Stephens, 274 Stillwater Canyon, Green River, 322 Stock, term as applied to Amerind tribal groups explained, 61; languages of the Amerinds, 61 Stony Mountains, 156 Strait of Juan de Fuca, 119 Straits of Anian, a myth, 147 Stuart, James, monument, described by, 140 Stuart, Robert, 215, 216, 218, 252 Sublette, Milton, 264, 274 Sublette, William, with Ashley, 234; with Fitzpatrick and Company buys out Ashley, 244; takes waggons to Wind River, 272 Subsistence of the Amerind tribes, 70 Succotash, 79 Sulte, Benjamin, Preface, vii. Sumner, Jack, with Major Powell in the exploration of the Colorado, 320; goes down Colorado from Green River Valley to tidewater, 325 Supawn, a dish made of cooked corn, 79 Sutter's ranch, gold found there, 308 Sweetwater River, named by Ashley, 234 Swindling by traders, 94 T Tabbaquena's map, 89 Tacoutche Tesse, not the Columbia, 148 Tamos villages seen by Espejo, 116 Tampa Bay, Soto lands there, 126 Tanning buffalo robes, 48 Taos, location of, 70; Fowler and Glenn go there, 235; San Fernandez de, Pattie arrives there, 248; lightning, 268 Tariff put on American goods into New Mexico, 268 Taylor, General, ordered to occupy Rio Grande region, 300 Temples of the Virgin, location of, 8 Termini of Pacific railways, 332 Texas, Spanish settlements in, 119; claim to, given up by the United States, 220; status of, in the Mexican Republic, 298; revolt, 298; triumphs at San Jacinto, 298; western boundary, 298; admitted to the Union, 300 Thompson, David, to forestall Astor on the Columbia, 198; arrives at Astoria, 202 Thompson, Almon Harris. _See_ dedication Thompson, William, scalped alive, 330; his scalp preserved, 332 Thorn, Captain Jonathan, to command the ship to establish Astoria, 198; killed on the _Tonquin_, 200 Thousand Mile Tree, 328 Three Tetons called Pilot Knobs by Hunt, 208 Tidal bore, Colorado River, 249 Tiguex, 111; rebellion, 112; correct site of, 113; Espejo arrives there, 114; map showing correct location of, 115; below the Puerco, 116 Timpanogos, Utah Lake, 124 Tobacco, use of, by Amerind tribes, 79 Todd, grant from Spain, 151; goes up the Missouri, 151; Reverend Doctor, gives a prayer at the completion of the trans-continental railway ceremony, 333, 336 Tonikan stock, 68 Tonkawan stock, 67 Tonty, 133 _Tonquin_, the doomed vessel, 198; arrives at the Columbia, 199; loses men in trying to cross the bar, 199; goes on a trading voyage, 200; crew massacred, 200 Torrey, 303 Tortillas, 267 Totem, 85