part ii.
A GROUP OF DAKOTAS 98 Photograph by U. S. Government about 1875.
NECKLACE OF HUMAN FINGERS 99
HOUSE RUIN ON GREEN RIVER, UTAH 101 Photograph by L. H. Johnson.
ALARÇON'S SHIPS IN THE TIDAL BORE, MOUTH OF THE COLORADO, 1540 105 Drawing by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
CHARACTER OF THE SEVEN CITIES WHICH FRIAR MARCOS SO GLOWINGLY DESCRIBED 109 Drawing by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
NEW MEXICO, 1540 TO 1630 115
CHURCH AND MISSION OF SAN XAVIER DEL BAC, ARIZONA 118 Mission founded 1699. The church here shown was finished in 1797.
ON THE YUMA DESERT 120 Character of the country around the head of the Gulf of California. Photograph by Delancy Gill.
CHURCH OF THE MISSION SAN CARLOS DE MONTEREY 121 Mission founded in 1770. Photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.
GLEN CANYON, COLORADO RIVER 123 This shows the nature of the Colorado where Escalante crossed in 1776. The surface on each side is barren sandstone. Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Colo. Riv. Exp.
BARRIERS OF ADAMANT, MISSION RANGE 128 Photograph by R. H. Chapman, U. S. Geol. Survey.
A RECEPTION COMMITTEE 131 Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Geol. Survey.
IN THE HEART OF THE WILDERNESS—SOUTHERN UTAH 135 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
GREAT FALLS OF THE MISSOURI 137 From _The Trail of Lewis and Clark_, O. D. Wheeler.
GREAT FOUNTAIN GEYSER—YELLOWSTONE PARK 141 From _Wonderland_, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
SUMMITS OF THE BACKBONE 145 Gray's Peak, 14,341 feet; Torrey's Peak, 14,336 feet. Photograph by U. S. Geol. Survey.
MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA FROM ASTORIA 149 Cape Disappointment, left distance. From _The Trail of Lewis and Clark_, O. D. Wheeler.
MAP OF THE WILDERNESS SHOWING AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS 154
MOUNT HOOD—FROM CLOUD CAP INN 159 From _Wonderland_, 1903, Northern Pacific Railway.
CANYON OF THE GATES OF THE MOUNTAINS 165 From _The Trail of Lewis and Clark_, O. D. Wheeler.
JUNCTION OF THE MADISON AND JEFFERSON 167 The Madison at left, the Jefferson at the right centre. From _The Trail of Lewis and Clark_, O. D. Wheeler.
THE DALLES OF THE COLUMBIA 169 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
SNAKE RIVER BELOW LEWISTON. ON LEWIS AND CLARK'S TRAIL 171 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
ROUTE OF LEWIS AND CLARK FROM MARIA'S RIVER TO TRAVELLER'S REST AND RETURN 173 From _The Trail of Lewis and Clark_, by O. D. Wheeler.
NEW MEXICAN CART 177 Drawing by Julian Scott. From Bulletin of the Eleventh Census.
A ROCKY MOUNTAIN TORRENT 179 Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Geol. Survey.
A GLADE FOR THE WEARY. ALTITUDE 8000 FEET 183 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
PIKE'S PEAK THROUGH THE GATEWAY OF THE GARDEN OF THE GODS 187 (Pike got his view of it from a mountain to the left, not seen.) Photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.
VEGETATION OF THE SOUTH-WEST 191 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
CANYON OF THE YELLOWSTONE FROM GRAND VIEW 195 From _Wonderland_, 1903, Northern Pacific Railway.
A MANSION OF THE WILDERNESS 197 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
SAWMILL GEYSER, YELLOWSTONE PARK 201 From _Wonderland_, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
THE DEADLY RATTLER 203 From _The Mystic Mid-Region_, by A. J. Burdick. Photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.
SHOSHONE FALLS, IDAHO, FROM SOUTH SIDE, BELOW 205 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
SHOSHONE FALLS, SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO, FROM BELOW 207 Sketch by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
SHOSHONE FALLS, SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO, FROM ABOVE, SOUTH SIDE 209 Photograph by G. K. Gilbert.
BOAT MADE OF FRAMEWORK OF STICKS COVERED WITH BISON- OR HORSE-HIDE 211 Frequently used in early days of the West. From _The Trail of Lewis and Clark_, by O. D. Wheeler.
ON THE VIRGIN RIVER, SOUTHERN UTAH 217 Near where Escalante went in 1776. Pine Valley Mountain in distance. Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
AN ARIZONA THISTLE 220 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
A FULL LARDER 223 From _Wonderland_, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
STANDING ROCKS, COMMON IN THE WILDERNESS 227 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
IN THE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS—VULTURE PEAK 230 Photograph by R. H. Chapman, U. S. Geol. Survey.
BEFORE SUNRISE 231 From _Wonderland_, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
GREEN RIVER VALLEY 233 Photograph by C. R. Savage.
ARROW WEED IN THE YUMA COUNTRY 236 Photograph by Delancy Gill.
RED CANYON OF GREEN RIVER 239 Length, 25 miles. Walls 1800 to 2500 feet high. Average width of water, 250 feet. Ashley was the first white man to pass through this gorge.
ASHLEY FALL, RED CANYON, GREEN RIVER 241 Ashley's name was found on right of the picture on one of the huge fallen rocks, about at the top of the old dead tree.
LOWER FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE 245 From _Wonderland_, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
ON THE GILA RIVER, ARIZONA 248 This is the place chosen for the San Carlos irrigation dam. Photograph by J. B. Lippincott.
HEADWATERS OF VIRGIN RIVER 251 Named Adams River by Jedediah Smith in 1826. Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
PRAIRIE DOGS 254 From _Wonderland_, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
ON THE YUMA DESERT. A DYING HORSE 256 Photograph by Delancy Gill.
AN OLD BEAVER HAUNT 261 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
THE HEART OF THE SIERRA 263 Photograph by Watkins.
A ROSE OF NEW MEXICO 266 Photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.
ON THE GILA 268 Photograph by J. B. Lippincott.
CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE 271 A General when this was taken, long after his trapping career. Photograph from Montana Historical Society.
"OLD FAITHFUL" GEYSER, YELLOWSTONE PARK 274 From _Wonderland_, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
ELK IN WINTER 277 From _Wonderland_, Northern Pacific Railway.
IN THE SIERRA NEVADA 279 On the Merced, Yosemite Valley. Walker, 1833, was probably the first white man here. Copyright C. C. Pierce & Co.
A WILDERNESS WAGGON ROAD 282 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
STEAMER "YELLOWSTONE" ASCENDING THE MISSOURI IN 1833 285 From _Travels_, etc., 1832-3-4, by Maximilian, Prince of Wied, 1843. From _Wonderland_, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
BEFORE THE SAWMILL COMES 289 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
THE GREAT OR LOWER FALL OF THE YELLOWSTONE 291 From _Wonderland_, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
JIM BRIDGER IN HIS LATTER DAYS 293 Photograph from Montana Historical Society.
GREEN RIVER FROM GREEN RIVER VALLEY TO WONSITS VALLEY 295
SNOW-BOUND IN THE WILDERNESS—1875 297 Pencil sketch on the spot by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
CANYON OF LODORE, GREEN RIVER 299 The first on record to go through this and the canyons immediately below it—that is, from Brown's Park to Wonsits Valley—was Joe Meek and a party of trappers on the ice, in the winter of 1838-39. Photograph by E. O. Beaman, U. S. Colo. Riv. Exp.
A CHANCE MEETING 301 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
A MORMON SORGHUM MILL AND EVAPORATING PANS 306 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
A SETBACK 307 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
IN COUNCIL 311 General Sherman third from left of white group. Photograph from United States Government.
THE STEAMBOAT "EXPLORER" 316 In which Lieutenant Ives, in 1858, ascended the Colorado to the foot of Black Canyon. Sketch by H. B. Mollhausen.
WHERE THE WILDERNESS LINGERS 319 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
RUNNING THE COLORADO 321 Drawing by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
UPPER PART OF MARBLE CANYON—COLORADO RIVER 323 This gorge merges into the Grand Canyon at the mouth of the Little Colorado. The length of both together is about 300 miles. The first to travel this distance were Powell and his men, 1869.
THE GRAND CANYON REGION 326
THE THOUSAND-MILE TREE 328 A hemlock 1000 miles from Omaha. Photograph by C. R. Savage.
SECRET TOWN TRESTLE 329 1000 feet long. Maximum height, 90 feet. Photograph by C. R. Savage.
SNOW SHEDS IN THE SIERRA 331 Photograph by C. R. Savage.
ADOBE RUINS OF GREEN RIVER—UNION PACIFIC TERMINUS 332 Photograph, 1871, by E. O. Beaman, U. S. Colo. Riv. Exp.
SCENE BEFORE DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE—PROMONTORY POINT, UTAH, MAY 10, 1869 333 John Duff in front, immediately beneath engine. Sidney Dillon at his left. The Reverend Doctor Todd asking a blessing. Photograph by C. R. Savage for the Union Pacific Railway.
THE AMES MONUMENT—UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 334 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE, 3.05 P.M. (NEW YORK TIME), MAY 10, 1869 335 Locomotive "Jupiter" of the Central Pacific, and "119" of the Union Pacific about to meet when last spike is driven. Photograph by C. R. Savage for the Union Pacific Railway.
THE LAST TIE 336 Union Pacific Railway, 1869. Made of California laurel polished, and with a silver plate on the side.
THE LAST SPIKE 337 Union Pacific Railway. Made of gold.
A MODERN FAST TRAIN 337 From _Wonderland_, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
THE MORMON TEMPLE—SALT LAKE CITY 338 Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
CANADA LYNX 361 From _Wonderland_, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
BREAKING THE WILDERNESS