INDEX.

Acapulco, 470 " people of, 470 " cathedral, 471 " fort, 472 Acequias, 82, 333, 487 Across the Mountains, 150 "Adios", 477 Adventure among Utes, 120-3 " " Dieganos, 351-2 " on bay of San Francisco, 294 " with grizzly bear and cubs, 459 Æsculapius, a son of, 272 Agua Frio, 287 Age of Big Trees, 463 Alkali region, 150-3 Alaska, 291 Alcatraz, 293 Alamo, 347 American eagle, 109 " Falls of Snake, 218 " a Representative, 332 Antelope, 37, 51, 149 Ancantash, 115, 125 Angel Island, 293 Anaheim, 340 Ancient ruins in Arizona, 395 Anomalies in Arizona, etc., 421 Arkansas, the, 82 " Valley of, 82-104 " Little, 104 Argonauts, Bret Harte's, 288 Army Life on Pacific Coast, 293 " -lady in Arizona, 413 " nurseries of the, 418 Arizona City, 355 Arizona generally, 372, 394 " her quicksands, 388 " her chief drawback, 414 " her anomalies, 421 " her ancient ruins, 395 " her quails and rabbits, 409-21 " her mines, 378, 399, 414 Assays, mining, 68 Astoria, 270 Asylums, Chinese, 312-14 Aspinwall, 475 Autocrat of Utah, 179 Aubrey City, 414 Average Westerner, 43, 98 " Coloradoan, 98 Aztecs, 367, 395, 406 Baker's Ranch, 55 Baille, a Mexican, 91-3 Bartering with Indians, 131-2 Baker City, 231 Banquet at Denver, 62 Bar of the Columbia, 271 Banquet at San Francisco, 304 Barbary Coast, " , 310 Bankrupt Law of Chinese, 312 Banning, Gen. P., 331-39-40 "Bed-rock", 73 Belvidere Apollo, 213 Bear River, 214 Bee-Hive House, 175 Better things ahead, 299 Bell's Cañon, 393 Beale's Springs, 410 Beaver Lake, 415 Bear Valley, 465 Bergh, Mr. Henry, 238 "Big Injun" stories, 38 Bierstadt's skies, 105 Bitter Creek, 150 " " country, 150-3 Bill of Fare, a hard, 221 Big Trees of California, 462 Black Hawk, 64 Black-Butte Station, 152 Blue Mountains, 234-6 Blackbirds at Tucson, 376 "Black's", 445 Boys in Blue, 28 Border missionary, a, 39 " bishop, a, 59 Bogus mining companies, 69 Boisè, valley of, 219 Boisè City, 223-6 "Borers", 377 Bower Cave, 445 Bradford's Hill, 110-12 Brent, John, 84 Bridger's Pass, 150 Bridger, Jim, 158 Brigadier-Generals abundant, 173 Brigham City, 212 Breakdown, a, 241 Breakdown, another, 246 Browne, Ross J., 70, 226 Brain of the Northwest, 266 Broderick monument, 280 Building stone, fine, 27 Buchser, M., 43 Buffalo region, 50 " grass, 50 " as engineer, 52 "Bull-drivers", 54, 237 Butte region, 78 Buckskin Joe, 107 Burt, Maj., 158 Burnt River, 228 Bunch-grass, 365 Cavalier and Corncracker, 23 Camping-out, 35, 76, 88, 349, 362, 419 " near summit of Rocky Mountains, 102 Cañon City, 81 Cañon, Echo, 159 " of Columbia, 255 Castle Rock, 78, 256 Castle Dome, 363 Carson, Kit, (see K) Carson City, 436 Carter, Judge, 159 Carter, Colonel, 415 Cannon, George Q., 168 Calico horses, 252 Cascade Mountains, passage of, 255 Cascades, Lower, 255 California at last, 274 " her growth, 279, 489 " wines generally, 338 " natives, 293, 328, 342 " mines, 427 " live-oaks, 426, 441 " wheat-fields, 426, 441 " wind-mills, 441 " statistics, 279, 489 Cajon Pass, 422 Calaveras Big Trees, 463 Cape St. Lucas, 469 Cactus, columnar, 368 Carissa Creek, 349 Caribbean Sea, 476 "Cavalry Gregg", 407 Cayotes, or wolves, 216 Central City and mines, 62-4 Celilo, 253 Centipedes, 417 Central Pacific Railroad, 428 " its grades, 428 " snow-sheds, 429 Central America, 432 Chicago, 23 Cherry Creek, 53, 65 Chivington massacre, 139 Church Butte, 153 Children of Brigham Young, 180 Chinaman, John, 225, 268 Change from dry to wet, 258 Churches of San Francisco, 287 Christmas in San Francisco, 292 Chinese Question, the, 300-21 " merchants, 304 " New Year, 311 " bankrupt law, 312 " temple or Josh-house, 312 " religion, 314 China's necessity America's opportunity, 315-16 Chemisal, 345 Charley, Diegano, 351 Changes of elevation, 416 Cincinnati, 23 Cisco, 428 Clear Creek, 63-64 Claims, mining, 66 Clawson, Brig.-Gen., 175 Climate of Colorado, 76, 100, 143 " Oregon and Washington., 263 " San Francisco, 281, 467 " Santa Barbara, 324, 490 " San Diego, 328 " Los Angelos, 334 " of Mexican Coast, 468 " Isthmus of Panama, 474 Cliff House and sea-lions, 295-6 "Clarke's", 461 Clarke, Galen, 461 Coming man, 70 Companies, bogus, 69 Compagnons du voyage, 33 Costly supplies, 49, 375, 407 Coal, etc., 63, 153, 229 Copper, etc., 63, 378 Colorado ores, 68 " mineral resources, 69-71 " Springs, 80 " City, 81 " farming, 82 " desert, 344-46 Coloradoan, an average, 98 Corkscrew creek, a, 87 Costello, Judge, 107 Council, Indian, 114-16 Councils of war, 160 " Clive on, 160 Cox, Jack, 132 Courts, U. S., in Utah, 193-6 Columbia River, etc., 251 " Clarke's Fork of, 251 " bar of, 271 Conner, Capt., 270-3 Commerce and wealth of San Francisco, 279, 489 Comstock Lode, 433, 492 Coin vs. Greenbacks, 290 Conclusion as to Chinese, 320 Cock-fights, 335, 471 Cottonwood Cañon, 410 Constitution steamer, 468 Colima, 469 Costa Rica, 472 Conclusion, 477 Coulterville, 444 "Crawford's", 244 Crossing the Rocky Mountains, 84, 150 " the Blue Mountains, 234 " bar of the Columbia, 271 " Gila and Salado, 383 " Sierra Nevadas, 428, 437 Cruelty Prevention Society wanted, 238 Cumming, Gov., 61 " his speech to Utes, 126 Currants, wild, 63 Culebra, 90 Cuba, 476 Dancing people, a, 92 Dance with Indians, a, 133 Dacotah, 150 Danites or Thugs, 189 Dalles, the, 254 Darwinism, 259 Dante's Inferno, 411 Denver, 58 " her growth, etc., 60 " reception of Sherman, etc., 62 Desert of the Mountains, 150 Deer, 410 Desolation, genius of, 411 Deserters, 422 Departure from San Francisco, 467 "Divides", 35, 73 "Diggings", 65, 107 Dirty Woman's Ranch, 78 Diabolo, Mt., 465 Divine, a High-Church, 469, 475 Dodge, Gen., 144, 248 Dogberry, an Idaho, 226 Donkeys, dilapidated, 234-8 Down the Columbia, 249 Donner Lake, 431 Down the Sierras, 438 Drive, an anxious, 239 Drake's Plantation Bitters, 249 Dry to wet, 258 Duck-shooting, 106-9 Duluth, 267 Eagle, a plucky, 108 Echo Cañon, 159 Election imbroglio, 61 Elk, 149 El Dorado Cañon, 414 Elevation, changes of, 416 Empire City, 107 Emigrant trail, 215 " a typical, 406 English capital, 62 Englishman, a sturdy, 67 Englishmen, enterprising, 443 Enforce the laws, 205 Enfans terribles, 249 Erie Railroad, 21 Exasperated teamster, 43 Exaggeration, Western, 96 Example, a shining, 298 Exploring the country, 386 Exploits of Apaches, 402 Fall-Leaf, 29 " his theology, 30 " his bravery, 31 Fancy Creek, 38 Fair Play, Col., 106 Falls of Snake River, 218 Fare, hard bill of, 221 Farewell Bend, 230 Farrallones, 295 Fatherland, our, 476 Fellow-passengers, 43 Fenian friends, 260 Fellow-passengers home, 469 Fiat Justitia, 321 Fish-hooks vs. ox-carts, 371 Flood-stayed, 382 Fluctuations of mining stocks, 435 Forethought, 239 Fourth of July, 476 Fort Alcatraz, 277, 294 " Benton, 252 " Boisè, 227 " Bowie, 376 " Bridger, 227 " Cameron, 376 " Cape Disappointment, 271 " Camp Cady, 421 " Camp Douglas, 170 " Colville, 251 " Churchill, 436 " Garland, 89, 114 " Goodwin, 376 " Grant, 377 " Halleck, 148 " Kearney, 40 " Laramie, 115 " Leavenworth, 29, 33 " Lovell, 376 " McDowell, 384 " Mojave, 413 " Morgan, 75 " McPherson, 48 " Point, 277 " Riley, 21, 33 " Rock Springs, 418 " San Josè, 277 " Sedgwick, 49 " Stevens, 271 " Stockton, 328 " Vancouver, 261 " Wallen, 376 " Whipple, 407 " Wicked, 54 " Yuma, 355 Fraser's River, 224 Freezing-out, 69 Fremont's old trail, 77 "'Frisco", 274-6 Frigate-birds, 274, 468 Fruit of Mormon teachings, 188 Fun, a little, 113 Gamblers, 59, 224 Gale, Judge, 59 Gate City, 63 Garden of the Gods, 79 Game, lack of, 103-4, 460 "Ganow's", 351 Germany, a bit of, 341 Germans, 24 " a frightened, 56 " enterprising, 100 " a plucky, 383 Getting under way, 34 Georgetown, 71 Geiger grade, 431 Genoa, 436 Gertrude Jane, 438 Gila City, 363 " River, 364 " valley of the, 364 " Bend, 366 " freshet in, 381 Give John a chance, 317 Good grazing region, 50 Golden City, 60, 63 Golden Gate, 276 Gold mines, 66 Gold and silver, our yield of 1873, 491 Gooseberries, wild, 63 Good missionary ground, 319, 361 Gov. Low on Chinese, 318 Grasshoppers, 36 Granite Creek, 398 Grande Ronde Valley, 232 Great West, the, 22 " American Desert, 51 " Salt Lake, 209 " American Falls, 218 " Bend region, 251 Gregory Gulch, 64 " Consolidated, 66 Greenhorn River, 82 Green River, 150-3 Gregg, Gen. Irvin, 407-8 "Greasers", 470 Grizzly bear and cubs, 459 Guaymas, 378 Guatemala, 472 Gulls, 274, 468 Gulf Stream, 476 Happy Family, a, 37 Halsey, Mr. Supt., 221 Hardyville, 413 Hardy, Mr., 414 Hassayampa, 387 Hermann, 25 Hercules of the Plains, 29 Hell Gate, 253 Hell Cañon, 405 Heller, Louis, 383 "Heathen Chinee", 301, 430 Hermitage, the, 458 Hincklin's, Zan, estate, 83-4 High Council of Mormon Church, 196-8 Homan's Park, 99 Hoosiers, 22 Holliday's Overland Stages, 41, 207 Holliday, Ben, 41, 152, 207 Holmes' One-Hoss Shay, 242, 418 Home again, 476 Honitos, 465 Hood, Mt., 256, 264, 269 Horse philosophy, 236-7 Horses, a fine team of, 234 How not to do it, 160 Huerfano River, 83 Hunt, Indian Agent, 116, 131 Hualapai Springs, 410 "Hutchings'", 449 Hydraulic mining, 427 Idaho Springs, 71 Idaho City, 224 Idaho, 223-6 " mines of, 226 " Dogberry, 226 Illinois and Indiana, 22 Indians, Apache, 401 " Arrapahoe, 54 " Cheyenne, 115, 127 " Chemehuevi, 424 " Comanche, 115, 127 " Delaware, 30 " Diegano, 350 " Hualapai, 412 " Maricopa, 369 " Mojave, 412 " Oregon, 252 " Pai-Utes, 412 " Papago, 380 " Pawnee, 38 " Pimo, 369 " Pottawatomie, 32 " Shoshone, 158 " Sioux, 55 " Umatilla, 245 " Ute, 114, 135 " Walla-Walla, 246 " Yavapai, 392 Indian corn, 27 " Point, 28 " idea of steam, 30 " " telegraph, 30 " rumors, 38, 55-7, 77 " council, 114, 116 " treaty, 113-36 " ponies, 116 " costumes, 117 " village, 118 " dogs, 118 " profanity, 119 " speeches, 127-9 " a sharp, 129 " bartering with, 131-2 " dance, 133 " squaws, 135 " generally, 135-6 " trophies, 143 " scare, 146, 419 " exploits of Apaches, 402 " their cunning, 403 " policy of Brigham Young, 212 " " our old, 370, 412 " " our true, 413 "Inside" vs. "Outside", 354 Inspiration Point, 457 Interview with Brigham Young, 176-9 " " U. S. Judge at Salt Lake, 189-98 Irish miners, 246 "Iron-clad" Christians, 289 Iron mines, 63 Irrigation, 60, 487 Isothermal lines, 263 Isthmus of Panama, 474 " " people, 475 Jackson, Gen., 29 Jack Cox, 132-3 Jack-rabbits and quail, 345 Jesus, Don, 92 Jerked beef, 118 Jewish synagogue, 286 Jews on Pacific Coast, 287 Jesuit missions, 326 Johnston, Albert Sydney, 159-60 John Day River, 254 John as a merchant, 304 " a banker, etc., 305 " an operative, 306 " a railroad builder, 307 " an actor, 308 " a gambler, 309 " a holiday keeper, 311 " a legislator, 312 " a heathen, 313-15 " give him a chance, 317 John Phœnix, 327 "Jordan is a hard road," etc., 236 Josh-house, Chinese, 312-14 Judge Costello, 107 " Gale, 59 " Lynch, 59, 62, 226 " Carter, 159 " a brave, 198 Julesburg, 49, 53 Junction City, 26 Juniper Mountain, 409 Juries, Mormon, 190 Kansas Pacific Railroad, 21 Kansas generally, 27 Kaolin, 63 "Kate," mule, 87, 112 Kaw, the, 32 Kerber's ranch, 100 Kimball, Heber C., 167-75 Kit Carson, 96-7, 114 " his services, 136 " personal appearance, 137 " adventures, 137 " Sherman on, 138 " Indians on, 138 " his opinion of Indians, 138-9 Kootenay, 252 Lawrence, 26 Landscapes, superb, 72, 84-6, 243, 446 Landscape, a tropical, 478 Laramie Plains, 148 Laclede, 152 Latrobe, 248 Lake Pond Oreille, 252 Laguna Grande, 342 Laguna, 347 Lady, an army, in Arizona, 413 La Paz, 414 Lake Tahoe, 439 Leavenworth, 25 Lead, etc., 63 Leutze's painting, 105 Leave Utah or drown, 184 Lewiston, 223 La Grande, 233 " mines near, 233 " river, 235 Leland, a, 465 Little Blue, 38 Live mining-town, 65 Lincoln on our mines, 70 Life in a stage-coach, 155-7 Lieut. Genl. Utah Militia, 173 Little Arkansas, 104 Liberals vs. Imperialists, 353 Libertad, 377 Live-oaks of California, 426, 441 Long's Peak, 75 Lost among Indians, 120-4 "Lo! the poor Indian", 55, 135 Lone Mountain Cemetery, 280, 295 Los Angelos Plains, 333, 423 " itself, 334-5 Lumber, costly, 49, 375, 407 Lynch, Judge, 59, 62, 226 Manhattanville, 32 Marysville, 34 Mantilini, Mr., 67 Machinery, mining, 67 Manitou, Col., 80 Mark Tapley's philosophy, 122 Massacre, Sand Creek., 139 Maladé, 215 Machado's, Ranch, Señor, 342 Maricopa Desert, 366 Mariposa Trail, 456 " Big Trees, 462 " itself, 464 Manzanillo, 469 McCormick, Gov., 362 McDowell Crossing, 383 Meals en route, 42 Medicine Man, a, 77 Mexican peons, 83 " baille, 91 " beds, 93 " emigrants, 86, 89, 353 " life and manners, 471 Mexican vs. Yankee, 106 Menace to U. States, 175 "Meacham's", 239 Mescal, 345 Mesquite, 365 Merced River, 452 Melno Park, 466 Missouri, 24 Missouri River, 25 Mining town, a live, 65 Mining, placer, 66 Mining "processes", 68 Mining Companies, bogus, 69 Mining as a business, 435 Mines, yield of, 70 Mines, our, total yield of 1873, 491 Miners' slang, 72 Miners returning East, 146 Mines at Baker City, 231 Mines of Colorado, 63-71 " Idaho, 226 " Oregon, 254 " California, 279, 427 " Arizona, 378, 399, 414 Mines of Nevada, 432-5 " U. S. generally, 490-1 Mills, stamp, 67 Mill City, 71 Miami Valley, 22 Micawber, Mr., 68 Micawber, a Boston, 250 Militia, Utah, 172-5 Mission Mills, 306 Milton's Hell, 411 Mirage, 346 Moral, a, 124 Mormon woman, 152 " tabernacle, 166 " preacher, 167 " a sharp, 168 " sermons, 169 " militia-muster, 172 " outrages, etc., 183 " murder of Dr. Robinson, 184-7 " Mountain Meadow Massacre, 191 " juries, etc., 190 " sobriety and thrift, 200 " Bishops, 201 " Brigham Young, 174-9 Mormonism in general, 199 Mormon Church, as immigration agency, 202 Mountain city, a, 64 Mountain scenery, effect of, 86 Mountain mud-wagons, 144 Mountain Fever, 170 Montgomery street, 285 " dames, 286 Montana emigrants, 398 Mojave River, 420 Mother, an ambitious, 438 Monument Creek, 79 Mountains, Alleghany, 58 " Rocky, 75, 113 " Wahsatch, 158 " Blue, 234, 244 " Cascade, 255 " Aztec, 392 " San Bernardino, 420 " Sierra Nevadas, 427, 437-8 Mt. Long's Peak, 75 " Pike's Peak, 75-79 " Hood, 256, 264-9 " St. Helen's, 270 " Shasta, 256 " San Bernardino, 344 " San Francisco, 391 Mule teams, 54 " Kate, 87 Munchausen, Baron, 57, 89 Mustang team, 157 Mysteries and miseries of stage-coaching, 156 Nasby people, 267 New England, 22 " village, 397 Newspapers again, 108, 424 New Mexico, etc., 140 New Granada, 472 New York, 476 Nevada, agriculture in, 431 " mines in, 433, 491 " alkali plains of, 436 Nez Perce Chief, 250 Nicaragua, 472 North Platte, 148 " Clear Creek, 66 "No makee bobbery", 303 Nurseries of the army, 418 Ocean, a Pacific, 323 Off for the Pacific, 144 " Los Angelos, 322 " Ft. Yuma, 339 " Yosemite, 444 Ogden City, 210 Ohio, 22 Old Chief, 63 Omaha, 40, 58 Ooray, 115, 125 " his speeches at treaty, 126-9 Ophir mine, 434 Ores, Colorado, 68 " Arizona, 399 " Nevada, 432 Oregonian, a live, 240 Oregon Steam Nav. Co., 251 " Indians, 252 " rains and fogs, 259 Oregonians generally, 268 Orizaba, the, 322 "Out West", 22 Outrage, a border, 351 Outrages, Mormon, 183 "Out of the Wilderness", 424 Outside on a coach, 44 "Outfit", 72 Overland route, 35 " stages, 41, 206 Owyhee, 224 " Rapids, 253 Ox-trains, 54, 238 "Pay-ore", 66 Pay-streak, 73 "Panned-out", 73 Pacific Railroad, Union, 40, 71, 80 " Central, 428, 430 " Northern, 252 " Texas, 396 Pass, Sangre del Christo, 84-6 " Poncho, 102 Parks, Rocky Mt., 95 Parley's Cañon, 161 Paymaster, a lucky, 227 Pasquol, old, 361 Painted Rocks, 367 Pai-Ute Hill, 417 Paradise Regained, 423 " for invalids, 491 Panama, 472 Peat, 49 Peons, Mexican, 83 Petroleum, 153 Personal appearance of Brigham Young, 178-9 Pennsylvania Dutchman, a, 39 Phosphorescent waves, 467-8 Pike's Peak, 75, 79 Pigeon English, 302 Pilot Knob, 348 Picacho, 373 Platte River, 36, 48 " Valley, 47, 49 Placer Mining, 65-66 Plains, the, 50, 52, 72, 111 " as stock-raising and dairy region, 51, 481 Placerville, 439 Poncho Pass, 102 " Creek, 103 Pocket-knives as weapons, 122 Polygamy, its workings, 192-3 " bad results generally, 203 " a barbarism, 204 " laws against, should be enforced, 204-5 Portland, 264-8 Powder River, 228 Powell, Prof., 357 Postle's ranch, 405 Pony, a plucky, 448 Porpoises, 467 Prospect Ridge, 28 "Prospecting", 66 Prairie schooners, 26, 34, 54 " chickens, 36, 53 " dogs, 37 Praying machines of Chinese, 314 "Processes," mining, 68 Process, a new, wanted, 68 Preacher, Mormon, 167 Pratt's River, 228 Price's Army, left wing of, 240, 267 Press of California, 288 Prescott Crossing, 383 " road, 385 " itself, 397 " her mining prospects, 399 " population, 400 Precious metals, our yield of for 1873, 491 Project, a California, 439 Punty, 445-8 Quartz mines, etc., 66 Quicksands of Arizona, 388 " execrable, 392 Ranchmen and their homes, 53 Ranches, 73 " in California, 293 Ranchman, a dismal, 421 Randall, Bishop, 59 Railroad, Union Pacific, 40, 71, 80 " Northern, 252 " Central, 428, 430 " Texas, 396 " across the Isthmus, 474 Rather exciting situation, 121 Rapids of the Columbia, 253 Rains and fogs, 259 Rains and winds of San Francisco, 281-2 Racing steam-ships, 322 Rattlesnakes, 417 Reception of Gen. Sherman, etc., 62 Red Rupert, 144 Regions, barren, 215, 345, 410 Representative Californians, 285 Religion in California, 287-9 Revivalist, a noted, 432 Ride by stage-coach, 44 Ride after antelope, 51 Ride by muleback, 84-7 " a rough, 220 " a fine horseback, 446 Rio Grande, 96-7 " bottoms, 96 Rio Colorado, 150, 356, 415 Rip Van Winkles, 279, 376 Rising Star Steamer, 475 River Terraces, 28 Rocky Mountains, 75, 143 " parks of, 95 Roads, mountain, 110, 439 Road-agents, 166 Robinson, Dr., murder of, 184-7 Romancing, 247 Rough stage-coaching, 437 Roses in California, 440 Rock Springs, 410 Russel's Ranch, 98 Ruby City, 224 Rule, the only safe among Indians, 394 Sacramento River, 425 " Valley, 426 " City, 440 Saratoga of Colorado, 71 Sangre del Christo, 84-6 Saddle animals, 87 San Luis Park, 96 Saw-mills, 110 Safe at last, 124 Sage-hens, 158 Salt Lake City, 164-6 " House, 164 " Theatre, 179 " audience generally, 182 " Vidette, 183 " Mormon outrages at, 183, 198 " what a U. S. Judge thinks of affairs there, 189-98 " itself, 209 (See Mormon.) Sand Creek massacre, 139 Sand-storm, a Yuma, 358 San Francisco, 276 " her location, 277 " sand-hills, 278 " commerce, etc., 279 " climate, 281-2 " earthquakes, 283 " hotels, 283 " houses and gardens, 284 " fruits and flowers, 284 " churches, 287-8 " her Christmas and New Year, 292 " statistics, 279, 489 " Barbary Coast, 310 " Chinese, 301, 321 " sail on Bay of, 294 Santa Barbara, 324 " her climate, 490-91 San Diego, 325-9 " court-house and jail, 327 " climate, 328 " neighboring ranches, 329 " harbor, 329 San Pedro, 330 Santa Anna River, 340-1 Santa Cruz River, 372-5 San Xavier del Bac, 379 San Bernardino, 422 San Joaquin River, 444 San Mateo, 466 San Josè, 466 San Salvador, 472 Scare, an Indian, 146-7 Scott's Marmion, 159 Scout after Apaches, 404 Segrist, Mr., 39 Señors and Señoritas, 92 Sermons, Mormon, 169 Sea-sickness, 272 Sea-lions, 295-6 "Shanghai" fences, 36, 229 Sherman, Gen., 61, 114 " on Kit Carson, 138 " New Mexico, etc., 140-1 " personally, 142 "Shebang", 72 Sha-wa-she-wit, 125 Shauno, 125 Shingle Station, 439 Silvers, Rev. Mr., 39 Sibley tents, 55, 118 Silver-mining, 66, 432-5 Silver City, 224 Sierra Blanca, 98 " Nevadas, 427 " " summit of, 430 " " snows on, 428, 437 " " silence of, 460 " " sugar-pines of, 461 Skull Valley, 392 Smoky Hill River, 28, 50 Snowy Range, 63, 76, 105 Snow-squalls, 81, 89, 98 Snow-storm, in a, 162, 241 Snow galleries, 429 Snows on Sierra Nevadas, 428, 437 Snake River, 216 " bottoms, 217 " station, 217 " valley generally, 229 Socelito, 294 Soda Springs, Col., 80 Soda Lake, 419 Soldier, a true, 408 Something about smoking, 157 " " Vicksburg, 261-2 South Platte, 58, 65, 107 " Clear Creek, 71 " Park, 105 Spanish Peaks, 85 " attempts to speak, 342 Specimen settlers, 39, 406 "Square meal", 72 Squaws, Indian, 135 Stage-horses, 41 " stations, 41 " drivers, 42, 54 " staging it "outside", 44 " coaching generally, 155, 206 " good-bye, 248 " across the Sierra Nevadas, 428, 437 Stampedes, 147 Stamp Mills, 67 Statistics of Stock-raising on Plains, 481-7 Statistics of San Francisco, etc., 279, 489-90 " gold and silver product. 1873, 491 Stanislaus, 444 Steam navigation on the Columbia, 251 " " on the Colorado, 414-15 Steele, Gen., 261-3 Stockton, 442 " her windmills, etc., 442 Stormy Divide, 77 St. Louis, 23 St. Helen's, 270 Stump, Capt., 251 "S. T. 1860, X., etc.", 249 Sulphurets, 68, 399 Sulphur Springs, hot, 171, 209 Sunsets, 45 Sunset, a magnificent, 46 Superintendent of Mines, 67 Sugar-pines of California, 461 "Swinging round the circle", 227 Swiss artist, a, 43 "Swop" and "no swop", 131 "Talings", 68 Tabernacle, Mormon, 168 Tahoe, Lake, 439 Taylor, Bayard, 25 Teamsters, as a class, 237, 244 Telegraph Hill, 279 Tehauntepec, Gulf of, 472 Texan Emigrant, 349 Texas and Pacific Railroad, 396 Tip-top of Rocky Mountains, 85 Topeka, 26 Tobacco, some defence of, 157 Transportation, costly, 357, 377 Transition, a welcome, 423 Treaty with Ute Indians, 113, 136 Trophies, Indian, 143 Trout-fishing, 88 Trout-broiling, 88, 102 Trout streams, 97 Truckee River, 431 Tucson, 374 " her high prices, 375 " business, 376 " costly transportation, 377 Tucson's griefs, 378 " mines, 378 Tuolomne River, 444 Turkey, a fine wild, 407 Typical emigrant, 406 Umatilla River, 245-6 " City, 249 Uniontown, 233 Union Pass, 411 Union Pacific Railroad, 40 Ups and downs of Californians, 297-9 Up the Sierras, 428 Utah militia, 172-5 " autocrat of, 179 " Judge, opinion of, 189, 198 " U. S. Courts in, 193-6 " laws in, enforce, 205 (See Mormon.) Ute Indians, 77, 212 " council, 114-16 " treaty, 116, 136 " princess, 117 " village, 118 " lost among, 120 " chiefs, 114-15, 125 " dance, 133 " generally, 134 " squaws, 135 Valley of the Platte, 48 " Boisè, 219 " Burnt, Powder, and Pratt's rivers, 228 " Snake, 229-30 " Grande Ronde, 232 " Umatilla, 247 " Weber, 161 " Salt Lake, 165 " Columbia, 252 " Gila, 364 " Salado, 395 " Colorado, 355, 411 " Sacramento, 426 " Yosemite, 447, 454 Vicksburg, something about, 261-2 Victoria, 266 View from Telegraph Hill, 280 Villacito, 344 Virginia Dale, 145 Virginia City, 432 Voyage from Portland to San Francisco, 273 " a delightful, 323 " up the Sacramento, 425 " home, 467 Vulture mine and mill, 391 Wagon-trains and teamsters, 54 Ward, Artemus, 180 Water-ditches, 82, 487 Walla Walla, 243, 251 Wallula, 249, 251 Wanted—a road, 385 " roads and bridges, 389 " a railroad, 396 Westerner, specimen of a, 55 Western exaggerations, 96-7 Wellington, young chief, 123-4 Weber Valley, 161 West, Bishop, 175, 211 Wells, Lt. General, 175 Wells Springs, 244 "Web-footed" children, 259 West Indies, 476 Whales, 467 Whirlwinds, 346 White Pine, 433 Whitney, Prof., 452, 456 Whittier's prophecy, 477 Wheat-fields of California, 426, 441 " yield of, 441 Wickenburg, 390 Wildcat Creek, 39 Wind-storm, a, 45 Willow Springs, 146 Wilful, John, 247 Willamette River, 266 Wilmington, etc., 331 Wilson, Don Benito, 336 " his noble ranch, 336 " orange groves, 337 " vineyards, 337 " his home, 338 Williamson's Valley, 409 Wind-mills, 278 " " in California, 285, 441 Winds and rains of San Francisco, 281-2 Wines, California, 338 Wood and lumber scarce, 49 Wolves or cayotes, 216 Yankee-land, 22 Yankee hand and brain, 71 Yank's Station, 437 Yerbo Buena, 279 Yellow-jacket mine, 434 "You bet", 73-74 Yosemite Valley, 443 " first view of, 447 " South Dome and walls, 450 " Bridal Veil and Yosemite Falls, 451 " El Capitan, 451 " by moonlight, 451 " North Dome, etc., 452 " Lake and South Fork, 452 " Cascades and Vernal Falls, 453 " rainbows in, 453 " Nevada Falls, 454 " Sentinel Peak, 454 " Mt. Broderick, 454 " Cathedral Rock, 454 " in winter, 455 " from Hutchings', 449 " from Inspiration Point, 457 Young chief Wellington, 123-4 Young, Brigham, 175-9 " wives of, 180 children of, 181 " shrewd dodge of, 187 " success of, 195 " Indian policy of, 212 " Brigadier General, 175 " Colonel, 175 " Joseph, 211 (See Mormon.) Zan Hincklin's ranch, 83-4 Zig-zags, mountain, 437 " swinging the, 438

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