Abies concolor, 9, 112.
Abies magnifica, 40, 112.
Ackerson Meadows, 197.
Agnew, Lake, 319.
Agnew Pass, 297.
Alkali Creek Cañon, 254.
Alpine lakes, 221, 242, 252, 262.
Arrastra, 145.
Artists’ Point, 29, 39.
Aspen Valley, 93.
Azalea, 11, 42, 114, 217.

Banner, Mt., 328.
Basket Dome, 49.
Bears, 38, 42, 93, 162, 230, 243.
Bear-stories, 270.
Beehive, 219.
Benson Lake, 243.
Benson Pass, 253.
Big Oak Flat Road, 99, 188, 282.
Birds, 12, 61, 65, 133, 142, 166.
Blackbirds, 166, 313.
Bloody Cañon, 257, 298, 334.
Blue-jay Meadows, 99.
Blue-jays, 43, 61, 133, 211.
Bodie, guide, 187 et seq.
Bodie, town of, 264.
Bret Harte’s country, 144, 264.
Bridal Veil Creek, 6, 42, 188.
Bridal Veil Fall, 4, 7, 29, 188.
Broderick, Mt., 49.
Brodieea, 201.
Bryanthus, 67, 232, 237, 241, 246, 333, 336.
Buena Vista Peak, 164.
Bunnell, Dr., quoted, 30.
Burros, behavior of, 38, 40, 56, 63, 70, 71, 75, 100, 193, 213, 222, 240, 258, 298, 315.

Cabins, abandoned, 99, 160, 200, 201, 204, 210, 219, 225, 231, 297, 314.
Cassiope, 256, 333.
Castilleia, 221, 331, 335.
Cathedral Lake, 68, 261.
Cathedral Pass, 66, 122.
Cathedral Peak, 64, 67, 71, 84, 256, 287.
Cathedral Rocks, 23.
Cathedral Spires, 22.
Ceanothus, 11, 43, 114, 166, 205, 343.
Cedar, incense, 8, 58, 111.
Chamerbatia, 125, 153, 166, 197.
Chilnualna Creek, 152, 156.
Chilnualna Falls, 152, 155.
Chinquapin, 343.
Chipmunks, 212, 297.
Chowchilla Mts., 23, 165.
Clark, Galen, 160, 162.
Clark, Mt., 45, 47, 57, 65, 87, 92. 339.
Clark’s Station, 144, 160.
Clouds’ Rest, 30, 58, 62, 84, 116, 261, 343.
Clouds’ Rest Trail, 55.
Columbine, 12, 189, 209, 217, 237, 246, 300, 329, 336.
Columbia Finger, 65.
Conness, Mt., 234, 286.
Conway, John, 23, 279.
Coyotes, 139, 142, 199, 231.
Crane, Sandhill, 315.
Crescent Lake, 160.
Crocker Point, 41.
Crocker’s Station, 190, 282.
Crow, Clarke, 31, 63, 120, 231, 297, 339.
Cyclamen, 11, 45, 152, 189, 221, 226, 230, 241, 329.

Daisy, lavender, 68, 72, 85, 230, 240, 247, 256, 301, 329, 331, 336.
Dana, Mt., 72, 286, 287, 288, 291, 343.
Dark Hole, 93.
Deer, 38, 52, 57, 142, 153, 212, 230, 243, 253, 340.
Devil’s Peak, 165.
Devil’s Post-pile, 252, 297, 298.
Dewey Point, 41.
Dogwood, 11, 12, 101, 114, 166.
Dome formation, 6, 23, 257, 260, 282, 285, 341.
Donohue Pass, 326, 333.
Duncan, Jim, bear-hunter, 160, 279.

Eagle Peak, 43, 89, 91.
Eagles, 92, 206.
Echo Peak, 64.
El Capitan, 6, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30, 39, 40, 92, 94, 101, 188; night on, 95; Meadows, 97.
Eleanor Creek, 213, 216.
Eleanor, Lake, 212, 343.
El Portal, 101, 105, 124.
Epilobium, 42, 43, 241.
Erigeron, 230.
Erythraa, 201.
Evening primrose (Enothera), 205, 206, 301, 318.
Evening in the Sierra, 205, 235, 239, 345.

Fairview Dome, 73, 285.
Falls Creek, 209.
Farrington’s Ranch, 303.
Fir, red, 40, 46, 58, 112.
Fir, white, 9, 58, 112.
Fir-woods, 91, 112, 218.
Fires, forest, 69, 74.
Fissures, The, 43.
Flickers, 166.
Florence, Mt., 339.
Flowers, see Azaleas, etc.
Forest, the, 8, 40, 42, 58, 68, 73, 103, 126, 146, 154, 211, 217, 300; dead, 74, 285; Wawona, 114, 166.
Forget-me-not, giant, 216, 230, 325.
Fort Monroe, 39.
Foxes, 158.
Frog Creek, 217.

Gem Lake, 319.
Gentian, 72.
Gentry’s Saw-Mill, 101.
Geological formation, 5, 24, 260, 292.
Geranium, wild, 43.
Gibbs, Mt., 72, 286.
Gin Flat, 189.
Glacial action, 24, 64, 84, 88, 89, 223, 260, 283, 285, 341.
Glacial period, 25, 87.
Glacier Point, 31, 47, 88, 96.
Glaciers, on Mt. Dana, 293; on Mt. Lyell, 333,
Godetia, 12, 197, 201, 211.
Goldenrod, 12, 43.
Gooseberries, wild, 93, 166.
Grand Cañon of the Tuolumne, 208, 249.
Grant Lake, 314.
Graves of backwoodsmen, 222, 325.
“Grizzly Giant” sequoia, 135, 139, 140.
Grouse, 63, 230, 262.
Grouse Lake, 158.

Half-Dome, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 30, 45, 47, 54, 85, 87, 88, 92, 189, 339, 341, 344.
Hawks, 61, 151.
Hazel, 42, 166.
Heather, bryanthus, 67, 232, 237, 241, 246, 333, 336.
Heather, cassiope, 256, 333.
Hemlock, mountain, 62, 118, 238, 340.
Herons, 244.
Hetch-Hetchy, 202, 211, 224, 229, 343.
Hetch-Hetchy Fall, 203, 209, 233.
Hoffman, Mt., 6, 44, 45, 47, 84, 85, 261, 282.
Hog Ranch, 201.
Hopkins Meadow, 59, 343.
Horse “Pet,” 195, 237, 258.

Illilouette Creek and Cañon, 25, 45, 48, 49, 89.
Illilouette Fall, 48.
Indian Cañon, 10, 86,
Indian names of places, 31.
Indian Sequoyah, 35.
Indians, 32, 34, 76, 106, 112, 302, 309, 311, 31 2; honesty of, 81.
Inspiration Point, 15, 28, 39, 40.
Ireland Creek, 335.
Iris, 153, 301, 315.

Jack Main Cañon, 232.
Jay, blue, 43, 61, 133, 211.
Juniper (J. occidentalis), 90, 95, 98, 108, 119, 223, 236, 301, 320, 340.

Kellogg, Mt., 328.
King, Clarence, quoted, 22, 25, 57, 87, 161.
Kolana Dome, 204, 209, 211.
Kuna Crest, 286, 287, 288, 296, 334.

Larkspur, 212, 246, 301.
Laurel Lake, 217.
Liberty Cap, 204.
Libocedrus decurrens, 9, III.
Lichen, 12, 18, 44, 167, 327.
Lilies, 11, 68, 115, 166, 212, 302.
Lily, Alpine, 343.
Little Yosemite, 7, 45, 50, 52, 58, 345.
Long Meadow, 64.
Long Trail, 48.
Lupine, 12, 45, 152, 197, 199, 209, 217, 234, 243, 252, 255, 301, 331, 336, 341.
Lyell Fork Cañon, 326, 333, 334, 335.
Lyell, Mt., 92, 294, 319, 328, 333, 337, 339, 344; glacier on, 333,

Mammoth Pass, 298.
Manzanita, 43, 153, 241, 343.
Mariposa Grove of Sequoias, 133, 115, 116, 161.
Marmots, 65, 89.
Matterhorn peaks, 73, 216, 343.
Meadow Brook Fall, 28.
Meadow-larks, 166, 212, 313.
Meadows, mountain, 51, 61, 200, 212, 234.
Merced Grove of Sequoias, 39.
Merced, Lake, 60, 341.
Merced River, McClure Fork of, 340.
Merced River and Cañon, 4, 7, 16, 25, 39, 59, 144, 165, 188, 339, 341
Mexicans, 169, 283.
McClure Fork of Merced River, 340.
McClure, Mt., 294, 328, 337, 339.
McGee, Lake, 258.
McGill’s Meadows, 212.
Mimulus, 12, 166, 197, 237, 241, 300.
Mines, abandoned, 145, 298.
Mirror Lake, 261.
Mono Craters, 291, 303, 310.
Mono Indians, 33, 78, 302, 309, 311, 312.
Mono Lake, 291, 308, 313.
Mono Pass, 297.
Mono plain, 108, 154, 293, 302.
“Monuments,” 236.
Moraines, 26, 287.
Morning in the Sierra, 205, 312, 317, 336.
Mosquitoes, 60, 70, 205, 210, 222, 226, 236, 247, 255, 335.
Mountain-lilac, see Ceanothus.
Mountain-lions, 42, 142, 230.
Muir, John, quoted, 103, 322; on the gentian meadows, 72.
Mules, behavior of, 193, 195, 298.
Murdock Lake, 247.
Murphy’s Dome, 74, 261, 282.

Names, remarks on, 27.
Nemophila, 152.
Nevada Fall, 7, 14, 47, 50.
New Inspiration Point, 188.
Night, 19, 40, 53, 55, 60, 64, 70, 95, 135, 227, 239, 244, 262, 289, 320.
North Dome, 23, 30, 88.
Nutmeg-tree, 125.

Oaks, 10, 12, 208, 209.
Ouzels, 217.

Packing, 61, 84, 85.
Parker Pass, 297, 314.
Parker Peak, 314.
Pentstemon, 12, 197, 231, 237, 241, 246, 300.
Phlox, 241, 291, 327.
Pine, digger, 105.
Pine, dwarf, 63, 118, 121, 290, 330, 331, 337, 344.
Pine, Jeffrey, 47, 95, 107, 154, 302.
Pine, knob-cone, 124.
Pine, limber, 123, 300.
Pine, mountain, 58, 116, 240, 343.
Pine, nut, 123, 310.
Pine, piñon, 123, 310.
Pine, single-leafed, 310.
Pine, sugar, 41, 58, 94, 110, 218.
Pine, tamarack, 59, 62, 74, 117, 154, 217, 251, 285, 296, 302, 327.
Pine, yellow, 9, 58, 106, 154, 206.
Pinus albicaulis, 63, 121, 300, 337.
Pinus attenuata, 124.
Pinus contorta, 117.
Pinus coulteri, 106.
Pinus flexilis, 123, 300.
Pinus jeffreyi, 107.
Pinus lambertiana, 106, 110.
Pinus monophylla, 123, 310.
Pinus monticola, 58, 62, 116.
Pinus murrayana, 117.
Pinus ponderosa, 9, 58, 106, 154.
Pinus sabiniana, 105, 201.
Piute Creek, 249.
Piute Mt., 143, 244.
Plovers, 64, 247.
Pohono trail, 40.
Polemonium, 295.
Porcupine Flat, 73.
Pseudotsuga taxifolia, 9, 108.

Rancheria Creek, 208.
Rancheria Mt., 208, 229, 249.
Raspberries, wild, 207.
Raymond, Mt., 146, 165, 167.
Rattlesnakes, 207,
Red Mt. 45.
Ribbon Creek, 94, 99.
Ribbon Fall, 27.
Ritter. Mt., 294, 328, 332.
Robins, 133, 205, 212.
Rock slides, 16, 245.
Rodgers Lake, 252.
Roses, wild, 11, 43, 166, 210, 301, 302, 312, 315.
Royal Arches, 6, 25, 49.
Rush Creek, 314.
Ruskin, John, quoted on the pine, 107; quoted on lichens, 12.

San Joaquin Valley, 150, 168, 217.
Sardine lake, 291.
Sawtooth Ridge, 240, 248.
Sentinel, The, 17, 18, 19, 30, 31.
Sentinel Dome, 30, 45, 46, 86, 89, 98, 108.
Sentinel Fall, 18.
Sequoia gigantea, 129.
Sequoia, “Grizzly Giant,” 135, 139, 140.
Sequoia sempervirens, 129.
Sequoias, the, 126, 151, 154, 168, 189; labelling the, 140; Mariposa Grove of, 133, 133, 146, 161; Merced Grove of, 39; night among the, 135; storm among the, 133; Tuolumne Grove of, 189.
Sequoyah, Indian, 35.
Sheep-men, 200, 269, 283, 297, 322.
Signal Mt., 165.
Silver Lake, 316.
Smedberg Lake, 252.
Smoky Jack, 229.
Snake, king, 207.
Snow-birds, 133, 151, 158.
Snow-plant, 10.
Soda Springs, 233, 256, 282, 283, 287.
Soldiers, 202, 215, 287.
Spring in the Sierra, 221.
Spruce, Douglas, 9, 108.
Squirrels, 12, 43, 51, 107, 151, 206, 211, 212.
Stanford Point, 41.
Starr-King, Mt., 47, 87.
Stars, multitude of, 289.
Stone’s Meadows, 200.
Storms in the Sierra, 76, 82, 133, 147, 226, 319, 321, 326, 329, 341.
Strawberries, wild, 166.
Sunrise Mt., 62.
Sunrise Trail, 56, 286.
Swallows, 166, 238, 313.

Talus, 5, 15, 97, 207, 246, 283.
Tamarack Creek, 39.
Tamarack Flat, 189.
Tenaya Creek arid Cañon, 4, 22, 23, 25, 261, 344.
Tenaya, Lake, 74, 257, 261, 282, 344.
Tenaya Peak, 83, 84, 261.
Thimble-berries, 93.
Thistle-poppy, 315.
Thoreau, Henry D., on loneliness, 83.
Three Brothers, The, 19, 39, 89, 91.
Tilden Lake, 237.
Till-till, The, 225, 229.
Till-till Creek, 208.
Tioga Pass, 282.
Tioga Road, 73, 282.
Tooeoolala Fall, 203.
Tower Peak, 238.
Trout, 50, 159, 187, 226, 243, 317, 335.
Tsuga mertensiana, 62, 118.
Tulip, mariposa, 197.
Tumion californica, 125.
Tuolumne Cañon, 44, 339.
Tuolumne, Grand Cañon of the, 208, 249.
Tuolumne Grove of Sequoias, 189.
Tuolumne Meadows, 70, 257, 286.
Tuolumne Pass, 121, 339.
Tuolumne River, 197, 201, 204, 256, 339; Lyell Fork of, 326, 333, 335.

Unicorn Peak, 64, 256, 287.

Vernal Fall, 9, 14, 47, 49.
Vernon Lake, 218, 223, 233.
Violet, 11, 221, 230.
Vogelsang Lake, 339.
Vogelsang Peak, 339.
Volcanoes, 291, 303, 309, 310.
Volunteer Peak, 247.

Wagon-tramps, 307, 312.
Walker Lake, 301.
Walker River, 238.
Wallflower, 189.
Washington Column, 4, 6, 23, 30.
Watkins, Mt., 30.
Wawona Dome, 150, 152.
Wawona forest, 114, 146.
Wawona Meadows, 150, 165.
Wawona Point, 167.
Wawona region, 144.
White Rapids, 256.
White Wolf, 73, 229.
Whitney, Josiah Dwight, quoted, 20, 24, 36.
Winter in Yosemite, 13.
Wood, Mt., 314.
Woodpeckers, 431 61, 107.

Yosemite, Little, 7, 45, 50, 52, 58, 345.
Yosemite Creek and Cañon, 6, 44, 86.
Yosemite Falls, 6, 13, 20, 87, 92.
Yosemite Point, 87, 88.
Yosemite Valley, autumn, 12; birds, 12; cemetery, 22; configuration, 3, 15; extent, 4; flowers, 10; forest, 8, 110; general character, 4; geological formation, 5, 24; glacial period, 25; Indian names, 31; Indian summer, 13; night in, 19; nomenclature, 27; rock-features, 15; spring, to, 14; summer, 11; waterfalls, 7; winter, 13.

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