Purviance, Erma, 96 Purviance, Dr. W. E., 96 Prairie Chicken (Omaha Indian), 100 Prairie fires, 68, 120, 164, 247 Pyle and Eaton, 44 Quincy colony, 284, 296, 299-304 Quivira, 112, 233 Quivira chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 147, 188, 335, 336 Randall, Mr. and Mrs., 123 Randall, A. D., 213 Randall, Charles, 46, 213 Randall, E. J., 213 Randall, Dr. H. L., 213 Randall, N. G., 211 Randall, Sarah Schooley, _My Trip West in 1861_, 211 Rawhide creek, 79 Raymond, Mrs. Mabel, 339 Raymond, Nebraska, 184 Reavis-Ashley chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338 Reavis, Isham, 253 Reavis, Mahala Beck, 253 Red Cloud, Nebraska, 137, 339 Red Lion mill, 109 Redman, Joseph, 93 Reed, Alexander, 284 Reeder, Mrs. James G., _Pioneer Life_, 246 Rees, Henrietta M., 336 Republic county, Kansas, 142 _Republican_, Omaha, 95 Republican river, 60, 61, 105, 154, 222, 225, 242 Republican Valley, 58, 214, 222, 243, 327 Reverend Reuben Pickett chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339 Reynolds, Nebraska, 140 Reynolds, B. W., 80 Reynolds, Wilson, 80 Rhoades, Orrin, 284 Rhustrat, Dr., 80 Richardson, Lyman, 92 Ringer, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford, 186 Ringer, Frank J., 186 Ringer, Jennie Bell, 185 Ringer, John Dean, 186 Riverton, Nebraska, 239 Rock Bluffs, Nebraska, 37, 94 Rock creek, 139, 144, 153, 161, 270 Rockport, Nebraska, 266, 286, 298 Rockwood, Martin T., 67 Roe, Thomas, 107 Rogers, Mrs. Samuel E., 92 Romigh, Mrs. Viola, 339 Root, Aaron, 92 Root, Mrs. Allen, 91 Roper, Ford, 122 Roper, Fred E., 268-271 Roper, Joe B., 270 Roper, Laura, 218, 270 Roper, Mann E., 269 Roscoe, B. S., 30, 31, 32 Roscoe, Mrs. Isabel, _A Pioneer Nebraska Teacher_, 30 Rose creek, 140, 144, 148, 153, 155, 156, 279 Rosewater, Edward, 189 Roy, George, 252, 253 Roy, Mrs. Thyrza Reavis, _Personal Reminiscences_, 252, 253 Royce, Loie, 203 Rulo, Nebraska, 252 Rushville, Nebraska, 24 Russell, Alice M., 281 Russell, Mrs. E. A., _Reminiscences_, 281 Russell, Rev. E. A., 281 Russell, H. C., 49 Russell, Mrs. Lucinda, 275 Russell, Majors and Waddell, 214, 240 St. Joe & Denver City R. R. Co., 144 St. Joe and Grand Island R. R., 75, 144 St. Joseph, Missouri, 155, 211, 241, 252, 270 St. Leger Cowley chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 337 St. Marys, Iowa, 290 St. Nicholas hotel, 92 St. Paul, Nebraska, 204 Saline City, 177 Salt creek, 221 Saltillo, Nebraska, 97 Salt Lake City, 269 Sanborne, John P., 192 Sand Hills, 258 Santa Fe trail, 308, 316 Saratoga (Omaha), Nebraska, 93 Sarpy, Peter A., 290, 307-321 Sarpy's trading post, 311, 317 Saunders county, 80, 87 Sawyer, Mrs. A. J., 275 Saxon, Elizabeth, 276 Schmeling, Frank, 214 School creek, 18, 43 Schooley, Charles A., 211 Schwatka, Lieut. Frederick, 326, 327, 328, 331 Schwerin, Rev. W., 45 Scofield, T. D., 17 Scott, ----, 128 Scott, Miss Lizzie, 16 Scott, Mrs. Mathew T., 338 Scottsbluff country, 264 Scottsbluff, Nebraska, 339