Academy of Natural Sciences (California Academy of Sciences), 120, 366
Acapulco, Mexico, 7, 565, 5
Adams, James Capen (“Grizzly”), 208, 212, 279
Agriculture and agricultural products, 22, 120, 178, 182, 184, 185, 188, 300, 480
Alameda County, 351; Creek, 352
Alamo Pintado Ranch, 76
Alcatraz Island, 355, 356
Alexander, Mr. —, 385, 386
Allison Ranch, 454
Altaville, see Low Divide
Alviso, 247, 248, 371
Amador Road, 440
Amador Valley, 184, 202, 211
America, S.S., 564, 566, 567
American River, 295, 447, 453
American Valley (Feather River), 456
Antelope, 138, 185, 280, 286, 289, 382
Antelope Creek, 336
Antisell, Dr. Thomas, 75, 89
Arizona, 196
Arrastras, 483
Ashburner, William, 18, 26, 46, 246, 248, 352, 360, 496, 547; Mrs., 26, 352, 359, 496, 547
Asphaltum, 59, 63, 118, 126
Atascadero, 92, 93
Auburn, 451, 563
Aurora, Nevada, 420, 421, 422, 427, 539
Aurora Mine (New Idria), 138, 141
Averill, Chester, 18, 27, 157, 162, 164, 261, 269, 303, 321
Babcock, Captain —, 569
Bache, Mount, 155, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 264
Baker, Mrs., formerly Miss Mills, 454
Balley, see Shasta Balley and Weaver Balley
Banks, Mr. —, 267
Bass’s Ranch, 303, 304, 322, 323
Bats, 474
Battle Creek, 334, 335, 336, 319
Beale, Edward F., 387, 396
Bear Creek (upper Sacramento Valley), 335
Bear River, 454
Beardsley, Mr. —, 218, 219
Bears, 67, 93, 94, 185, 279, 335, 523, 529; grizzly, 35, 38, 47, 66, 94, 95, 96, 107, 108, 109, 112, 130, 131, 178, 208, 282, 287, 523
Belden, Josiah, 175, 189, 365, 366
Bend City, 537
Benicia, 214, 215, 235, 289, 291, 292, 347, 213, 291
Bidwell, John, 337, 344, 345
Big Meadows (Feather River), 458, 463
Big Meadows (near Kings River), 518, 527, 517
Big Oak Flat, 401, 402
Big Trees (Sequoia gigantea), 154, 166, 398, 399, 400, 403, 413, 491, 514, 515, 517, 527, 528
Bigler, Lake, see Tahoe
Birds, 96, 117, 130, 278, 348, 418, 465, 495; see also Condors, Ducks, Eagles, Geese, Grouse, Herons, Humming birds, Owls, Pelicans, Swans
Bishop, Mr. —, 384
Black Mountain, 178, 189
Blake, Gorham, 263, 266, 273, 454
Blake, William Phipps, 194, 212, 236
Bloody Canyon, 415, 416
Boiling Lake, 459, 464
Bonner, Mr. —, 555, 558
Booker’s Ranch, 135, 145
Boschulty, Mr. —, 386
Botany and botanical collections, xxii, 12, 156, 305, 307, 319, 430, 433
Boundary Commission, 12, 26, 30
Bower Cave, 402, 413
Bowers Mine, 557
Bowers, Sandy, 557, 558
Branch, Francis Zida, 81, 89
Brandy City, 455
Brewer Creek, Lake, 524, 532
Brewer, Mount, 524, 525, 526, 532
Brewer, William H., vii, viii, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, 10, 172, 259, 261, 355, 365, 366, 368, 370, 373, 429, 430, 469, 548
Bridal Veil Fall (Pohono), 403, 404
Bridges, Thomas, 432, 449
Briggsville, 299
Browne, J. Ross, 132, 427, 452, 470, 505
Brown’s Mountain, 326
Brush, Professor George J., xvi, xvii, 10, 307, 308, 429
Bubbs Creek, 534, 548
Buckeye, 303
Buckhorn Station, 326
Buena Vista Lake, 385
Butte Creek, 340
Cahuenga Pass, 45
Calaveras County, 387
Calaveras Grove (Big Trees), 398, 399, 400, 429, 430, 435
Calaveras Valley (Alameda County), 202
California, Gulf of, 565
California, the name, 124, 132
Calistoga, 225, 238
Camels, 26, 30, 41; fossil, 344
Camp scenes and camp life, 12, 15, 16, 41, 64, 85, 86, 91, 92, 112, 121, 170, 171, 172, 174, 181, 186, 193, 194, 195, 198, 205, 218, 263, 265, 267, 276, 282, 284, 285, 287, 291, 313, 317, 409, 411, 509, 514, 519, 526, 542, 543
Campbell, Mr. —, 311
Campbell, “Mrs.,” 321, 322
Camptonville, 455
Cañon Agua Fria, 35
Caribbean Sea, 4, 5, 4
Carmel Mission, 106, 107, 114
Carmel River, Valley, 106, 108, 110
Carmelo, see Carmel
Carne Humana Ranch, 225
Carpinteria, 51, 48
Carquinez, Straits of, 262, 291, 333
Carson Canyon, River, Valley, 431, 433, 438, 553, 562
Carson Pass, Spur, 437, 438
Castillo Viejo, Nicaragua, 566, 568
Castle Mountains, 306
Castle Peak, 265, 403
Castle Rocks (Crags), 306
Cathedral Peak, 412
Catholic School, at Benicia, 215, 216
Cattle, 20, 40, 74, 78, 87, 93, 95, 99, 106, 178, 187, 203, 283, 285, 286, 351, 509, 510, 518, 535, 545, 546
Cave City, 400
Caves, 117, 118, 400, 402, 413, 473, 474
Cayeguas Ranch, 49
Cedars, 312, 324, 398, 409
Centerville, 444
Charlotte Creek, 534, 548
Cherry Creek, 477
Chickering, J. W., 3, 10
Chico, 337, 338
Chinese, 243, 250, 251, 252, 330, 366, 367, 369, 370, 481
Chino, 32
Choual, Mount, 155, 163
Christmas festivities, 20, 359, 360
Church services, 12, 21, 50, 69, 76, 101, 103, 104, 120, 127, 158, 173, 179, 214, 247, 258, 344, 359
Circus, 296
City of Leon, S.S., 567
Civil War, 88, 102, 103, 119, 120, 123, 175, 176, 179, 195, 196, 197, 233, 250, 258, 273, 283, 293, 319, 353, 359, 365, 370, 408, 420, 426, 427, 452
Clark, Miss —, of Folsom, 160, 167
Clark’s Ranch (Wawona), 546, 547, 549
Clayton, 200, 235, 267, 269, 376, 195, 198
Clayton, Mr. [Joel], 193
Clear Creek, 325
Clear Lake, 226, 230, 264
Cleaveland, Mr. —, 263
Clover Creek, 522, 532
Coal mines, 64, 67, 183, 192, 198, 199, 204, 206, 207, 210, 211, 276, 332, 333
Coast Range and coast ranges, 82, 174, 236, 298, 380, 382, 510
Coast Survey (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey), 10, 191, 238, 256, 273, 323, 344, 470
Cobb, Dr. —, 162, 173
Cobb, Mount, 226, 230
Colima, volcano, Mexico, 8
Columbia, 397, 398, 400, 425
Condors, 96, 114, 130
Confervae, 233
Conness, John, 177
Contra Costa County, 350
Cooper, Dr. James Graham, 126, 132, 453
Copper Creek, 532
Copper mines, 184, 376, 385, 395, 438, 457, 485, 487, 489
Corral Hollow, 200, 204, 206, 212, 276, 200, 205
Cotter, Richard D., 505, 516, 525, 527, 532, 541, 542, 543
Cottonwood (Siskiyou), 475, 476
Cottonwood Creek, 301, 297
Cow Creek, 332
Coyote Springs, 381
Coyotes, 79, 382, 416, 512
Crane Flat, 403
Cranes, see Herons, 52
Crescent City, 487, 490, 492, 494, 471, 477
Crystal Creek, 325
Cypress, Monterey, 107, 114
Dana, Mount, 408, 409, 411, 413, 433, 548
Darlingtonia, 305, 307
Davidson, Mount, 558
Davis, Lt. —, 468
Day, the Misses, 160, 167
Day, Sherman, 157, 159, 162, 163, 166, 167
Dayton, Nevada, 562
Deadfall (Clayton), 198
Deadwood (American River), 447
Deadwood (Siskiyou), 477
Deer, 40, 48, 67, 95, 109, 111, 112, 185, 208, 285, 286, 386, 472, 519, 533
Deer Creek (Sacramento Valley), 336, 344
Deer Creek (Tulare Valley), 381
Del Norte County, 489
Diablo, Mount and Range, 173, 174, 184, 185, 187, 191, 193, 195, 199, 200, 201, 203, 212, 260, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 273, 275, 294, 377, 462, 195, 261
Dodge, Ossian E., 567
Dogtown, 321
Dominguez, José María, and Doña Marcellina, 59, 72
Donner Lake, 563
Donner party, 563
Dos Pueblos, 73, 89
Douglas City, 326, 328
Douglas fir (spruce), 166, 409
Downey, Gov. John G., 10, 18, 27, 41, 156, 157, 166, 452
Downey, Mount, 41
Downieville Buttes, 455
DuBois, Henry, 120
Ducks, 40, 348, 418, 495
Dutch Fred’s, 377
Dye, Mr. —, 336
Eagle Creek Ditch, 299
Eagles, 47, 130
Earthquakes, 127, 185, 186, 190, 358, 387
Eastman, Aug., of Tehama County, 460, 470
Ebbetts Pass, 431, 434
Eclipse, lunar, 280
Economic conditions, 119
El Capitan (Tutucanula), 403, 404, 413
El Dorado Canyon, 447
Elizabeth, Lake, 388
Elizabethtown, 444
Elk, 185
Elk Valley, 471
Elkhorn Station, 511, 512
Enfield Center, N.Y., xviii, 569, 561
Enriquita Mine, 161, 165, 167, 372
Esmeralda, see Aurora
Estrada, Don Joaquin de, 93
Eureka (Humboldt County), 493
Eureka (Yuba River), 455
Fair, California State, 187, 188, 189; Contra Costa, 197; World’s, at London, 236
Fales Hot Springs, 422, 427
Fall River, 467, 468
Feather River, 456, 458
Field, Justice Stephen J., xv, 10, 26, 244
Financial difficulties, 52, 183, 237, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 354, 448, 564
Finch, Charles W., and James, 114
Finch’s Ranch, 109, 110, 113
Firebaugh’s Ferry, 275, 378, 510
Firs, 153, 155, 312, 324, 398, 409, 520
Floods, 25, 26, 241, 242, 243, 244, 246, 249, 250, 269, 295, 495
Forest Hill, 448, 453, 446
Fort Crook, 468, 460
Fort Jones, 477
Fort Miller, 395, 396, 543
Fort Tejon, 383, 384, 387, 381
Fossils, 18, 46, 47, 59, 74, 75, 78, 87, 113, 185, 186, 199, 200, 206, 207, 212, 299, 300, 302, 326, 333, 336, 338, 339, 343, 344
Fowler’s Ranch, 225
Foxen, Benjamin, 77, 89
Frame, Mr. —, 311
Frear, Walter, 454
Frémont, John C., 10, 11, 309, 323, 449, 549
Frémont Pass, 389
Fresno City, 379, 396, 510, 511
Fresno River, 546
Gabb, William More, 261, 269, 273, 376, 395, 453, 496
Gabilan Peak, Range, 123, 128, 151, 152, 156
Gabriel, John Peter, 19, 27, 125, 126, 171, 193, 213
Galena Hill, 455
Gambling, 20, 104, 189, 198, 248, 330, 421, 486, 487
Gardiner, James T., xxii, 451, 468, 469, 505, 525, 526
Gardner, see Gardiner
Gaviota Pass, 75
Geese, wild, 40, 52, 216, 217, 218, 220, 223, 225, 495
Gem (steamer), 295
General Grant National Park, 516
Genesee Valley, 456, 476, 451
Geological Survey, California State, xv, xvi, xx, xxi, xxix, 9, 10, 122, 245, 354, 370, 373, 375, 452
Geological Survey, United States, xxi, 344, 413, 469
Geysers, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233
Gibbs, Mount, 549
Gifford, Mr. —, 457
Gilroy, 506
Glaciers, 318, 324, 409, 412, 413, 466, 524
Goddard, Mount, 541, 543
Gold and gold mining, xv, 299, 304, 326, 327, 328, 341, 343, 397, 448, 454, 478, 483, 484, 536, 553, 554, 556, 557
Gold Hill, 553, 554, 557
Golden Age, S.S., 6, 5
Golden Gate, 8, 9, 10, 11, 264, 496
Golden Gate, S.S., 289, 294, 307
Golden Rule, S.S., 569
Gore, John C., 105, 114
Gould & Curry Mine, 446, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559
Grapevine, at Montecito, 59, 60, 72
Grass Valley, 453, 454
Gray, Professor Asa, xxiii, 3
Grayson Ferry, 280
Greenhorn, 394; Mountain, 394
Greytown (San Juan del Norte), Nicaragua, 569
Griswold’s, 137, 143
Grizzlies, see Bears
Grouse, 531
Guadalupe Mine, 165, 371, 372
Guadalupe Ranch, 101, 97
Guirado, —, assistant on Survey, 18, 19, 51, 76, 157
Guirado, María Jésus (Mrs. Downey), 27, 166
Haight, Judge Fletcher Mathews, 106, 107, 108, 114, 131
Haight, Henry Huntley, 114
Haight, Sarah (Mrs. Edward Tompkins), 114, 263
Halleck, General [Henry W.], 348
Hamburg, 479
Hamilton, Mount, 173, 189, 289, 365, 462
Hamilton, Mrs. (formerly Miss Mead), 158, 159, 167, 173
Hamilton, Rev. Laurentine, 158, 159, 167, 173, 175, 247, 248, 506
Hangtown, 552
Happy Camp, 481, 482
Hart, Captain —, 567
Harte, Bret, 500, 501
Hastings, Judge Serranus Clinton, 214, 215, 237
Hat Creek, 467
Haywards, 182, 351, 505
Henry, Mount, 224, 225, 238
Hermit Valley, 431, 434
Herons, 278, 289
Higby, Mr. [William, of Calaveras], 567
Hill, Mr. —, of Dayton, Nevada, 562
Hillebrand, Dr. William, 430, 448, 449
Hill’s Ferry, 378
Hitchcock’s Ranch, 111
Hoffmann, Charles F., xxi, xxiv, 128, 132, 163, 164, 171, 172, 234, 261, 303, 313, 323, 325, 332, 347, 398, 429, 453, 505, 524, 545, 546, 547, 548, 564
Hoffmann, Mount, 407, 413
Hollenbeck’s tavern, 150, 288, 507
Holy Week in Santa Barbara, 68
Honey Lake, 463
Hooker, Mrs. Katherine Putnam, see Putnam, Katie
Hope Valley, 437, 438, 449
Horn, Dr. —, 392
Hornitos, 395
Horsetown, 299
Hospital Canyon, 278
Hubbard, Mr. —, 299, 300
Humboldt Bay, County, 226, 493, 500
Humming-birds, 96, 117, 118
Hurd’s Ranch, 473
Hydraulic mining, 326, 327
Illinois River, 483
Independence, Camp, 536, 537
Independence Creek, 534
Indian Creek, 482
Indian Valley, 456, 458, 463
Indian Wells, 392, 393
Indians, 39, 51, 69, 70, 77, 128, 195, 196, 215, 222, 223, 296, 300, 301, 302, 304, 320, 321, 322, 335, 338, 339, 380, 381, 387, 390, 391, 392, 393, 395, 417, 419, 438, 443, 466, 467, 468, 471, 472, 474, 479, 493, 494, 500, 513, 519, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 545
Indiantown, 482
Insects, 97, 417, 433
Inyo Mountains, 534, 535, 536, 538
Iowa Hill, 453
Ithaca, N.Y., xviii, 569
Jagor, Friedrich, 191, 212
Janin, Louis, 165, 166, 167
Japan, 213, 236
Joaquin Jim, 536
Johnson, Professor —, of Yale, 429
Jolon, 93
J. O. Pass, 521, 532
Jordan, Mr. —, 153
Kaweah River, 513, 514, 517, 520, 522
Kearsarge Pass, 534, 548
Keating, Wm. P., of St. Louis, 460, 470
Keough, Thomas, 529, 532
Kern River, 382, 390, 391, 392
Keysville, 391, 394
King, Clarence, xxi, xxvi, xxix, 324, 413, 451, 453, 461, 465, 468, 469, 471, 487, 496, 505, 525, 527, 528, 532
King [Starr], Mount, 267, 268, 273
King, Thomas Starr, 120, 187, 258, 263, 273, 359, 366
Kings River, Canyon, 379, 380, 381, 396, 512, 514, 517, 520, 522, 524, 541, 529, 530, 531, 533, 522, 527
Kirker Pass, 200
Klamath County, 493, 494
Klamath River, 316, 475, 478, 481, 482
Knight’s Ferry, 397
Knight’s Valley, Creek, 226
Knoxville, 445
Koochahbee, 417, 419
Lake Valley, 439, 441, 553
Lake Vineyard, 21
Lassen County, 344
Lassen, Peter, 336, 344
Lassen’s Butte, Peak, 265, 296, 303, 316, 319, 333, 334, 336, 344, 455, 458, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 470, 456
Last Chance, 447
Laurel (Bay tree), 155, 350
Le Conte, Joseph N., 532
Lewis’ Ranch (near Visalia), 528
Lewis’ Ranch (Oregon), 484, 485
Liebre Ranch, 387, 388
Lincoln’s election and inauguration, 10, 48
Lion, California (panther), 96, 109, 285, 289
Little Pine Creek, 534
Livermore Pass, Valley, 202, 204, 211, 272, 267
Llagas Creek, 169
Lobos, Point, 130
Loma Prieta, see Bache, Mount
Lone Tree Canyon, 277
Lone Willow, 509
Los Angeles, 12, 13, 14, 20, 30, 41, 243, 386, 387, 11, 12, 20, 39
Loveless, Mr. —, 458
Low Divide, 486, 487, 489
Lower California, 8, 37, 565
Lunatic asylum at Stockton, 259, 260
Lyell Fork (Tuolumne River), 410, 413
Lyell, Mount, 411, 413
Madroña, 110, 114, 225, 226
Mammoth Trees, see Big Trees
Marin County, 348, 367
Mariposa, 547, 548
Mariposa Estate, 547, 548, 549
Marsh, Dr. John, and his son, 202, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273
Martinez, 214, 261, 291, 376, 194, 255
Marysville, 344, 332
Marysville Buttes, 264, 462
Maxwell, Mr. —, 138
Mayhew, Dr. —, 165, 166, 372
McCloud River, 304
McClure, Mr. and Mrs., of Weaver, 329
McDonald, Mr. —, 226, 227
McLoughlin, Mount, see Pitt, Mount
Mead, Mrs. —, 506
Mendocino County, 493
Merced River, 401, 402, 403, 405
Merry, Captain —, of the America, 566, 567, 568
Mexico, 7, 368, 565
Middletown, 299
Mike, 19, 70, 71, 121, 122, 151, 170, 171
Millerton, 395, 396, 540
Mines and mining methods, 35, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 157, 158, 159, 160, 165, 184, 228, 229, 298, 299, 343, 421, 432, 445, 454, 478, 483, 484, 554, 555, 556, 557, 562
Mirages, 78, 100, 272, 276, 283, 377, 511
Mission San Jose, see San Jose Mission
Missions, Spanish-Californian, see Carmel, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Buenaventura, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Jose, San Juan, Santa Barbara, Santa Inez, Santa Margarita
Mokelumne River, 431
Mono Creek, Pass (San Joaquin), 539, 540, 548
Mono Lake, 265, 408, 415, 417, 418, 419, 427, 415
Mono Pass (Tuolumne), 408, 415, 548
Montecito, 59
Monterey, 103, 104, 129, 101, 103
Monterey Bay, 100, 105, 110, 155
Monterey, Mission at, 114
Monument Peak, 174, 189
More, Mr. —, of Kentucky, 472
Mormon Station, 457
Mormons, 185, 449, 496
Morro Rock, 82
Moses, W. S., 323, 324
Mount Shasta City, 324
Mountain Charlie’s, 155
Mountain climbs, 19, 22, 23, 33, 36, 37, 60, 61, 83, 84, 109, 123, 150, 151, 161, 162, 163, 164, 173, 174, 178, 179, 191, 217, 218, 223, 224, 256, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 278, 287, 288, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 328, 329, 331, 332, 335, 407, 408, 409, 411, 415, 416, 423, 431, 433, 437, 441, 448, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 476, 480, 518, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 531, 532, 541, 543, 549, 558
Mountain View, 175, 173
Muir, John, 413, 488
Mules, characteristics of, and incidents with, 16, 17, 62, 63, 65, 66, 73, 80, 98, 111, 112, 113, 145, 152, 170, 174, 175, 204, 207, 277, 306, 307, 308, 312, 379, 512, 529, 534
Murphy’s, 398, 400, 425, 429, 387, 423
Nacimiento River, 100, 91
Nahalawaya, 66
Napa (Town, Valley), 216, 218, 220, 224, 226, 230, 259, 347, 214
Naples, see Dos Pueblos
Negroes, 45
Nelson’s Point, 456
Nevada, Territory and State, 422, 441, 443, 551, 559, 551
Nevada City, 455
Nevada Fall, 405
New Almaden quicksilver mines, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 167, 247, 289, 371, 372, 156, 164
New Idria quicksilver mines, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 135, 140
New Year, 23, 365; Chinese, 243, 369, 370
Nicaragua, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569
Nipomo Ranch, 78, 76
Nojoqui Ranch, 75
North Star, S.S., 3
Nutmeg tree (Torreya californica), 227, 238
Nye, Governor —, 188, 189
Oak Creek, 389
Oakland, 186, 351, 368, 499
Oakland College, see University of California
Oaks, 76, 89, 93, 109, 114, 136, 144, 155, 170, 186, 193, 221, 262, 263, 269, 287, 352, 376, 384, 389, 401, 409, 506
Ojo de Agua de la Coche, 170, 171
o’Keefe, Father Jeremiah, 58, 72
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 547, 548, 549
Oregon, S.S., 495
Oregon, State, 476, 482, 483, 484
Orestimba Canyon, 283, 284, 275
Oroville, 340, 344, 325
Orr, Win, 545, 548
Oso, Mount, 277, 278, 279
Overland stage, road, stations, and mail, 33, 34, 45, 56, 74, 79, 122, 157, 243, 288, 439, 511, 552; telegraph, 213, 214, 439
Ovid, N.Y., xix, 158, 167
Owens Lake, Valley, River, 534, 535, 539
Owensville, 537, 539
Owls, 96, 106, 130, 521
Pacheco (Contra Costa County), 197, 262
Pacheco Pass, 150, 275, 286, 288, 506, 508, 511, 505
Pacheco Peak, 149, 150, 288
Pacific Railroad Survey and Reports, 75, 87, 89, 99, 335, 344, 323
Pajaro Valley, 152
Palo Scrito, 110, 156
Panama, 5, 6
Panoche River, Plain, 136, 137, 139, 144
Panther, see Lion, California
Pass Creek, 390
Paul Pry (steamer), 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361
Pecaya, volcano, Guatemala, 565
Pelicans, 130, 348, 495
Pence’s Ranch, 340, 344
Penitentia Canyon, 353
Perry, Mr. —, 311
Pescadero Ranch, 102, 104, 105, 114, 129, 131, 104, 108
Petaluma, 257, 259, 348
Piety Hill, 299
Pilgrim Camp, 472
Pilot Peak (Feather River), 455, 463
Pine Mountain, 227
Pine nuts, 339, 536, 540, 548
Pines, 93, 136, 144, 153, 155, 166, 311, 324, 339, 398, 409, 410, 413, 520, 526, 527, 536, 540, 548
Pioneer Mine, 228, 234
Pit River, 304, 322, 463, 467, 468, 488
Pitt, Mount, 476, 484, 488
Placerville, 552
Placerville Road, 439, 440, 552
Plato Mine, 558
Plumas County, 451
Pluton River, Canyon, 228, 230, 231
Pluto’s Cave, 473, 474
Point Reyes, see Punta de los Reyes
Poker Flat, 455
Politics, 48, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 354, 426, 427, 448, 452, 477, 499
Pomeroy, Mr. —, 492
Pony Express, 9, 102, 123, 200
Population, 497
Porcupine Flat, 407
Posé Flat, 394
Potosi, 455
Prices, 40, 144, 175, 214, 329, 330, 418, 420, 447, 448, 456, 480, 495, 509, 539, 554
Puerto, Cañada del, 279, 280, 289
Pumpelly, Raphael, 196, 197, 198, 212, 213, 236
Punta de los Reyes (Point Reyes), 349, 496
Puta [Putas, Putah] Creek, 294, 307; Mount, 226
Putnam, Katie (Mrs. Katherine Putnam Hooker), 355, 356, 357, 360, 361
Putnam, Samuel Osgood, 175, 189, 355, 359, 360; Mrs. —, 426
Pyramid Peak, 265, 441, 463
Quicksilver, 111, 142, 159, 160, 202, 226, 228, 229, 248, 327, 328, 371, 376, 454, 483, 557, 562; see also New Almaden, New Idria, Enriquita, and Guadalupe mines
Quincy, 456
Raccoon, 193
Races, mixture of, 13, 69, 70, 128, 181, 215, 395
Rag Canyon, 294, 307, 293
Ragged Peak, 415, 427
Railroads, 6, 33, 44, 451, 499, 551, 563; street, 498
Rainfall, 20, 25, 121, 196, 241, 242, 243, 250, 253, 262, 368, 392, 393, 471
Rattlesnakes, 75, 79, 93, 110, 180, 189, 190, 206, 279, 383, 386, 400, 457, 524, 530, 531, 533
Rawhide, 48, 78
Red Bluff, 295, 307, 333, 334, 336, 294
Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens), 153, 154, 166, 225, 350, 490, 491, 492, 495
Reed, Mr. —, 162
Reeves, Mr. —, 480
Rémond, Auguste, 261, 273, 303, 323, 325
Reptiles, 96; see also Rattlesnakes
Ribbon Fall, 406, 413
Richthofen, Baron Friedrich von, 359, 361, 561
Ripley, Mount, 264
Roaring River, 522, 524, 532
Roberts, Captain —, 567
Roberts, Mr. —, 392
Robinson, Todd, 477
Rockland District, 485
Rockville, 293, 293
Rocky Bar Ledge, 454
Rowland Flat, 455
Rúbio, Father José María González, 57, 58, 72
Rudesill’s Landing, 257, 273
Russell, Major —, 185, 212
Russian River, 224, 226, 230, 259
Russian ship, 496
Sacramento, 187, 241, 242, 248, 249, 295, 451, 453, 551, 562, 182, 187
Sacramento River, Valley, 187, 242, 243, 244, 248, 264, 294, 295, 296, 298, 303, 304, 305, 307, 316, 332, 333, 334, 336, 464, 564, 294
Sage, sagebrush, 209, 212, 389, 535, 536, 538
Sailor Diggings (Waldo), 482, 483, 484
St. Helena, 224, 225, 235
St. Helena, Mount, 224, 226, 230, 234, 238, 264, 462
St. John Mountain, 224, 225, 238
St. John, Mr. —, 401
St. Johns, Mr. —, 549
Salinas, 129, 131
Salinas Valley, 92, 95, 97, 98, 100, 110, 129, 155
Salmon Mountains, 462, 463
San Antonio River, 94, 97, 100, 93
San Benito River, Valley, 125, 135, 289
San Bernardino County, 197; peaks, 13, 38, 236
San Buenaventura, 49, 50, 51, 53
San Buenaventura Mission, 49, 50, 53
San Carlos (Owens Valley), 537
San Carlos Mine (New Idria), 138, 139
San Carlos Mission, see Carmel Mission
San Emidio Ranch, 385, 386
San Fernando Mission, 45
San Fernando Valley, 44, 45, 43
San Francisco, 9, 117, 118, 119, 127, 182, 235, 243, 250, 253, 258, 264, 289, 294, 347, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 505, 548, 564, 117, 191, 221, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 250, 284, 294, 333, 337, 347, 353, 354, 365, 367, 371, 483, 489, 496, 545
San Francisco Bay, 230, 247, 255, 264, 294, 347, 462
San Gabriel, 33
San Gabriel Canyon, River, 24, 25, 20, 29, 35
San Gabriel Mission, 21, 22, 23, 27
San Gabriel Range (Sierra Madre), 22, 23, 27, 38
San Joaquin, Valley, plain, River, 151, 202, 203, 205, 220, 242, 264, 268, 269, 275, 276, 278, 286, 287, 294, 333, 367, 377, 379, 395, 510, 511, 512, 540, 541, 544, 545, 548, 375, 533, 541, 544
San Jose, 120, 156, 158, 247, 248, 353, 365, 367, 371, 499, 506, 169, 172
San Jose Mission, 179, 181, 189, 182, 352, 179
San Juan, 117, 118, 128, 131, 147, 288, 367, 122, 128, 143
San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, 569
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, 565, 566
San Juan Mission, 127, 128, 132
San Juan North, 455
San Juan Plain, 150, 289
San Juan River, Nicaragua, 568
San Leandro, 182, 351
San Lorenzo River, 154, 289
San Lucas, Cape, 565
San Luis de Gonzaga, 286, 288, 509
San Luis Obispo, port, 11; town, 82, 83, 79, 82; buttes near, 82, 83, 84, 89; pass, 92
San Pablo Bay, 224, 259
San Pedro, 12
San Rafael, 255, 256, 257, 350
San Ramon Valley, 184, 185, 202, 213, 210
Santa Ana Mountains, 33, 34, 36, 37; River, 43, 31
Santa Barbara, 12, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 72, 55, 60
Santa Barbara Mission, 56, 57, 58, 69, 72
Santa Clara, 120, 156, 173
Santa Clara College, 368, 373
Santa Clara River, 49
Santa Clara Valley, 118, 156, 158, 169, 506
Santa Cruz, 152, 154, 149
Santa Cruz Mountains, 153, 154, 155, 375
Santa Inez Mission and College, 73, 75, 76, 77, 89, 73
Santa Inez River, 66, 75
Santa Lucia Mountains, 84, 92, 99, 100
Santa Margarita Mission (Assistencia), 92, 93, 114
Santa Margarita Valley, 100
Santa Maria River, 78
Santa Monica, Sierra, 13, 45, 15
Santa Rosa Valley, 230
Santa Susana Mountains, 45, 52
Sargent Ranch, 118
Sausalito, 256, 257, 273
Savage Mine, 556
Scandinavian Canyon, 433
Schmidt, — (cook), 261, 279, 303, 323, 325, 332, 347, 453
Sciad Creek, 480
Scott River, Valley, 477
Scott’s Bar, 477, 478
Seals and sea lions, 11, 52, 130, 496
Sebastopol, 221, 237, 217
Secession, Secessionists, see Civil War
Sequoia gigantea, see Big Trees; sempervirens, see Redwoods
Shasta Balley, 331, 332
Shasta (City), 297, 298, 323, 325, 332, 464, 299
Shasta, Mount, 296, 298, 304, 305, 306, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 323, 324, 336, 337, 344, 460, 462, 463, 464, 467, 471, 473, 474, 525, 527, 302, 309
Shasta Springs, 306
Shasta Valley, River, 307, 473
Sheep, 40, 74, 99, 100, 136, 277, 280, 288, 506, 509; mountain, “bighorn,” 474, 487
Shell Mountain, 518, 532
Sierra Madre, see San Gabriel Range
Sierra Nevada, 140, 260, 265, 266, 276, 283, 284, 285, 298, 341, 376, 377, 380, 381, 382, 407, 409, 441, 463, 465, 510, 515, 518, 525, 535, 537, 538, 552, 558
Silliman, Mount, 523
Silliman, Professor Benjamin, Jr., xviii, 523, 561
Silver and silver mines, 24, 104, 129, 431, 432, 444, 536, 553, 554, 556, 557, 562
Silver City, Nevada, 553, 554
Silver Lake, 437
Silver Mountain (peak and town), 431, 432, 433
Silver Valley, 430, 431
Siskiyou Mountains, 316, 463, 476, 480, 482
Sisson, 324
Skunks, 181, 223
Slate Range, 392
Slippery Ford, 439, 440
Snow, 23, 37, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 410, 411, 434, 435, 461, 462, 465, 519, 525, 540, 552
Snowshoe Thompson, 449
Snowshoes, 435, 449
Soldiers, 513, 519, 527, 528, 531, 532, 536, 539, 540, 541, 542, 545
Soledad Mission, 99, 101
Sonoma, 259
Sonoma County, 347
Sonora, 241, 242, 400, 401, 425
Sonora Pass, 423
Southern, Sim, 306, 310
Spanish Californians, 13, 18, 51, 70, 71, 74, 75, 77, 128, 157, 160, 161
Spanish grants, 99, 160, 169, 170, 222, 257, 258, 292, 293, 349, 384, 387
Speculation, xv, xx, 35, 257, 291, 292, 354, 395, 422, 432, 452, 457, 511, 554
Spratt, — (soldier), 532, 541, 542, 543
Springs, hot and mineral, 35, 39, 55, 59, 60, 61, 169, 175, 179, 193, 225, 231, 232, 233, 297, 306, 315, 407, 408, 417, 418, 422, 427, 459, 460, 538, 561, 562
Squaw Valley, 446
Stanislaus River, 397, 398, 400, 423, 424, 417
Steamboat Springs (near Mount Lassen), 459
Steamboat Springs, Nevada, 561
Stockton, 259, 260, 261, 275, 548
Strawberry Valley (base of Mount Shasta), 310, 311, 319, 302, 309
Sugarloaf Creek, 522, 532
Suisun, 289, 394
Suisun Creek, 293
Sulphur Mountain, 230
Summit Lake, 437
Suñol, 351
Suscol, 216, 235, 214
Swans, 495
Sweet Briar Ranch, 320
Sycamore Canyon, 43
Table Mountain, 397
Table mountains, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 395, 424, 436
Tahoe, Lake, 265, 437, 438, 441, 442, 443, 444, 449, 450, 553, 436
Tailholt, 394, 396
Tamalpais, Mount, 230, 256, 273
Tarantulas, 97, 203, 209, 210
Tehachapi Pass, Valley, 389
Tehama, 296, 297
Tejon Pass, Indian Reservation, 386, 396; see also Fort Tejon
Telegraph, 213, 214, 233, 243, 244, 250, 507; Indian, 539
Temescal, 34, 39, 44
Tenaya, Lake, 407
Terry, Judge [David S.], 426
Thomas’ Mill, 514, 516, 528, 512
Three Devils, 480
Timilick Valley, 444
Tin mines, 35, 39, 40
Tioga Pass, 409, 413
Tomales, 348
Tomales Bay, 230, 348, 349, 350
Tompkins, Edward, 102, 114, 129, 263, 265
Towers, 325, 331
Tragedy Springs, 436, 449
Trees, 93, 153, 155, 225, 227, 277, 312, 328, 350, 359, 360, 380, 394, 398, 403, 409, 410, 435; see also Cedars, Cypress, Douglas fir, Firs, Laurel, Madroña, Nutmeg tree, Oaks, Pines
Tres Pinos, 135
Trinity County, Mountains, River, 325, 326, 329
Triunfo Ranch, 47, 49, 53, 45
Trout, 443, 459, 529, 530, 533, 544
Truckee River, 445, 446, 463, 443; Pass, 563
Tulare, Lake, 203, 379; Plain, 508
Tule River, 381, 395
Tules, 219, 220
Tuolumne County, 241, 242, 342
Tuolumne Grove (Big Trees), 403, 413
Tuolumne River, Meadows, Soda Springs, 401, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 549, 406
Tuscan Springs, 297, 336
Twenty-one Mile House, 169, 506
Tyndall, Mount, 527, 532
Unicorn Peak, 412
Union, the, see Civil War
University of California, xxv, 283, 355, 368, 370, 373
Uvas, Cañada de las, 383, 396
Vallecito Canyon (San Benito region), 137, 144
Vallejo, 216, 292
Ventura, see San Buenaventura
Vernal Fall, 405
Views, 15, 22, 26, 34, 37, 38, 84, 100, 109, 110, 124, 139, 141, 150, 151, 155, 170, 174, 175, 185, 192, 202, 217, 219, 224, 229, 234, 248, 256, 257, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 268, 278, 296, 305, 306, 311, 314, 316, 317, 329, 335, 336, 384, 391, 394, 401, 403, 405, 407, 408, 409, 411, 416, 423, 431, 441, 446, 455, 460, 471, 476, 484, 486, 518, 523, 524, 525, 545, 558
Vigilance Committee, 499, 500
Virgin Bay, City, Nicaragua, 566, 567
Virginia City, 559, 561, 562, 563, 551
Visalia, 380, 381, 395, 512, 513, 519, 528, 378
Vivaparoa,63
Volcanic phenomena, 8, 30, 31, 82, 90, 150, 206, 312, 313, 315, 318, 334, 335, 336, 339, 340, 341, 342, 408, 416, 418, 424, 431, 433, 434, 436, 437, 459, 463, 464, 465, 467, 473
Volcano (town), 435, 436, 429
Warm Springs, 506
Waldo, see Sailor Diggings
Walker River, 422
Walker’s Basin, 390
Walker’s Diggings, 420
Walker’s Pass, 391, 392
Walkinshaw, the Misses, 157, 160, 469
Walkinshaw, Robert, 167
Walnut Creek, 289
Walsh, Judge R. J., 459, 460, 470
Ward, H. A., 300
Washington and Jefferson College, xix
Washoe, 173, 184, 189, 439, 440, 444, 446, 552, 559
Wasps, 209, 210
Watkins, C. E., 406, 413
Watsonville, 152
Wattles, Mr. —, 228
Wawona (Clark’s Ranch), 546, 547, 549
Weaver Balley, 328, 329
Weaver Creek, 326
Weaverville, 325, 326, 329, 330, 331
Wentworth, Mr. —, 387
Whales, 63, 105, 130; fossil, 212
Wheelock, Mr. —, 300
Whirlwinds, 511
Whiskey (mining town), 325
Whiskey Diggings, 455
White River, 381, 394, 396
Whitman, Mr. —, 214
Whitney, Eleanor (Nora), 430
Whitney, Josiah Dwight, xvi, xxiv, xxviii, xxix, 3, 11, 15, 18, 24, 36, 63, 119, 128, 129, 157, 158, 173, 184, 187, 189, 191, 192, 200, 201, 213, 225, 245, 246, 261, 262, 263, 266, 303, 325, 398, 399, 409, 410, 413, 425, 426, 429, 430, 435, 453
Whitney, Mrs. J. D., 157, 263, 266, 398, 429, 496
Whitney, Mount, 525, 526, 527, 532
Wildcats, 386
Willey, Rev. S. H., 368, 373
Williamson, Mount, 532
Williamson, R. S., 309, 323
Willow Lake, 459
Wilson, Benjamin Davis (Benito), 15, 21, 23, 26, 27
Wilson [Captain John], 87
Wilson, Mr. —, (Englishman), 162, 163
Wilson, Mr. —, (formerly of the Navy), 457
Wolf, 412
Wragg Canyon, see Rag Canyon
Yale University, xvi, xviii, xix, xxiii, xxv, xxvii, 159, 167, 196, 429, 430, 451, 468, 469, 548
Yosemite Valley, 403, 404, 405, 406, 530, 532, 547, 397; Falls, 404, 405, 531, 547 Yosemite (Steamer), 355
Young, John, 157, 167
Yount, George, 221, 222, 223, 237, 238
Yreka, 474, 475, 477
Yuba River, 455
Yucca, 388, 389, 392, 396
Zimmermann’s Mountain House, 204, 211, 275