“Remember the Alamo”: 182. Rifle, The American: description, 11-18. Rio Grande: 173. Robertson: rebellion of his men against Washington, 59; formulates first written compact of civil government, 130. Robertson, Charles: 128. Robertson, James: 53-4. Rocky Mountain Fur Company: 197. Roosevelt, Mr.: of New York, 187. Roundhead: 37. Routes suggested to the Pacific: 351-2. Routes to Montana: 211. Rush: 177. Russia: emigration to the U. S., 410; England’s answer to, 421. Sabine River: 173. St. Clair: defeat of, 114. St. Louis: became great by reason of her situation, 51; depot for fur trade, 70; a city of location, 364. St. Paul: emigration offices in, 418. St. Vrain, Colonel: 257. Salem Presbyterian Church: 131. Salling, John Peter: 98-9, 101. Salt: its importance in early days, 100. San Antonio: Texans at, 175; Crockett inside the gates of, 177. San Francisco: 256. San Jacinto: 182. Santa Anna: marches on San Antonio, 174; his peons march toward the Alamo, 179. Santa Fé railway: 279-280. “Santa Fé Trail, Old”: 270. Santa Fé trail: not a transcontinental trail, 262; extent of, 276; distances and directions of, 276-280; a fate finger pointing to Mexico, 285. “Saw Buck,” The: 30. School-building: first one in Tennessee, 131. Scotch-Irish: stem of pioneer stock, 76. Scott, General: 114. Secession: position of the West in regard to, in early days, 123-4. Settlement: advanced toward the Mississippi in the shape of a wedge, 45. Sevier, John: rebellion of his men against Washington, 59; honored by Tennessee, 125; friend of Washington, 128; a member of the North Carolina legislature, 128-9; formulates first written compact of civil government, 130; part taken in annexation of Watauga to North Carolina, 131; presides at Jonesboro meeting, 133; elected governor, 134; arrested on charge of treason, 138; elected to Congress, 138. Sevier and Robertson: riflemen of, 58. “Shakes,” The: 157. Shawnee Indians capture Daniel Boone: 111. Shelby, Captain Evan: 128. Shenandoah—Kentucky stock: 73. Shiells, Dr. Hugh: 79. Shiells, Kitty: 79. Sierra Nevada mountains: 243-4. Sioux Indians, The: 195. Six Nations: 47. Skaggs, Henry: 101. Smet, Father de: 297. Smith, Henry: 174. Smith, James: 101. Smith, Jedediah: meets his fate on Sante Fé trail, 273; goes to the Pacific by land trail, 318-327. Snipes, Major William: 140. “Snuffing the candle”: 16. Socialism: captains of industry likely to cause the spread of, 398. “Society of Friends”: records of, 77. South, The: mother of the West, 40; opens Western territory, 189; is to-day American, 356; little understood, 366. “South Seas, The”: 129. Southern Pacific Railway, The: 365. Southern riflemen: their skill, 14. Spain: league with the Cherokees, 59; claims portion of Georgia, 140; claims Sabine as a boundary, 173. Spaniards: result of letting their horses struggle over the plain, 27; interfere with Jedediah Smith, 321.