INDEX
Reading edition
Alkali, 1, 18
Allenrolpea occidentalis, 49
Andesite, 157
Arizona candle, 41
Arsenic spring, 37
Asbestos, 157
Ash Meadows, 175
Banning, 9
Baryta, 157
Basket-making, 92-104
Birds, 66, 67
Bitter sage, 1
Black Buttes, 199, 200
Black Lake, 186
Black Rock Desert, 2
Borax, 1, 142-153, 178
Brawley, 217, 233
Breccia, 157
Bull snake, 61
Burial customs, 75, 80-91
Burro, 107-123
Cactus blossoms, 53
Cactus, grape, 53
Cactus rat, 63
Calexico, 229
Camels, 107, 108, 111, 178
Centipede, 65
Cereus giganteus, 41
Chaparral, 38
Chemehuevi Indians, 76
Chlorogalum pomeridianum, 50
Cinnabar, 178
Clistoyucca arborescens, 38
Coachella Valley, 165
Cocopah Indians, 72, 75, 190
Colorado Desert, 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 61, 71, 161-169, 213, 218-234
Colorado Desert, how formed, 10
Colorado River, 9, 76, 205, 218-234
Copper, 157-159
Coyote, 66
Creosote bush, 57
Crescent Hills, 206
Crotalus cerastes, 60
Daggett, 157
Death Valley, 5, 6, 68, 103, 142, 146, 149, 150, 172-183
Desert journalism, 209-217
Deserts,
Black Rock, 2;
Colorado, 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 61, 71, 161-169, 213, 218-234;
Great American, 1, 2;
Mojave, 2, 5, 6, 80, 84, 87, 108, 116, 140, 209;
Nevada, 2;
Painted, 2;
Smoke Creek, 2
Deserts, extent and origin, 10
Devil's Chair, 175
Early navigators, 13
Earthquakes, 186, 187
Ephydra Californica, 68
Funeral Mountains, 175
Furnace Creek, 175
Gila Monster, 1, 61, 62, 63, 65
Gila River, 10
Gold, 131, 140
Gold districts, 131, 139, 154, 157
Gold Mine, Pegleg, 193
Grand Cañon, 9
Greasewood, 38, 49
Great American Desert, 1, 2
Gulf of California, 9
Gypsum, 157
Hanlon's Crossing, 222
Heber, 233
Heloderina horridum, 61
Hematite, 178
Holton, 233
Hopi Indians, 100, 103
Horned toad, 62
Human bones, 30, 34
Imperial, 217-233
Imperial Canal, 217-234
Imperial Press, 209-217
Indio, 166
Iron, 157
Irrigation, 218-234
Jasper, 158
Journalism, 209-217
Koochabee, 68
Lake Juala, 186
Lead, 157
Lithia, 159
Maguey, 54
Manganese, 157
Map ancient California, 14, 15
Marble, 157, 158
McPherson, John F., desert experiences, 22-29
Mescal, 54
Mesquite, 38
Mexicala, 230
Mirage, 6
Mojave Desert, 2, 5, 6, 80, 84, 87, 108, 116, 140, 209
Mt. Grayback, 9
Mt. San Jacinto, 9
Needles, 209-217
Needle's Eye, 209-217
Nevada Desert, 2
Niter, 1, 146
Nopal, 53
Oases, 2
Old Beach, 229
Ollas, 195, 196
Onyx, 157
Owen's Lake, 68
Padre Junipero Serra, 83
Painted Desert, 2
Palo-verde, 38
Panamint Indians, 68, 71, 103
Pectis, 57
Pegleg Gold Mine, 193, 194
Phantom ship, 199
Phrynosoma, 62
Pilot Knob, 201
Pomo Indians, 95
Prickly pear, 50
Prospector, 127-141
Randsburg, 209
Randsburg Miner, 209-217
Rattlesnake, 1, 60, 61
Rhyolite, 157
Sage, 38
Sahuaro, 49
Salt, 161-169, 178
Salton, 6, 161-169
Saratoga Springs, 176
Scorpion, 65, 66
Serra, Padre Junipero, 83
Side-winder, 60
Signal Mountain, 201
Silsbee, 230
Silver, 158
Smoke Creek Desert, 2
Snakeweed, 54
Soap plant, 50
Soda, 146, 176
Spanish bayonet, 45
Submarine, 209-217
Sulphur, 157, 178
Sutuma, 83-91
Tarantula, 1, 64
Temperature, 22, 140
Thirst, tortures of, 18, 172
Tin, 157
Tortoise, 64, 65
Tourmaline, 159
Tufa, 157
Tuna, 53
Turquoise, 76
Volcanoes, 6, 71, 184-188
Walking Hills, 202, 206
Water, 17-37
Water wells, 30, 33
Well of the desert, 53
Yucca, 38, 45, 49
Yuma Indians, 75
Zinc, 157
Old Paths and Legends of New England
With many Illustrations of Massachusetts Bay, Old Colony, Rhode Island, and the Providence Plantations, and the Fresh River of the Connecticut Valley
By Katherine M. Abbott
8o, very fully illustrated, net. $3.50. (By mail, $3.75.)
The idea for this book grew out of the fact that Miss Abbott's little paper-bound Trolley Trips, describing the old New England neighborhoods that may now be reached by the trolley, have met with an astonishingly wide demand. In this more pretentious work Miss Abbott has utilized her fund of material to draw a delightful picture of the quaint byways of New England. But in this case her wanderings are not limited by gaps in the trolley circuit, or by daylight or car-fares. Historic spots of national interest, curious or charming out-of-the-way places, Indian legends and Yankee folk-lore find full justice in Miss Abbott's entertaining pages. Fiction could never interpret New England so honestly as does this volume.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS New York——London
The Romance of the Colorado River
A Complete Account of the Discovery and of the Explorations from 1540 to the Present Time, with Particular Reference to the two Voyages of Powell through the line of the Great Canyons.
By Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, Member of the U. S. Colorado River Expedition of 1871 and 1872, author of "North Americans of Yesterday," etc. 8o. Fully illustrated. $3.50 net. By mail, $3.75.
Ever since the day of its discovery by Alarçon in 1540, the Colorado River of the West has been of romantic interest. Bound in for more than one thousand miles of its course in the stupendous canyon which was and always will be one of the wonders of the natural world, it defied for centuries full exploration. The first descent of Major Powell through its magnificent gorges, in 1869, and his second in 1871-72, giving to the world a complete knowledge of the unknown river, form together one of the most interesting pages of our history. The volume is well illustrated by photographs, taken on the expedition, by new maps, and by drawings made by the author and by others.
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source
Historical—Legendary—Picturesque. By Edgar Mayhew Bacon, author of "Chronicles of Tarrytown," etc. 8o. With over 100 illustrations. Net $4.50. (By mail, $4.80.)
No stream in America is so rich in legends and historic associations as the Hudson. From ocean to source every mile of it is crowded with the reminders of the early explorers, of the Indian wars, of the struggle of the colonies, and of the quaint, peaceful village existence along its banks in the early days of the Republic. Before the explorers came, the river figured to a great extent in the legendary history of the Indian tribes of the East. Mr. Bacon is well equipped for the undertaking of a book of this sort, and the story he tells is of national interest. The volume is illustrated with views taken especially for this work and with many rare old prints now first published in book form.
New York—G. P. Putnam's Sons—London