- Abbott, Judge, ranch-house of, 22.
- Acoma, New Mexico, 22, 35, 40-55;
- antiquity, 44;
- costumes, 52, 53;
- church, 48, 49;
- customs, 44, 55;
- dwellings, 46;
- funeral, 51;
- graveyard, 51;
- houses, 45-47;
- industries, 53, 54;
- paths to, 42;
- people of, 42;
- picture of San José in, 49, 50;
- police, 58;
- site of, 40, 41, 45;
- symbolic hair-dressing, 54, 55;
- women, 53-55.
- Agricultural College, Oregon, 315, 316.
- Agriculture, United States Department of, 98.
- Alaska, 381, 438, 439.
- Alberni, B. C., 363, 375, 376.
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, 13-16, 35;
- agricultural possibilities, 14;
- climate, 13;
- commercial club, 14, 15;
- university at, 15.
- Alcatraz, prison at, 218.
- Aldermere, B. C., 434.
- Alejandro, Padre, 179.
- Alfalfa raising, 9, 74, 75, 100, 260.
- Algiers, 190.
- Amargosa River, the, 174.
- “American Alps,” the, 217.
- “American Mentone,” the, 217.
- American River, the, 229, 230.
- American School of Archæology, 23, 25.
- Anacapa Island, 151
- Anacortes, 344.
- Apple orchards, Oregon, 296, 297, 318, 319.
- Archæological research in the United States, 22-25.
- Architecture, California, 199, 200.
- Arizona, 31;
- admitted to the Union, 79;
- cities, 80;
- climate, 83-85;
- contrasted with Egypt, 71;
- copper output, 81;
- desert, 72, 73;
- early inhabitants, 77;
- effects of civilization in, 63-65;
- game-hunting, 85-87;
- history of, 76-79, 91;
- irrigation, 70, 88, 93, 94;
- misconceptions concerning, 71, 74;
- missions, 91-93;
- organised as territory, 79;
- people law-abiding, 88, 89;
- pioneers, 67-69, 79;
- prison system, 89, 90;
- products of the soil, 74-76;
- progress in, 66-69;
- two distinct regions of, 87, 88.
- Arizona Rangers, the, 89.
- Ark, the, 376, 377.
- Arroyo Hondo, 56.
- Ashcroft, B. C., 391-6.
- Ashland, Oregon, 323.
- Automobiles, in Oregon, 313.
- Avalon, Santa Catalina, 148-151.
- Bakersfield, California, 259-261, 324.
- Banning Company, the, 147.
- Barbareños, 152, 153.
- Barkerville, B. C., 392.
- Barrancas, 56.
- Bay of Monterey, the lost, 195.
- Beaman, Judge, 150.
- Bellingham, 348.
- “Ben Hur,” 16.
- Benedict, Judge Kirby, 50.
- Benicia, California, 219, 220.
- Bent, Governor, 21.
- Big-game hunting, 85-87, 347, 451-3.
- Big trees of California, 254, 255, 257, 258.
- Bisbee, Arizona, 87.
- Black Hills, 81.
- Blackwater, B. C., 401, 405, 406.
- Blaine, 348, 349.
- Boar-hunting, 153.
- Bobtail Lake, B. C., 403, 404.
- Bohemian Club of San Francisco, the, 158, 202.
- Bohemians in California, 282, 283.
- Borax deposits, 174, 177.
- Bradshaw Mountains, 82.
- Bret Harte, 229, 230.
- Bridge built by Indians, 448, 449.
- Bridger, Jim, 56.
- British Columbia, 209, 355 et seq.;
- area, 358, 359;
- character of the country, 362, 363, 453;
- cities of, 363, 364;
- climate, 361;
- corduroying roads in, 411, 412;
- cutting path through forest, 428, 429;
- freighters, 398;
- frontier, 389 et seq., 421 et seq.;
- game-hunting, 451-3;
- government’s interest in settlers, 407;
- Indians, 415, 447-451;
- “muskeg,” 410, 411;
- pioneers in, 385, 386, 390, 397 et seq.;
- prohibition in, 407-9;
- railways, 378-382;
- resources, 359-361;
- roads, 411, 415, 416, 433.
- British Columbia Express Company, 391, 392.
- Brussels, restoration of, 17.
- Bryce, James, 299.
- Bunk-houses, British Columbia, 413.
- Bureau of Indian Affairs, 58.
- Burlingame, California, 198, 199.
- Burns Lake, B. C., 424, 425.
- Busch Gardens, Pasadena, 141.
- Cabbage-growing in New Mexico, 10.
- Cabrillo, Juan Rodrigues, 147, 171, 172.
- Cabrillo, the, 147, 149.
- Caire estate, the, 152.
- California Debris Commission, 226.
- California, 160 et seq.;
- agriculture of, 218;
- architecture, 199, 200;
- Chinese in, 207;
- climate, 157-9;
- coast, 161, 162;
- discovery of, 172;
- dust, 159;
- festivals, 201-3;
- fogs, 159;
- Great Valley of, 242-4;
- hinterland, 240 et seq.;
- Japanese in, 207-210;
- labour problems in, 206-8;
- missions, 117-122, 179, 180, 183, 186,
195, 198;
- orange groves, 125-8, 133-8;
- popular misnomers, 216, 217;
- rain, 158;
- roads, 116, 132, 197, 198;
- seaside resorts, 142-4;
- summer climate, 157-160;
- three distinct zones of, 157;
- trees, 254-8.
- Camels, wild, 86, 87.
- Camino Real, El, 21, 108, 115, 122, 161,
178, 185, 197, 198.
- Camp Sierra, 257.
- Canada, agricultural invasion of, 357, 358;
- motoring in, 348-350;
- railways, 378-381.
- Canadian Northern Railway, 378-381.
- Canadian Pacific Railway, 378-380, 395.
- Canal at Celilo, 291.
- Cañon of the Macho, 21;
- of the Santa Fé, 21.
- Cañons, 21, 23.
- Cañon’s Crest, 131.
- Cape Flattery, 344.
- Cape Horn, 232, 301.
- Caravels, miniature, 171, 172.
- Cariboo Trail, the, 391-9.
- Carmel, mission of, 183.
- Carpinteria, California, 166.
- Carquinez Straits, the, 219.
- Carson, Kit, 21, 56.
- Casa Grande, ruins of, 91, 94;
- irrigation, 110.
- Cascade Range, the, 277, 285, 293, 295, 298-300,
310.
- Casitas Pass, the, 166.
- Casteñeda, 45.
- Castle Hot Springs, Arizona, 81-83.
- Castle Rock, 301.
- Castro, General, 186.
- Catalina Range, 85.
- Cattle-raising in New Mexico, 26.
- Caux, Eugene (Old Man Cataline), 444-7.
- Cave-dwellers, 22-25.
- Caves, painted, of Santa Cruz, 151;
- Oregon, 324.
- Celilo, canal at, 291.
- Channel Islands, the, 146-154.
- Charles the Second of Aragon, 49.
- Chinese, in California, 207;
- farming, 7, 8.
- Church, adobe, at Acoma, 48-50.
- Civil War, 79.
- Clarksburg, California, 223.
- Cline, “Dutch,” 439, 441.
- Cloud Cap Inn, 297.
- Coast Range, the, 241.
- Colorado Desert, 98.
- Colorado River, the, 99, 100.
- Colton Hall, Monterey, 183.
- Columbia, of Boston, the, 303.
- Columbia River, the, 273 et seq.;
- Indian legend, 293-5;
- length of, 289, 290;
- romance of, 292-6;
- salmon, 302;
- scenery, 290, 299-301;
- traffic, 301, 302;
- waterfalls, 300, 301.
- Commerce of the prairies, 20, 21.
- Commercial Club in Albuquerque, 14, 15.
- Contra Costa County, California, 219.
- Copper mines, 32, 81.
- Coronado, California, 103-7, 216;
- hotel, 105-7;
- Polo Club, 104;
- Tent City, 112, 113.
- Coronado, Don Francisco Vasquez de, expedition of, 45, 78, 115.
- Coronados Islands, the, 146.
- Cotton, Egyptian, 75, 76.
- Coulterville, California, 256;
- road, 246.
- Crater Lake, 285, 286.
- Crocker’s Sierra Resort, 246, 247.
- Czechs, 282.
- Dalton Divide, the, 21, 22.
- Dams, Laguna and Roosevelt, 70, 88, 91, 93, 94;
- Elephant Butte, 110.
- Date, the Algerian, 75, 76;
- the Deglet Noor, 100.
- Death Valley, 83, 172-8;
- borax deposits, 177;
- climatic variation, 176;
- effects of ultrararefied air, 175;
- sand-storms, 176, 177.
- Decker Lake, 425-8.
- Del Mar, California, 117-9.
- Del Monte, California, 184, 185.
- Deming, New Mexico, 3-8, 13.
- Denver, 21.
- Depew, Chauncey, 84, 85.
- Deschutes, the, 287.
- Desert, Arizona, 72, 73;
- Colorado, 98;
- New Mexican, 36, 38, 39.
- Dikes on the Sacramento, 226, 227.
- Donner Lake, 233.
- Donner party tragedy, story of, 233, 234.
- Drain, Oregon, 323.
- Drowned Lands, the, 426, 428.
- Dry Lake Ranch, 282.
- Duncan, woodsman, 427-433, 437, 438.
- Dungeness, 344.
- Easter pilgrimage, 129-131.
- Egypt, 71, 72.
- El Centro, 101, 102.
- El Paso, 21.
- Elephant Butte, dam at, 110.
- Elkins, Stephen B., 21.
- English in New Mexico, 12;
- pioneers in the North, 399-403.
- Erosion, Acoma, a striking example of, 41.
- Eugene, Oregon, 317, 320, 323.
- Fair, Oregon State, 312-7.
- Farms, New Mexico, 7-11;
- Oregon, 314, 315.
- Feast of the Blossoms, the, 192, 193, 201.
- Festivities, California out-of-door, 201-3.
- Fishing, deep-sea, at Avalon, 149-151.
- Fishing industry of the Sacramento, 220, 221.
- Fish-wheels, 302.
- Flaherty, Michael, 447.
- Floral mosaic, 267.
- Florence, Arizona, State penitentiary at, 89.
- Folsom, California, 229.
- Foot-hills Hotel, the, 164-6.
- Forests, Sierran, 266.
- Fort Fraser, B. C., 390, 395, 399, 416, 421-4;
- cost of provisions in, 422.
- Fort George, B. C., 393, 408, 409.
- Fowl, wild, 220.
- Fraser River, the, 391, 392, 398.
- Freight wagons, British Columbian, 398.
- Frémont, 115, 186, 228.
- Fresno, California, 256.
- Friday Harbour, 344.
- Frontier, the last, 389 et seq., 421 et seq.
- Frontiersmen, British Columbian, 440-7.
- Frost in the orange belt, 133, 257.
- Fruit-growing, in Arizona, 75.
- Fruit-packing industry, 205.
- Funeral Range, the, 173, 174.
- Furnace Creek, 174.
- Gadsden Treaty, 79.
- Gasoline, cost of in British Columbia, 394, 395.
- Gaviota Pass, the, 178.
- General Grant Big Tree Grove, 257.
- Gila River, the, 9, 79, 83, 110.
- Gilroy, California, 196.
- Glacier meadows, 266, 267.
- Globe, Arizona, 90.
- Goat, wild, 153.
- Gold discovery, California, 79, 173, 224.
- Gold dredger, 230-2.
- Golden Gate, the, 241.
- Golf-links, California, 159, 185.
- Grand Island, 227.
- Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 364, 378-382, 384, 408, 426.
- Grant’s Pass, Oregon, 323, 324.
- Great Central Lake, B. C., 220, 375, 376.
- Great Valley of California, the, 242 et seq.;
- irrigation of, 243, 244;
- petroleum fields, 258, 259.
- Grove Play, Bohemian Club’s, 158, 202, 203.
- Halleck, 183.
- Harriman, E. H., 284.
- Hawk’s Nest, the, 186.
- Heenan, the “Benicia Boy,” 220.
- High Sierras, the, 266.
- Highways, 21, 102, 108, 114-8, 161, 166,
197, 198, 215, 229, 278.
- Hillsboro, California, 198;
- Oregon, 326.
- Holland, waterways of, 215, 216.
- Hollanders in New Mexico, 13.
- Hollywood, California, 199.
- Homestead and Desert Land Acts, 6, 323.
- Honey Lake, 279, 280.
- Hood River, 296, 297.
- Hopi Indians, 16, 47, 53-59.
- Horton, Alonzo, 108.
- Hot Springs Junction, 81.
- Hotel Arlington, 170, 171;
- del Coronado, 105-7;
- The Foot-hills, 164-6.
- Hund, John, 6.
- Hundred and Fifty Mile House, the, 430-2.
- Hunt, Governor George W. P., 79, 89.
- Hunting big game in Arizona, 85-87;
- in British Columbia, 451-3;
- in the Puget Sound country, 347.
- Hydraulic mining, 226, 230.
- Imperial Valley, the, 8, 97-102, 110, 194;
- agricultural products, 100;
- highway into, 102, 103;
- irrigation of, 99;
- soil expert’s report concerning, 98, 99;
- towns in, 101.
- Indian education, 47, 48;
- legend of the Columbia, 293-5;
- punishments, 58-60;
- revolt of 1680, 19, 78;
- settlement in the Yosemite, 250-2;
- sheep-owners, 27.
- Indians, Palatingwa, 120, 121;
- Hopi, 16, 47, 53-59;
- Siwash, 415, 447-451.
- Invalids, in Albuquerque, 13.
- Iron Hills, the, 279.
- Irrigation, 5, 6, 8, 14, 30, 32,
70, 88, 93, 94, 99, 110, 225-7,
243, 246.
- Isleton, California, 223.
- Japanese in California, 207-210.
- Jewellery, Indian, 53.
- Kalama, 331, 332.
- Katzimo, 40, 41.
- Kearney Boulevard, the, 256.
- Kearney, General, 19, 20.
- King’s Highway. (See Camino Real.)
- Kino, Jesuit Father, 91.
- Klamath Falls, 283-5.
- La Jolla, California, 117.
- Labour problems in California, 206-8.
- Laguna, New Mexico, 35, 37, 38, 49, 50;
- dam, 70, 88.
- Lake Chapala, 220.
- Lake of Elsinore, 117.
- Lake Tahoe, 228, 232, 235, 236, 264-270.
- Larkin house, Monterey, 183.
- Leland Stanford, Jr., University, 197.
- Lick, James, 147.
- Linda Vista grade, the, 114.
- Lisa, Manuel, 56.
- Long Beach, California, 143.
- Los Angeles, California, 142-5, 209;
- harbour, 144, 145;
- name, 139.
- Los Gatos, 191.
- Los Olivos, inn at, 180, 181.
- Lummis, Charles, 139.
- Macdonald, “Black Jack,” 438.
- MacDonald, Bob, 442, 443.
- Machine shearing, 27.
- Madera, California, 256.
- Manzano Ranges, the, 14.
- “Marble Halls of Oregon,” the, 324.
- Marcos de Niza, 78.
- Mare Island Navy Yard, 219.
- Mariposa Big Tree Grove, 254, 255.
- Mark Twain, 230.
- Marshall, John, 229.
- Matilija Valley, the, 162, 164.
- Meadows, mountain, 266, 267.
- Medford, Oregon, 319, 323.
- Mediterranean Riviera, the, 161.
- Memaloose, the Island of the Dead, 293.
- Merced Big Tree Grove, 247, 256.
- Mesa Encantada, La (the Enchanted Mesa), 30-41.
- Mexican War, 79.
- Mexicans, in New Mexico, 28, 29.
- Militiamen, Canadian, 372, 373.
- Miller, Frank, 121.
- Mimbres Valley, the, 6 et seq., 32;
- climate, 8, 9.
- Mining, 226, 230-2.
- Miramar, California, 167.
- Mission Inn at Riverside, 121, 127.
- Mission Valley, 117.
- Missions, Arizona, 91-93;
- California, 117-122, 179, 180, 183, 186,
195, 198.
- Modesto, California, 246.
- Mojave City, Arizona, 87.
- Montecito, California, 167, 199, 223.
- Monterey, California, 159, 181-5, 195, 216;
- historic interest of, 182, 183.
- Morehouse, Colonel C. P., 150.
- Moricetown, B. C., 434-6.
- Motoring in British Columbia, 348-350, 372, 439;
- in California, 113-8, 132, 166, 228, 261-4,
278, 279;
- in Oregon, 320;
- in the Yosemite, 246-8, 254.
- Mount Adams, 295;
- Hamilton, 191;
- Hood, 295, 298;
- Hooker, 346;
- Lowe, 142;
- Rubidoux, 128, 129;
- Rainier, 337-340, 347;
- Shasta, 160;
- Saint Helens, 295;
- San Jacinto, 160;
- Tamalpais, 219;
- Topotopo, 163.
- Moving pictures taken in the West, 64, 90, 171.
- Muir, John, 249.
- Nanaimo, 363, 372, 373.
- Napoleon, 182.
- Natalie, the, 182.
- Nechako River, the, 424.
- Nehalem Bay, 326.
- “Netherlands Route,” the, 217.
- New Hazelton, B. C., 380, 381, 428, 436-440, 443,
452.
- “New Helvetia,” 227.
- New Mexico, annexation of, 19, 20;
- changes in, 3 et seq.;
- character of the people, 31, 32;
- climate of, 8, 9;
- desert, 36, 38, 39;
- dress, 10;
- farming in, 7-11;
- fuel, 11;
- industries, 25-28;
- Mexicans in, 28, 29;
- mineral deposits, 32;
- prosperity of, 31, 32;
- religious fanaticism, 29, 30;
- settlers in, 10-13;
- social fabric, 28, 30;
- Spanish spoken in, 29;
- turquoise deposits, 32;
- water discovery, 5, 6;
- well-digging, 11;
- white population, 30.
- New Westminster, B. C., 350, 363.
- Nisqually Glacier, the, 338-340.
- Oak Knoll, California, 109.
- Oceanside, California, 117-9.
- Oil-fields, California, 258, 259.
- Ojai Valley, the, 162-6.
- Olympia, 336.
- Oñate, Juan de, 19, 51.
- Orange groves of California, 125-8, 133-8, 257.
- Oregon, 307-328;
- Agricultural College, 315;
- apple orchards, 296, 318, 319;
- caves, 324;
- character of the country, 324-8;
- charm of, 326-8;
- climate, 327;
- emigration to, 321-3;
- farmer, 313-6;
- a frontier country, 325;
- hinterland, 275 et seq., 309, 310;
- opportunities in, 322;
- prohibition in, 323, 324;
- railroad, 325-7;
- State Fair, 312-7;
- timber, 322;
- towns, 308, 323, 324.
- Oregon Trail, the, 276.
- “Our Italy,” 216.
- Pacific Great Eastern Railway, 379-380.
- Pack-train on the Cariboo Trail, 397.
- “Padre’s Path,” 42.
- Pajarito National Park, 22-25.
- Pala, San Antonia de, mission chapel, 117, 120.
- Palatingwa tribe, the, 120, 121.
- Palo Alto, 197, 198.
- Panamint Range, the, 174.
- Pasadena, California, 131-3, 138-142, 170, 201, 223;
- Busch Gardens, 140, 141;
- Mount Lowe, 140, 142;
- Orange Grove Avenue, 140, 141.
- Pecos, the, valley of, 9, 32;
- Forest Reserve, 22.
- Pelican Bay Lodge, 285.
- Pelicans, 283.
- Penitentes, the, 29, 30.
- Petroleum fields, California, 258, 259.
- Philip III, 147.
- Phœnix, Arizona, 80, 83, 90, 91, 93,
110.
- Pillars of Hercules, 301.
- Pilot Peak, 278.
- Pio Pico, 147.
- Placerville, California, 228, 229, 232.
- Plaza del Mar, Santa Barbara, 169, 171.
- Point Loma, 103.
- Polo Club at Coronado, 104.
- Port Alberni, B. C., 376.
- Port Angeles, 344.
- Port Mann, B. C., 380.
- Portland, Oregon, 202, 308, 331, 332, 341;
- residences, 311.
- Portola, Don Caspar de, 195, 210.
- Prescott, Arizona, 80, 81.
- Prince Rupert, B. C., 379-384, 390.
- Prison system, Arizona, 89.
- Prunes, California, 193.
- Pueblo system of government, 58.
- Puget Sound country, the, 341-7;
- a trip through, 343-5;
- variety of sports and recreations, 345-7.
- Punishments, Indian, 58-60.
- Quesnel, B. C., 392, 394, 395, 399, 401,
445.
- Railways in British Columbia, 378-382.
- Rainier National Park, 338, 340.
- Raisin industry, 256.
- Ramona, home of, 117.
- Ranches, Californian, 242.
- Rasmussen, Peter, 412-4.
- Raton, New Mexico, 12.
- Redlands, California, 131, 132.
- Redondo, California, 143.
- Remittance-man, the, 400, 401.
- Rincon route, the, 166.
- Rio Grande, the, 14, 23, 110.
- Rito de los Frijoles, the, 23-25.
- River gardens, 221, 222.
- Riverside, California, 117, 120, 125-133, 136;
- Easter pilgrimage, 129-131;
- Mission Inn at, 121, 127.
- Riviera, the Californian, 161, 216.
- Rogue, valley of the, 321.
- Roosevelt dam, 70, 88, 91, 93, 94,
110.
- Roseburg, Oregon, 323.
- Sacramento, 215, 224-8.
- Sacramento River, the, 215-227, 233, 241;
- dikes, 226, 227;
- fishing industry, 220, 221;
- homes along, 223;
- house-boats, 224;
- reclamation of banks, 225-7;
- traffic, 222;
- truck-gardens, 221.
- Salem, Oregon, 312, 323.
- Salmon fisheries, 302, 348, 375.
- Salt River Valley, 93.
- San Antonio de Pala, mission chapel of, 117, 120.
- San Bernardino Range, the, 241.
- San Buenaventura, 162.
- San Carlos, Church of, Monterey, 183.
- San Clemente, island of, 151.
- San Diego, 97, 98, 102, 107-112, 117,
118;
- advantages, 109, 110;
- climate, 111, 112;
- geography, 103;
- growth of, 108;
- highway, 102, 103;
- history, 107, 108;
- prospects, 109-111.
- San Francisco, 215;
- Portola Festival at, 201.
- San Joaquin River, the, 221, 241, 242, 245, 256.
- San José, California, 196, 200;
- mission, 195.
- San José, picture of, 49, 50.
- San Juan Bautista, mission of, 186.
- San Juan Islands, 343, 344.
- San Luis Obispo, California, 172.
- San Luis Rey, mission of, 117, 119, 120.
- San Mateo, California, 198, 199;
- New Mexico, 29.
- San Pedro, harbour of, 144, 145.
- San Salvador, the, 171.
- San Xavier del Bac, mission of, 91-94.
- Sand-storms in Death Valley, 176, 177.
- Sangre de Cristo Range, the, 18, 22.
- Santa Barbara, 166-172, 202, 217;
- architecture, 170;
- Arlington Hotel, 170, 171;
- college, 170;
- contrasts in, 167;
- Old Town section, 168;
- Plaza del Mar, 169;
- State Street, 169, 170.
- Santa Barbara Islands, the, 146, 151-3.
- Santa Catalina Island, 146-151, 153.
- Santa Clara Valley, the, 8, 190-210;
- air in, 206;
- blossom-time in, 192, 193;
- climate, 200, 201;
- land values, 204, 205;
- productiveness of, 193-5;
- schools in, 196;
- ultrafashionable colonies of, 198.
- Santa Clara Valley (southern), 262, 263.
- Santa Cruz Island, 151-3.
- Santa Fé, 16-21, 56;
- governor’s palace, 16;
- history, 19;
- Mexicans in, 29;
- name of, 19;
- possibilities of, 17, 18;
- scenery, 16.
- Santa Fé, Prescott & Phœnix Railway, 81.
- Santa Fé Trail, the, 18, 20.
- Santa Monica, California, 143.
- Santa Paula, California, 263, 264.
- Santa Rita Mountains, 92.
- Santa Ynez, inn near, 180;
- mission of, 179.
- Santa Ynez Range, the, 178, 216.
- Saugus, California, 262, 263.
- Scenic Highway, the, 21, 22.
- Schoolhouses in the Santa Clara, 196.
- Seals, of Santa Cruz, 151.
- Seaside resorts, California, 142-4.
- Seattle, 202;
- compared with Portland, 340, 341, 346.
- Sentinel Hotel, the, 249, 250.
- Sequim Prairie, 344.
- Sequoia trees, the, 254, 255, 257, 258.
- Serra, Father Junipero, 108, 115, 121, 130, 180,
181, 183, 184, 195, 198, 210,
246.
- Servilleta, 56.
- Sespe Valley, the, 164.
- Sheep-raising, 26-28, 262.
- Sherman, 183.
- Sierra Nevada Range, the, 160, 232, 241, 265-7.
- Silver City, New Mexico, 32.
- Siskiyous, the, 324.
- Siwash Indians, 415, 416, 447-451.
- Skeena, the, 390, 394, 395.
- Skylanders, 42 et seq.
- Smiley Heights, California, 131.
- Smith, Captain Jedediah, 56, 115, 210.
- Smithsonian Institution, 40.
- Sol Duc Hot Springs, 344.
- Southern California, 97.
- Spanish dominion in Mexico, overthrow of, 19.
- Sprockets, John D., 109.
- Stage-coaches, 90.
- Stanford, Leland, 197, 210.
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 183.
- Stockton, California, 244-6.
- Stony Creek, B. C., 415, 416.
- Studebaker, John, 229.
- Suisun Bay, 220, 221.
- Summerland, California, 167.
- Summit, California, 232, 233.
- Superstition Mountains, 93.
- Susanville, 277, 280-2.
- Sutler, John Augustus, 227, 228, 234.
- Sutler’s Fort, 227, 228, 234.
- Swamp and Drowned Lands Act, 260.
- Tacoma, 336-8, 346.
- Tahoe. (See Lake Tahoe.)
- Tahoe Tavern, 268.
- Tallac, California, 232.
- Taos, New Mexico, 22, 55-58;
- houses, 45, 57.
- Tehachapi Range, the, 97, 241, 261.
- Telegraph stations, frontier, 403, 404.
- Tennis Club, Ojai Valley, 164.
- Tent City, at Coronado, 112, 113.
- Tête Jaune Pass, the, 379, 380.
- The Dalles, Oregon, 276, 277, 286-8, 291.
- Tiles, Spanish, 168.
- Tillamook County, Oregon, 326, 327.
- Tingley, Madame, 103.
- Torrey pine, the, 118.
- Trail riding, 260.
- Trees, California Big, 254, 255, 257, 258.
- Trevet, Victor, 293.
- Truck-gardens, 221, 222.
- Truckee, California, 233-5, 268, 269.
- Tucson, Arizona, 80, 81, 92, 94.
- Tucson Farms, 110.
- Tuna Club, the, at Avalon, 150, 151.
- Tuna fishing, 140-151.
- Turquoise deposits, 32.
- Tyler, President, 296.
- Union Pacific Railroad, 21.
- Universal Brotherhood, the, 103.
- University of California, Greek Theatre at, 202.
- University of New Mexico, the, 15.
- Vallejo, California, 219, 220.
- Vancouver, B. C., 116, 349, 350, 363-7, 369.
- Vancouver Island, 345, 370-6, 442;
- fish and game, 375;
- Island Highway, 371-4;
- motoring on, 372;
- railway, 381;
- scenery, 373, 374.
- van Dyke, Dr. Henry, 130.
- Vargas, De, 19.
- Venice, California, 143, 144.
- Ventura, California, 162.
- Victoria, B. C., 346, 363-370;
- Harbour, 367, 368.
- Visalia, California, 246, 257, 258.
- Vittoria, the, 171.
- Vizcaino, 181.
- Wagon-trains, 20, 21, 398.
- Wah, the brothers, 7, 8.
- Walla Walla, 295.
- Wallace, General Lew, 16.
- Washington, 331 et seq.;
- character of the country, 334, 335;
- climate, 335;
- land clearing, 334, 335;
- names of towns, 333;
- roads, 331, 332;
- sign-posts, 333, 334;
- water-power, 335.
- Water discovery in the Mimbres Valley, 5, 6.
- Waterfalls of the Columbia River, 300, 301.
- Wawona, California, 254.
- Webster, secretary of state, 296.
- Well-digging in New Mexico, 11.
- White Rock Cañon, 23.
- Whitman, 295, 296.
- Willamette River, the, 309-311, 317.
- Wood, Mr., 150.
- Wool industry, the, 26-28.
- Yavapai Club, the, 81.
- Yosemite Valley, the, 246-260;
- Indian settlement, 250-2;
- Sentinel Hotel, 249, 250;
- variety of recreation, 253.
- Yukon Telegraph Trail, 395.
- Yuma, Arizona, 83-85, 97, 98, 102, 110.