Adams, Mt., Indian legend of its origin, 43;
routes to, 66, 67;
structure and glaciers, 89-104;
lava flows, 93-97;
tree casts, 94;
caves, 94-96;
routes to summit, 96-100;
name, 103;
height, 104;
first ascent, 104;
views of, 8, 15, 17, 31, 63, 86-107

Adams glacier, Mt. Adams, 100, 103, 104, 106

Alps, character and scenery, 60

Archer Mountain, 29

Arrowhead Mountain, 29, 31

Astoria, 51, 16, 21

Automobile roads, 140

Avalanche glacier, Mt. Adams, 100, 107


Barlow, William, ascent of Mt. Hood, 72, 79, 142

Barlow road, 70, 142, 78

Barrett Spur, 86, 57, 69, 75

Bibliography, 141

Blue Mountains, 18, 24

"Bridge of the Gods," Indian legend, 36-43; 21, 35

Bryce, James, on Northwestern mountains, 60


Cabbage Rock, 47

Cape Horn, 19

Carbon glacier, 102

Cascade locks, 39

Cascade Mountains, 18, 24, 25, 28, 30, 58-66

Castle Rock (Columbia River), 28, 29, 31

Castle Rock, Wash., 106

Cedars, group of red, 128

Celilo Falls (Tumwater), 52, 54

Chelatchie Prairie, 114

Chinook wind, Indian legend of its origin, 46-48

Climate, 142

Cloud Cap Inn, 15, 67, 78, 57, 58, 60, 66

Coast Range, 58

Coe glacier, Mt. Hood, 78, 80, 83-86, 69, 72, 75

Columbia River, John Muir's description, 15;
dawn on, 15-23;
its gorge, 30;
Indian legends of its origin, 36-43;
its discovery by Capt. Gray, 51;
struggle for its ownership, 50-52;
its settlement, 52;
views of, 7, 9, 14-52, 56, 109

Columbia Slough, 18, 21

"Coming of the White Man," statue, 23

Cooper Spur, Mt. Hood, 79, 80, 87, 57-60

Crater Rock, 81, 87, 77, 80


Dalles, The, 18, 39, 96, 107, 46, 47, 49

Douglas, David, 131

Douglas firs, 131, 132, 122, 130, 132, 133

Dryer, T. J., 72, 115


Eliot glacier, Mt. Hood, 15, 67, 78, 83-86, 17, 58-67, 73, 92


Forest, on lava beds, 94, 107-112, 111

"Forests, The," chapter by Harold Douglas Langille, 123-139, 122-139

Forsyth, C. E., leader in rescue on Mt. St. Helens, 121


Glacieres, freezing caves, 95, 96, 87

Glenwood, Wash., 68, 96

Goldendale, Wash., 68

Government Camp, 68, 70, 140, 142, 78, 81

"Grant Castle," on the Columbia, 46

Gray, Capt. Robert, 51

Guler, Wash., 68, 96, 89, 90


Hellroaring Canyon, 103, 95, 96, 97

Hood, Mt., dawn on, 15;
Indian legend of its origin, 43;
John Muir on, 57;
routes to, 66-70;
first ascent, 72, 75;
height, 75, 76;
the Mazamas organized on summit, 75;
structure and glaciers, 75-89;
summit, 80, 6, 55, 70;
crater, 81, 82, 77;
lava bed, 89;
views of, 6, 14, 17, 21, 57-85, 123, 124, 138

Hood River, 43, 85

Hood River (city), Ore., 67, 140, 43, 109

Hood River Valley, 18, 63, 66, 67, 44

Hudson's Bay Company, 51


Ice caves, 95, 96, 87

Illumination Rock, 81, 77, 79

Indians, legend of the creation, 32;
"Bridge of the Gods," 36-43;
origin of the Chinook wind, 46-48;
value of their place names, 104;
Leschi, first Indian to scale a snow-peak, 115; 21, 23, 26, 30, 44, 50, 52


Japan current, 46

Jefferson, Mt., 104, 83


Kelley, Hall J., 103

Klickitat glacier, Mt. Adams, 97-103; 94, 97-100

Klickitat River, 68, 144


Ladd glacier, Mt. Hood, 78, 80, 83-86, 69, 75

Langille, Harold Douglas, "The Forests," 123-139

Langille, William A., 80

Lava beds, tree casts, caves, etc., near Mt. Adams, 89-96, 86, 87;
near Mt. St. Helens, 107-112, 111, 112;
struggle of the forest to cover, 108-112, 111

Lava glacier, Mt. Adams, 100, 101-104

Lewis and Clark, exploration, 51

Lewis River, 106, 107, 108

Lily, the Mt. Hood, 81

Lone Rock, 19, 29

Loowit, the witch woman, 41-43

Lyle, Wash, 68, 9, 45

Lyman glaciers, Mt. Adams, 100, 101

Lyman, Prof. W. D., 51, 82, 103


Mazama glacier, Mt. Adams, 97, 100, 94, 96

Mazama Rock, Mt. Hood, 70

Mazamas, mountain club, organization, 75;
ascents of Mt. St. Helens, 116;
an heroic rescue, 120, 121;
presidents, 142;
ascents, 142; 80, 82, 93, 117, 124

Memaloose Island, 42

Mountains, importance in scenery, 59

"Mountain that was 'God,'" 105

Mountaineers, The, 142, 103

Multnomah Falls, 26, 27, 28


Newton Clark glacier, Mt. Hood, 79, 87, 83, 84

Noble fir, 129, 130, 125, 130, 136

North Yakima, Wash., 68


Oneonta gorge, 30, 32

Oregon, its geological story, 23-32;
its settlement, 50-54


Peterson's, near Mt. St. Helens, 106, 107

Plummer, Fred G., 115

Pinnacle glacier, Mt. Adams, 100, 106, 107

Portland, Ore., 57, 140, 7, 22, 61, 113

Portland Automobile Club, 70, 140

Portland Ski Club, 142, 81

Portland Snow-shoe Club, 142, 57, 62, 66

"Presidents' Range," 104

Puget Sound, 27


Rainier, Mt. or Mt. Tacoma, and Rainier National Park, 83, 102, 51, 105, 113, 117

Red Butte, Mt. Adams, 86

Reforestation, 139

Reid, Prof. Harry Fielding, 87, 103, 79

Rhododendrons, 134, 127

Ridge of Wonders, Mt. Adams, 103, 96, 98, 99

Riley, Frank B., 120, 121

Rocky Mountains, 23

Rooster Rock, 25

Rusk, C. E., 103

Rusk glacier, Mt. Adams, 100, 102, 98, 101

Ruskin, John, quoted, 59, 60, 123


"Sacajawea," statue, 23

Sacramento Valley, origin, 26

Salmon fishing, 16, 25, 33, 36, 48

Sandy glaciers and canyon, Mt. Hood, 86, 87, 71, 76

Sandy, Ore., 51

San Joaquin Valley, origin, 21

Shaw, Col. B. F., 104

Siskiyou Mountains, 24

South Butte, Mt. Adams, 96, 89

Speelyei, the coyote god, 32, 47

Spirit Lake, 106, 4

Squaw grass, 134, 135

Steel's Cliff, 81, 91

St. Helens, Mt., Indian legend of its origin, 43;
compared with Mt. Adams, 90, 94;
discovery and name, 104;
structure, 104-6;
height, 106;
routes to, 106;
recent eruptions, 106, 107;
lava beds, 107-112;
glaciers, 112-115;
routes to summit, 112-116;
volcanic phenomena, 115;
first ascent, 115;
the Mazamas on, 116, 120, 121;
an heroic rescue, 120, 121;
views of, 4, 8, 15, 17, 108-121

St. Peter's Dome, 20, 31

Sylvester, A. H., 86, 87


Table Mountain, 31, 35, 36

Toutle River canyons, Mt. St. Helens, 115, 116

Tree casts, 94, 107, 111

Trout Lake, 15, 62, 66, 76, 89, 110


Umatilla, Ore., 62

Umatilla Indian village, 50


Vancouver, Capt. George, 72, 104

Vancouver, Wash., 106, 15, 24

Volcanoes, 27, 28


White River glacier, Mt. Hood, 81, 75, 77, 82

White Salmon, Wash., 67, 140, 42, 44

White Salmon glacier, Mt. Adams, 100, 107

White Salmon River, 41

White Salmon Valley, 56, 89

Willamette River, 21, 57, 9, 113

Wind Mountain, 39, 40

Woodland, Wash., 106, 140


Yacolt, Wash., 106, 140

Yakima Indians, 48, 21

Y. M. C. A., party on Mt. Hood, 76;
on Mt. Adams, 86

Yocum, O. C., 70


Zigzag glacier, Mt. Hood, 81, 87, 77, 79

Zigzag River and Canyon, 86, 87, 48, 78