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Robb) : Major Fitzpatrick, Discov- erer of South Pass cited, 89, foot- note Solomon Fork (of Kansas) : 19 South Dakota: 19, 71, footnote South Pass: 39, 40, 89, 90, loc, 109, 114, 115, footnote, 116, 135, foot- note, 160, footnote, 165, 171, 183, 229, 283 ; used by Ashley-Henry men, 40, 90; Thomas Fitzpatrick in, 89-90, 92, 183; Provot in, 93 ff. South Platte River: 19, 123, 129, footnote; route via, 14, 58, foot- note; see also Platte River and North Platte River South Slough: Smith near, 267, foot- note; crossed by Smith, 268, foot- note Southern California Historical So- ciety, Publications: cited, 213, foot- note Spanish exploration: 26, footnote, 53 Spanish River: see Colorado River Spanish River Mountain: 38 Split-mountain Canj'on: Ashley in, 149, footnote, 150, footnote Spokane House: 41, 105, footnote, 106 Standing Rock Indian Reservation: 71, footnote Stanislaus River [Rio Estanislao] : Smith on (1827), 192, footnote, 228; encampment at, 228, 233; men encamped on, difficulties with Mex- ican authorities, 231-232 Stansbury, Howard: Expedition to Valley of Great Salt Lake of Utah cited, 167, footnote Steamboats: see Boats, Steamboats Stephens, Aaron: killed by Arikara Indians, 72, 74, footnote Stewart, Sir William Drummond: letter quoted, 152, footnote Stinking Fork: 278, 285 Stockmore (Utah) : 152, footnote Stone, Bostwick and Company (fur traders) : 58, in Strawberries: 256, 258, 259, 260, 268 Strawberry Creek: 106 Strawberry River: 152, footnote Stuart, Robert: commands returning Astorians, 36, 37, 109 Sublette, Andrew: 59 Sublette, Milton: 59; commands par- ty of trappers (1829), 284; joins Smith's part>', 285; buys interest in fur trade, 288; in New Mexico, 290; see also Fitzpatrick, Sublette, and Bridger Sublette, Pinckney: 59, death, 283, footnote Sublette, Solomon: 59 Sublette, William L: 59, 95, 104, footnote, 106, 139, footnote, 159, footnote, 160, footnote, 165, 166, 168, 229, 281, 283, 284, 285, foot- note, 288, footnote, 293, 295, 306, footnote; sketch, 70, footnote; in employ of Ashley, 70, 86; in Ari- kara campaign, 79 ; buys interest in fur trade, 168, 183; at rendez- Index 349 voux (1827), 168, 171; at rendez- vous {1828), 283; at rendezvous (1829), 283; in Snake country, 284; at rendezvous (1830), 288; in San- ta Fe trade, 294; encounters with Indians, 299; in Santa Fe, 299; see also Smith, Jackson, and Sub- lette Sublette Mss: cited in footnotes on folloiving pages, 70, 107, 152, 168, 169, 218, 230, 231, 23s, 288, 300 Sublette's Cut-off: 103, footnote Suchadee River: see Colorado River Sulphur: 278 Sunday: observance at San Gabriel, 206, 208, 211, 220 Supply Creek: Smith's camp near, 239, footnote Swan River: 40 Sweet Lake: 278 Sweetwater River: 19, 91, 95, 100, H2, 160, footnote, 165, 283; re- turning Astorians on, 39, 40; navi- gated by Fitzpatrick, 92 Swift, Charles: member of Smith's expedition to California (1827), 229; accompanies Smith through California (1828), 237; reengaged, 265 Switzler, W.F: General William Henry Ashley, cited in footnotes on folloiving pages, 59, 63, 172, i73i 177, 185 Switzler, W.F: Historical Sketch of Missouri cited, 173, footnote Sylvaille's River: Ogden on, 48 Taltushtuntude Indians: 263, foot- note Taos (N. M.) : 87, footnote, 156, i8i, footnote, 288, footnote, 291, footnote, 292; markets, 293 Taylor, Richard: member of Smith's expedition to California (1827), 229 ; accompanies Smith through California (1828), 238 Teggart, F. J: Notes Supplementary to any Edition of Leivis and Clark cited, 22, footnote, 23, footnote, 24, footnote Teton Mountains [^Trois Tetons'\\ 284; sighted by overland Astor- ians, 34; crossed by Astorians, 35, 38 Teton Pass: 29; overland Astorians on, 34, 37, footnote Teton River: 78, 161 Tewinty River: see Uintah River Texas County (Mo.) : 60 Theodore (Utah): 152, footnote Thoglas Creek: Smith's camp on, 261, footnote Thomas Fork (of Bear River) : 38, footnote Thompkins, Benjamin: 177 Thompson, David: 52; career of, 40; at Astoria, 41 Thompson, Joseph : wounded by Ari- kara Indians, 74, footnote Thompson Falls: 98 Thompson and West: History of Los Angeles County, California cited, 217, footnote, 220, footnote Thomson, John: New and General Atlas cited, 153, footnote Three Buttes: 45 Three Forks (of Missouri) : 28, footnote, 56, 58, 100, 109, 124, foot- note, 282; fort at, 30, 31, 32 Thummel (Neb.) : 119, footnote Thwaites, R. G: Early fVestern Travels, 13 ; cited in footnotes on following pages, 13, 29, 37, 91, 170, 184, 199, 207; see also under titles of various works included in above; Original Journals of Leivis and Clark Expeditions cited, in footnotes on following pages, 25, 27, 33, 59, 99, 130 Tillamook [Killimour] Indians: be- friend Arthur Black, 274 Tilton's Fork: 87, footnote Tolowa Indians: 258, footnote Tongue River: i8, 287 350 The Ashley-Smith Explorations Trading posts: see Forts and Fur trade Trans-Missouri area: 25; geography of, 18; discoveries in, 13, 17 Trinity [Indian Scalp] River: 240, footnote, 248, footnote; Smith en- camped on, 238, footnote, 246; Smith crosses, 238, footnote, 246- 247, 247, footnote Trois Tetons: see Teton Mountains Trudeau, J. B: 22; Journals, 13, 23; explorations, 23 Trudeau, Zenon (lieut.-gov. of Louisiana) : 22 Trumble, — : killed by Indians, 88, footnote Tucker, Robert: wounded by Arikara Indians, 74, footnote Tullock, Samuel: 107, 108, footnote, 283; meets Ogden (1827-1828), 280; attempts to go to Salt Lake, 280-281 ; starts for Blackfoot coun- try (1828), 282; raises cache of furs, 288 Tullock's Fork (of Bear River) : 103 Turner, John: member of Smith's ex- pedition to California (1827), 229; accompanies Smith through Cali- fornia, 237, footnote, 238; explor- ing detachment, 241-242 ; escapes massacre on the Umpqua, 196, 273 flf. ; at Fort Vancouver, 275; in California again, 277; sketch, 277, footnote Twitchell, R. E: Leading Facts of Neio Mexican History cited, 54, footnote Two Larres [Tulare] Lake: 191, footnote, 210, footnote Uintah Mountains: 94, loi, 138, footnote, 153, footnote Uintah [Tewinty] River: 149, 150, 151, 152, 158, footnote; ascended by Ashley, 149, 152; Hudson's Bay Company post on, 152, foot- note Umpqua Indians: 50, 267, footnote, 270; encountered by Smith, 269- 270, 271, 272; attitude, 272; mas- sacre Smith's party, 273, 274 LTmpqua River: 195, 237, footnote, 270, footnote; crossed by Smith, 270, footnote, 272 ; travelled by Smith, 269, footnote, 271, footnote; massacre on, 194, 220, footnote, 223, 273 if., 283 Uncompaghre River: 156, footnote Union Pass: 34, 35, 284 U.S. American State Papers, Indian Affairs: cited, 36, footnote, 68, footnote, 74, footnote U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology: Seventh Annual Report cited, 152, footnote U.S. Geological Survey: Topographic Maps cited, 132, footnote, 142, footnote, 263, footnote, 265, foot- note U.S. House: Executive Documents cited, in footnotes on folloiving pages, iii, 112, 117, 120, 123, 177, 302 U.S. Senate: Executive Documents cited in footnotes on folloiving pages, 60, 64, 68, 69, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 89, 90, 91, 98, 107, III, 112, 117, 120, 123, 156, 162, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 177, 182, 275, 276, 280, 281, 282, 283, 288, 302 U.S. War Department: 14 United States: Indian policy, 56-57; as exploring agency, 24, 26, 53 Upper Missouri Drainage Area: 19, 20, 21, 26, 32, 33, 55 ff., 58, 307; defined, 18; crossed by Lewis and Clark, 25 ; operations of Lisa in, 26, 27 ; of Mo. Fur Co. Smith, Ms. cited in footnotes on folloiving pages, 77, 180, 181, 297, 302 Walker Lake: 193, footnote Walla Walla (Wash.) : 43 Wallace, Dillon: Saddle and Camp in Rockies cited, 228, footnote War of 1812: 55, 56, 62, 63 Warner, J.J: 290; interviews Smith, 289; goes to Santa Fe, 294; rem- iniscences of Early California cit- ed in footnotes on following pages, 184, 191, 192, 230, 231, 273, 274, 277, 289, 290, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299 Warren, G. K: Memoir cited, 103, footnote, 104, footnote, 167, foot- note Wasatch Mountains: loi, 106, 143, footnote, 152, footnote, 229 Washington (D.C.) : 25 Washington (state) : 20, 41 Washington County (Mo.) : 62 Wasp: reference, 278, footnote Watermelons: 189 Wayne County (Ohio) : 181, footnote Weber County (Utah): 106 Weber's Fork: see tVeher River Weber Lake: 165, footnote Weber River: 94, loi, 103, 153, foot- note, 158, footnote, 165, footnote, 166 Webster, Daniel: in St. Louis, 176 Weiser River: 280 Weld County (Colo.) : 127, footnote Wells, Mr. — (Santa Fe trader) : 295 West Walker River: Smith on (1827) : 193', footnote Western Literary Messenger: refer- ence, 278, footnote Wetmore, A: Gazeteer of Missouri cited, 63, footnote 352 The Ashley-Smith Explorations Wheat: 189 Whirlpool Canyon: Ashley in, 149, footnote Whiskey Run: Smith's camp near, 266, footnote White Horse Creek: see Morton Creek White River: 150, footnote Wilcox, Mrs. Elizabeth: Ashley's second wife, 177, footnote Wild Sage: see Sage brush Wilkes, Charles: Narrative of United States Exploring Expedition cited, 307, footnote Wilkinson, Benjamin: 30 Willamette Cattle Company: 271, footnote Willamette [Multnomah, Multino- mah] River: 50, 155, footnote, 196, 267, 271; Indians on, 267, foot- note William and Mary College: Quar- terly cited, 59, footnote Williams, — : 95 Williams, Ezekiel: 35, footnote, 86, 93, footnote; wanderings, 34, foot- note, 36, footnote, 54; letter cited, 35, footnote Williamson River: Ogden on, 49 Willis (negro) : wounded by Arikara Indians, 74, footnote Willow Valley: see Cache Valley Willows: 135, 136, 144, 152, 279 Wimilchi Indians: encountered by Smith, 191 ; location, 192, footnote Wilson, John: 218; member of Smith's expedition to California (1826), 187, footnote; discharged from Smith's employ, 227 ; sketch, 227, footnote Wilson Creek: Smith's camp near, 255, footnote Winchester Bay: 270, footnote Wind River: 18, 34, 52, 134, footnote, 160, footnote; valley of, 34; Ash- ley-Henry operations on, 89; as- cended by Wm. 