Note 18 — V. FIRST ATTEMPTED ASCENT, 1857 By LIEUTENANT A. V. KAUTZ, U.S.A.

I have no doubt that the south branch of the Nachess, which flows to the east into the Columbia, and that the Puyallup and White rivers, which flow west into Puget Sound, have similar sources in glaciers, from the fact that in July they are all of a similar character with the Nesqually, muddy, white torrents, at a time when little rain has fallen for months.—Kautz.