C Cabeza de Vaca, description of bison, 153 Cache Creek, 104 California, 141; climate of, 239; University of, 270 Camas Creek, 94 Campfire Club of America, 235 Canyon Creek, Nez Percé fight Seventh Cavalry, 185, 186 Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory, 264 Carpenter, Frank, 172 ff. Carpenter, Ida, 172 Carpenter, Robert E., 205, 244 Carrington, Campbell, 138, 139 Carrington, Henry B., 110 Carson, Kit, 285 Cassidy, “Butch,” 163 Castle Geyser, 131 Catholic Church, 174; services, 217 Catlin, George, 144, 221 ff. Cauliflower Geyser, 251 Cheyenne Indians, description, 70, 157, 187 _Chicago Journal_, 139 Chicken Ridge, 47, 296 Child, H. W., 201 Chittenden, Hiram M., 210 Chittenden Road, 210 Chivington, Col. J. M., 157 Cinnabar, 199 ff., 259 Civil War, 103, 120, 153, 157 Claggett, William H., 137; sponsored Park Bill, 140 ff. Clark, Dr. Dan E., 162 Clark, Capt. Philo, 193 Clark, William, 42 ff.; Colter reports to, 50, 57, 285 ff. Clarks Fork, 42, 50, 88, 184, 259, 286, 290, 298 Clearwater River, 35; battle of, 169 Clematis Gulch, 182, 202 Cody, William F. “Buffalo Bill,” 151; nickname, 153; description, 233 Coffeen, Hon. Henry H., 208 Cole, Sen. Cornelius, 140 Colter, John, ancestors, 35 ff.; joins Lisa, 37; discovery of Park, 38 ff.; attacked by Blackfeet, 52; guide for Henry, 56; reaches St. Louis, 57, 100; route, 283 ff. Colter Creek, 36 Colter’s Hell, 40, 45, 50, 291 Colter’s Peak, 58 Colville Reservation, 191 Community Chapel, 217 Condon, David de L., 270 Conger, Patrick A., 242 Conness, Sen. John, 225 Connor, Col. Patrick, 157 Conservation, 217 ff., 225; Pres. Roosevelt’s Governor’s Conference, 229 Continental Divide, 25, 37, 45; Colter crossed, 47, 99, 102, 118, 163, 259, 296 Cook, Charles W., 116, 118 Cooke, Montana, 208, 247, 259 Coronado, Francisco, 153 Cottage Hotel, 205 Counter, Hub, 196 Cowan, George F., 172 ff., 283 Cowan, Mrs. George F., describes Chief Joseph, 174 Crampton, Louis C., 211 Crazy Horse, Chief, 158, 162 Creamer, Phil, 106 Crook, Gen. George, 158 Crosby, Gov. John S., 193, 243 Crow Indians, 37, 54, 59, 86, 88, 104, 150, 184 ff., 240 Custer, Col. George A., 152, 157; defeated, 158 Cougar Creek, 88