710. -Valley, 112, 702, 682. -Gulf, 681, 686. St. Louis, Mo., The "Mound City," 122, -Its future commerce, 436, 466, 490. Salt, Era of greatest deposit in beds, 92, Salt Lake, Great, Utah, 590, 618. Miss. Valley in 1730, 187. San Diego, A Sea port of Southern Cal- San Francisco, 603, 614, 622, 625. San Joaquin Valley, 602, 607. W. Ter., 702, 718. Science, Its great usefulness and suc- "Scientific Accuracy," 29, 119, 535. Scotch in America, 223, 339, 681, 718. West, 235. Scioto River in Ohio, 120, 125, 137, 146. Seminole Indians, of Florida, 216. Shawnees, An Indian Tribe north of the Shelby, Col., A pioneer of Tennessee, Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia, 187, 269, 320, 385. Sherman, Gen., A distinguished Federal officer, 333, 384. Sheridan, Gen., A distinguished Federal Shiloh, A battlefield of the Civil War. 378. Sierra, Spanish, for a range of mountain -Madre, Summit ridge of Rocky Moun- -Nevada, Western range of Rocky Moun- Simcoe, Gov. of Upper Canada, in 1794, . Snake River, The Southern Branch of Sonora, Mexican State, on the Gulf of South America, 86, 107, 115, 149. -Its relations with North America, 490, -Its States, 661, 741. -Explorations on the Pacific Slope, 558, -Americans, 627. INDEX. -Its natural resources, 101, 425, 436. -Early settlement, 222, 228. -Its Indian Wars, 195, 227, 230, 233. -The growth of population, 235, 242, 245, -River, 228, 339, 377. -The organizing instinct of its pioneers, -Territory organized under the "Ordi- -Its Constitution as a State in the Terrace Epoch, The period in which 783 and Quarternary Fourth in the Latin), Time, Length of the chief periods of Texas, in Mesozoic Times, 45, 82, 84, 436. -La Salle in Texas, 181. -Its fortunate situation for agriculture, -Its population between 1850 and 1860 -The Republic of Texas and its annex- (Canada), Battle and Thompson, Sir William, and the age of Toltecs, Toltec Race, Thought to be -Their civilization and culture, 564, 566. Tezcuco, The Lake on which Mexico Truman, An Indian Agent killed by Transylvania Company in Ken- Transportation, See Railroads, Com- merce. Utah Basin, Its structure, 590, 592. -Its metallic wealth unbounded, 587, 592, Upper Canada. See Ontario. Vaudreuil, de, French Governor of Louisiana, 193. Vegetable Life, Its wonderful proper- ties, 55, 61. -It is part of the general System of Life, --The Plan of Vegetable Structures, 63. Vegetation in the Great Coal Age, 45, 65, 644, 696. -The changes that followed this Age, 46, Vincennes, An early settlement in In- diana, 228. Virginia, The settlement of its western -The activity of its Government in plan- -Its relation to Kentucky, 229, 231, 234, -The character of the people, 328, 384, -Surface and soil of the State, 659. the Ohio, 137, 235, 237, 280. Wales, Part of the Island of Great Britain, Walker, Dr. Thomas, An early Explorer Washington County, Ky. When or- -Tenn. Organized, 231. Washington, Gen. Geo., Soldier and -His character, 328, 334, 647. -Its climate, 593, 599, 600. --Its Agricultural advantages, 599, 600, -Its future, 624. Watauga River and early settlement, Wayne, Gen. Anthony, Closes old Indian Wealth of Canada, in property, 712, 719. -Indies, 98, 223, 490, 537, 661, 734, 741. West Virginia, Early Settlement, 129, -Its minerals, 425. -Its organization and Constitution, 310. Wilkinson, Col., A pioneer of the Wisconsin, Its peculiar mounds, 127. -Early French settlement, 177. -Its productions, 449. -Ite manufactures in 1870, 433. -Progress of Population, 255, 256, 261. -Its railways in 1860, 260. Wyoming Territory, Its coal, 94. Yuma, Fort, on the Colorado River, 561, |