INDEX
Abies concolor and magnifica. See Fir, silver.
Abronia, 228.
Adenostoma fasciculata, 14, 19, 20.
Adiantum Chilense, 17.
Alpenglow, 220.
Alvord, Gen. Benjamin, 183, 185, 186.
Animals, domestic, afraid of bears, 107, 108.
Animals, wild, in the Merced Valley, 43;
clean, 18, 79;
man-eaters, 211, 212.
Antone, Portuguese shepherd, 209, 210.
Ants, 8, 43-47;
bite of, 46.
Arctomys monax. See Woodchuck.
Arctostaphylos pungens. See Manzanita.
Avalanches, 216, 217.
Azalea, “sheep poison,” 22.
Azalea occidentalis, 20.
Baccharis, 20.
Beans, as food, 81.
Bear, cinnamon, adventure with, 134-37.
Bear-hunting, 28-30.
Bears, favorite feeding-grounds of, 28, 29;
fond of ants, 46;
fear of, 107, 108;
very shy in Sierra, 108;
raid sheep camps, 191, 192, 194, 207, 209, 210, 211.
Billy, Mr. Delaney’s shepherd, 6, 61, 62, 75, 80, 146, 147;
his everlasting clothing, 129, 130;
afraid of bears, 191, 193;
quarrels with Mr. Delaney, 205.
Birds, 68, 96;
in the Merced Valley, 50, 65-67;
water ouzel, 106, 107, 223;
wrens, 170;
on Mount Hoffman, 173-77;
sparrows on Cathedral Peak, 251.
Bloody Cañon, 214;
origin of name, 215.
Bluebottle fly, 139.
Borer, 169.
Boulders, in streams, 47-49;
near Tamarack Creek, 100, 101.
Bower Cascade, 224.
Bower Cave, a marble palace, 25, 26, 262, 263.
Bread, famine, 75-85;
effects of the want of, 76, 77;
sheep-camp, 82, 83.
Brodiæa, 20.
Brown, David, bear-hunter, 27-30.
Brown’s Flat, 25, 27, 262.
Bryanthus, purple-flowered, 151, 161, 218.
Buffalo berries, 226.
Butler, Henry, 189, 190.
Butler, Prof. J. D., strange experience of Muir with, 178-91.
Butterflies, 160.
Calochortus albus, 17.
Camping, in the foothills, 10, 11;
on the North Fork of the Merced, 32-74;
at Tamarack Flat, 99;
in the Yosemite, 122;
near Soda Springs, 201, 229;
alone, in Bloody Cañon, 220-22;
on the Tuolumne, 232-53.
Cañon Creek, 223.
Carlo, St. Bernard dog, with Muir in the Sierra, 5, 6, 43, 57, 59, 60,
62, 123, 124, 154, 181, 192, 193;
afraid of bears, 116, 135;
runs away, 232, 233, 255.
Cascade Creek, 104, 259.
Cassiope, 244, 250.
Cathedral Peak, 154, 212, 231, 247, 250;
well named, 146;
a majestic temple, 198;
view from, 248;
height, 249.
Cedar, incense (Libocedrus decurrens), 20, 21, 93.
Chamæbatia foliolosa, 33, 34.
Chinaman, shepherd’s helper, 6, 9.
Chipmunk, in the Sierra, 171, 172.
Cleavage joints, 254.
Clouds, 56, 73, 147, 148, 242, 243;
sky mountains, 19, 37, 39, 61, 133, 144, 145.
Coffee, 82.
Corylus rostrata, 65.
Coulterville, 9, 17, 19.
Crane Flat, 90, 92, 93, 260.
Crows, 9, 248.
Crystals, radiant, 153, 250;
frost, 234, 236.
Daisy, blue arctic, 218.
Deer, black-tailed, 142.
Delaney, Mr., sheep-owner, 6, 12, 25, 27, 36, 83, 103, 104, 112-14, 194,
206, 233, 238, 246, 254, 262;
engages Muir to go with his flock to the Sierra, 4, 5;
describes David Brown’s method of bear-hunting, 28-30;
talks of bears in general, 107, 108;
a big-hearted Irishman, 214.
Dendromecon rigidum, 39.
Devil’s slides, 150.
Dogwood, Nuttall’s flowering, 64.
Dome Creek, 121.
Don Quixote, nickname for Mr. Delaney, 6, 12.
Elymus (wild rye), 226.
Emerald Pool, 189.
Eskimo, 69.
Fawn, baby, 232.
Ferns, 40, 41.
Fir, silver, 90-93, 98, 105, 257;
cones, 91, 167, 168, 259;
size, 143, 161, 162, 166, 260;
age, 166, 167;
leaves, 167.
Fire, in woods, 19, 202, 203.
Fishes, none in high Sierra lakes, 200.
Flicker, 173.
Floods, 48.
Flowers, in Merced Valley, 33, 35, 36, 40, 58;
at Crane Flat, 92, 93, 94;
on Yosemite Creek, 109, 110;
on Hoffman Range, 151, 152, 158, 160, 196;
in Tuolumne Meadows, 199, 203;
in Bloody Cañon, 218, 224, 225, 228, 230.
Flowing, everything is, 236.
Food, of bears, 28, 29, 46, 192;
of squirrels, 18, 69, 74, 168;
of Indians, 12, 46, 70, 226-28.
Foothills, 3-31.
Frogs, in the highest lakes, 200.
Frost, crystals, 234, 236.
Gallflies, 170.
Glacial action, 101, 102, 196, 197, 200, 202, 203, 205, 208, 215, 216,
224, 240, 248.
Glacier meadows, 229, 230.
Gold region, 55, 56;
mines near Mono Lake, 105.
Grasshopper, a queer fellow, 139-41.
Greeley’s Mill, 17, 20.
Grouse, blue or dusky, 175, 176.
Half-Dome, or South Dome, 117, 122, 129.
Hare, 9.
Hare, little chief, 154, 155.
Hazel, beaked, 65.
Hazel Creek, 89.
Hazel Green, 87, 261.
Heat, in the foothills, 8.
Hemlock, mountain (Tsuga Mertensiana), 151, 247.
Hogs, 108.
Horseshoe Bend, 13, 19.
House-fly, on North Dome, 138, 139;
on Mount Hoffman, 169.
Hutchings, Mrs., landlady, 182.
Illilouette, 189.
Indian Basin, 121.
Indian Cañon, 115, 122, 181, 186, 187.
Indian Creek, 208.
Indians, Digger, 12, 30, 31, 262;
shepherd’s helper with Muir, 6, 9, 10, 86, 90;
anteaters, 46;
their power of escaping observation, 53, 54, 58;
an old woman, 58, 59;
Chief Tenaya, 165;
a hunter, 205, 206;
food, 206, 226, 227;
a dirty band, 218, 219;
women gathering wild rye, 226.
Ivy, poison, 26.
Jack, the shepherd’s little dog, 62, 63.
Joe, Portuguese shepherd, 209, 210.
Juniper, Sierra (Juniperus occidentalis), 110, 163-65.
Lake Hoffman, 154.
Lake Tenaya, 153, 155, 165, 195-97, 257;
Indian name, 166.
Landscape, sculpture of, 14;
a glorious, 115, 116;
features harmonious, 240, 254.
Liberty Cap, 183.
Libocedrus decurrens. See Cedar, incense.
Lichens, 259.
Lightning, 15, 124, 125.
Lilies, 36, 37, 59, 60, 225.
Lilium pardalinum, 37.
Lilium parvum, 94, 95, 121.
Lily, twining, 50;
on poison ivy, 26.
Lily, Washington, 103.
Linosyris, 20.
Lizards, 8, 41-43, 65.
Magpies, 9.
Mammoth Mountain, 216, 242.
Manzanita (Arctostaphylos), 88, 89;
berries, 259.
Meadows, three kinds of, 158, 159;
glacier, 229, 230.
Merced River, 189;
North Fork of, 25;
camp on, 32-74.
Merced Valley, 13, 115.
Mono Desert, 226.
Mono Lake, 214, 226, 239;
flowers around, 228.
Mono Trail, 104, 109, 115, 195-213.
Moon, startling effect of, 221, 222.
Moraine Lake, 224, 225.
Moraines, 102, 216, 224, 240, 248.
Mosquitoes, Sierra, 169.
Mount Dana, 199, 230, 233, 234, 239, 242.
Mount Gibbs, 199, 242.
Mount Hoffman, 230;
height of, 149;
watershed, 150;
flowers, 151, 152, 158, 160;
hemlocks and pines, 151, 152;
crystals, 153;
strange dove-colored bird, 176.
Mount Lyell, 198, 253.
Mutton, exclusive diet of, 76.
Neotoma, 71-73.
Nevada Cañon, 182.
Nevada Fall, 187, 188, 207.
North Dome, 131, 134;
strange experience on, 178, 179.
Oak, blue (Quercus Douglasii), 8, 15.
Oak, California black (Quercus Californica), 15, 257.
Oak, dwarf (Quercus chrysolepis), 161.
Oak, goldcup, 50, 187, 257.
Oak, mountain live, 38.
Oak, poison, 26.
Oreortyx ricta, 174, 175.
Pictures, inadequate, 131.
Pika, 154, 155.
Pilot Peak Ridge, 32, 57, 65, 67, 84.
Pine, dwarf (Pinus albicaulis), 152, 248;
as fuel, 221.
Pine, mountain (Pinus monticola), 152.
Pine, Sabine, 12, 13, 263;
cones, 12.
Pine, silver, 52.
Pine, sugar, 17, 18, 51, 88, 90, 93;
cones, 50.
Pine, two-leaved or tamarack, 99, 110, 162, 163, 257, 258.
Pine, yellow, 15, 51, 52, 88, 93, 258;
cones, 17, 18.
Pino Blanco, 13.
Poppy, bush (Dendromecon rigidum), 39.
Porcupine Creek, 121, 206.
Portuguese shepherds, 206, 207, 208-10.
Pseudotsuga Douglasii, 93.
Pteris aquilina, 40, 41.
Quail, mountain (Oreortyx ricta), 174, 175.
Quails, 9.
Quercus Californica, 15, 257.
Quercus chrysolepis, 161.
Quercus Douglasii, 8, 15.
Rabbits, cottontail, 9, 227.
Raindrop, history of, 125-27.
Range of Light, 236, 264.
Rat, wood (Neotoma), 71-73.
Rattlesnakes, 9;
dog bitten by one, 63.
Rhus diversiloba. See Ivy, poison.
Robin, 173, 174, 218.
Rye, wild, 226.
Sandy, David Brown’s dog, 27, 28, 30.
Saxifrage, giant (Saxifraga peltata), 35.
Sedge, 34, 35.
Seeds, 68.
Sequoia gigantea, 93;
grove of, 260, 261.
Shadows, of leaves, 59;
substantial looking, 233.
Sheep, Mr. Delaney’s flock, 5, 8, 9, 11, 61, 64, 86, 87, 256, 263, 264;
rate of travel, 7;
camping, 10;
poisoned by azalea, 22;
profitable, 22;
hoofed locusts, 56, 86;
stray, 57;
destructiveness of, 97, 195;
crossing a creek, 111-14;
have poor brain stuff, 114;
raided by bears, 191, 192, 194;
afraid of getting wet, 201, 202, 255.
Shepherd, degrading life of the Californian, 23;
in Scotland, 24;
the oriental, 24;
bed and food, 80, 81.
Slate, metamorphic, 6, 8, 14, 34.
Smith’s Mill, 262.
Soda Springs, 201, 229, 253.
South Dome, 122, 129.
Sparrows, 251.
Spiders, 53.
Spruce, Douglas, 93.
Squirrel, California gray, 69, 70.
Squirrel, Douglas, 18, 68-70, 96, 168.
Stropholirion Californicum. See Lily, twining.
Sunrise, in the Yosemite, 124.
Sunset, 53.
Tamarack Creek, 100, 102, 106.
Tamarack Flat, 90, 259.
Tea, 80, 82.
Telepathy, strange case of, 178-91.
Tenaya, Yosemite chief, 165.
Tenaya Creek, 156.
Three Brothers, 207.
Thunder, in the mountains, 122, 123, 125.
Tissiack. See Half-Dome.
Tourists, 98, 104, 190.
Trees and storm, 144.
Tuolumne Camp, 232-53.
Tuolumne Meadows, 198, 199.
Vaccinium, dwarf, 218.
Veratrum Californicum, 93, 94.
Vernal Fall, 182, 183, 187, 188, 207.
Volcanic cones, 228.
Water, music of, 21, 49, 97, 106.
Waterfalls, 34, 36, 47, 106, 118-20, 132, 187, 188, 223, 224.
Water ouzel, 106, 107, 223.
Waycup, 173.
Weather, in the mountains, 36, 39, 56, 61, 67, 73, 235, 237, 241, 245.
Willow, dwarf, 217.
Wind, at night, 21, 220.
Woodchuck (Arctomys monax), 154, 172, 173.
Wrens, story of a pair, 170.
Yosemite Creek, 104, 107, 109, 118, 150, 154, 258.
Yosemite Valley, 102, 104, 106, 107, 115-48, 187;
a nerve-trying experience in, 118-20;
sunrise in, 124;
thunder storm, 124, 125;
grandeur, 132, 133, 190.
Zodiacal light, 257.