Adams, Barnabas L., 193, 340, 348, 375

Adams, George J., 11, 375

adobe, 319, 321, 323

adoption, law of, xxxi–xxxiv, 90n67, 171n105, 327

alcohol, 41n31, 123, 171

Alger, Fanny, xvii

Allen, James, ix, 66, 105, 375–76

Allen, Rufus, 24, 194, 376

Ames, Ira V., 146, 376

Anderson, William, 118, 376

Andrus (Andrews), Milo, 145, 160, 162, 376

Angell, Truman O., 193, 293, 376

antelope, 211, 215, 218, 232, 250, 267, 353

apostasy: of early Saints, viii; of George Miller, 125–26

artillery, 32–33

Ash Hollow, 237, 357–58

Atchison Co., Missouri, 59–60

Atwood, Millen, 193, 338, 376

Babbitt, Almon W., 118, 124–25, 376–77

Backenstos, Jacob B., 37, 49, 377

Badger, Rodney, 195, 289, 314, 377

baptisms for the dead, xxxii

Barkman, Charles, 216

Barney, Lewis, 194, 208, 377

Barnham (Barnum), Charles, 194, 358, 377

Bartholomew, Noah Willis, 79, 377

Battle of Nauvoo (1846), 116, 117–18

Beach, Rufus, 11, 76, 77, 122, 377

Bealy, Dr., 18, 377

Beaman, Louisa, xvii

Bear River, 295, 297, 301, 338

bear(s), 268, 301, 348

Beaubien, Charles H., 178, 377

Beaver Creek, 201, 370

Bennett, John C., viii

Benson, Ezra T.: tent of, 41; to assist William Huntington, 44; on Mount Pisgah, 47n37; returns from eastern country, 140; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; prays for Brigham Young, 301; fixes wagon wheel, 306; surveys area around Echo Canyon, 306; brings news from Big Camp, 337; attacked by bear, 348; Horace gets tobacco from, 367; glossary entry for, 377

Bent, Samuel, 37–38, 101, 377–78

Bernhisel, John M., 177, 378

“Big Camp,” 160n99, 270, 271, 337, 341–44

Big Canyon Creek, 334

Big Elk, Chief, 107, 108n76

Big Head, Chief, 145

Big Mountain, 302n166, 307

Big Salt Spring, 317

Big Sandy River, 286, 341

Big Timber Creek, 349, 352

Billings, George Pierce: arrives from last camp, 33–34; as counselor to Heber C. Kimball, 79; goes to Ponca village, 117; returns to Winter Quarters, 131, 149; drives cattle, 133, 151, 152, 153, 155, 161; items from country brought by, 153–55; to go with vanguard company, 187; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; accident involving oxen of, 327; takes excursion to Great Salt Lake, 335; searches for Judson Persons, 349; glossary entry for, 378

Billings, Sister (Diantha Morley), 114, 378

Billings, Titus, 115, 378

Bird, Charles, 107, 378

bishops, 142n94

Black, Miss (Martha [Patsy] Brown), 100, 378

Black Hills, 262, 263

“black-leg,” xxix, 183, 219

Black’s Fork, 291–93, 340–41

Bloxham, Lucy Amelia, xxiii

Bluff Ruins, 240–41, 356

Boggs, Francis, 194, 299, 378

Boggs, Lilburn W., viii, xiii, 18n18

Bonaparte, Iowa, 8

Bordeaux, James, 256, 259, 261, 351, 378

Bordeaux, Marie, 259n143, 261

Boss, David, 100, 379

Boynton, John F., 76, 379

Brady’s Island, 362

Brannan, Samuel: letter from, 66; meets up with vanguard company, 287–88; travels with vanguard company, 292; goes back with Thomas Williams, 295; reports on Mormon Battalion, 314; goes to Utah Lake, 321; transmits letter for Twelve, 323; leaves for California, 324; glossary entry for, 379

brass band, xxviii, 4–6, 7, 8, 10, 14

Bridger, James (“Jim”) Felix, 285–86, 293, 379

Brimhall, John, 355, 358, 379

Brockman, Thomas Patterson, 118, 379

Brown, George Washington, 193, 379

Brown, John: placement of, in vanguard company, 195; accidentally shoots horse, 208; shoots wolf, 209; brings advice from traders, 216; leads Saints along Platte River, 237n130; leads second group to Salt Lake Valley, 255n139; scouts road, 299; exploration report of, 313–14; returns to Salt Lake Valley, 327; goes on exploring expedition, 330; as company captain, 340; as superintendent of hunting expedition, 364; glossary entry for, 379–80. See also Mississippi company

Brown, Martha (Patsy) (Miss Black), 100, 378

Brown, Nathaniel Thomas, 176, 194, 197, 209, 380

Brown, Peletiah, 109n77

Brown, Thomas, 220, 221, 222, 228, 229, 261, 294, 295

Brown Crow, Elisabeth, 261, 379

Buchanan, John, 291, 327, 352, 353, 355, 358, 367, 380

Buchanan’s Blunder, 88

Buel, Prescindia Lathrop Huntington, 225–26, 380

buffalo: hunting, 207, 211–12, 214, 217, 218, 229, 231, 356, 361–62; problems caused by, 220–21; migration of, 223, 366n201; hostile, 346, 359–60

Buffalo Creek, 216, 363

Bullock, Thomas, 191, 193, 244n132, 252n137, 273–74, 328, 348, 380

Burdick, Thomas, 33, 380

Burgess, Harrison, 81, 100, 160, 162, 380

Burke, Charles, 195, 299, 380

Burnham, Jacob D., 193, 280, 299, 380

Burns, Thomas R., 16, 18, 380

Burroughs, 264, 380

Busby, Joseph, 108, 381

Butler, John Lowe, 16, 381

Butterfly Creek, 76, 77, 78

Byard (Baird), Robert, 187, 194, 311, 313, 317, 381

Cache Cave, 297, 337

Cache Valley, 282, 327

Cahoon, Andrew, 37, 89, 123, 381

Cahoon, D. (Daniel) Styles, 89, 381

Cahoon, Father (Reynolds), xii, 381

Cahoon, William, 6, 30, 381

Cain, 11, 381

California, overland emigration to, 257

Calkins, Luman Hopkins, 365, 369, 381

Camp, James Greer, 339, 381

Camp Creek, 358

Canfield, Cyrus Culver, 105, 381

cannon, 203, 216–17, 219

Canyon Creek (on trail), 306–7, 336

Canyon Creek (Salt Lake Valley), 334

Cardinal, Mr., 140n93

Carrell, William Thomas, 339, 382

Carrington, Albert, 193, 266, 296, 299, 330, 382

Carrollton, Illinois, xiii

Carter, Mrs. (Lydia Kenyon), 131, 382

Carter, Simeon Dagget, 131, 382

Carter, William, 194, 339, 382

Case, James: goes ahead, 191, 192; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; as company captain, 195; and route of vanguard company, 200n118; vanguard company catches up with, 303; broken wagon wheel of, 306; glossary entry for, 382

Castle Bluffs, 238

Castle Creek, 237, 357

cattle: watching, 75, 79, 80, 90, 92; suffering from foot rot, 85; wintering, 87n64; search for, 125, 126–27, 128, 131; killed by Indians, 128; driving, 128–30, 132, 133–34, 138, 145–46, 152

Chamberlain, Solomon, 194, 298, 301, 363, 364, 382

Chariton River, 13–14

Charles, Barkman, 216, 377

Cheffelan, 200

Cherokee, 69

Chesney, James Albert, 261, 299, 382

Chessley, Alexander P., 195, 267–68, 299, 327, 382

Chimney Rock, 239–40, 244, 245–46, 354, 355

china dolls, xvii

Church Council, 91–92

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, opposition to, vii–viii. See also persecution

City Creek, 334

Clark, George Sheffer, 340, 383

Clark, Hiram, 79, 383

Clayton, Diantha Farr, 25, 388

Clayton, James, 178, 383

Clayton, William, 329; “Come, Come, Ye Saints,” xxviii, 25n23; on dishonest dealings with Indians, xxx; parody composed by, 4; camps with Saints, 9, 10; birth of child of, 25; returns to Winter Quarters, 135, 328; finds his horse with Omahas, 136; walks around Winter Quarters, 139; builds house, 141; drives sheep, 141; goes after wood, 146–47; goes to rush bottoms, 152; wagon of, 182; surrenders Church property to Newel K. Whitney, 183; catches up with vanguard company, 192; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; calculates distance traveled, 221, 222; and debate regarding roadometer, 232n127; The Latter-day Saints’ Emigrants’ Guide, 234, 235n128; places guidepost, 237–38; on Salt Lake Valley, 310n169; on Indian fight, 317–18; makes new roadometer, 320–21, 322; goes to Salt Lake, 327; letter from, 359, 360; glossary entry for, 383. See also “Come, Come, Ye Saints”

Clothier, Jack, 109n77

Cloward, Thomas P., 187, 194, 313, 383

coal, 266, 281, 299

Cochran, 9, 57

Cold Springs, 78–79n56, 92n68, 274

Collins, Robert, 100, 383

Colorado tick fever, 297, 298

Coltrin, Zebedee, 105, 106, 193, 383

“Come, Come, Ye Saints,” xxviii, 25n23

Commerce, Illinois, xiii

consecration, 37n29, 158n97

Cooke, Philip St. George, 255n140

Coolidge, Joseph Wellington, 74, 80, 383

Corbett, Thomas, 182, 183, 187, 383

Council Bluffs, Iowa, 55, 56–66, 74, 104, 144

Council House, xxviii, 111, 143, 156, 157–61, 167–69, 173–74, 176, 182–83

counterfeit money, 57

Covert, William Spencer, 134, 383

Crab Creek, 239, 357

crackers, 31–32, 39

Craig, James, 193, 383

Craig, John, 296, 384

Cravath, Mary, xxiii, xxxiii

crickets, 310, 319

Crooked Creek, 42

Crosby, Oscar, 195, 214n121, 255n139, 299, 384

Crosby, William, 254–55n139

Crow, Benjamin Brown, 261, 299, 326, 384

Crow, Elizabeth Jane, 261, 384

Crow, Harriet Brunt, 261, 384

Crow, Ira (Isa) Vinda Exene, 261, 384

Crow, Ira Minda Almarene, 261, 384

Crow, John McHenry, 261, 299, 358, 384

Crow, Robert, 255, 260–61, 264, 271, 299, 384

Crow, Walter Hamilton, 261, 299, 384

Crow, William Parker, 261, 313, 385

Crow Indians, 255

Crow Therlkill, Matilda Jane, 261, 326, 384

Cummings, James Willard, 54–55, 385

Curtis, Lyman, 195, 298, 299, 385

Cushing, Hosea: helps Horace Whitney, 24; brings back corn, 29; drives for Bro. Coolidge, 80; works in hayfield, 122, 123; goes up to big herd, 125; builds house, 127, 128; returns to Winter Quarters, 127, 136; helps with cattle, 130; brings bricks, 151; to go with vanguard company, 187; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; accident involving oxen of, 327; takes excursion to Great Salt Lake, 335; glossary entry for, 385

Cutler (Kimball Fletcher), Clarissa Crissy, 168, 385

Cutler, Alpheus, 85, 105, 116, 135, 160, 162, 385

Cutler, Edwin, 12, 34, 91, 385

Cutler, Emily Trask, 168, 385

Cutler, William Lathrop, 30, 76, 117, 122, 385

Cutler’s Park, 91–92

Dacota(h) / Dakota Sioux, 243–44

Dalton, Charles, 30, 385

Dana, Louis, 93, 99, 385–86

Davenport, James, 194, 224, 273

Davenport, John: trades for provisions, 34; reaches camp, 40; sent to help trading expedition, 59–60; arrives in Cutler’s Park, 103; helps Edward Hunter, 105; livestock of, 110; searches for lost cattle, 122, 128; works in hayfield, 122, 123; goes up to big herd, 125; returns to Winter Quarters, 131, 134; builds house, 135, 137, 141; cuts wood, 140; goes to Missouri for work, 146; glossary entry for, 386

Davis, Amos, 256

Davis, Daniel: sent to help trading expedition, 59–60; baptism of, 124; errands and labor of, 137, 139, 140, 141; as member of Heber C. Kimball’s family, 190; glossary entry for, 386

Davis, David, 153–55, 386

Decker, Charles, 25, 137, 167, 386

Decker, Isaac Perry, 195, 386

Deer Creek, 266, 347–48

Devil’s Gate, 277, 346

Dewey, Benjamin Franklin, 194, 303, 309, 386

Dixon, John, 193, 339, 386

dog(s), 112, 211, 239, 245

Donnell, Robert Washington, 148, 153, 386

Donner-Reed party, 55n43, 282

Donovan, Alexander, 255n140

Douglas, Ralph, 336, 339, 386

dream, of Heber C. Kimball, 336

dress making, 58

Driggs, Sterling, 193, 386

Dry Sandy Creek, 284, 342

Duncan, George, 353

Dunham, Albert Warren, 80

Dunham, Jonathan, 80, 386

Durfee, Father, 20, 29, 30

Dykes, William, 52, 193, 386

Eagles, 94

eagle(s), 239, 295

Eames, Ellis, xxviii, 177, 178, 197, 386–87

Earl, James Calvin, 339, 387

Earl, Sylvester H., 193

Earl, Wilbur Joseph, 365, 387

Eastman, Ozro French, 194, 325, 339, 387

Echo Canyon, 299–301, 302

Edwards, William Holliday, 44, 45, 387

Egan, Howard: as company captain, 6, 340, 353; disagreement between Pack and, 52; as trading agent, 60; reports on Mormon Battalion, 139; errands and labor of, 140, 141, 146–47, 306, 320; moves into house, 142; goes to country, 157, 167; items from country brought by, 163–66, 175–76; to go with vanguard company, 187; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; and debate regarding roadometer, 232n127; scouts road, 302; searches for lost horse, 309, 346; journal of, 315; and settlement of Salt Lake Valley, 315–16; returns to Winter Quarters, 328; takes excursion to Great Salt Lake, 335; glossary entry for, 387

Egbert, Joseph, 193, 299, 339

Eldridge, Father, 110, 111, 112

Eldridge, Horace S., 85, 91, 108, 109n77, 270, 387

Eldridge, Ira, 147, 387

Eldridge, John, 194, 299, 387

Elkhorn River, 79, 186, 371

Ellsworth, Edmund, 152, 193, 273, 387

emigrants: vanguard company intersects with, 262–63, 264, 267–68, 278, 279; ferried over North Platte, 271–74; at North Fork ferry, 291

“Emigration Camp,” 160n99, 270, 271, 337, 341–44

Emmett, James, 45, 82n60, 126n88, 387–88

Empy (Empey), William, 193, 215, 273, 388

Ensign, Horace Datus (Dayton), 194, 339, 342, 388

“Epistle of the Twelve to the Battalion & Saints in California,” 323

Everett, Addison, 28, 151, 193, 195, 388

extermination order, viii, xiii, 18n18

Fairbanks, Nathaniel, 194, 241, 245, 256, 299, 388

Farmington, Iowa, 6, 7

Farr, Aaron Freeman, 29, 194, 289, 291, 388

Farr, Diantha, 25, 388

Farr, Winslow, 128, 160, 162, 206, 388

fast and prayer meeting, 252, 253. See also prayer circles and meetings

feast, 344

fence, surrounding Salt Lake City, 331–32, 333, 334

Fielding, Amos, 50, 388

Finch, Sister, 248, 388

fire, 130, 156–57

Fitzgerald, Perry, 24, 194, 388

Flake, Green, 195, 214n121, 255n139, 299, 388–89

Fleming, Mr., 100, 389

flute, 76

foot rot, 85

Forsgren, John, 71, 100, 389

Forsgren, Mary Ann Hunt, 190, 389

Forsythe, Henry, 133, 146, 389

Fort Atkinson, 104n74

Fort Bridger, 290, 291, 292, 293–94, 340

Fort Hall, 335n189

Fort John, 257, 258–59. See also Fort Laramie

Fort Laramie, 254–56, 259n142, 260, 350–52. See also Fort John

Fort Leavenworth, 83n62

Fort Platte, 257, 258–59

Fort Union Trading Post, 359n199

fossils, 238, 239

Fowler, John Sherman, 193, 389

Fox, Samuel Bradford, 193, 320, 389

“Fox Divide,” 13

Frank, Horace Monroe, 194, 389

Frazier, Jacob: illness of, 44–45; errands and labor of, 122, 128, 136, 140, 141; goes up to big herd, 125; returns to Winter Quarters, 136; drives cattle, 161; as member of Heber C. Kimball’s family, 190; glossary entry for, 389

Freedom, Gabriel, 264, 389

Freeman, John, 137, 193, 299, 389

Frink, Monroe, 315, 346, 357

Frost, Burr, 194, 264, 330, 389

Fuller, Elijah Knapp, 103, 389

Fullmer, John S., 118, 389–90

Garden Grove, Iowa, ix, xxvi, 9, 27, 31–32, 35, 37, 39

General Brooks, 85, 110

general conference(s), 189n113, 331–35

Gibbons, Andrew, 195, 275, 294, 390

Gifford, William, 339, 390

Gleason, John, 195, 299, 311, 327, 390

Glines, Eric: placement of, in vanguard company, 194; hunts, 229, 231, 232; waits for family, 274; brings news from North Platte, 281; sent to help next company of pioneers, 289; glossary entry for, 390

Glines, James, Harvey, 365, 390

Glines, Sarah Elizabeth, 115, 390

Goddard, Stephen: placement of, in vanguard company, 193; as company captain, 195, 340; vanguard company catches up with, 303; returns to Winter Quarters, 328; and house construction, 330; leaves Amasa Lyman’s company, 363; arrives with Winter Quarters horsemen, 365; glossary entry for, 390

Golden, Christine, 6, 390

Goodale (Goodell), Timothy, 293–94, 323, 390–91

Goodyear, Miles, 295, 296, 327, 391

Goodyear Ranch, 296n162

Gould, John, 317, 391

Gould, Samuel, 317, 391

Gove, Flora Ann Woodworth Smith, 105–6, 391

grammar, 112

Grand Island, 210, 365, 368

Grand Island, Nebraska, ix, 74

Grand River, 24, 25, 28, 30, 34

Granger, Carlos, 163

Granger, Lafayette, 343, 391

Granger, Sabra, 99, 191, 391

Grant, David, 194, 299, 338, 391

Grant, George, 135, 138, 367

Grant, George Davis, 365, 366, 391–92

Grant, George Roberts: returns to Winter Quarters, 135, 338; searches for cattle, 138; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; catches eagle, 239; horse of, 346, 354; hunts, 355–57; arrives with provisions, 365; searches Horace’s wagon, 367; glossary entry for, 392

Grant, Jedediah M.: camp responsibilities of, 17; trades made by, 36; speaks at meeting, 38, 91; reaches camp, 40; tent of, blown away, 41; meets with Omaha Indians, 107; searches for new ferrying place, 108; continues on to Salt Lake Valley, 345; glossary entry for, 392

Great Salt Lake, 309–10n168, 314, 315, 326, 327, 335

Green, Harvey, 127, 392

Green, John Hyrum, 37, 92, 392

Green, John Young, 193, 392

Greene, Nancy Zervia, 74, 392

Green River, 287, 288–89, 341

Griffin, Albert Bailey, 101, 392

Grosclaude, Justin, 140n93

Grouard, Benjamin Franklin, 48, 392

group salvation, xxxi–xxxii

Grover, Thomas, 108, 193, 195, 258, 267, 273, 392

guideposts, 222, 232, 237–38, 242, 306–7, 357, 360

Gully (Gulley), Samuel, 139, 392

Hale, Jonathan, 108, 392

Ham’s Fork, 292, 341

Hancock, Joseph: placement of, in vanguard company, 195; missing from camp, 212; returns to camp, 214; hunts, 222, 267, 314–15; trades with Indians, 322; glossary entry for, 393

Hancock, Solomon, 42, 43, 393

Hanks, Knowlton F., 48, 393

Hanks, Sidney Alvarus, 193, 393

Hansen, Peter, 60, 61, 189, 190, 342, 393

Hanson, Hans C.: plays music, 4; camps on Locust Creek, 23; heads for Platte country, 60; breaks wagon tongue, 67; injury of, 69; outfitted with wagon and team, 79; returns to Winter Quarters, 131; builds house, 135; placement of, in vanguard company, 195; alters pantaloons, 294; scouts road, 299; glossary entry for, 393

Harding, John J., 76, 77, 393

Harley, Edwin, 87, 393

Harley, John Harris, 87

Harmon, Appleton M.: placement of, in vanguard company, 194; as company captain, 195; calculates distance traveled, 223, 228, 231; ferries emigrants over North Platte, 273, 274; vanguard company meets, 351; glossary entry for, 393

Harper, Charles Alfred, 194, 340, 353, 393

Harris, George W., 108, 352, 394

Harris, Mary Ellen, 58, 394

Harris, Moses “Black,” 282–83, 285, 352

Hatch, Abram, 35, 394

Hawes, Peter, 137

Hawn’s Mill, 114n80

Haws (Hawes), Peter, 17, 137, 394

Haywood, Joseph L., 33, 394

health, letter of exhortation concerning care of, 102

Heber, 74

Hedlock, Reuben, 80n58

Helen, K., 31

Herriman, Henry, 160, 162, 394

Herring, George, 45, 394

Herring, Joseph, 69, 394

Heywood, Joseph L., 33, 118

Higbee, Isaac, 160, 162, 394

Higbee, John Somers: joins camp, 85–86; as superintendent of ferryage, 114, 258, 273; and preparations for spring travel, 167; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; as company captain, 195; hunts and fishes, 198, 229, 254; discovers human skull, 209; trades with Indians, 244, 264; glossary entry for, 394

Higbee, Sister, 69

Higgins, Nelson, 319, 331, 394–95

Hill, Archibald Newell, 270, 395

Holden, Edward, 336, 339, 342, 345

Holden, Edward (Edwin), 395

Holden, Elijah Edward, 395

Holman, John G., 44, 193, 362, 395

Holman, Joshua S., 134, 279, 395

Honey War, 19n19

Horne, Joseph, 79, 395

horse(s): versus oxen, 21–22n21; bitten by rattlesnakes, 30–31, 35–36; lost, 100, 207–8, 209, 346; killed by accidental gun discharge, 208, 279; for drawing cannon, 219; stolen, 293–94, 344–45, 349–50, 351–52

Horseshoe Creek, 264, 350

Houston, Mary, 86, 395

Houtz, Jacob, 113, 117, 395

Hovey, John D., 137

Hovey, Joseph, 113, 127, 136, 395

Hovey, Sister (Martha Ann Webster), 113, 395

Howd, Simeon Fuller, 193, 395

Hubbard, Charles Wesley, 62, 396

Hunter, Edward, 105, 396

Huntington, Dimick Baker, 331, 396

Huntington, William, 44, 105, 396

Huntington, William Dresser, 365, 396

Huntly, A. L., 339, 396

hurricane, 20–21

Hutchinson, Jacob Flynn, 43, 76, 396

Hyde, Marinda Nancy Johnson, 146, 396

Hyde, Orson: arrives in Council Bluffs, 60; horses of, stolen, 70; called to England, 71, 80, 189n114; gives fife to Horace, 76; gives Newel K. Whitney outfitting supplies, 82; leaves for England, 85; glossary entry for, 396

Hyde, Sister, 176

Independence Rock, 275–77, 346

Indian burial mound, 87, 89

Indian Creek, 9

Indian Removal Act (1830), 69n49

Indian(s): in Horace Whitney’s journal, xxix–xxxi; Omaha, xxx, 107–8, 136, 145, 147; Pawnee, xxx, 81–82, 101, 199–201, 203n119; signs of, 29, 50–51; helps Saints, 30; Pottawatomie, 44, 49, 51, 52, 65, 67; near Council Bluffs, 57; warned against pioneers, 57; Helen Mar Whitney spends time with chief’s daughter, 65; message brought by, 65, 67; Sioux, 65, 67, 145n96, 169, 203, 207, 228, 243–44, 357; Cherokee, 69; Ponca, 74n53, 81–82, 101; Otoe, 83, 86, 107–8; trade with, 83, 243–44, 261, 264, 314, 319, 322, 355, 356; escape from attack by, 101, 208–9; extend invitation to George Miller, 101; land arrangement with, 103–4; meeting with Omahas and Otoes, 107–8; kill cattle, 127; defense against, at Winter Quarters, 128; dishonest dealings with, 135; Iowa, 145; problems caused by, 169; vanguard company meets, 199–201; as threat, 203; try to sneak into vanguard company’s camp, 207; deserted encampment of, 228; rob Fort Laramie, 255; burial practices of, 256; near Fort Bridger, 293; Snake, 293, 318n175, 341; come into Salt Lake settlement, 314; Ute, 314, 318–19n175; met by Twelve, 315; quarrel between, 317–18; food of, 318–19; Shoshone, 318n175; horses stolen by, 344–45, 349–50, 351–52; visit vanguard camp, 357

intelligence, 173

Iowa: crossing, xxv–xxvi, 26–27, 39; settlement of, 2n1; border dispute between Missouri and, 19n19

Iowa Indians, 145

irrigation, 311

Ivory, Matthew Hayes, 195, 396

Jackman, Levi, 195, 299, 330, 397

Jacobs, Henry Chariton, 14, 397

Jacobs, Norton, 115, 194, 195, 285n157, 397

“Jewish Maid,” 77

Johnson, Artemas, 194, 303, 397

Johnson, Jesse Walker, 339, 397

Johnson, Luke S.: received into Church, 11; arrives in Winter Quarters, 146; stays in Winter Quarters, 147, 176; joins vanguard company, 182, 351, 352; returns to Winter Quarters, 185; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; as company captain, 195, 353; hunting successes of, 218; kills buffalo, 229; treats rattlesnake bite, 242; ferries emigrants over North Platte, 273; goes back to Fort Laramie, 353; as superintendent of hunting expedition, 364; glossary entry for, 397

Johnson, Philo, 187, 194, 397

Junction Bluff Fork, 360

Kane, Thomas L.: and Mormon Battalion, ix–x, 64n48, 69–70, 76, 77; and exaggerations regarding Mormons, 4n4; as friend to Mormons, 66, 69–70, 88–89, 99; sketches of, 68, 84; leaves for Grand Island, 83; discovers mound, 87; returns from Grand Island, 87; Helen Mar Whitney on, 88–89; illness of, 92, 93, 99; gifts from, 195–96; glossary entry for, 397

Kay, John, xxx, 8, 77, 135, 139, 177–78, 397–98

Kearny, Stephen W., 64n48

Kellogg, Father Ezekiel, 353, 363, 365, 367, 398

Kelsey, Stephen, 194, 299, 398

Kendall, Levi N., 194, 299, 398

Keosauqua, Iowa, 9n10

Kimball, Brigham Willard, 32, 168, 226, 398

Kimball, Charley, 190

Kimball, D. D., 148, 149

Kimball, Heber Chase, 169; conversion and Church service of, xiii–xvi; and plural marriage, xviii–xix, xxi, 6n6; children of, xix; and law of adoption, xxxiv; on Salt Lake Valley, xxxv; returns to Winter Quarters, xxxvi, 329; goes to Sugar Creek, 2; organizes Sugar Creek camp, 3; leaves Sugar Creek, 6; pays for oxen, 9; reorganizes companies, 17; exhorts observance of camp duties, 20; counsel of, 25, 28–29, 109–10, 170–71, 172–73; passes Medicine Creek, 27, 28; meets with council, 28; writes letters, 29–30, 100; dines with Lorenzo Young, 36; chastises Saints at Mount Pisgah, 47–48; picks strawberries, 53; appoints bridge builders, 55; recruits Mormon Battalion, 65–66; seeks winter location, 74, 75, 78; trades horse for oxen and cattle, 79; borrows from Van Wagoner, 80; and relocation of camp, 86; discovers mound, 87; holds meetings, 90–91, 187–89, 311–13; discusses Church affairs, 100; letter of exhortation from, 101, 102–3; searches for new ferrying place, 108; livestock of, 110, 124n86, 130–31; seeks settlement location, 111; surveys ground and lays out Winter Quarters city plot, 111; speaks at meetings and conferences, 112, 151, 268, 322, 331–32, 333, 334; builds house, 128, 135; dance in home of, 151; handcart company of, 156, 157–58, 159–60, 161–63, 178; blesses children, 168; meeting of family of, 170–73; blesses family, 184; leaves Winter Quarters, 190; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; as company captain, 195; guards company, 201; hunts, 211, 366; Horace Whitney walks and talks with, 224–25, 246, 284, 328–29; kills wolves, 238; anticipates arrival in Salt Lake Valley, 266; goes ahead, 282; prays for Brigham Young, 301–2; fixes wagon wheel, 306; surveys area around Echo Canyon, 306; rebaptisms performed by, 322; and council of Twelve, 323; and settlement of Salt Lake Valley, 325; land allotment of, 325n184; house for, 330; dream of, 336; letters to, 338; attacked by bear, 348; smokes with Indians, 349–50; plans for outfitting family of, 361; glossary entry for, 398

Kimball, Heber P., 18, 187, 398

Kimball, Hiram, 177, 398

Kimball, Lucy Walker Smith, 398–99, 413

Kimball, Presendia, 36, 213, 247

Kimball, Sarah Melissa Granger, 2, 399

Kimball, Sarah Peek Noon, xviii, xix, 6n6, 187, 399

Kimball, Solomon Farnham, 166, 399

Kimball, Vilate Murray: conversion and Church service of, xiii–xvi; and plural marriage, xviii–xix, xxi, 6n6; dines with Lorenzo Young, 36; receives gift from Joseph Toronto, 63; illness of, 145; gives birth to Solomon, 166; attends prayer circle, 187, 188; service rendered by, 212–13; Heber C. Kimball on, 224; ailing baby of, 246–47; glossary entry for, 399

Kimball, William H., 136, 137, 187, 190, 191, 365, 366, 399

Kimball’s Spring, 350

King, William: errands and labor of, 24, 29, 43, 93, 103, 122, 127, 128, 135; heads for Platte country, 60; puts out fire, 130; returns to Winter Quarters, 134; goes to Lathrop’s camp, 166; to go with vanguard company, 187; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; searches for lost horse, 346; searches for Judson Persons, 349; glossary entry for, 399

Kingsbury, Joseph C., 2, 3, 4, 19, 36, 43, 399

Kingsbury, Sarah Ann. See Whitney, Sarah Ann

Kirtland, Ohio, Horace Kimball Whitney’s life in, xii–xiii

Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company, xiii

Kirtland Temple, xiii, xviii

Klineman (Kleinman), Conrad, 194, 339, 399–400

Lamb, Edwin Ruthven, 328, 400

Langley, George Washington, 365, 400

Laramie Peak, 262

Larson, Thurston, 343, 400

Lathrop, Asahel, 87n64, 123–24, 146, 400

Latter-day Saints’ Emigrants’ Guide, The (Clayton), 234, 235n128

Laughlin, David Sanders, 338, 400

law of adoption, xxxi–xxxiv, 90n67, 171n105, 327

law of consecration, 37n29, 158n97

Lawrence, Sarah A., 74, 225, 248, 400

Lay, Hark, 195, 214n121, 255n139, 299, 400

Le Clerc’s daughter, 61–62

Lee, John D., 50, 400

Lewis, Tarleton, 193, 195, 204, 264, 332, 334, 400–401

liberty and light of gospel, 268

liberty poles, 371n203

Little, Archibald, 261, 274, 401

Little, Edwin, 12–13, 401

Little, Jesse C., 64n48, 69, 192, 197, 321, 324, 327, 352, 401

Little Sandy River, 284, 285, 286, 342

Locust Creek, 23–25

Looking Glass Creek, 201, 370

Losee, Abraham, 130, 401

Lost Fork Bridge, 52

Lott, Cornelius Peter, 3, 4, 85, 152, 401

Loup Band of Pawnees, 199–201

Loup Fork of Platte River, 199, 201–2, 203–6, 368–69

Luce, John Grant, 338, 401

Lutz, Albert, 153, 401

Lyman, Amasa M.: goes up with Whitneys’ company, 21; surveys road ahead, 42–43; surveys ground and lays out Winter Quarters city plot, 111; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; hunts, 221, 229; goes to Pueblo, 257; at North Fork ferry, 291; reports on Mormon Battalion, 314; speaks at meeting, 330–31; letter from, 359, 360, 361; vanguard company catches up with, 363; glossary entry for, 401

Mann, Dr., 114, 401

Manottawa stream, 52

Marble, Samuel, 193, 285, 401–2

Markham, Stephen: announces Kimball baby’s birth, 9, 10; as company captain, 17, 340; accompanies company to Grand River, 25; travels ahead, 29, 299; comes back to assist, 30; arrives in Cutler’s Park, 104; livestock of, 131, 208; as guard captain, 191, 192, 195, 196, 201; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; counsel of, 235; trades with Indians, 244, 355; searches for stolen horses, 344, 345; glossary entry for, 402

Markham, Warren, 59, 60, 99, 402

Marshall, P. T., 339, 402

Martin, Edward, 78, 402

Martindale, William, 365, 402

Matlock, William E., 94, 402

Matthews, Joseph: as company captain, 195, 340; placement of, in vanguard company, 195; kills prairie dog, 199; escapes Indian attack, 208–9; kills buffalo, 228; scouts road, 299; brings news from Salt Lake Valley, 309; exploration report of, 313–14; returns to Salt Lake Valley, 327; and house construction, 330; searches out camp site, 361; glossary entry for, 402

Mayson, Silas, 107, 402

McBride, Reuben, 33, 402

McCord, James, 148, 402

McCrary, William, 183, 185, 402–3

McIntyre, William, 334, 403

Medicine Creek, 27–28

Meeks, William, 8n9, 365, 403

Mexican-American War (1846–48), 45, 60, 64–66. See also Mormon Battalion

Mill Creek, 334

Miller, George, 75; company overtakes, 7; as scout, 16n17; passes Whitneys’ tent, 17; reorganizes companies, 17; holds council, 18; camps on Shoal Creek, 19; leaves Locust Creek camp, 25; goes peddling, 34; builds bridge, 53; crosses Nishnabotna River, 54; route favored by, 82n60; Indians extend invitation to, 101; letter to, 116; apostasy of, 125–26; house for, 160, 163; returns from Ponca village, 174; glossary entry for, 403

Mills, George, 195, 294, 342, 403

Mineral Tar spring, 296, 338

missionary station, 201–3, 370

missionary work, in Pacific Islands, 48, 63

Mississippi company, 62, 214n121, 237n130, 254–55n139, 291

Mississippi River, 3, 4

Missouri: persecution in, viii, xiii, 18n18; Kimballs move to, xvi; government purchase of Indian lands in, xxx; border dispute between Iowa and, 19n19; Mormon settlements in, 150

Missouri River, 55, 56, 57, 67–69

Mitchell, Robert Byington, 63, 403

Moon, R. C., 34, 403

More, Thomas, 85, 403

Morley, Diantha (Sister Billings), 114, 378

Morley, Isaac, 100, 108, 114, 403

Mormon Battalion, ix–x; volunteers raised for, 64–66, 69–71, 74; departure of, 76–78; payment for, 101; reports on, 139, 174–75, 314; sick detachment of, 255; settlers go back to meet, 315; arrives in Salt Lake Valley, 316; and settlement of Salt Lake Valley, 317, 319

Mormon exodus, viii–xi, xxiii, xxiv–xxxvi

Mormon Rebellion, 88

Mormon Tabernacle Camp, 91

Mosquito Creek, 55–56, 64, 65

mounds, 87, 89

mountaineers, 264, 265, 329, 358

mountain fever, 297, 298

Mount Pisgah, Iowa, ix, xxvi, 43–50, 65–66

Mount Pleasant, 31

Muddy Fork, 295, 340

Murray, Carlos, 187, 194, 317, 343, 403

Murray, Helen Janet Jeanette, 190, 403

Murray, William Ellis, 127, 135, 335, 403

Myers, Lewis B.: joins vanguard company, 260; travels with Robert Crow, 261; hunts, 264, 274, 311, 313; finds eagle, 295; scouts road, 299; meets Mormon Battalion, 315; explores Utah Lake, 320; returns to Salt Lake Valley, 327; returns from Fort Bridger, 336; glossary entry for, 403–4

Myers, Samuel, 64, 135, 404

Nauvoo, Illinois: Mormon settlement in, viii–ix, xvi–xvii; letter carrying news from, 11; exodus from, 42n33, 44n34, 59; conditions in, 44; articles of capitulation of, 116, 118; mob attack on, 116, 117–18, 124–25, 127

Nauvoo Legion, 115

Nauvoo poor camps, 117, 118–19

Nauvoo Temple, xx, 118, 124, 127

Nave, Abram, 148, 404

Newman, Elijah, 194, 299, 404

“New Purchase,” 13

Nickerson, Levi, 366, 404

Nishnabotna River, 53–54

Nobles, Joseph, 147, 344, 404

Noon, Sarah Peak. See Kimball, Sarah Peek Noon

Norris, David, 118, 404

North Buffalo Fork, 266, 348

North Platte River, 257–58, 259, 271–74, 281, 291, 347, 352

Norton, John Wesley, 195, 250, 264, 275, 404

Nowlin, Jabez Townsend, 404

Nowlin, Robert Thomas, 339

Oakley, James, 291, 404

Ogden, Peter Skeene, 306n167

Ogden’s Fork, 306–8, 336

Omaha Indians, xxx, 107–8, 136, 145, 147

orderliness, 58

Oregon, overland emigration to, 257

Oregon Trail, 42

Otoe Indians, 83, 86, 107–8

Owen, Seeley, 193

oxen: disagreement regarding, 9; versus horses, 21–22n21; driving, 22; for Whitneys, 29; death of, 103; accident involving, 327

Pacific Islands, 48, 63

Pack, John R.: camp responsibilities of, 17; disagreement between Egan and, 52; death of child of, 105; and preparations for spring travel, 156; role of, in handcart company, 160, 162; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; as company captain, 195, 274; as major of guard, 196; crosses Loup Fork, 204–5; brings news from Salt Lake Valley, 309; glossary entry for, 404–5

Pack, Julia, 249

Pack, Ruth, 48, 249, 405

Packard, Noah, 42, 405

Page, John E., 11, 405

Paradise, 52

Park, William Asbury, 339, 405

Parks, William, 357, 405

Parnum, Charles, 339, 405

Parrish, Warren, 220, 405

parties, 60, 61–62, 76–77, 174, 176, 178

Partridge, Eliza, xvii

Partridge, Emily, xvii

Patience Creek, 208

Patten, Dr. John, 106, 405

Pawnee Indians, xxx, 81–82, 101, 199–201, 203n119

Pawnee village, 204, 205–6, 369

persecution: of early Saints, vii–viii, xiii; cheerfulness in face of, 14–16; in Missouri, 18n18; at hands of US government, 45–47; in Nauvoo, 116, 117–18, 124–25, 127

Persons (Pierson), Judson, A., 349, 405

Pettijohn, Isaac, 20n20

Pettit, Edwin, 184, 405

Phelps, William Waterman, 49, 406

Phelps, William Wines, 11, 138, 406

Pickett, William, 124–25, 406

Pierce, Eli Harvey, 193, 406

Pierce, Robert, 74

Pierson, Eliza Ann, xxviii–xxix, 126, 406

Pitkin, Abigail, xviii, 111, 406

Pitkin, Laura, xviii, 111, 225, 248, 406

Pitt, William, 4–6, 7, 14–16, 406

Platte River, 191, 198–201, 221, 227–28, 355–56, 361–63. See also Loup Fork of Platte River; North Platte River; South Fork of Platte River

Plum Creek, 202

plural marriage, xvii–xviii, xxiii–xxiv, xxxii, 6n6, 106, 168, 182

Point, 60, 61–62, 141, 155, 178

Polk, James K., ix, 45n36, 92, 406

Pomeroy, Francis M., 194, 221, 257, 273, 274, 406–7

Ponca Indians, 74n53, 81–82, 101

Ponca village, 113–14, 117

Pond, Abigail, xxix, 142

Pond, Francis M., 407

Pond, Harriet, 142, 407

Pond, Laura Jane, 142, 407

Pond, Stillman: death of family members of, xxix; trades livestock, 16, 17, 18; breaks harness, 22; reports on Grand River, 30; arrives in Winter Quarters, 128; carries provisions for vanguard company, 270; glossary entry for, 407

Pottawatomie Indians, 44, 49, 51, 52, 65, 67

Pottawattamie County, high council organized at, 89n66

Potter, Gardner Godfrey, 105, 366, 407

Potts, Jacob Harrison, 43, 407

Powell, David, 195, 299, 407

Prairie Creek, 368

Pratt, Addison, 48, 407

Pratt, Orson, 220; passes Whitneys’ tent, 17; expedition estimates of, 34; recruits Mormon Battalion, 70; speaks at meeting and conferences, 105, 112, 123, 268, 326, 333; meets with Omaha Indians, 107; searches for new ferrying place, 108; seeks settlement location, 111; surveys ground and lays out Winter Quarters city plot, 111; and preparations for spring travel, 158; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; crosses Loup Fork, 205; calculates distance to Chimney Rock, 245–46; participates in prayer circle, 253n138; dismisses prayer meeting, 263; goes ahead, 282; scouts road, 299, 302; leaves directions for vanguard company, 306–7; and council of Twelve, 323; land allotment of, 325n184; glossary entry for, 407

Pratt, Parley P., 188; passes Whitneys’ tent, 17; holds council, 18; goes up with Whitneys’ company, 21; falls behind company, 22; starts off from Garden Grove, 38; called to England, 71, 80, 189n114; gives gold to Newel K. Whitney, 82; leaves for England, 85; arrives from England, 189; vanguard company meets camp of, 342; chastised by Brigham Young, 342n193; glossary entry for, 408

prayer circles and meetings, 187–89, 225–27, 253n138, 263. See also fast and prayer meeting

priesthood blessing(s), 11–12, 30–31

Pueblo, 254–55

Pulsipher, Zerah, 128, 408

Putnam County, Missouri, 24

Rappleye, Ammon Tunis, 193, 268, 329, 408

Rashaw, 355–56, 408

Rattlesnake Creek, 235

rattlesnakes, 25–27, 30, 35–36, 238, 241, 310

Raw-Hide Creek, 353

rebaptism, 322

record-keeping, xxxi

Red Butte Creek, 334

Redden Cave, 297, 337

Redding, Jackson (“Return Jackson Redden”): searches for new ferrying place, 108; chosen to drive cattle, 110; returns from Pawnee village, 125; searches for lost livestock, 126, 128, 296; returns to Winter Quarters, 136, 328; attends party, 178; hunts, 185, 218; to go with vanguard company, 187; goes ahead, 191, 192; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; arrives from Winter Quarters, 197; scouts road, 299; trades with Indians, 314; gets timber, 320; arrives with Winter Quarters horsemen, 365; glossary entry for, 408

Reeves, Dr., 99, 100, 408

Reshaw (Rashaw), 355–56, 408

Rhodes, George: errands and labor of, 122, 137, 146–47, 151; returns to Winter Quarters, 136; goes to country, 157, 167; returns from country, 163; as member of Heber C. Kimball’s family, 190; glossary entry for, 408

Rich, Charles C., 44, 408

Richard, Jean Baptiste, 355–56, 408

Richards, Joseph William, 175, 408

Richards, Phineas, 100, 108, 409

Richards, Willard: tent of, 25, 41; seeks winter location, 78; discusses Church affairs, 100; surveys ground and lays out Winter Quarters city plot, 111; reads articles of capitulation of Nauvoo, 116, 118; octagon of, 187–88n112; leaves Winter Quarters, 190; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; prays for Brigham Young, 301; and council of Twelve, 323; returns to Winter Quarters, 328; attacked by bear, 348; glossary entry for, 409

Richardson, Ebenezer Clawson, 169, 409

Richard’s / Richardson’s Point, 10, 11

Richmond, Benjamin Boyce, 338, 409

Riter, Levi, 160, 162, 163, 409

roadometer, 228, 231, 232, 235n128, 320–21, 322

Rockwell, Horace, 36, 40, 49, 409

Rockwell, Merit, 152, 153, 178, 179, 409

Rockwell, Orrin Porter: stops at Bonaparte, 8; goes to Nauvoo, 12, 17, 19; returns from Nauvoo, 17, 18; travels ahead, 29; reports on Grand River, 30; arrest of, 37, 38, 49; liberation of, 94; takes down horse, 100; searches for new ferrying place, 108; goes to Mt. Pisgah, 110, 111; searches for livestock, 138, 222, 296; walks around Winter Quarters, 139; goes after produce, 141; goes to rush bottoms, 152; returns to Winter Quarters, 152; returns from Ponca village, 174; to go with vanguard company, 182, 187; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; arrives from Winter Quarters, 197; escapes Indian attack, 208; finds spyglass, 220; hunts, 221, 229, 230, 232, 263–64, 274; trades with Indians, 261; scouts road, 299; glossary entry for, 409

Rockwood, Albert Perry, 230; seeks settlement location, 111; as company captain, 192, 340; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; on stopping teams, 235; distributes provisions, 269; illness of, 298; returns to Winter Quarters, 328; called to preside, 332; glossary entry for, 409

Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 297, 298

Rogers, Noah, 18, 48, 410

Rolfe, Benjamin, 194, 274

Rooker, Joseph, 194, 285, 410

Roundy, Shadrach: brings mail, 33; role of, in handcart company, 160; as company captain, 195; placement of, in vanguard company, 195; as major of guard, 196; scouts road, 299; returns to Winter Quarters, 328, 329; glossary entry for, 410

Rowe, Nicholas Caratat Conderset, 339, 410

Rowe, William, 339, 357, 410

Russell, Daniel, 160, 163, 166, 167, 410

Russell, Mehitable, 161, 410

Russell, Samuel, 91, 110, 113, 410

Rust, William Walker, 339, 410

Sabbath, 20n20, 290, 312

sacrament, 20

saleratus, 277n150, 346

salt, 326, 327

Salt Lake City: fence surrounding, 331–32, 333, 334; name of, 332; map of, 333

Salt Lake Temple, 316, 325

Salt Lake Valley: vanguard company’s arrival in, x–xi, xxix–xxxv, 309–11; Whitneys’ life in, xxiii; settlement of, xxxv, 311–13, 315–16, 323–24, 325; Jim Bridger on, 285; John Craig on, 296; view of, 308; land allotments in, 312n172, 313, 325n184, 330; location and altitude of, 329; concerns regarding, discussed at general conference, 331–34; vanguard company’s descriptions of, 345

salvation, xxxi–xxxii

Sanders, Ellen, 192, 195, 330, 335, 410

Sanders, Harriet, 80, 190, 410

Sargeant, Abel M., 336, 410

Sarpy (Sarpee), Peter A., 110, 111, 114, 115, 410–11

Sarpy, Gregoire B., 110n78

Satan, 247–49

Schofield (Scofield), Joseph Smith, 193, 314, 338, 340, 411

School of the Elders, 112n79

School of the Prophets, 112n79

Scott, John, 32, 38, 151, 162, 411

Scott’s Bluff, 250, 252, 353, 354

scurvy, xxix, 183, 219

sealing, 327. See also adoption, law of

Second Coming, 171–72

Sessions, Peregrine, 177, 342, 411

Shaddon, John Winchester, 19, 411

Sharp, Albert, 336, 339, 411

Sharp, Thomas C., 118n83

Shaw, John, 364, 411

sheep, 141–42, 146

Shefflin, Mary Ann, 32, 34, 53, 145, 187, 411

Shell Creek, 198, 370

Sherwood, Henry G., 55, 193, 303, 330, 331, 411

Shoal Creek, 18–21

Shoshone Indians, 318n175

Shumway, Andrew Purley, 193, 339, 411

Shumway, Charles, 193, 195, 200, 202, 298, 339, 411

Shupe Andrew Jackson, 298, 412

Shurtliff, Luman, 66, 113, 412

“Silver Greys,” 167, 169

Sioux Indians, 65, 67, 145n96, 169, 203, 207, 228, 243–44, 357

Sisketuk, 199, 200

Skunk Creek, 222

Sloan, James, 161, 412

Smith, Charles C., 287–88, 412

Smith, Emma, xviii, 182n108

Smith, George, 148, 153, 412

Smith, George Albert: passes Whitneys’ tent, 17; holds council, 18; goes up with Whitneys’ company, 21; surveys road ahead, 42–43; recruits Mormon Battalion, 70; surveys ground and lays out Winter Quarters city plot, 111; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; goes ahead, 282; sees gum coming from rocks, 299; prays for Brigham Young, 301; glossary entry for, 412

Smith, Hyrum, xviii, 412

Smith, John, 11–12, 105, 125, 332, 412

Smith, Joseph: opposition to, viii; and Whitney family, xii; breaks Helen Whitney’s doll, xvii; and plural marriage, xvii–xviii, xix–xxi, xxiii–xxiv, 106, 168; succession following death of, 11n14; as lieutenant general of Nauvoo Legion, 115n81; on Satan, 248; glossary entry for, 412–13

Smith, Joseph F., 168n103

Smith, Joseph III, 168

Smith, “Little John,” 130, 192, 413

Smith, Lucy Walker. See Kimball, Lucy Walker Smith

Smith, Mary Fielding, 50, 130, 413

Smith, Sylvester, 220, 413

Smith, William M., 11, 413

Smithies, James: errands and labor of, 34, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 135, 136, 137, 139, 151; goes to other camp, 76; as member of Heber C. Kimball’s family, 190; glossary entry for, 413

Smoot, Abraham O., 342, 413–14

Smoot, William Cockran Adkinson, 194, 339, 414

Snake Indians, 293, 318n175, 341

Snow, Eliza R., xvi, 212, 344n194

Snow, Erastus, 193, 219–20, 222, 241–42, 340, 414

Snow, William, 108, 414

Society Islands, 63

South Fork of Platte River, 361–63

South Pass, 281

special conference, 331–35

Spencer, Daniel, 29, 30, 54, 122, 341–42, 414

Spencer, Orson, viii

Spring Creek, 360

Squires, William, 315, 320, 324, 414

Standing Elk, 107

Stephens (Stevens), Roswell, 139, 414

Sterrett, William Gibson, 137, 414

Stevens, Roswell, 193, 219, 224, 257, 314

Stewart, Benjamin Franklin, 137, 194, 273, 414–15

Stewart, James, 299, 415

Stewart, James Wesley, 194, 339, 415

Stiles, Cahoon D. (Daniel), 381

Stillman, Dexter, 339, 362, 415

Stockton, Robert Field, 352, 353, 356, 415

Stout, Hosea, 30, 109n77, 367, 415

Strang, James J., 11n14, 80n58

strawberries, 53, 57, 60–61

Stringtown, Iowa, 12

Sugar Creek, 2–7, 5, 42

Summe, Gilbard, 195, 299, 415

Swan, Frances Jesse, 213–14, 225, 415

Sweetwater River, 275, 276, 277, 278, 281, 312, 344, 345–46

Sykes, Elizabeth, xxii, 415

Table Rock, 281

Taft, Seth, 194, 195, 299, 415

Tahiti, 48

Tanner, Thomas, 114, 193, 196–97, 340, 353, 415–16

Taylor, David, 18, 416

Taylor, John: counsel of, 28; travels ahead, 30; on Nauvoo, 44; arrives in Council Bluffs, 60; called to England, 71, 80, 189n114; insults Newel K. Whitney, 82; leaves for England, 85; vanguard company meets camp of, 344; glossary entry for, 416

Taylor, Norman, 195, 299, 352, 416

temple lot, 316, 325

temple ordinances, 187–88n112

Terrill, Joel Judkins, 339, 416

Terrill, William, 336, 339, 416

Therlkill, George Washington, 261, 299, 326, 416

Therlkill, James William, 261, 416

Therlkill, Matilda Jane, 261, 326, 384

Therlkill, Milton Howard, 261, 326, 416

Thibbets, Alva. See Tippets, Alvah

Thomas, Hayward, 338, 416–17

Thomas, Robert T., 194, 299, 417

Thornton, Horace, 194, 417

Thornton, Samuel Stratton, 299, 417

Thorpe, Marcus Ball, 193, 299, 417

Tippets, Alvah, 40, 52, 160, 416, 417

Tippets, John Harvey, 174–75, 194, 257, 416, 417

Tithing Office, xxi, xxii

tobacco, 367

Tootle, Milton, 153, 154, 417

Toronto, Joseph, 63, 417

trading expedition, 59–60, 67

trees, falling, 112, 140

Truitt, Samuel, 296n161

Tubbs, William, 321, 417

Tubuai, 48

Turley, Brother, 45

Twin Peaks, 330

“Twins of the Black Hills,” 273

Upper Platte River, 268–69

Utah, overland emigration to, 257

Utah Lake, 320, 321

Utah War, 88

Ute Indians, 314, 318–19n175

Vance, William, 20n20, 193

Van Cott, John, 109, 110, 418

Van Wagoner, Halmagh John, 80, 418

vision, given to Frances Swan Kimball, 213–14

Wadsworth, Abiah, 60, 418

Walker, Henson, 194, 267, 286, 418

Walker, Joseph R., 358–59, 418

Walker, William, 29, 30, 40, 291, 418

Wallace, George Benjamin, 141, 160, 162, 418

Warm Springs, 262, 350

Warrell (Worrell), Franklin A., 37, 418

Washburn, Abraham, 182, 418

watch, parable of, 170–71

Weatherby, Jacob, 20, 60, 113, 125, 136, 146, 418

Webers Fork, 301, 337

Webster, Martha Ann (Sister Hovey), 113, 395

Weiler, Jacob, 193, 418–19

Weldon Creek, Iowa, 31, 32–33

well, 151

Wells, Daniel (“Squire”) Hanmer, 117, 122, 419

Wells, Emmeline Blanche Woodward Harris, 3–4n3, 43, 138, 212, 213, 366, 419–20

Weston, Isaac M. / Newton, 339, 357, 419

Wheeler, John, 194, 301, 419

whipping, 109–10, 112

Whipple, Edson, 187, 194, 257, 312, 334, 419

whirlwind, 322

whiskey, 123, 171

Whiting, Chauncey, 60, 419

Whitney, Ann Maria, 32, 419

Whitney, Clark Lyman, 12, 43–44, 77, 192, 247–48, 419

Whitney, Don Carlos, 86, 89, 192, 419

Whitney, Elizabeth Ann (Smith): and plural marriage, xix–xxi; healing of, 11–12; dines with Lorenzo Young, 36; illness of, 38, 43, 45, 86, 169; picks strawberries, 53; birthday of, 149; gives birth, 167; attends prayer circle, 187; letter from, 366; glossary entry for, 419

Whitney, Emmeline Blanche Woodward Harris. See Wells, Emmeline Blanche Woodward Harris

Whitney, Francis, 34, 420

Whitney, Francis M. Pond, 407

Whitney, Helen Mar (Kimball), xix; on travel stories, vii; as child of Restoration, xi; life and personality of, xiii–xxiv, xv; on plural marriage, xix–xxi; marriage of, xxi–xxii; journals of, xxiv–xxv; home of, xxxiii, 33; motivations of, for writing, 58–59; illness of, 159, 161, 163, 166, 176, 185, 219; harrowing experience of, at Winter Quarters, 190–91; Horace Whitney’s letter to, 216n122; gives birth, 219, 337–38; healing of, 227; sends parcel to Horace Whitney, 365, 366; glossary entry for, 398

Whitney, Horace Kimball, xiv; as child of Restoration, xi; life and personality of, xii–xiii; marriage of, xxi–xxii; on plural marriage, xxi, xxii; life of, in Salt Lake Valley, xxii; journals of, xxiv–xxv; on crossing Iowa, xxvi; on life in Winter Quarters, xxvii–xxix; on Indians, xxix–xxx; home of wives of, xxxiii; and law of adoption, xxxiv; on reaching Salt Lake Valley, xxxv; returns to Winter Quarters, xxxvi; procures wagon and oxen, 21; sale of house of, 33; provisions of, 40–41; illness of, 60; as flutist, 76; as unofficial secretary to Twelve, 100n71; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; wagon of, searched, 367–68

Whitney, John Kimball, 420

Whitney, Newel K.: and Joseph Smith, xii; store of, xvii; and plural marriage, xix–xxi; and law of adoption, xxxiv; makes exchange for cow, 17, 18; recovers cattle, 19, 69; camps at Medicine Creek, 28; dines with Lorenzo Young, 36; delayed, 40, 41, 43, 50, 51; picks strawberries, 53; disagreement between Clark Whitney and, 77; good fortune of, 82; insulted by John Taylor, 82; illness of, 86; speaks at family meeting, 91; livestock of, 103, 110; plans travel to Saint Louis, 109, 110; counsel of, 171–72; attends prayer circle, 187; catches up with vanguard company, 192; on women’s spiritual experiences, 226–27; letter from, 269–71, 337; prepares to return to Winter Quarters, 335; glossary entry for, 420

Whitney, Orson F., Church service of, xxiii

Whitney, Orson K.: helps Horace Whitney, 24; arrives from last camp, 33–34; attends prayer circle, 187; prepares to leave Winter Quarters, 187; leaves Winter Quarters, 190; letter to, 192; placement of, in vanguard company, 194; guards company, 201, 264, 289; rearranges wagon, 204; called to farming operations, 313; procures wood, 314; meets Mormon Battalion, 315; activities of, in Salt Lake Valley, 320; as company captain, 340; glossary entry for, 420

Whitney, Samuel, 33, 420

Whitney, Sarah Ann: and plural marriage, xix–xxi; illness of, 8–9, 11, 13; room of, 135; home of, 146, 147; attends prayer circle, 187; Heber C. Kimball on, 224; ailing baby of, 246–47; glossary entry for, 399, 420

Wight, Lyman, 44, 420

Williams, Thomas Stephen, 43, 44, 291, 293, 294, 323, 327, 335, 420

Willis, William Wesley, 319, 321, 327, 367, 420

Willow Springs, 275

Wilson, George Deliverance, 339, 340, 353, 421

Wilson, John P., 339, 421

Wiltbank, Spencer Watson, 125, 421

Winchester, Stephen, 36, 67, 100, 112, 135, 421

Winter Quarters, Nebraska: settlement of, x; Horace and Helen’s writings on, xxvi–xxix; law of adoption and social order of, xxxiii–xxxiv, 90n67; return to, xxxvi, 335, 338–40; pea-vines region north of, 87n64; Thomas L. Kane’s treatment at, 88–89, 99; high council organized at, 89, 91–92; ground survey and city plot of, 111; rules for, 112; city lots of, 114–15, 116; defense of, 115–16; houses in, 142–45; plan of, 143; preparations to leave, 156, 157–58, 159–60, 161–63, 178, 182–87; temple ordinances at, 187–88n112; general conference held in, 189n113; Helen Mar Whitney’s harrowing experiences at, 190–91; spiritual experiences of women at, 212–14, 225–27; wagons sent back to, 328; vanguard company meets horsemen from, 364–65; provisions for vanguard company gathered at, 365–66; vanguard company arrives back at, 371–72

Wolf Creek, 358

Wolsey, Thomas Ezra: brings news and advice, 174–75, 216, 365; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; appointed to build rafts, 205; as hunting captain, 207, 208; goes to Pueblo, 257; hunts, 337, 356, 362; glossary entry for, 421

wolves, 37, 224, 238

women, spiritual experiences of, 212–14, 225–27, 246–49

Wood Creek, 368

Woodruff, Wilford: returns to Nauvoo, 29; recruits Mormon Battalion, 66; searches for new ferrying place, 108; surveys ground and lays out Winter Quarters city plot, 111; injured by falling tree, 128; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; as company captain, 195; crosses Loup Fork, 205; on visit with Sioux, 244n132; illness of, 298; prays for Brigham Young, 301; on Salt Lake Valley, 310n169; exploring expedition of, 315; speaks at meeting, 322; and council of Twelve, 323; land allotment of, 325n184; glossary entry for, 421

Woodward, George, 194, 289, 421

Woodworth, Lucien, 99, 137, 421

Woolley, Edwin Dilworth, 108, 109, 110, 139, 141, 422

“Word and Will of the Lord, The,” 158–59, 220n123, 252n137, 319, 342n193

Word of Wisdom, 41n31

Wordsworth, William Shin, 193, 422

Wright, Alexander, 108, 422

Yearsly, David, 17, 30, 34, 43–44, 47, 422

Yellowstone, 359n199

Yerba Bueno, 288

Yokum, William, 74–75, 422

Young, Brigham, 15; as Joseph Smith’s successor, viii; leads Saints out of Nauvoo, viii–ix; leads pioneer company to Salt Lake Valley, x–xi; Helen Mar Whitney’s memories of, xvi; and crossing Iowa, xxv–xxvi; and Indian relations, xxx, 104n75; and law of adoption, xxxiii; and settlement of Salt Lake Valley, xxxv, 315–16, 319; returns to Winter Quarters, xxxvi, 329, 331; goes to Sugar Creek, 2; organizes Sugar Creek camp, 3; leaves Sugar Creek, 6; reorganizes companies, 17; camps on Shoal Creek, 18–19; counsel of, 24, 64, 78–79, 197, 202–3, 215–16, 234, 235, 242, 350, 351–52; plan of, 24n22; camps at Medicine Creek, 28; eats crackers and milk, 31–32; dines with Lorenzo Young, 36; passes Whitneys, 41; surveys road ahead, 42–43; chastisement of, 47, 48n38, 251–52, 253n138, 342n193; camps ahead, 52–53; picks strawberries, 53; crosses Nishnabotna River, 54; on dishonest pioneers, 57; recruits Mormon Battalion, 65–66; seeks winter location, 74, 75, 78; route favored by, 82n60; on Thomas L. Kane, 88; speaks at meetings and conferences, 91, 105, 112, 146, 268, 327–28, 331, 332–33, 334; discusses Church affairs, 100; seeks settlement location, 111; surveys ground and lays out Winter Quarters city plot, 111; and defense of Winter Quarters, 115; livestock of, 124n86; house of, 137; handcart company of, 156; and preparations for spring travel, 158–59; leaves Winter Quarters, 190; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; distributes food among Pawnees, 200; guards company, 201; spyglass of, 218, 220; reproves Erastus Snow, 219–20; catches wolf, 238; dismisses prayer meeting, 263; gives counsel to ferrying brethren, 273–74; sends men to assist next company of pioneers, 289–90; mediates disagreement, 294; illness of, 297, 298, 299, 301–2, 310; on Salt Lake Valley, 310n169; as secular authority, 312n172; exploring expedition of, 315; addresses Mormon Battalion, 316; and council of Twelve, 323–24; arrives in Salt Lake Valley, 324n181; land allotment of, 325n184; as company captain, 340, 353; gives instructions to Big Camp, 341, 342–43; attacked by bear, 348; glossary entry for, 422

Young, Clarissa Clara Decker, 103, 195, 422

Young, Harriet Page Wheeler Decker, 53, 195, 422

Young, Joseph, 109, 111, 422–23

Young, Lorenzo: falls behind company, 22; travels ahead, 29; family meeting with, 36; gives information concerning Brigham Young, 52–53; placement of, in vanguard company, 193; surveys area around Echo Canyon, 306; wagon of, overturned, 309; and council of Twelve, 323; speaks at conference, 334; glossary entry for, 423

Young, Lorenzo Sobiski (Sobieski), 195, 423

Young, Mary Ann Shefflin, 32, 34, 53, 145

Young, Persis Goodall, 225–26, 227, 423

Young, Phineas, 111, 193, 195, 289

Young, Vilate, 167, 423

Young, Zina D. Huntington, 14, 212, 423