wives of, [174];
hears plot to ambush, [243]
Hamblin, Joseph, [156], [241]
Hamblin, Lyman, [99]
Hanson, name assumed by J. H. Beadle, [215]
Harrell brothers, camp in Brown's Park, [30]
Hastele, Navajo chief, [169]
Hattan, Andrew, [4];
place in boat, [11];
his call to meals, [11];
departure, [260]
Headquarters, winter, of, 1872-73, [260]
Hell's Half Mill, [44]
Henry Mountains (Unknown Mts., q. v.), [207]
Henry's Fork, mouth of, [17];
astronomically fixed, [95]
Henry, Professor Joseph, [vi].
Henry (Azure) Cliffs, [99]
Hidden Lakes, the, [201]
High Plateaus of Utah, continuation of Wasatch Range, [95];
end of, [164]
Hillers, John K., joins party, [7];
catches fish, [15];
songs of, [52], [74];
catches salmon, [98];
photographer, [217];
hurts his back, [225];
trip to Moki towns, [248]
Hog-backs, topographical feature described, [198]
Hook, Theodore, drowned, [25];
grave of, [25]
Horse discovered, [90]
Horse sense, [258], [264]
Horseshoe Canyon, why so called, [21]
Hotel Tovar, [232]
House ruins, Shinumo, [112], [137], [138]
House Rock Spring, [157], [160]
House Rock Valley, [160], [175]
Howland, Seneca, and O. G., [141]
Howlands and Dunn, [vi]., [vii].;
why killed by Shewits, [171];
left first party, [242];
killed near Mt. Dellenbaugh, [259]
Hurricane Hill, [190]
Hurricane Ledge, [190]
I
Illustrations in Powell's Report, [x].
Innupin, definition of, [252]
Innupin Picavu (Water-pocket), [251]
Island Park, [56]
Ives, comes up Colorado, 1858, [2];
reconnoitres south of Grand Canyon, [96];
names North Side Mountains, [186]
J
Jack, see Hillers
Jacob, see Hamblin
Jacob's Pools, [159]
Johnson, Will, [186];
leaves party, [211]
Johnson's, Mormon settlement [166]
Jones, S. V., [10];
place in boat, [11];
falls ill, [152];
leaves, [260]
Julien, D., inscriptions by, [108], [113], [118]
Junction, the, of the Grand and Green, [113];
summit at, [116];
trail to, [118]
K
Kaibab (Buckskin Mountain), seen from Echo Peaks, [150];
band of Pai Utes, [177];
trip to south-west corner of, [182];
Point F established on, [184];
seen from Marble Canyon, [222]
Kanab, settlement of, [8];
headquarters, [145];
headquarters, winter of 1872-73, [260];
description of, [166];
base line near, [173];
Christmas dance, [173]
Kanab Canyon, journey up, [185], [244];
supplies to be brought in there, [224]
Kapurats, Pai Ute name for Major Powell, [171]
Kettle Creek, [24]
Killiloo, refrain, [75], [81], [226], [267]
Kingfisher Canyon, [22];
why so called, [22]
Kingfisher Creek, [21]
Kit Carson, [95]
Koneco, Navajo chief, [154]
L
Labyrinth Canyon, enter it, [105];
end of, [110];
length of, [110]
La Sal, Sierra, [103], [109], [127]
Latter-Day Saints, [212]
Lava Falls, Dodds and Dellenbaugh climb to river there, [192]
Leaping Brook, [46]
Lee, John Doyle, [195];
settles at Paria, [210];
meet him, [210];
wife Rachel, [210];
wife Emma (his XVIII.), [210];
called Naguts, [211];
executed, [211]
Lee Ferry, [215]
Lehi, Mormon town, [262], [266]
Let-down, [26];
method of accomplishing a, [90]
Letters from Clement Powell to the Chicago Tribune, [v].;
from F. S. Dellenbaugh to the Buffalo Express, [vii].
Life preservers, [8];
indispensable, [237]
Light, the controversy of the, [63]
Lighthouse Rock, [80]
Lignite Canyon, [91]
Line portage, [26]
Little Brown's Hole, [29];
name changed to Red Canyon Park, [29]
Little Canyon, [31]
Little Colorado, canyon of, forms division between Marble and
Grand Canyons, [217];
mouth of, [222];
altitude of mouth, [223]
Little White, or Price River, [92]
Little Zion Valley, [190]
Lodore Canyon, party goes through on the ice, [2];
gate of, [32];
why so called, [32];
we enter it, [34];
width of river in, [35], [42], [43];
velocity of current in, [35], [42];
sunlight in, [36];
wreckage found in, [41];
height of walls, [42], [43], [46];
character of [42];
declivity in, [43];
end of, [48];
length of, [48]
Logan, Mt., [188]
Log-cabin Cliff, [84]
Lonely Dell, [211]
Long Valley, route via, [262]
Lost Creek (Crescent Creek), [209]
Louisa, a wife of Jacob Hamblin, [174], [195], [250]
Lower Disaster Falls, [42]
M
MacEntee, [166];
leaves party, [179];
in Salt Lake, [267]
Mackenzie, General, [ix].,
map A, facing page [95]
Macomb, [95]
"Major, The" [viii]., see Powell, John Wesley
Mangum, Joseph, [153];
the lost guide, [155], [157]
Manti, Mormon settlement, [99], [174]
Map, accuracy of plat of Colorado River, [vi]., [vii]., [243];
sheets giving Colorado River, [viii].;
preliminary, finished, [262];
sent to Washington, [267]
Marble Canyon, [150];
miners wrecked in, [195], [217];
enter it, [216];
total length with Grand Canyon, [217];
height of walls, [216], [217]-[222];
end of [222];
descent in, [223];
number of rapids in, [223]
Markargunt Plateau, [191]
Meek, Joseph, goes through Lodore on the ice, [95]
Melvin Falls, [86]
Millecrag Bend, [129], [132]
Moki (Hopi) ruin, [79]
Monument built 1869 by Powell, [78]
Mookoontoweap or Little Zion Valley, [190]
Mormon, settlements, [96];
method of pioneering, [167], [174];
dance, [173]
Mt. Carmel, Mormon settlement, [262]
Mount Dellenbaugh, named, [254];
altitude, [259];
Shinumo remains on, [259]
Mount Ellen, Henry Mountains, [208]
Mount Hillers, Henry Mountains, [208]
Mount Logan, [188], [253]
Mount Nebo, [266]
Mount Pennell, Henry Mountains, [207], [208]
Mount Seneca Howland (Navajo Mt.), [141]
Mountain Meadows massacre, [195];
Lee's version, [211]
Music Temple, grotto, [141], [210]
N
Narrow Canyon, [3], [133]
Natural arches in Canyon of Desolation, [87], [88]
Navajos, agency, [143];
meet with, [146];
afraid of our boats, [153];
dance with, [154];
ceremonial, [177]
Navajo Creek, [149]
Navajo Mountain, [139], [141], [201]
Navajo Well, [175], [248]
Nephi, [266]
New Year's Day, 1872, [174];
1873, [260]
No-name, boat, wreck of, [38]
North Side Mountains (Uinkaret Mts.), [186]
O
Oak Spring, [187], [188], [191]
Old Jacob, see Jacob Hamblin
Old Spanish Trail, [95], [246]
Oonupits, sound made by, [252];
described, [252];
Indian shoots at, [252]
Orange Cliffs, [110]
Order of going, [11], [72], [136], [215]
Overland Stage Co. road, Salt Lake to Denver via Provo,
Robideau Crossing, and Golden, [67]
P
Paantung, Thompson's Shewits guide, [259]
Painted Desert, [150]
Pai Ute women, Jacob Hamblin, scaled to, [174];
language without an "F," [250];
name for Major Powell, [250];
name for Professor Thompson, [250];
name for Dellenbaugh, [250];
George, Waytoots, Chuar, [250];
see also Chuarooumpeak;
method of cooking rabbits, [252]
Pai Utes, despised by Navajos, [170];
Kaibab band of, [177];
wickiups, [177];
arms, [178];
rabbit skin robe, [178];
fire obtained by drill, [178];
ceremonial, [178];
songs, [178], [179];
stone arrowhead making, [178]
Panguitch, arrive at, [265]
Paria, [95], [151], [197];
up cliffs at, [155];
settlement, [166]
Parowan, [248]
Patnish, chief of renegades, [8], [167], [250]
Photographic outfit, [6], [58]
Pictographs, [61]
Pierce, Fort, [188], [191]
Pine Valley Mountains, [189], [190]
Pink Cliffs, [164]
Pipe Spring, [185];
Wash, [185]
Plateau Province, the, [109]
Point F, [184]
Portage, line, [26];
method of making, [40]
Potato Valley, [199]
Powell, Clement, letters from to Chicago Tribune, [v].;
place in boat, [11];
duties of, [11];
leaves party, [259]
Powell, Emma Dean (Mrs. J. W.), [7];
and infant daughter, [165];
in Middle Park, [172];
leaves for Washington, [179]
Powell, John Wesley (The Major), the conqueror of the Colorado, [2];
title in Volunteer Army, [2];
first descent of Colorado; [v]., [3], [96],
no right arm, [8];
titles of reports, [v]., [vi].,
position in boat, [11];
duty of, [11];
goes up Yampa, [50];
on Yampa River 1868, [50];
goes ahead to Uinta, [56];
to Salt Lake, [67], [70], [99], [144], [179], [259], [266];
songs of, [73];
rejoins party, [98];
fails to reach Dirty Devil overland, [99];
leaves for Washington, [179], [259];
reports through Smithsonian Institution, [vi].;
runs course of river, [vii];
buried at Arlington, [267]
Price River, [92]
"Prof.," [viii].,
see Thompson, A. H.
Provo to Golden, waggon road, [67]
Putnam's Magazine, copy found, [43]
R
Rabbits, Pai Ute method of cooking, [252]
Rain cascades, [105], [106], [132]
Rapid, the first, [21];
method of running, [35], [36];
tails of, [36];
eddys at, [36];
Catastrophe, [vi]., [242], [243]
Rations, [4], [111], [119]
Red Canyon, [2];
entrance of, [22];
upset of Nellie Powell in, [23];
width of river in, [24];
speed of current, [24];
height of cliffs, [24], [28];
end of, [30]
Red Canyon Park, [29]
Red Cliff, [176]
Red Lake Utes, Jacob pacifies them, [170];
meet with band of, [204]
Regiment marches from Salt Lake to Denver, [68]
Renshawe, John, joins party, [259]
Richardson, Frank C. A., [10];
position in boats, [11];
skill in dressing deer, [16];
leaves party, [31]
Riggs, [157]
Riggs, Charley, [248]
Riley, George, [143];
head of pack train, [156];
cook, [260]
Rio, San Buenaventura, [67];
San Clemente, [67];
San Rafael, [95], [103];
San Juan, [140], [210]
Robideau, crossing of Green River, [67];
Fort, [67]
Rocking stones in current, [127]
Roundy, Lorenzo W., [153]
Rudder useless on the Colorado, [x].
S
Sag, the, at Disaster Falls, [38]
St. George, Mormon settlement, [194]
Salmon, white, caught, [98]
Salt Lake City, [7], [17];
the major goes to, [67], [70], [99], [144], [179], [259], [266]
Salt Lake to Denver, waggon road, via Provo and Golden, [67]
San Clemente, Rio, Escalante's name for White River, [67]
San Francisco Mts., seen from Mt. Trumbull, [187];
from Echo Peaks, [250]
San Juan River, mouth of, [140];
pass it, 1872, [210]
San Rafael River, [95];
arrive at, [103]
Santa Fé and Los Angeles trail, [94]
Santa Fé Railway to the Grand Canyon, [x].
Scorpions, [132]
Second Powell expedition, the, [vi]., [3];
material used for report on first expedition, [vi].;
supplies of, [4];
method of sacking rations, [6];
ready to start, [8];
personnel of, [11]
Selden, [95]

Sentinel Rock and Sentinel Creek, [149]
Sevier Canyon, [266]
Sharp Mountain Falls, [91]
Shewits, killed Powell's men,

[vii]., [96];
territory of, [186];
afraid of us, [191];
plan to ambush us, [243];
meet us, [253];
conference and agreement, [253];
Thompson's guide, [259]
Shinumo, the, [112], [149];
trail, [113], [145];
caves, [132];
Canyon, [184];
ruin on Mt. Dellenbaugh, [259]
Shower Bath Spring, [245]
Shunesburg, Powell descends Virgin River to, [248]
Sierra, Escalante, [43];
La Lal, [103];
Abajo, [127]
Simpson, Captain, [95]
Sinav-to-weap, [117]
Sister Emma, [211]
Sister Louisa, [174]
Smithsonian Institution, Powell reported through, [vi].
Snowblind, [266]
Soap Creek, [159];
Frank M. Brown, drowned near mouth of, [159], [217];
Rapid, [217]
"Sockdologer, of the World," [222];
rapid, [226]
Songs of the camp, [73], [74]
Sorghum molasses, [172]
Spanish Fork, [266]
Spanish Trail, Old, [95]
Split Mountain Canyon, [57];
enter it, [58];
end of, [60];
length of, [60]
Springs in river bottom, [103]
Stanton, R. B., proves the White story incorrect, [v].;
completed Brown expedition, [ix].;
Canyon Railway project, [x]
Steward, John F., place in boat, [11];
duty of, [11];
on a raft, [16];
discovers gigantic fossil, [20];
determines nature of Unknown Mts., [136];
ill, [146];
recovers, [152];
leaves party, [160]
Stewart, Bishop, of Kanab, [167];
saw-mill of, on Kaibab, [181]
Stewart, John, goes with Powell to Grand Canyon, [172];
returns with news of gold find, [174]
Stillwater Canyon, beginning of, [110];
nature of walls, [111], [113];
house ruins in, [112];
width, [113];
end of, [113];
length, [114]
Summit Valley, [164]
Sumner Amphitheatre, [79]
Sumner, Jack, [7]
Supplies, nature of, [4];
to be brought in at three places, [7]
Surprise Valley, [241]
Swallow Canyon, [31]
Swallow Park, [197]
T
Table Mountain, [198]
Tapeats Creek, [240]
Tavaputs Plateau, [80]
Teemaroomtekai, Uinkaret chief, [253]
Teram Picavu, [254]
Thompson, Professor Alvin Harris, [vi]., [vii]., [ix]., [7];
place in boat, [11];
duty of, [11];
first white man to explore Shewits country, [254];
to climb Mt. Dellenbaugh, [259];
buried at Arlington, [267]
Thompson, Mrs. Ellen Powell, [7], [165], [166], [172], [181], [195], [216], [259]
Tiravu Picavu, [254]
Tirtaan Aigles, slogan, [75], [267]
Tokerville, Mormon settlement, [190]
Tom, Pai Ute guide, [197];
leaves party, [199]
Toroweap Valley, [192]
Trachyte Creek, [208]
Trail up cliffs of Paria, [155]
Tribune, Chicago, letters to, from Clement Powell, [v].
Trin Alcove, [107]
Triplet Falls, [43]
Trumbull, Mt., why so called, [186];
climbed, [187], [192];
height of, [187]
Trumbull, Senator, [186]
Tuba, a Moki (Hopi), goes home with Jacob, [169];
ceremony on crossing Colorado River, [169]
U
Uinkaret, Indians, [186];
region, [186];
plateau, [190];
chief, [253]
Uinta, Indian Agency, [7], [8], [71]
Uinta Mountains, [1];
first view of from river, [15]
Uinta River, pass mouth of, [76];
arrival at, [66];
Powell goes ahead to, [56];
mouth astronomically determined, [95]
Uinta Utes, [61]
Undine Springs, [103]
Union Pacific Railway, crossing of Green River, [3];
see Descent and Distance
Unknown country, the, [95], [96], [199], [200], [201], [202]
Unknown Mountains (Henry Mts.) [viii]., [104], [127], [133];
Steward determines nature of, [136];
position of Dirty Devil (Frémont) River with reference to, [199];
arrive at, [207];
map of, [207]
Untokarowits, Pai Ute name for F. S. Dellenbaugh, [250]
Utah Southern Railway finished to Lehi, [262]
Utah, from, into Colorado, [31]
Utes of Wonsits Valley, Uinta and White River, [61]
Ute Crossing of Colorado in Uinkaret region, [188]
Ute Ford, the (El Vado de los Padres), [148]
Ute law as applied to capture, [71]
V
Van Buren, Gentile settler on the Sevier, [266]
Vasey's Paradise, [219]
Vermilion Cliffs, [158], [164];
length of, [164]
Vermilion River, [31]
Virgin Mountains, [194]
Virgin River, canyon of, explored down to Shunesburg, [248];
Little Zion or Mookoontoweap Valley of, [190]
Volunteers march from Salt Lake to Denver, [68]
Voyage, Canyon, the end of, [242]
W
Walcott, Professor, [vii].
Walker House, Salt Lake City, [267]
Wasatch Cliffs, [200]
Wheeler, Lieut. George M., goes up Colorado to Diamond Creek, [145]
Whirlpool Canyon, [53];
end of, [55];
descent in, [56]
Whirlpools described, [239]
Whiskey not taken, [6]
White, James, [2];
story of his trip through canyons disproved, [v].
White River, [66];
journey down, [69];
pass mouth, [76]
White River Utes, [61]
Whitmore, Dr., killed by Navajos, [169];
ranch, [188]
Wild Band Pocket, [251]
Winnie's Grotto, [35]
Winsor, of Pipe Spring, [185];
Castle, [185]
Winter quarters, 1872-73, [260]
Witch Water-pocket (Innupin Picavu), [251]
Wolfskill, William, pioneer, [94]
Wolves, [161], [162], [165]
Wonsits Tiravu, [254]
Wonsits Valley, [60]
Woonoopits, see Oonupits
Workman's Ranch, [190]
Wreckage found in Lodore, [41]
Wyoming, from, into Utah, [16]
Y
Yampa River, [48], [49];
Powell on it in 1868, [50];
goes up, in boat, [50]
Young, Brigham, [170], [185];
Alfred, [187]

Transcriber's Notes

The original contained inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation. The following variations were retained:

The following typographical errors in the original were corrected: