes,225.Twin Lakes,219.Two-Gwo-Tee Pass,105.Two-Ocean Pass,59,105,245,333.crossed by fish,186.discovered,104,245.Tyndall, John, quoted,174.Union Geyser,167,239.Pass,23,59.U. S. Geological Survey, explorations under,103.measurements by, of height of Falls,326.names by, in Y. N. P.,286.Unknown visitor to geyser basins in 1833,14,44.Upper Fall of the Y.,251.Upper Geyser Basin,228.discovery of,82.visited in 1833,44.Valleys of the Y. N. P.,153.Vandalism in the Y. N. P.,207.Verendrye, Chevalier de la, explorations of,4.Vest, Senator G. C., connection of with Y. N. P.,281.member Presidential party, 1883,107.quoted,282.Virginia Cascade,220.Visitors to Y. N. P. in 1883,107.Vixen Geyser,220.Volcanic rocks in Y. N. P.,157.War of Rebellion,63.War with Mexico,100.Washburn Expedition of 1870, history of,75-84.organization of,75-7.results of,84.revives Park idea,90.Washburn, General H. D., biographical sketch,311.chief of Washburn Expedition,75.“notes” of, upon Washburn Expedition,83.quoted,325.Washburn, Mt.,152,260.an extinct volcano,156.Washburn Range,17,152.original name of,152.on Colter’s map,26.Wasp, The,48.Watchmen at Park hotels in winter,194.Water-falls of Y. N. P.,151,324.Wear, D. W., Fifth Superintendent Y. N. P.,137.Weed, W. H., quoted,264.Weikert, A. J., member of Helena tourist party,111.Weikert, A. J., experience of, with Nez Percés,123-6.We-Saw, Shoshone Indian,15.West Shore geyser basin,242.White Bird, Nez Percé chief,113.White Elephant,214.Wilkie, Leslie, member Helena tourist party,112.Willow Park,154,217.Wingate, G. W., quoted,190.Winter journeys through the Y. N. P.,108.Winter in the Y. N. P.,197,198.Witch Creek,243.Wyeth, Nathaniel J.,37.Wyoming, admission of, to Union,282,347.Wyoming Territory attempts to protect Park,134,135.“Yancey’s,”263.“Yellowstone,” origin of name,1-7.Spanish translation of,5, note.Yellowstone, first steamboat at mouth of Y. River,87.Yellowstone, discovery of the,72.early knowledge of the,40,50,60.fossil forests of the,177-180,263.gold-seekers on the,101.Grand Cañon of, colors in,6,254.Third Cañon of the,266.Upper, prospecting expeditions on the,66-71.Upper, why so long unknown,99,101.Yellowstone Falls, compared with Niagara,251,254.Lower,251,254.measurement of heights,80,325-6.Upper,261.Yellowstone Lake,151,240,241.


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