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Ash Hollow ( Nebraska): FP visits,
91 - 92 ; discussed, 502 ; mentioned,
637, 638
Ashley, William H., 504, 549
Ashley-Henry expedition ( 1822,
1823), 19a, 33a, 526
Assiniboin (Sioux) Indians, 533. See
also Hohe (Assiniboin Sioux) Indi-
ans
Astor, John Jacob, 444, 490, 513,
603
Astorians, 19a, 32a, 548
Atsina (Arapaho) Indians. See Gros
Ventre (Atsina Arapaho) Indians
Aubry, F. X., 657
Avocet ("white plover"), 201, 594
Badger, 358
Bad River ( South Dakota), 575
Bad Wound (Owawicha; Oglala In-
dian), 207, 596 - 97
Baird, James, 23a, 692
Bancroft, George, 696
Barclay, Alexander, 541, 549 - 50,
654, 662
Barlow Road, 18a
Bamard (emigrant), 478
Bartleson company, 21a - 22a, 434
Bear, as totem animal, 246
Bear, grizzly: FP describes, viii -ix, xi ;
Chatillon kills, 16, 448 ; as Indian
war spirit, 156, 572 - 73 ; menaces
"Jack," 161 ; on Laramie Plains,
183 ; attacks Thirlkill, 330 - 31, 655 ;
discussed, 420 - 21 ; mentioned, 196,
220, 257, 310
Bear Creek ( Wyoming), 642
Bear Flag Republic, 25, 671, 677
Bear Lake, 19a, 504
Bear People: discussed, 535, 575 ;
mentioned, 540, 576, 596. See also
Bull Bear; Kiyuksa (Oglala Sioux)
Indians; Oglala (Teton Sioux) In-
dians; Red Water; Whirlwind,
The
Bear River, 15a, 18a, 22a. See also
Yampa ("Bear") River
Bear Robe (Chatillon's squaw): ill-
ness of, 123 ; death and burial of,
144 - 46, 548, 566 ; mourning rites
for, 165 - 66 ; mentioned, 127, 130,
157, 174, 445, 542
Beaver: folklore about, 239 - 40, 574,
608 ; and fur trade, 262 - 63, 490,
618 - 90 ; mentioned, 199, 239,
269 - 70
Becknell, William, 23a
Beckwith, Sir Jennings, 549
Beckwourth, James P.: FP character-
izes, 133 ; as Crow Indian chief,
133 - 35, 526 ; biography of, 549 -
52 ; adventures of, in 1846, 549 - 50 ;
builds Pueblo (?), 654
Bent, Charles, 659, 661, 685
Bent, St. Vrain & Co.: builds Fort
St. Vrain, 648 - 49 ; builds Bent's
Fort, 659 ; and Maxwell, 671 ; and
Carson, 676 ; engagé of, murdered,
692 ; FP meets wagons of, 702 - 3 ;
mentioned, 549, 703
Bent, William, 659, 661
Benton, Thomas Hart, 611
Bent's Fort: and Santa Fe Trail, 24a ;
FP visits and describes, 35a - 36a,
334 - 42 passim, 658 - 66 passim;
Abert at, 601 - 2 ; Army of the
West at, 601 - 2, 615, 661, 670,
687 ; Sublette party at, 635 ; Ewing
at, 638 ; Raymond at, 656 ; history
of, 659 - 60 ; mentioned, 51a, 258,
307, 308, 329, 333, 346, 466, 519,
615, 635, 636, 645, 664, 666, 669,
671, 677, 684
Berkshire Mountains: FP visits, 27a,
630
Big Blue River: emigrants cross, 14a ;
FP crosses, 34a, 53 - 54, 474, 475 ;
mentioned, 13a, 477
Big Crow ( Kongra-Tonga; Oglala In-
dian): Parkman's host, 207 - 96

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. Contributors: Francis Parkman - author, Frederic Remington - illustrator. Publisher: Little Brown. Place of Publication: Boston. Publication Year: 1892. Page Number: 731.
    
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