Bowen, Adna H., 16 Bowen, Judge, 287 Bower, Nebraska, 158 Box Butte county, _Historical sketch of_, 25, 26 Boyd, ----, 258 Boyd, James E., 189 Boyer and Roubidoux, 190 Boyer, J. P., 190, 191 Boyle, Judge, 133, 142 Bradley, Judge James, 91, 293 Brady, ----, 190 Brady Island, 61, 190 Brash, Mrs. George H., 336 Brass, Samuel L., 16 Brewster, Mrs. S. C., 91 Brickley, E. D., 166 Brigham, George A., 286 Brisbane, ----, 260 Broken Bow, Nebraska, 46, 48, 49 Brooks, Mrs. ----, 275 Brooks, Mrs. N. J. Frazier, _Reminiscences of Pioneer Life at Fort Calhoun_, 288 Broome, Francis M., _Frontier towns_, 22 Bross, Rev. Harmon, 50 Bross, Mrs. Harmon, _An Experience_, 50 Brown, Mrs. Charles, 339 Brown, Mrs. Charles M., _First Things in Clay County_, 43 Brown, F. M., 43, 44 Brown, Hopkins, 244 Brown, John, 141 Brown, R. G., 44 Brownell hall, 96 Brownville & Fort Kearny railroad, 137 Brownville, Nebraska, 31, 111, 116, 142, 161, 211, 212 Buchanan, a frontier town, 22 Buck surveying party, 243 Buffalo, 18, 19, 27, 59, 60, 64, 71, 76, 99, 103, 104-106, 111, 117, 119, 131, 142, 153, 154, 164, 175, 214, 216, 219, 234, 242, 243, 289, 326, 332 Buffalo county, 29, 61, 223 Buffalo creek, 58, 60 Burgess, Frank, 248 Burke, Mrs. ----, 190 Burlington and Missouri R. R. Co., 15, 16, 18, 43, 66, 122, 128, 136, 137, 188, 254 Burt, Mr. ----, 174 Bush, Lieutenant ----, 222, 223, 226, 229 Bussard, Kate, 103 Bussard, William, 109 Buswell, Judson, 19 Butler, ----, 217 Butler, Gov. David, 99, 136 Butler Johnson chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339 Byers, Mr. and Mrs. William N., 91 Cabney, Antoine, 189 Caldwell, Mrs. A. J., 275 California trail, 88, 339 Callaway, Nebraska, 49, 338 Cameron, L. D., 291 Camp, William M., 16 Campbell, Alexander, 43 Capital hotel, Lincoln, 135 Captain Christopher Robinson chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339 Carney family, 75 Carpenter, J. A., _Early Days in Nebraska_, 111 Carr, Gen. E. A., 193 Carson family, 213 Carter, Alex., 290, 291 Carter, "Billy," 24 Carter, Jacob, 291 Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J. R., 14 Carter, Thomas M., _Reminiscences_, 290 Cass county, Nebraska, 37, 94 Cedar creek (Willow creek), 195 Central City, Nebraska, 244 Chabot, C., _Early Recollections_, 62 Chadron, Nebraska, 24, 50, 339 Champlin and McDowell, 156 Champlin, L. C., 175 Chandler, John S., 16, 19 Chapman, Nebraska, 213 Chapman, P. L., 143 Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, 282 Cheyenne and Northern R. R., 264 Cheyenne county, Kansas, 263 Cheyenne, Wyoming, 193, 213 Chief Pipe Stem (Otoe Indian), 144 Chouteau, Auguste, 190 Chouteau, Pierre, 190 Christian, ----, 156 Christian, Robert, 143 Christian, William, 141 Claim clubs, 93 Clapp, Mrs. Sarah, _Early Indian History_, 198 Clark, E. H., 266, 284, 293 Clark, Mrs. E. H., _Fort Calhoun in the Early Fifties_, 293, 296 Clark, Elam, 286, 294 Clark, Isaac N., 44 Clark, Dr. Martin V. B., 44