Big cr., see North and South do. Big Devil cr., 16 Big Duckett cr., 362 Big Eagle, a chf., 85 Big Eddy, in Miss. r., 131 Big falls or Sauk rap., 356 Big Foot, a chf., 556, 557 Big Foot, nickname of St. Denis, 714 Big Gravois cr., 374, 375 bighorn, 476 Big isl., 18, 210 Big John cr. and spr., 518, 521 Big Knives, 148 Big Manitou r., 391 Big Monegan or Monegaw cr., 385 Big Muddy r. of L. and C., 369 Big Nemaha r., 418 Big Osage Inds., see Grand do. Big Pipe, a chf., 347 Big pt., in Leech l., 153 Big rap. or Sauk rap., 100 Big Rice l., on Boy r. connection, 155 Big Rice l., on Willow r. route, 320 Big River sl., 16 Big Rock cr., br. of Neosho r., 518, 521 Big Rock cr., br. of Osage r., 376 Big Rogue, a chf., 591 Big Rush cr., 27 Big Sand cr. of Gregg, 444 Big Sandy cr., br. of Ark. r., 442, 443 Big Sandy r., br. of Bill Williams' r., 730 Big Soldier, a chf., 370, 371, 527 Big Stew cr., 6 Big Stone l., 343, 344, 349 Big Suck-off, 41 Big Summer isl., 297 Big Tabeau cr., 379 Big Tavern cr., 369, 372 Big Timbers, 444 Big Track, a chf., 556 Big Turkey cr., 522 Big Walnut cr., 425, 426 Big Winnipeg or Winnibigoshish l., 322 Bijou cr., 451 Billon, F. L., 194, 204, 213 Billon's Annals, 39, 357, 388 Bill Williams' fk. of Colorado r., 730 Bill Williams' mt., 730, 731 Biogen Series, xxxii Birch bay, 279 Birch l., 317 Bird cr., 555 Birth l., 128 Biscay, see New Biscay Bishop of Rome, 80 Bissell, Capt. or Gen. D., 570, 603 Bissell, D., of Vt., 570 Bissell, H. W., 570 Bissell, L., 570 Bissell, R., 570 Bitch l., 124, 329 Bitch r., 124 Black Bear cr., 556 Blackbird isl., 7 Blackburn, E., liii Blackburn sta., 483 Black Dog, a chf., 348 Black Eagle, a chf., 347 Black Hawk, a chf., 11, 45 Black Hawk co., Ia., 22 Black Hawk, Ia., 23 Black Hawk Purchase, 45 Black Hawk sl., 21 Black Hawk War, second, 45 Black Jack cr., 518, 519, 520 Black Jack, Kas., 519 Black Jack pt., 518, 519 black larch, 319 Blackman's Mills, 375 Black Mesa, 601 Black mts. or range, in N. M., 631, 747 Black r., 51, 52, 56, 58, 296, 305 Black River bay, civ Black Rocks, Mex., 691 Blacksmith sl., 55 Black Soldier, a chf., 76 Black Squirrel cr., 451 blaireau, 432 Blair, F. P., 607 Blanchard, R., 554 Blanchard's isl., 22 Blanchard's rap., 104 Blanchette, the hunter, 214, 361 Blakely, Mr., 207 Bleak House, lxiii Bledsoe co., Tenn., cxi Blessed Virgin Mary, 289, 734 blockhouse on Ark. r., 481 blockhouse on Conejos r., 495, 496, 497 Blockhouse or post on Miss. r., 105, 106, 107 Blondeau, Mr., 32, 34, 211 Blood of Christ mts., 490 Bloody run, 37, 41 Bloomfield, Gov. J., lix Blouin, Louis, 194 Blow Snake r. is translation of Ojibway name of Naiwa r. Blueberry cr., 143 Blue cr., br. of Ark. r., 443, 444 Blue cr., br. of Gila r., 735 Blue Earth r., 65, 68, 77, 78, 79, 349 Blue, Maj. U., xxvi, xxviii Blue Mound, Mo., 385, is in S. E. ¼ of Sect. 3, tp. 37, range 30 Blue Mounds, Cherokee country, 555