B
Bad Lands, 622, 624
of the Missouri, 602, 851, 1368 Bad, Teton, Shicka, river, 622, 649 Bad Rock, 348, 745, 746
Baker's Bay, 438 Bakewell, Robert A., translates D.'s work, 715
Bannock Indians, 305, 312, 314, 323, 365, 572, 574
Baptism, alleged cause of death, 1212, 1464
surreptitious, 185 Baptisms, 158, 164, 168, 177, t78, 185, 187, 190, 226, 240, 244, 261, 318, 331, 338, 340, 346, 347, 35 1, 354, 359, 370, 371, 376, 379,3, 383, 387, 392, 402, 470, 471, 477, 478, 480, 481, 494, 499, 510, 519, 522, 537, 539, 580, 586, 604, 607, 6o9, 61o, 632, 649, 65o, 651, 6 2, 677, 678, 679, 685, 722, 766, 79, 788, 793, 798, 8o9, 81o, 82o, 825, 826, 829, 830, 831, 847, 856, 857, 858, 868, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 876, 878, 879, 881, 882, 888, 9o1, 902, 920, 921, 932, 947, 949, 950, 955, 963, 990, 1191, 1233, 1258, 1282, 1475, 1499, 1512
Baptist Berland river, 534 Barclay, Dr. Forbes, 447 Bartleson, John, 276, 296, 309 Bature, Great, 540
Bay, Pend d'Oreille, see "Kalispel "
Beale, Lieut., desires D. 's acquaintance, 1566
Bear Paw mountains, 793, 1370 Bear river, 2g6, 301, 302
Bears, 167, 235, 496, 502, 582, 602, 605, 655, 940, 1022, 1400 Beauchamp river, 6o2
Beaver, 304, 503, 512, 529, 533, 535, 604, 665, 1373, 1393
Beaver Head river, 304 Beaver Hunter Indians, 517 Belcourt, Rev., 522, 652 Bellevue, Council Bluffs, Neb., 154, 171, 176, 177, 517, 612, 617, 1000, 1255, 1257
Benton, Senator Thomas H.: presents D. to President Pierce,
66,693 letter to, on Oregon Question, 1849, 486
Benton - Continued letter from, 1852, 1566 Berland, Flatbow trader, 490, 494 Beschor, Rev., see " Watomika' Bibliography of D. 1s writings, 144, 1543
Bidwell, Gen. John, quoted on 1841 Journey, 114, 276, 295, 296, 300, 312, 313
Big Dry river, 602
Big Elk, Ongpatongha, Omaha chief, 1532
Big Face, Paul, Tjolizhitsay, Flathead chief, 223, 234, 263, 305, 325
Big Hole river, 582 Bighorn, 6oi
Big Horn river, 239, 660
Big Lake, Omakzikinne, Piegan chief, 590, 595, S99, 952 Big Muddy river, 604
Bird, treacherous Blackfeet interpreter, 523, 526, 528, 1559 Bird Island, 6o1
Birds, see "Fauna"
songs on plains, 648, 875
Birnie, James H., Astoria, 441, 442 Bitter Root, Coeur d'Alene, mountains, 390, 464, 568, 770, 798 Bitter Root, St. Mary's, river, 3I5, 3I6, 343, 344, 390, 550 Blackbird, Omaha chief, 187, 611, 1385
Blackbird Hills, 154, 188, 1384 Black Eagle lake, 534
Blackfeet Indians, see also " Bloods," " Piegans," "Little Robes," " Grosventres," " Sarcees "
chapter on, 946 bands, 949
early bad character, 318, 363, 996 cruelty, ferocity, etc., 233, 328, 363, 372, 398, 470, 5o8, 523, I
fights, 220, 261, 293, 319, 365, 473, 521, 524, 573, 574, 773, 1012, 1127, 1469
dreaded by missionaries, 313, 339, 342, 36.1, 5o6
old chief baptized in Flathead camp, 1841, see "Nicholas " F. Point desires to go among, 1842, 391