Babbitt, A. W., del. to congress, 444; seat refused, 452; sec. of ter., 462.

Backenstos, J. R., col of legion, 147.

Badger, Rodney, pioneer of '47, 272.

Baines, John R., biog., 700.

Baker Jesse, presdt of elders, 199.

Baker, Jos., settler at Mendon, 597.

Baldwin, Caleb, trial of, and sentence, 131.

Baldwin, Wheeler, sent to Missouri 1831, 84.

Ball, Jos., missionary, 402.

Ballantine Rich., miss. to Calcutta, 410.

Ballinger, Jesse O., settles in Arizona, 693.

Banking, 765-6.

Banks, Jno., presdt of Edinburgh conference, 409.

Bannacks, the, defeat of, 1863, 631; treaty with, 634.

Baptism, ceremony, 337-8.

Barker, John D., sheriff 1848, 287.

Barnes, L., missionary, 402.

Barnett John T., regent of university, 146.

Barney, Lewis, pioneer of '47, 272.

Barnham, C. D., pioneer of '47, 272.

Barnum, Henry, house at Peva, 595.

Baron la Houtan, fables of, 1689, 18, 19.

Barrett, Wm, miss. to Australia, 410.

Bartholomew, James, founds Fayette, 601.

Bartleson, J., expedt. of, 1841, 29.

Barton Joseph, biog., 700.

Baskin, R. N., atty in Lee trial, 565.

Bateman, Wm, at Mtn Meadows massacre, 551.

Bates, atty in Lee trial, 565.

Bates, Marcellus, capt. in legion, 147.

Battle Creek. See Pleasant Grove.

Beadle, J. H., Life in Utah, 637.

Beanfield, shooting of, 629.

Bear Hunter, Chief, killed, 631.

Bear River, course, 20; saltness, 30 battle at, 1863, 631-2.

Bear River Bay, surveyed, 465.

Beaumont, Charles, trader, 255.

Beaver City, emigrants at, 548; Lee trial, 565; founding, 598; coty seat, 609; population, 1880, 705.

Beaver coty, judicial dist, 539; settlements, 598-9; sulphur-beds, 739.

Beaver Coty Record, newspaper, 716.

Beaver Enterprise, newspaper, 716.

Beaver River, attraction of, 598.

Beckwith, Lt E. G., in Gunnison party, 468.

Beddle, John, founds Eden, 601.

Beebe, Calvin, of council of twelve, 108.

Belden, Josiah, in Bartleson party 1841, 29; Hist. Statement, 29, 30.

Bellows, John, of Gunnison party, 470.

Belnap, Gilbert, marshal at Ogden 1851, 308.

Bennett, J. C., chancellor of university, 146; Hist. of the Saints, crit. on, 149-53.

Bennett, Samuel, regent of university, 146.

Benson, Alva, settles at Hyrum, 598.

Benson, Ezra Taft, holds service, 1847, 263; messenger to Pratt, 268; pioneer of '47, 282; lays out town site, 312; apostle 1844-69, 345; grant to, 451; of council 1851, 458; promotes water co., 483; settles at Millville, 598; biog., 675-6.

Bent, Samuel, of high council, 198; missionary, 402.

Bernhisel, D., special agent 1850, 325.

Bernhisel, J. M., to draught constitution, 440; del. to congress, 484; university regent, 709.

Berry, John, attacked by Inds, 474.

Berubisel, Dr J. M., committee to govr, 174.

Bidwell, J., in Bartleson party 1841, 29; California, 1841-8, 29-30.

Big Blowout Mine, iron deposits, 735.

Big Canon Creek, woollen-mills on, 732.

Big Elk, Chief, negotiations with, 237.

Bigler, Jacob G., magistrate 1848, 287.

Billings, Alfred N., founds settlement, 601.

Billings, G. P., pioneer of '47, 272.

Billings, Titus, to dispose of church property 1831, 88.

Bingham, mining town, 699.

Birmingham, work at, 406-7.

Bishop, Francis G., missionary, 402.

Bishop, W. W., atty in Lee trial, 465.

Black, Adam, acts towards Mormons, 122.

Black, Geo. A., see. of ter., 661.

Black Hill, Mormons arrive at, 255.

Black, J. S., settles at Deseret, 601.

Black, priest, miss. to Ireland, 410.

Blair, Seth M., U. S. atty of ter., 456.

Blakslee, Jas, missionary, 402.

Blodgett, Edgar, del. to Wash., 447.

Blood atonement, theory of, 340.

Booth, Ezra, sent to Missouri 1831, 84; apostatizes, 89.

Boggs, Francis, pioneer of '47, 272.

Boggs, L. W., hostility to Mormons, 100; treachery of, 102-3; govr of Mo., 116; refuses help to Mormons, 123-4; tactics of, 128-9; attempt to assassinate, 156.

Bolton, Curtis E., miss. to France, 411.

Bordeaux, James, occupying Fort Laramie 1847, 255.

Boreman, Judge, presdt at trials of J. Lee, 564-5.

Botsford, Dan., missionary, 402.

Bountiful, town, 700.

Box Elder coty, organized, 450; judicial dist, 539; coty seat, 609.

Box Elder Creek, settlement at, 317.

Boyer, Peter, testimony of, 61.

Boynton, John F., apostle 1835-8, 344-5.

Bracken, Levi, magistrate 1848, 287.

Bradley, G. W., founds Moroni, 601.

Braman, S., missionary, 402.

Brandebury, L. H., chief justice of ter., 456; disputes with, 458-60.

Brandon, G. H., missionary, 402.

Brannan, Sam., letter of, 210; colony of, 213, 593, 642; meets party to Utah, 256.

Brassfield, Newton, murder of, 626-7.

Brewster, Elder, goes to Iowa, 642.

Bridger, James, discovers Great Salt Lake, 19-20; trading post of, 258.

Briggs, E. C., Josephite missionary, 645.

Brigham City, founded, 318; coty seat, 618, 702.

Brigham Young Express Co., 501-2.

Brimhall, Geo., representative 1851, 458.

British India, miss. work in, 410.

Brocchus, Perry E., associate judge of ter., 456; disputes with, 456-60.

Brockman, Rev., acts in a fight at Nauvoo, 228-31.

"Brooklyn," chartered for Cal., 213.

Brown, Capt., with detachment in valley, 1847, 264.

Brown, Benj., missionary, 402.

Brown, Geo., pioneer of '47, 272.

Brown, Hiram, excommunicated, 167.

Brown, J., ascent of Twin Peaks 1847, 265.

Brown, James, bishop, 290; purchases Goodyear tract, 307; legislator, 458.

Brown, John, pioneer of '47, 272; cut off from church, 300.

Brown, N. T., pioneer of '47, 272.

Brown, P., missionary, 402.

Brown, Samuel, acts at election, 120.

Browning, James G., representative 1851, 438.

Buchanan, Presdt, policy of, 529.

Buckmaster, Col, allays fury of citizens, 190.

Buffington, Jos., chief justice of ter., 456.

Bullion production, 741.

Bullock, Isaac, settles at Fort Supply, 595.

Bunch-grass, value of, 728.

Burgess, Harrison, councillor S. L. City 1851, 450.

Burk, John M., signs memorial, 134.

Burnham Jas, missionary to Wales 1840, 409.

Burns, Lt, attacked by Inds, 475.

Burr, David H., surveyor-general, 485.

Burton, Louis, in Wolfskill expedt. 1830, 24.

Burton, Col. R., corps of observation, 512; actions in Morrisite defeat, 616-18; collector internal revenue, 619.

Burton, R. F., works of, 587.

Burton, R. T., built woollen-mills, 732.

Busby, Jos., grant to, 483.

Butler, John L., grant to, 609.

Butterfield, Josiah, presdt of seven ties, 199.

Byard, R., pioneer of '47, 272.