In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark (36 page)

Bad River.
See
Teton River

Baier, Oliviane,
160

Baker, George Pierce,
114–115

Baker's Bay,
12
,
18

Bankhead Highway,
94

Bankside Theatre (University of North Dakota),
115

Baptiste.
See
Pompey

Basil, son of Otter Woman,
180(n5)

Beacon Rock (Washington state),
68

Beacon Rock State Park,
145

Bear Paw battleground,
33

Bear Paw Mountains,
54

Beaverhead Mountains,
63

Beaverhead River: Armstead 1915 pageant,
115
; on expedition route,
60–62
; sesquicentennial pageant,
121
,
123
,
154
; Traveler's Rest,
71
,
88

Beaverhead Rock,
21
,
61
,
102
; protected,
152
,
154

Bellefontaine Cemetery (St. Louis),
18

Bellevue (Nebraska),
46

Betts, Howard,
40

Biddle-Allen edition (history of Lewis and Clark expedition),
9–10
,
13
,
20
,
170(n8)

Biddle, Nicholas,
9–10
,
13
,
20

Big Belt Mountains,
58

Big Bend Dam,
138

Big Hole Valley,
62

Big Hole (Wisdom) River,
60

Big horn sheep,
54

Big Muddy Creek,
53

Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge,
155

Big Timber (Montana),
73

Billings (Montana),
73
,
131
,
144
,
167

Bird-Truax party (Lolo Trail),
87

Bird, Wellington,
87

Bird Woman
(sculpture),
24
,
25
,
26

Bismarck (North Dakota),
50
; auto caravan along Lewis and Clark route (1935),
125
;
Bird Woman
statue dedicated,
26
; Gray family trip along the expedition route,
101
; historical sites spared inundation,
156
; near Mandan Villages,
50
; Missouri River bridge,
96
; site of Trail Commission meetings,
131

Bison.
See
Buffalo

Bitterroot Mountains,
65
; Bitterroot Gap,
99
; at Continental Divide,
61
; crossing by expedition,
21
,
63
,
69–71
,
88
,
104
,
123–124
,
133
; Gray drives through,
99
; Lolo Motorway,
102–103
; Mullan Trail crosses,
8
; obtaining horses to cross,
21
,
124
; OR&N railroad survey,
81
; wagon road across,
87
; Wheeler traces expedition route through,
80–86
; Wheeler's artist/photographer DeCamp,
83
; wilderness as Lewis and Clark saw it,
132
,
167

Bitterroot River,
63
,
71
,
73
,
88
,
103

Bitterroot Valley,
118

Blackbird.
See
Chief Blackbird

Black Buffalo.
See
Chief Black Buffalo

Black Canyon,
104

Black Eagle Falls (on the Missouri River),
57

Blackfeet (Native American tribe; also Blackfoot): 1980 Headwaters Pageant,
160
; protection from,
63
,
65
; skirmish with,
74
; traditional view of incident on Marias River,
160–161

Blackfoot Confederacy,
62

Blackfoot River,
54
,
73–74
; canyon,
74

Blackfoot Valley,
74

Black Hills,
52

Blair (Nebraska),
46

Blood (Native American tribe),
62

Blue Book
(auto travel guide),
92

Blue Mountains,
65–66
,
70

Bodnar, John,
4
,
162

Bonner (Montana),
74

Bonneville, Benjamin L.E.,
8

Bonneville Dam,
95
,
134
,
141

Boone, Daniel,
8–10

Boonville (Missouri),
44

Boosterism, town boosters,
2
,
16
,
18–19

Botkin, Daniel B.,
182(n2)

Boyd County (Nebraska),
48

Boy Scouts,
124
,
136
,
146
,
149

Boyle's Hot Springs.
See
Lolo Hot Springs

Bozeman (Montana),
36
,
71
,
97
,
112

Bozeman Pass,
21
,
71

Brooks, S.L.,
85

Browning (Montana),
38–39

Brulé Teton band (of Native Americans),
49

Budd, Ralph,
30
,
33

Budde, G. Edward “Gus,”
151

Buffalo,
44
; first one seen,
45
; Indians hunt,
48
,
51
,
62–63
,
65
,
74
,
80
,
82
,
87
; Keck statue depicting hunt,
29
; remains in Missouri River at the Great Falls,
57
; trading for meat and hides,
50
; at the White Bear Islands,
58

Buffalo Bill Historical Center,
26

Burdick, Quentin,
150

Bureau of Land Management,
148

Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (U.S. Department of the Interior),
6
; final report (1977),
155
; H.R. 12289 authorizes trail study 1963,
130–132
; interpreting trail,
141
; and national trail system,
149–150
; to plan for national trail legislation,
152–153
; proposal for development,
131–132

Bureau of Public Roads,
99

Bureau of Reclamation: Canyon Ferry Dam,
101
; Missouri Basin flood control, irrigation,
137–138
; Missouri River recreation development,
134
,
155

Burkett, Ray,
136

Burton, Benedict,
16

Butte (Montana),
25
,
36
,
97
,
146
,
152

Butte Tombstone Company,
25

Buttleman, John G.,
113

Buttleman (Virginia),
117
,
119

Cahokia,
115

California Auto Club,
105

Calumet Bluff,
47

Camas Prairie,
64
,
70–71

Cameahwait: negotiations with Lewis and Clark,
62–63
; pageant portrayals,
115
,
160
; reunion with Sacagawea at Camp Fortunate,
21
,
133
; sesquicentennial pageant,
121
,
123

Cameron, Jim,
147–148

Camp Choppunish.
See
Long Camp

Camp Disappointment,
74
,
148
,
157

Camp Fortunate: Armstead monument,
134
; Armstead 1915 pageant and ceremonies,
25
,
115
; DAR 1915 Sacajawea plaque,
25
,
115
; expedition at,
21
,
62
,
62
,
65
,
71
,
133
; Gray (Ralph) visit to,
102
; proposal for statue at,
34
; sesquicentennial pageant,
121
,
122

Camp Wood,
135

Canada,
17
,
53

Candlefish,
68

Cannon Beach (Oregon),
68
,
109

Cannon, Joe,
15

Canoe Camp,
70
,
145
,
157

Canyon Ferry Dam and Reservoir,
59
,
97
,
101

Cape Disappointment,
12
,
68
,
69

Carlisle Indian school,
84

Carpenter, E.W.,
12

Carris, Clayton,
91

Cascade Mountains,
66
,
68
,
70

Cascades, the (on the Columbia River),
141

Caywood, Louis,
110

Celilo Falls (“Great Falls” of the Columbia),
66–67
,
141

Centennial Exposition (Nashville, 1897),
16

Chamberlain (South Dakota),
48
,
138

Charbonneau, Toussaint (Sacagawea's husband),
21–22
,
51
,
58

Chariton River,
44

Charles County Community College (La Plata, Maryland),
136

Charlot, Paul,
118

Charlottesville (Virginia),
28–29

Cheyenne (Native American tribe),
50

Cheyenne River,
50

Cheyenne River Reservation (South Dakota),
139

Chidester, David,
162

Chief Blackbird,
47

Chief Black Buffalo,
49

Chief Charlot,
118

Chief Joseph,
33

Chief Joseph Pass,
71

Chief Yellepit,
65

Chinook (Native American tribe),
29
,
68
; language,
68
,
70

Chinook Point (Washington),
12
,
68
,
69
,
144

Choppunish.
See
Nez Perce

Church, Frank,
104

Citadel Rocks.
See
White Cliffs

Clark Canyon Dam and Reservoir,
102
,
122
,
133
,
134

Clark County (Idaho and Washington),
112

Clark Fork River,
73
,
123

Clark, William,
109
,
175–176(n20)
; Blackfeet resentment of today,
160
; buried at Bellefontaine cemetery in St. Louis and bust dedicated for grave marker,
18
; at Camp Fortunate,
62
; caring for Baptiste (Pompey),
22
; Cascade volcanic peaks viewed,
69
; commemoration of,
40–41
,
149
; Continental Divide crossing in Bitterroots,
62
; dealings with Indians recognized,
149
; depicted on Lewis and Clark, 1905 Portland exposition emblem,
15
; in flash flood near the Great Falls,
58
; Freeman's use of his journal,
136
; and “Great Man” view of history,
79
; historical significance,
1
; Lolo Creek advance party,
64
; Lolo Trail crossing,
83–85
; Long Narrows description,
67
; Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
18
; mapping,
86
; Missouri River intertribal warfare,
47
; monuments and statues,
18
,
27
,
34
,
35
,
38
,
41
,
149
; Multnomah River,
70
; names “Council Bluffs” site,
46
; observations along upper Missouri,
53
,
54
,
57
; Peeble's use of his journal and maps,
88
; picked up by Lewis 1803,
43
; at Pompey's Pillar,
73
; portrayed in Hollywood film,
107–108
; portrayed in pageant,
120–121
,
149
; reconnaissance up Missouri from Marias River mouth,
55
; reports first buffalo sign,
44
; return to the Missouri River,
71–73
; reunion of company near mouth of Little Missouri,
75
; on Sacagawea,
20
; Salmon River side expedition,
63
; scouts ahead to the Three Forks,
59–60
; sights Pacific Ocean,
68
; Teton Sioux confrontation,
48–49
; writing desk smashed,
64
; to Yellowstone Valley on return journey,
71–73

Clark, William A.,
26

Clark, William Glasgow,
109

Clark's Lookout,
38

Clark's River.
See
Bitterroot River

Clarkston (Washington),
65
,
70
,
112

Clarksville (Indiana Territory),
43

Clatsop (Native American tribe),
2
,
33
,
68

Clatsop Community College (Oregon),
146

Clatsop County (Oregon), amphitheatre,
147

Clatsop County Historical Society (Oregon),
110

Clearwater Basin,
82

Clearwater Country,
82
,
84

Clearwater National Forest,
87

Clearwater River and canyon: confluence with Snake River,
102
,
112
; dugout canoes on,
66
,
103
; expedition route,
65
,
71
,
84–85
,
104
,
126
; Lewis-Clark Highway,
103–105
,
105
,
126
; Long Camp vicinity,
72
,
133
; Nez Perce villages on,
64–65
; railroad construction along,
81
; and sesquicentennial pageant,
124
; USGS report on,
82
; Weippe Prairie,
64
,
84
,
148
; Wheeler-Wright mapping expedition,
82
,
85