Mount Rainier, a Record of Exploration

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Various. Mount Rainier, a Record of Exploration

Mount Rainier, a Record of Exploration

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PREFACE

I. THE MOUNTAIN DISCOVERED AND NAMED, 1792. By CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER, R.N

II. FIRST APPROACH TO THE MOUNTAIN, 1833. By DOCTOR WILLIAM FRASER TOLMIE

III. FIRST RECORDED TRIP THROUGH NACHES PASS, 1841. By LIEUTENANT ROBERT E. JOHNSON, U.S.N

IV. TACOMA AND THE INDIAN LEGEND OF HAMITCHOU. By THEODORE WINTHROP

V. FIRST ATTEMPTED ASCENT, 1857. By LIEUTENANT A. V. KAUTZ, U.S.A

VI. FIRST SUCCESSFUL ASCENT, 1870. By GENERAL HAZARD STEVENS

VII. INDIAN WARNING AGAINST DEMONS. By SLUISKIN, INDIAN GUIDE

VIII. SECOND SUCCESSFUL ASCENT, 1870. By S. F. EMMONS

IX. EXPLORATIONS ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES, 1881–1883. By BAILEY WILLIS

X. DISCOVERY OF CAMP MUIR, 1888. By MAJOR E. S. INGRAHAM

XI. EXPLORING THE MOUNTAIN AND ITS GLACIERS, 1896. By PROFESSOR I. C. RUSSELL

XII. McCLURE'S ACHIEVEMENT AND TRAGIC DEATH, 1897. By HERBERT L. BRUCE and PROFESSOR H. H. McALISTER

XIII. FIELD NOTES ON MOUNT RAINIER, 1905. By PROFESSOR HENRY LANDES

XIV. GLACIERS OF MOUNT RAINIER. By F. E. MATTHES

XV. THE ROCKS OF MOUNT RAINIER. By GEORGE OTIS SMITH

XVI. THE FLORA OF MOUNT RAINIER. By PROFESSOR CHARLES V. PIPER

XVII. CREATION OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK. MEMORIAL BY SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

XVIII. MOUNT RAINIER IS 14,408 FEET HIGH. By THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

XIX. PLACE NAMES AND ELEVATIONS IN MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK

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On the 22d, their route lay along the banks of the Upthascap, [6] which is a much wider stream than the Puyallup. A short distance up, they came to a fish-weir, constructed as the one heretofore described, on the Chickeeles, [7] though much smaller.

This part of the country abounds with arbor-vitæ trees, some of which were found to be thirty feet in circumference at the height of four feet from the ground, and upwards of one hundred feet high. Notwithstanding the many difficulties encountered, they this day made about twelve miles.

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