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1.	Approach to Cadotte's Pass	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys	Exploration party moving up the Sun River valley "in the direction of the pass between the Crown Butte and the Rattlers, prominent landmarks west of Sun River and visible at a great distance." Plate X

2.	Awaiting the return of Mr. Tinkham	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862.	Governor Stevens and party roasting a joint of beef placed upon a spit while awaiting the arrival of Mr. Tinkham. Plate XXXII.

3.	Bears Paw	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bears Paw Mountains	"A broad and rugged mountain upheaval, intersected with valleys that stretch from Milk River to the Missouri." Plate XXIII.

4.	Bears Teeth Missouri River - Gate of the Mountain	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Missouri River; Gates of the Mountains (Mont.)	"A prominent landmark near where the Missouri River issues from what Lewis & Clark denominate 'Gate of the Mountains.'" Plate LI.

5.	Big Blackfoot Valley	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Valleys; Rivers	"This valley for the most part is wide and open." There are "spurs separating it from the Hell-Gate Valley on the south," and "separate on the north the various tributaries flowing into the Blackfoot

6.	Big Hole Prairie, from the north	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Big Hole Prairie (Mont.); Mountains; Rivers	Approximately "fifty miles long and fifteen miles wide," Big Hole Prairie "is hemmed in by high mountains on every side except the southeast where Wisdom River passes out from it." Plate XLIX.

7.	Bitter Root River, near Fort Owen	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bitterroot River (Mont.)	The Bitter Root River near Fort Owen. The drawing shows an Indian fishing from the bank. Plate LXVI.

8.	Blackfeet Indians - Three Buttes	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Buttes; Blackfeet Indians; Hunting; Buffaloes	"A view of the Three Buttes and the Blackfeet Indians engaged in the hunt." Plate XXVII.

9.	Bois de Sioux River	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bois de Sioux River (Minn.)	The Bois de Sioux River. The drawing shows two wagons with horses on the bank. Plate VII.

10.	Butte de Morale	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Buttes	"The altitude of this butte, as determined by barometric measurement, is 281.8 feet above the level of the Shyenne (Cheyenne) River." Named for "an engagement between some half-breeds and Sioux, in wh

11.	Camp Red River hunters	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Carts & wagons; Hunting	The train of the Red River hunters consisting "of 824 carts, about 1,200 animals, and 1,300 persons, men, women, and children." The encampment is formed by making "a circular or square yard of the car

12.	Cantonment Stevens, looking westward	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Military life; Valleys	Looking westward from Cantonment Stevens in the Bitter Root valley. Lieutenant Mullan and his party "established this camp ten miles above Fort Owen." The cantonment sat a little removed from the Indi

13.	Cape Horn - Columbia River	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Columbia River;	Cape Horn on the Columbia River. Drawing shows expedition party and camp. Plate XLVI.

14.	Cascades of the Columbia	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Columbia River; Cascade Falls	The Cascade rapids, sometimes referred to as the Cascade Falls. This is an area of rapids in the Columbia River where travelers by boat along the river were forced to either portage boats and supplies

15.	Chemakane Mission	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Tshimakain Mission (Wash.); Walker, Elkanah, 1805-1877; Eels, Cushing, 1810-1893	Chemakane Mission named for a nearby spring, was "occupied by Messrs. Walker and Eel; but, in 1849, in consequence of the Cayuse difficulties, it was abandoned." "The site of the mission is five miles

16.	Coeur D'Alene Mission St Ignatius River	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Coeur D'Alene Mission; Churches; Prairies; Rivers	"The mission is located upon a hill overlooking extensive prairies stretching to the east and west toward the Coeur D'Alene Mountains and the Columbia River. About a hundred acres of the eastern prair

17.	Columbia River, junction of Des Chutes	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Des Chutes River	The junction where the Des Chutes River flows into the Columbia River. Plate LXVII.

18.	Cottonwood grove	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Trees; Milk River (Mont.); Valleys; Military camps	The expedition camp set up in the midst of a cottonwood grove located on the Milk River in the Milk River Valley. Plate XIX.

19.	Council with White Man's Horse	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Military camps; Sihasapa Indians; Kainah Indians; Piegan Indians; Fort Union (Mont.); Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862.	Isaac Stevens and other members of the expedition at Fort Union, "meeting with a war party of the Blackfeet, consisting of twenty Blood Indians and forty Piegan Indians." Plate XVII.

20.	Crossing the Bitter Root	Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bitterroot River; Fords (Stream crossings)	The expedition crossing the ford to the left bank of the Bitter Root River from the northern bank on which they had been traveling. Plate XXXIV.

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