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Reports of Explorations Printed in the Documents of the United States Government: a Contribution Toward a Bibliography. Compiled by Adelaide R. Hasse. (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899. (GP 3.5:2 1899)).

Abbot, Henry L., Lieut., U. S. A.

Report upon exploration for a railroad route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River, made by Lieut. R. S. Williamson. 1855. (4 pts. v. p. pls. 4°. (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 6.))

Abert, James W., Lieut., U. S. A.

Journal of, during an expedition on the upper Arkansas and through the country of the Camanche [sic] Indians, from Bents Fort, Colorado, to St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 9 to Nov. 12, 1845. (75 pp. 12 pls. 8°. 1 map. (29th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 438, in v. 8.))

Report of his examination of New Mexico, in the years 1846-47. (132 pp. [24] pls. 8°. 1 map. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 23 in v. 4.))

Account (An) of Louisiana, being an abstract of documents in the offices of the Departments of State and of the Treasury. [Nov. 15, 1803.]

(n. p. Duane, prtr. 50 pp. 8° (8th Cong., 1st sess.))

Adams, Samuel, Capt. U. S. A.

Report of exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries. 1864. (20 pp. 8° (42nd Cong., 1st sess., House misc. doc. 37.))

Africa.

Keltie, J. Scott. Stanley and the map of Africa. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1890. pp. 277-91.) Repr. fr. Contemp. Rev. 1890, v. 57, pp. 126-40.

Perry, M. C. information, in compliance with Senate resolution, Feb. 3, 1845, relative to the operations of the United States squadron on the west coast of Africa, the condition of the American colonies there, and the commerce of the United States therewith. 1843-4. (414 pp. 8° 1 map. (28th Cong., 2d sess., Senate doc. 150, in v. 9.)) Contains census of colony of Liberia, Sept. 1843, pp. 308-76; roll of emigrants that have been sent to the colony of Liberia, western Africa, by the American Colonization Society and its auxilliaries, to Sept., 1843, pp. 152-298; map of the colony compiled from data belonging to the American Colonization Society.

See also Congo River and Liberia.

Agassiz, Alexander.

The Gulf Stream. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1891. pp. 189-206.)

Agassiz Lake.

Upham, Warren. The glacial lake Agassiz. 1895. (xxiv, 658 pp. 38 pls. 4° (Geol. Survey. Mongr., v. 25.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House docs., v. 63.)

—The upper beaches and deltas of the glacial lake Agassiz.1887. (84 pp. 1pl. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 39.))

—Same. (50th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 2.)

Ainos.

See Hitchcock, Romyn.

Ainslie, George.

Notes on the grammar of the Nez Perces language. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 2, pp. 271-77.)

Alabama.

Gilbert, Charles H. Report of explorations made in Alabama during 1889, with notes on the fishes of Tennessee, Alabama, and Escambia rivers. (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 9, 1889, pp. 143-59.)

Alaska.

Allen, H. T. Report of an expedition to the Copper, Tanana, and Koyukuk rivers, in the Territory of Alaska in the year 1885.1887. (172 pp. 29 ills. 5 maps. (49th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 125, in v. 2.))

Maps:
No. 1. Alaska, n. of 60th parallel. Scale 22 georg. m. = 1 in. 36 x 29 3/4 in.
No. 2. Copper and Chittyna rivers. Scale 8 stat. m. = 1 in. 22 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.
No. 3. Tanana River. Scale 8 stat. m. = 1 in. 17 5/8 x 29 in.
No. 4. Koyukuk River. Scale 8 stat. m. = 1 in. 24 5/8 x 25 3/8 in.
No. 5. Unalaklik River. Scale 8 stat. m. = 1 in. 12 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.

Bailey, George W., Capt., U. S. R. M. Report upon Alaska and its people, giving statistics as to the numbers, location, pursuits, and social condition of the inhabitants, the climate, productions, and general resources of the country, and of the commerce, ocean currents, etc. 1879. (42 pp. 8° (46th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 132, in v. 4.))

Beardslee, L. A., Comr., U. S. N. Reports on present condition of affairs in Alaska, 1879-80. (34 pp. 8° (46th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 105 in v. 4.))

Becker, George F. Reconnaissance of the gold fields of southern Alaska, with some notes on general geology. 1898. (86 pp. 31 pls. 4 ° (Geol. Survey. 18 Rpt. 1898.))

Blake, Theodore A. General topographical and geological features of the northwestern coast of America, from the straits of Juan de Fuca to the parallel of sixty, north latitude. [1868] (App. M. pp. 314-25. in: Message of the President transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. 361 pp. 8° (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 13.))

—Same, abbreviated. (in: Davidson. Resources and coast features of Alaska. App. E.)

Blake, William P. Notes upon the geography and geology of Russian America and the Stickeen River, from observations made in 1863. (19 pp. 8° 1 map. (40th Cong., 2d session., House ex. doc. 177, pt. 2, in v. 13.))

Map:
Sketch of the map of the Stickeen river from the mouth to the Little Canon. Scale 1 1/2 m. = 1 in. (approx.) 19 1/4 x 13 in.

Bryant, Capt. Charles, and Mcintyre, H. H. [Reports of special agents of the Treasury Dept. on the resources of Alaska Territory and the character and habits of its various tribes.] 1868-9. (42pp. 8° (41st Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 32, in v. 1.))

Census office. Report on population and resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890. 1893. (xi, 282 pp. pls. 4° 2 maps. cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. (52nd Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs. 340, pt. 7, in v. 50, pt. 9.)

Maps:
Map of the first or southeastern district of Alaska. Scale 10 n. m. = 5/8 in. 29 x 15 1/2 in.
Map of Alaska. Scale 1 : 3,600,000 26 x 40 in.

Colyer, Vincent. Report on the Indian tribes and their surroundings in Alaska Territory, from personal observation and inspection in 1869. (in Rpt. Comr. Indian Affairs, 1869. pp. 975-1058. (Bureau of Indian Affairs.))

"Corwin," U. S. R. S. Cruise of the Corwin in Alaska and the n. w. Arctic Ocean in 1881. 1883. (120 pp. [12] pls. 4° cl. (Revue Marine, Treasury Dept.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 105, in v. 23.)

Contents:
Rosse, I. C. Medical and anthropological notes. pp. 1-43. Muir, J. Botonical notes on Alaska. pp. 47-53.
Nelson, E. W. Birds of the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. (pls. by Ridgeway.) pp. 55-120.

See also Healy, M. A.—Hooper, C. L.

Dali, William Healey. Report of geographical and hydrographical exploration on the coast of Alaska. [1873] (1 map. (Coast and Geodetic Survey Ann. Rpt., 1873. App. 11, pp. 111-22.))

Map:
No. 17. Sketch of the Aleutian Islands. Scale 1: 2,400,000. 13 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.

—Report on coal and lignite of Alaska. 1896. (4° (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt. 1897. pt. 1 pp. 763-908, pls. 48-58.))

—Tribes of the extreme northwest. 1877. (Contributions to N. A. Ethnology. v. 1, pp. 1-156, ills. 1 map.))

Map:
Showing the distribution of the tribes of Alaska and adjoining territory. 55° -65° lat. n. x 130°-170° long. w. Scale 50 stat. m. = 7/8 in. 21 3/8 x 30 1/4 in.

Alaska, Continued.

Davidson, George. Report relative to the coast, features, and resources of Alaska Territory. [1868] (App. K. pp. 219-314. in: Message of the President transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian American. 361 pp. 8° (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 13.))

—Resources and the coast features of Alaska Territory. (n. d. v. p. 4° 3 maps. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1867. App. 18, pp. 187-329.))

Contents:
App. A. Lists of geographical positions. pp. 265-74.
App. B. Aids necessary to navigation in Sitka Sound. pp. 274-6.
App. C. Aids for approaches to harbor of St. Paul. pp. 277-9.
App. D. Aids to Unalaska Bay. pp. 279-80.
App. E. Blake, T. A. General topographical and geological features of the northwestern coast of America, from the straits of Juan de Fuca to the parallel of 60° north latitude. pp. 281-90.
App. F. Harford, W. G. W. List of collections made in various departments in natural history. pp. 290-2.
App. G. Vocabulary of the natives of Kadiak, Unalaska, Kenai, and Sitka. pp. 293-8.
App. H. Meteorological tables. pp. 299-317.
App. L. Kellogg, A. Report on the botony of Alaska. pp. 318-21.
App. M. Plants collected by the Coast Survey reconnaissance. pp. 322-4.
App. N. Comparative vocabulary. pp. 325-9.

Maps:
No. 21. Sitka Harbor, Alaska. Scale 1/2 n. m. = 1 in. 11 1/2 x 9 in.
No. 22. St. Paul Harbor, Kadiak Island. Scale 1 n. m. = 15/16 in. 9 x 11 in.
No. 23. Illiouliouk and Captains harbors, Unalaska Islands. 1 n. m. = 1 in. 8 3/4 x 11 in.

—Resources and development of Alaska. May 25, 1888. (pp. 13-24. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Bull.
No. 4, v. 1))

De Ahna, Henry C. Report in regard to the resources, condition, and affairs of the Territory of Alaska. 1877. (6 pp. 8° (46th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 192, in v. 5.))

Dunham, Sam C. The Alaskan gold fields and the opportunities they offer for capital and labor. (Labor Dept. Bull. 16. pp. 297-425, pls. 2 maps.)

Maps:
Map of central Alaska, Cook inlet and Copper River, including Klondike, White, Tanana. and Minook rivers. Scale 30 m. = 1 in. 25 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. Birch Creek district, Alaska. Scale 7 m. = 1 in. 15 3/4 x 18 in.

Elliot, Henry W. Fur-seal industry of the Pribylof Islands, Alaska. (Fisheries and fishery industries of the United States, sec. 5, v. 2. pp. 320-93, pls. 217-26. 1887. (Fish Commission.) Monographs of the seal islands of Alaska. 1882. 176 pp. 29 pls. 2 maps. (Fish Commission. Special Bull. No. 1.))

—Report on the present condition of fur-seal rookeries of the Pribilof Islands of Alaska. (240 pp. 48 pls. 14 maps. 8°. (Treasury Dept. Seal and salmon fisheries. v. 3, pp. 311-538.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 175.)

—Report on the Pribilof group, or Seal Islands, of Alaska. 1873. ([132] pp. [50] pls. 4°. (Treasury Dept.))

—Report on the condition of affairs in the Territory of Alaska. 1875. (277 pp. 8° (4th Cong., 1st sess., with House ex. doc. 83, in v. 10.))

—The seal islands of Alaska. 1881. (176 pp. 29 pls. 2 maps. [Drawings of St. Paul Island and St. George Island.] 4° pap. (Census office.))

—Same. 1884 (188 pp. 29 pls. 2 maps. in: v. 8, Tenth Census. (Census office.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 13, pt. 8.)

—Same. (Treasury Dept. Seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska. v. 3, pp. 1-285.)

Gibbs, George. Notes on the Tinneh or Chepenyan Indians of British and Russian America. [containing] the Eastern Tinneh, from a MS by Bernard R. Ross; the Loucheux Indians, by William L. Hardisty; the Kutchin tribes, by Strachan Jones. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1866. pp. 303-327.)

Golovin, Lieut. Capt. Survey of the Russian colonies in North America. (pp. 109-112, in: Message from the President transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. 361 pp. 8° (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 13.)) [Lieut. Capt. Golovin was ordered in 1860 to survey the Russian colonies in North America. the present article is an extract from the detailed, highly Interesting, and important information about the state of the colonies in that year, communicated by Golovin in a report to the Grand Duke Constantine, of Russia.]

Alaska, Continued

Harford. G. W. G. Report upon the conchology of Alaska. [1868] (Report of cruise of steamer Lincoln to Sitka and the Russian provinces of America. App. N. pp. 325-7. in: Message of the President transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. 361 pp. 8° (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 13.))

Healey, M. A. Capt., U. S. R. M. Cruise of the Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in 1884. 1889. (128 pp. [36] 5 pls. 4° cl. (Revenue-Marine Service.))

—Same. (50th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. doc. 602, in v. 19.)

Contents:
Report of cruise. pp. 1-35.
Cantwell, J. C. and Yemans, H. W. Descriptions of Bogoslov Islands and the new volcano in Bering Sea. pp. 37-43.
Merrill, George P. On hornblende andesites from the new volcano on Bogoslov Island in Bering Sea. pp. 45-6.
Cantwell, J. C. A narrative account of the exploration of the Kowak river, Alaska, under the direction of Capt. Healey. pp. 47-74.,
—Exploration of the Kowak River, Alaska. Ethnological notes. pp. 75-98.
McLenegan, S. B. Same. Notes on the natural history and resources. pp. 99-108.

—Cruise in the Arctic Ocean in 1885. 1887. (102 pp. 2 maps. [42] pls. 4° cl. (Revenue-Marine Service.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. docs., v. 32.)

Contents:
Cantwell, J. C. A narrative account of the exploration of the Kowak River, Alaska, under the direction of Capt. M. A. Healey. pp. 21-52.
McLenegan, S. B. Exploration of the Noatak River, Alaska. pp. 53-80.
Townsend, C. H. Notes on the natural history and ethnology of Northern Alaska. pp. 81-102.

Maps:
Map of the Kowak River, from reconnaissance made by J. C. Cantwell in 1885. Scale 1:600,000. 21 3/4 x 37 1/2 in.
Map of the Noatak River to the head of canoe navigation, from a reconnaissance made by S. B. McLenegan in 1885. Scale 1'long. =. 004 meter. 17 1/4 x 35 1/2 in.

Hooper, C. L. Cruise of the U. S. revenue steamer Thomas Corwin in the Arctic Ocean, 1881. 1884. (147 pp. [15] pls. 4° cl. (Revenue-Marine Service.))

—Same. (48th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 204, in v. 8.)

—Report of the cruise of the U. S. revenue steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean, Nov. 1, 1880. 1881. (ills. 3 fold. tables. 1 chart. 8° pap. (Revenue-Marine Service.))

—Report on the sea-otter banks of Alaska. Range and habits of the sea otter, Its decrease under American rule, and some of the causes, Importance of the sea otter to the natives of Alaska inhabiting the Aleutian Islands. 1897. (35 pp. 1 map. 8° Treas. doc. 1997. (Revenue-Cutter Service Division.)) Contains pp. 17-35, a census of the Aleutian Islands, 1897.

Map:
Chart of the sea otter banks. 52°-60° lat. n. x 152°-172° long. w.

Howard, O. O., Gen. U. S. A. Report of his tour in Alaska Territory in June, 1875. (33 pp. 8° (44th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 12, in v. 1.))

Howard, W. A. U. S. R. M. [Report of cruise of revenue steamer Lincoln to Sitka and the Russian provinces in America, 1868] (in: Message of the President transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. pp. 189-361. 361 pp. 8° (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 13.))

Jackson, Sheldon. Communiction urging importation by the Government of the Siberian reindeer into Alaska Territory. [1891] (8pp. 8° (51st Cong., 2d sess., Senate misc. docs. 39, in v. 3.))

—Education in Alaska, 1889-1890. 1893. (v. p. 8° pls. pap. Bureau of Education, whole no. 191. (Interior Dept.))

—Same, without plates. (Education, Bureau of, Ann. Rpt. 1889-90. pp. 1245-1300.)

—Same, 1890-1. 1893. (v. p. ills. 8° pap. Bureau of Education, whole no. 203. (Interior Dept.))

—Same, without ills. (Education, Bureau of, Ann. Rpt. 1890-1. pp. 923-60.)

—Same, 1891-2. 1894. (v. p. pls. 8° pap. Bureau of Education, whole no. 214. (Interior Dept.))

—Same, without plates. (Education, Bureau of, Ann. Rpt., 1891-2. pp. 873-92.)

—Same. 1892-3. 1895. (v. p. pls. 8° pap. Bureau of Education, whole no. 220. (Interior Dept.))

—Same, without plates. (Education, Bureau of, Ann. Rpt. 1892-3. pp. 1705-48.)

Alaska, Continued.

Jackson, Sheldon. Same, 1893-4. 1896. (v. p. 8° pap. (Bureau of Education, Interior Dept.))

—Same. (Education, Bureau of. Ann. Rpt., 1893-4. pp. 1451-92.)

—Same, 1894-5. 1896. (v. p. 8° pls. pap. Bureau of Education, whole no. 231. (Interior Dept.))

—Same, without plates. (Education, Bureau of. Ann. Rpt., 1894-5. pp. 1425-55.)

—Report on education in Alaska, 1885-95. (Treas. Dept., seal and salmon fisheries. v. 3, pp. 539-560.)

—Same. (Education Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1894-5. pp. 1442-55.) Note: Dr. Jackson was appointed a special agent of the Bureau of Education for Alaska in April, 1885, and from that time to the present he has reported annually to the Commissioner of Education on the condition of educational affairs in Alaska. Communications from Dr. Jackson on this subject may be found in the annual reports of the Commissioner of Education previous to this time, but were not officially required. From 1885 to 1889 the annual reports were largely statistical, and were not issued separately, and from this time these reports contain much matter of a general nature on the natives and resources of Alaska.

—Report on the introduction of reindeer into Alaska. 1893. (17 pp. pls. 1 map. (52d Cong., 2d sess., Senate misc. doc. 22, in v. 1.))

Map:
Sketch map of Alaska prepared for Bureau of Education by Coast and Geodetic Survey. 1893. Scale 100 st. m. = 1 in. 14 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.)

—Report [3d annual] on introduction of domesticated reindeer into Alaska, 1894. 1894. (187pp. 8° pls. 2 maps. pap. (53d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 70, in v. 1.))

—Same. (Bureau of Education, whole no. 215. (Interior Dept.))

Maps:
Sketch map of Alaska prepared for Bureau of Education by coast and Geodetic Survey. 1893. Scale 100 st. m. = 1 in. 14 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.
Map of Port Clarence reindeer station, and vicinity, Alaska. Scale 1:700,000. 14 x 22 in.

—Report [4th annual] on introduction of domesticated reindeer into Alaska, 1894. 1895. (100 pp. 8° pls. 1 map. cl.)

—Same. (53d Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. doc. 92, in v. 6.)

Map:
Map of Teller reindeer station, and vicinity, Alaska. Scale 1: 3,600,000. 22 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.

—Report [5th annual] on introduction of domesticated reindeer into Alaska, 1895. 1896. (136 pp. 8° pls. 1 map. (54th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 111, in v. 4.))

Map:
Same as sketch map in reports for 1893 and 1894.

—Report [6th annual] on indtroduction of domesticated reindeer into Alaska, 1896. 1897. (144 pp. 8° pls. (54th cong., 2d sess., Senate doc. 49.))

—Report [7th annual] on introduction of domestic reindeer in Alaska, 1897. 1898. (124 pp. pls. map. (55th Cong., 2d sess., Senate doc. 30.))

Map:
General chart of Alaska. Scale 1:3,600,000. lat. 48°-62° n. x long. 138°-174° w. 24 3/4 x 36 1/2 in.

—Report [8th annual] on introduction of domestic reindeer in Alaska, 1898. 1898. (149pp. 21 pls. 3 maps. (55th Cong., 3 sess., Senate doc. 34.)) [Appendix contains reports of reindeer stations; reports of Point Barrow relief expedition; Agriculture in Yukon valley, by Sheldon Jackson; Notes with regard to St. Lawrence Island Eskimo, by V. C. Gambell, etc.]

Maps:
Page map of Norway and Sweden, opp. p. 32.
Map of Finland. Scale 10 st. m. = 1 in. lat. 69°-71° n. x long. 10°-16° 12 1/2 x 13 in. General chart, same as in 7th annual report.

Jordan, David Starr. Reports on condition of seal life on the Pribilof Islands by special Treasury agents in charge, and others, from 1868 to 1895, both inclusive, with comments thereon, in the light of subsequent scientific investigation. (Treas. Dept., Seal and Salmon Fisheries. v. 1, 513 pp. ills.)

Mcintyre, H. H. [Report of special agent of the Tresury Dept. on the mineral and vegetable production of Alaska as well as the character and condition of the inhabitants.]1869. (18 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 2d sess., House ex doc. 36, in v. 5))

—Same. (41st Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 32. pp. 25-42.)

Maynard, Washburn. Report on the fur-seal fisheries. (Treas. Dept., Seal and salmon fisheries. v. 3, pp. 287-309.)

—Same. (44th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. docs. 43, in v. 10.)

Alaska, Continued.

Morris, William Gouverneur. Report upon the customs district, public service, and resources of Alaska Territory. 1879. (163 pp. 8° (45th Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. doc. 59, in v. 4.))

Nelson, Edward W. Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881,edited by Henry W. Henshaw. 1887. (337 pp. 21 pls. 4° cl. Arctic Series, no. 3. (Signal office.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 156 in v. 8. )

Contents:
Nelson, E. W. Birds of Alaska, with a partial bibliography of Alaska orinthology. pp. 19-226. XII, col. pls.
Nelson, E. W., and True, F. W. Mammals of northern Alaska. pp. 227-93.
Nelson, E. W. Field notes on Alaska fishes; with additional notes by Tarleton H. Beau. pp. 295-322. pls. XIII-XXI.
Edwards, W. H. Report upon the diurnal lepidoptera collected in Alaska by E. W. Nelson.

Niblack, Albert P., U. S. N. The coast Indians of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia, based on the collections in the U. S. National Museum and on the personal observation of the writer in connection with the survey of Alaska in the seasons of 1885, 1886, and 1887. (2 maps. pls. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1888. pp. 225-386.))

Petroff, Ivan. Preliminary report on the population, industry, and resources of Alaska. 1880. (86 pp. 8° 1 map. (46th Cong., 3d sess., House ex. doc. 40, in v. 18.))

Map:
Sketch map of Alaska showing the location of settlements, routes of travel, distances, etc. 14 x 17 in.

—Report in the population, indstries, and resources of Alaska.1884. (VI, 189 pp. 4° col. pls. 8 maps (Census office.))

—Same. (Tenth Census, in v. 8. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs. v. 13, pt. 8)

Maps:
Map of Alaska and adjoining regions showing boundaries of geographical division. Scale 100 st. m= 1 in. 7 x 9 in. opp. p. 1.
Map showing distribution of beaver, land otter, and sea otter. opp. p. 55.
Map showing distribution of foxes, opp. p. 58.
Map showing distribution of mink and marten, opp. p. 59.
Map showing distribution of timber, tundra, and glaciers, opp. p. 75.
Map of Alaska and adjoining regions. Scale 1:3,500,000. 23 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.
Map of Alaska and adjoining regions showing the distribution of native tribes. Scale 1: 3,500,000. 23 x 30 in.

President of the United States. Message from the President transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. (361 pp. 8° (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 13.))

Contents:
Diplomatic correspondence, etc. pp. 1-124.
Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachussetts, on the cession of Russian America to the United States. pp. 124-89.
Report of Hon. Hugh Mcullough, Secretary of the Treasury, on the cruise of the revenue steamer Lincoln. pp. 189-218.
Report of Asst. George Davidson, relative to the coast, features, and resources of Alaska Territory. pp. 219-314.
Report of Theodore A. Blake upon the geology of Alaska. pp. 314-25.
Report of W. G. W. Hrford upon the conchology of Alaska. pp. 325-7.
Vocabulary of the language of the natives of Kodak, Oomalashka, Kenay, and Sitka. pp. 328-33.
Meteorological, etc., tables. pp. 334-61.

Reid, H. F. Report of an expedition to Muir Glacier, Alaska, with determination of latitude and the magnetic elements at Camp Muir, Glacier Bay. [1890] (1 map. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1891. pt. 2, App. 14, pp. 437-501.))

—Same, separate. 1892. (v. p. 4° pap.)

Rodman, Hugh. General information relating to the vicinity of Chatham and Peril straits, from a recent [1895] survey by the U. S. Coast Survey steamer Patterson, and Cook inlet and the region to the westward, by W. H. Dall, U. S. Geol. Survey. 1896. (pp. 137-70. 8° pap. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Bulletin 35.))

Rothrock, J. T. Sketch of the flora of Alaska. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1897. pp. 433-63.)

Schwatka, Frederick, Lieut., U. S. A. Report of a military reconnaissance in Alaska, made in 1883, 1885. (115 pp. 8° cl. illus. 20 maps.)

Alaska, Continued.

Schwatka, Frederick, Lieut., U. S. A. Same. (48th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 2, in v. 1.)

Maps:
Map of the route of the reconnaissance of 1883, in 3 pts. Scale 5 geogr. m. = 1 in.
Pt. 1 comprising sheets 1-4, extends from Chilkoot inlet, Alaska, to Fort Selkirk, B. C., 53 miles.
Pt. 2, comprising sheets 5-9, extends from Fort Yukon to St. Michaels, Alaska, 115 miles.
Pt. 3, comprising sheets 10-20, extends from Fort Yukon to Alphoon Mouth, 1,054 miles.

Tanner, Z. L. The fishing-grounds of Bristol Bay, Alaska. (4° (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 9, 1889, pp. 279-88. pls. 108-110.))

—and others. Exploration of the fishing-grounds of Alaska, Washington Territory, and Oregon, during 1888, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. (4° (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 8, 1888, pp. 1-95. pls. 1-12.))

Tidball, John C., Maj., U. S. A. and Ludington, E. H., Maj., U. S. A. Report upon the condition, resources, and prosepects of the Territory of Alaska. 1870. (32 pp. 8° (42nd Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 5, in v. 1.)) Contains, pp. 13-25, a census of Sitka, Oct. 24, 1870.

Townsend, C. H. Condition of seal life on the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands, 1893-1895. (97 pp. maps. pls. 8° atlas. ob. 8° (Treas. Dept. Rpts. in relation to the condition of seal life on the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands.))

Turner, L. M. Contributions to the natural history of Alaska, results of investigations made chiefly in the Yukon district and the Aleutian Islands. [1874-81] 1886. (226 pp. 26 pls. 4° cl. Arctic Series, no. 2. (Signal office.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 155, in v. 8.)

Contents:
General description, pp. 1-16; Meteorology, pp. 17-59; Plants, pp. 61-85; fishes, pp. 87-113, 15 pls; Birds, pp. 115-196, 11 col. pls. ; Mammals, pp. 197-226.

United States Treasury Department. Reports. . . . in relation to the condition of seal life on the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands, and to pelagic sealing in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean, in the years 1893-1895. 1896. (2 pts. 8° and atlas, obl. 8°.)

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 137, in v. 5,6.)

—Seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska and general resources of Alaska. 1898. (4 v. 8° maps. pls.)

—Same. (55th Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 92, in v. 6-9.)

See also: Arctic Explorations, Bering Strait, St. Elias, Mount, U.S. Pacific Coast, Rangel, Yukon River, Colyer, V., Dall, W. H., Kirby, W. W., Ray, P. H., and Raymond, C. W.

Aleutian Islands.

See Alaska, Dall, W. H. and Turner, L. M.

Alexander, J. H.

Memoir on the routes of communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Baltimore, Feb. 6, 1849. (v. p. 8° (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpt. 145, v. 2.))

Allegheny Mountains.

Jordan, David Starr. Report of explorations made during 1888, in the Allegheny region of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, and in western Indiana, with an account of the fishes found in each of the river basins of those regions. (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 8. 1888. pp. 97-173. pls. 13-15.)

—Same. (Separate.)

Allen, Henry T.

Report of an expedition to the Copper, Tanana, and Koyukuk rivers, in the Territory of Alaska in the year 1885. 1887. (172 pp. 29 ills. 5 maps. cl. 8° (War Dept.))

Same. (49th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 125, in v. 2.)

Allen, J., Lieut. U. S. A.

Report of an expedition to the heads of the rivers Des Moines, Blue Earth, etc., in the northwest, Aug. 11 to Oct. 3, 1844. (18 pp. 8° (29th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 168, in v. 6.))

Joint author. See Schoolcraft, H. B.

Amazon River.

Herndon, W. L. and Gibbon, L. Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, made under the direction of the Navy Dept. [1851-3]. 1854. (2 v. cl. 8° pls. 1 vol. of maps.)

Amazon River, Continued.

Herndon, W. L. and Gibbon, L. Same. (32nd Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. docs. v. 6, 2 pts.)

—Same. (v. 1. 32d Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 43, in v. 5.)

—Same. (v. 2. 33d Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 53, in v. 9.)

Maps:
Map of the valley of the Amazon. Long. 48°-82° w. x lat. 4° n. to 20° S. 16 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. Plan del curso de los rios Huallaga y Ucayali y de la pampa del Sacramento. 15 x 10 1/4 in.
Map of the rivers Huallaga, Ucayali, and Amazon. 24 3/4 x 58 in.

America.

Ruge, Dr. Sophus. The development of the cartography of America up to the year 1570. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1894. pp. 281- 96. pls. 17-45.)

Amoor River.

Collins, Perry McD. Explorations of the Amoor River. 1856. (67pp. 8° 3 maps. (35th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 98, in v. 12.))

Maps:
Amoor River. 10 x 15 in. Relative position of northern Asia and the Pacific coast of the United States. 10 x 15 in. Province of Trans Baikal, eastern Siberia, with head waters of Amoor, Baikal, and Lena. 18 x 27 1/4 in. See also Palmer, Aaron H.

Anderson, Alex. D.

The Mississippi and its forty-four navigble tributaries. A descriptive, commercial, and statistical review, illustrated with three diagrams. 1890. (38 pp. 8°)

Andes.

See Macrae, A.

Antarctic Explorations.

Forbes, Henry O. Antarctica; a vanished austral land. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1894. pp. 297-316.)

Griffiths, G. S. Antarctic exploration. (Smiths. inst. Ann Rpt., 1890. pp. 293-304.)

Markham, C. R. The promotion of further discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1894. pp. 317-41.)

Murray, John. The renewal of Antarctic exploration. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1893. pp. 353-73.)

Apache Indians.

Bourke, John G. the medicine men of the Apache. (Ethnology Bureau. 9 Rpt., 1887-8. pp. 443-603. pls. 3-8.)

Arctic Explorations.

Babinet, M. The northern seas. (Transl. for the Smiths. institution. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1869. pp. 286-96.))

Curtis, George Edward. Lieutenants Lockwood's expedition to farthest north. (pp. 8-12, Bull. 9, Philosophical Society of Washington. (Smiths. inst. Misc. Pub. 661, in Misc. Coll. v. 33.))

Freeden, W. von. The scientific results of the first German North Polar Expedition, 1868; extracts containing a general sketch of the expedition and the passages relating to the Gulf Stream. pp. 118-33 in Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. 1871. (Hydrographic office.)

Garlington, E. A. Report on Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1883. 1883. (52 pp. 8° pap. 1 map. Signal Service Notes, no. 10. (Signal office.))

Greely, Adolphus Washington. International Polar Expedition. Report of the proceedings of the United States expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land. [1881-4] 1888. (2 v. cl. [33] pls. ills. 6 maps. Arctic Ser.
No. 4. (Signal office.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs. v. 22, 2 pts. [in this edition volume 2 contains the report of Winfield S. Schley, Commander, U. S. N., commanding the Greely Relief Expedition of 1884. 1887. 75 p. por. ills. maps. This report is omitted from the cloth edition.)

Maps:
1. Map of country immediately surrounding Fort Conger. 8x6 in. opp. p. 10.
2. Map showing drift, travel, and exploration of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. Long. 10°-30° w. x lat. 72° -79° n. Scale 10 st. m. = 13/16 in. 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. opp. p. 58.
3. Chart of coast of North Greenland. Long. 29°-31° w. x lat. 35°-70° n. 14 x 19 in. opp. p. 186.
Chart showing excursions of steam launch Lady Greely during summer of 1882. Scale 10 geogr. m. = 1 in. 5 x 6 in. opp. p. 236.
Chart showing route of sledge expedition, Mr. 27 to Apr. 12, 1883. Long. 55°-65° w. x lat. 81° 30'-82° 30' n. Scale 16 m. = 1 in. 4 x 6 in. opp. p. 252.
Grinnell Land, from discoveries made by inglefield, Kane, Hayes, Hall, and Nares. Long. 55°-90° w. x lat. 78°-83° n. 18 x 14 1/2 in. at end of v. 1.

Arctic Explorations, Continued.

Hall, Charles Francis. Narrative of the North Polar Expedition [of the U. S. ship Polaris]. Edited, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, by C. H. Davis. 1876. (696 pp 4° ills. cl. (Naval Observatory.))

—Narrative of the second Arctic expedition to Repulse Bay, sledge journeys to the straits of Fury and Heela and to King William Land, and residence among the Eskimos during the years 1864-9. Edited, under the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, by Prof. J. E. Nourse, U. S. N. 1879. (644 pp. 4° ills. 1 map. (Naval Observatory.))

—Same. (45th Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. doc., v. 3.)

Map: Map of North Polar regions. Asiatic and America, showing routes of previous expeditions. 23 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.

Hayes, Isaac J. Lecture on Arctic explorations. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1861. pp. 149-60.)

—Physical observations im the Arctic seas, made on the west coast of north Greenland, the vicinity of Smith's Strait, and the west side of Kennedy Channel, during 1860-1. June, 1867. (XI, 271 pp. 4° 6 charts. 15 wd. cat. (Smiths. inst. Misc. Pub. 196. in: Contr. to Knowldege, v. 15.))

Charts:
I. Showing the discoveries, tracks, and surveys of the Arctic Exploring Expedition of 1860-1. Scale 1:1,200,000. 22 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.
II. Showing the vicinity of Port Foulke, the wInter quarters in 1860 and 1861 of the Arctic Exploring Expedition. Scale 1: 170,000. 9 1/2 x 7 in.
III. Chart of iso-magnetic lines in the vicinity of Smith's Strait.
IV. First series of tides at Port Foulke, June and July, 1861.
V. Second series of tides at Port Foulke, June and July, 1861.
VI. Port Foulke tides. Separation of the diurnal and semidiurnal waves, Nov. and Dec., 1860.

Hydrographic office. the Arctic regions, with the tracks of search parties and the progress of discovery. [Showing tracks of 86 expeditions between 1845 and 1889.] April, 1896. (Scale d. lat. = 0. 72 in. 40 x 40 in. in 2 sheets. chart No. 1531. (Navigation Bureau, Navy Dept.))

—The cruises in the Polar Sea in 1872. (in: Third Supplement to the Papers on the northern and eastern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 40-57. Jan., 1873. 57 pp. 4° pap. 1 map.)

Map:
King Charles Land, showing tracks of expeditions between 1864-1872. 9 1/4 to 12 1/4 in.

—the Norwegian discoveries northeast of Spitzbergen in 1871. April, 1872. ([27] pp. 4° pap. Second Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream.)

Koldewey, Capt. Preliminary reports of the second North Polar Expedition, and of minor expeditions in 1870. (in: Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 158-94. 1871. (Hydrographic office.))

Kumlien, Ludwig. Contributions to the natural history of Arctic America, made in connection with the Howgate Polar expedition, 1877-8. 1879. (179 pp. 8° pap. (National Museum Bull. 15.))

Markham, C. R. The promotion of further discoveries in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1894. pp. 317- 41.)

Nordenskiold, Nils Adold Erik. The fifth Swedish North Pole Expedition, under Nordenskiold, 1872-3. (in: Fourth Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 1-38. Nov., 1873. 46 pp. 4° pap. (Hydrographic office.))

Seebohm, Henry. the North Polar basin. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1893. pp. 375-94.)

Weyprecht, Lieut. C. the second Austrian-Hungarian North-Polar Expedition, 1872-4. (in: Sixth supplement to the papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 13-26. April, 1875. 32 pp. 4° pap. (Hydrographic office.))

—and Payer, Lieut. J. von The Austrian North-Polar Expedition, 1872-4. Dec., 1874. (16 pp. 4° pap. 1 map. Fifth Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. (Hydrographic office.))

Map:
Preliminary sketch of Franz Joseph Land. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.

See also Alaska, Bering Strait, Greenland, Iceland, Nova Zembla, Point Barrow, Siberia, Spitzbergen

Argentine Republic.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Argentine Republic. 1892, rev. to Feb. 1, 1894. (455 pp. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 67.))

Map:
Map of the Argentine Republic from the latest map published by the Argentine Geographical institute. Scale 1:8,000,000. 19 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.

Macrae, A.

Report of journeys across the Andes and pampas of the Argentine Provinces. (in: U. S. Astronomical Expedition. Gilliss, v. 2, pp. 1-82. (Navy Dept.))

—Same. (33d Cong., 1st sess., House ex. docs., v. 15, pt. 2.)

See also Buenos Ayres.

Arizona.

Beale, E. F. Report of the superintendent of the wagon road from Fort Defiance [N. M.] to the Colorado River, 1857-8. (87 pp. 8° 1 map. (35th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 124, in v. 13.))

Map:
Preliminary map of western portion of the reconnaissance and survey for a Pacific route near the 35th parallel, made by Capt. Whipple in 1853-4; with additions showing the route of the proposed wagon road from Fort Defiance to the Colorado River, 1857-8. Scale 1:900,000. 25 1/2 x 48 in.

Cooke, Lieut. Col. Philip St. George. Journal of a march from Santa Fe to San Diego, 1846-7. (85 pp. 8° (31st Cong., spec. sess., Senate ex. doc. 2.))

Donaldson, Thomas. Moqui Peublo Indians of Arizona and Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. 1893. (vii, 136 pp. 4 maps. col. pls. 4° pap. Extra Bulletin, Eleventh Census. (Census office.))

Maps:
Map showing Moqui Indian Reservation and Pueblos. 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. page plate. Moqui country, Arizona. Spanish or ancient province of Tusayan. Scale 5 m. =1 in. 9 x 7 in. page plate. John Senex, map of 1710. 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. page plate.
Map showing location of pueblos in New Mexico. 8 3/4 x 13 in. opp. p. 75.

Mindeleff, Cosmos. Aboriginal remains in Verde Valley, Arizona. (Ethnology Bureau, 13 Rpt. 1891-2. pp. 185-261. pls. 10-50.)

—Casa Grande ruin. (Ethnology Bureau, 13 Rpt. 1891-2. pp. 289-319. pls. 51-60.)

—Cliff ruins of the Canyon de Chelly. (Ethnology Bureau, 16 Rpt. 1894-5. pp. 79-198, ills.)

—The repair of Casa Grande ruin, Arizona, in 1891.(in: U. S. Ethnology Bureau, 15 Rpt. 1893-94. pp. 315-349. pls. 112-125.)

Parke, John G. Lieut. U. S. A. Report of explorations of that portion of rairoad route, near the 32d parallel latitude, lying between Dona Ana, on the Rio Grande, and Pimas villages, on the Gila. 1853. (28 pp. 4° (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Pope, John, Capt. U. S. A. Report of exploration of a route for the Pacific Railroad near the 32d parallel of north latitude, from the Red River to the Rio Grande. 1854. (185 pp. 9 pls. 4° (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Wheeler, Lieut. G. M. Preliminary report of the progress of the engineer exploration of the public domain in Nevada and Arizona. [1871] (94 pp. 8° 1 map. (42d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 65, in v. 2.))

See also Coronado, Emery, W. H., Michler, N., Jr., Stevenson, J., Watson, S., Colorado River, Little Colorado River, Overland Journeys, Pacific Wagon Roads.

Arkansas.

Featherstonehaugh, George William. Geological report of an examination made in 1834, of the elevated country between the Missouri and Red rivers. 1835. (44-97 pp. 8° 1 fold. profile map. (23d Congr., 2d sess., House ex. doc 151, in v. 4.))

See also Arkansas River, Marcy, R. B., Michler, N., Jr., Overland Journeys

Arkansas River.

Abert, J. W. Journal of, during an expedition on the upper Arkansas and through the the Camanche [sic] Indians, from Bents Fort [Colorado] to St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 9 to Nov. 12, 1845. (75pp. 12 pls. 1 map. (29th Cong., 1 sess., Senate doc. 438, in v. 8.))

Map:
Map showing route pursued by the exploring expedition to New Mexico and the southern rocky Mountains during the year 1845. Scale 22 1/2 m. = 1 in. Long. 95 degrees to 109 degrees w. x lat. 35 degrees to 42 degrees n. 18 1/2 x 27 in.

See also Emory,W. H., Gilbert, G. K.

Atkinson, Gen. Henry.

Report of an expedition up the Missouri River. 1825. (16pp. 8° (19th Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 117, in v. 6.))

Atlantic Ocean.

Lee, Samual Phillips, Lieut. U. S. N. Report and charts of the cruise of the U. S. brig Dolphin. [1851-2.] 1854. (VII, 331 pp. 8° 15 small charts. 1 map. (33d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 59, in v. 9))

Map:
Track of the U. S. surveying brig Dolphin. Long. 15 degrees to 75 degrees w. x lat. 10 degrees s. -40 degrees n. 41 1/2 x 47 in.

See also Gulf Stream, Petermann, A.

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Babinet, M.

The Northern Seas. transl for the Smithsonian institute. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1869. pp. 286-96.)

Babylon.

Terrell, A. W. Explorations in Babylon. (Consular Rpt. 170, Nov. 1894. in v. 46. pp. 367-8.)

Bad Lands. See Wyoming.

Baegert, Jacob.

An account of the aboriginal inhabitants of the California penninsula, as given by Jacob Baegert, a German Jesuit missionary, who lived there seventeen years during the second half of the last century. tr. by Charles Rau. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1863. pp. 352-69. 1864. pp. 378-99.)

Bailey, George W., Capt., U. S. R. M.

Report upon Alaska and its people, giving statistics as to the numbers, location, pursuits, and social condition of the inhabitants; the climate, productions, and general resources of the country; and of the commerce, ocean currents, etc. 1879. (42pp. 8° (46th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 132, in v. 4.))

Ballard, Rev. Edward.

Geographical NAMEs on the coast of Maine. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1868. App. 14, pp. 243-59.)

Barber, Edwin A.

Language and utensils of the modern Utes. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 2, pp. 71-76.)

Barlow, J. W., and Heap, D. P., U. S. A.

Report of a reconnaissance in Wyoming and Montana [during July and August, 1871, for the purpose of examining the sources of the Yellowstone, Missouri, and Snake rivers, and the valley of Yellowstone Lake]. (43pp. 8° 1 map. (42 Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 66, in v. 2.))

Bascom, Florence.

The ancient volcanic rocks of South Mountain, Pennsylvania. 1896. (124pp. 28 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 136.))

Map:
Geologic and topographic map of the Monterey district. Scale 1 m. =3 5/16 in. 16 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House docs., v. 79.)

Beale, Edward F.

Report of the superintendent of the wagon from Fort Defiance [N. M.] to the Colorado River. 1857-8. (87pp. 8° 1 map. (35th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 124, in v. 13.))

Report relating to the construction of a wagon road for Fort Smith to the Colorado River. 1858-9. (91pp. 8° 1 map. (36th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 42, in v. 6))

Bean, Tareton H.

Notes on the fishes collected at Cozumel, Yucatan, by the U. S. Fish Commission, with description of new species. (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 8. 1888. pp. 193-206. pls. 28-29.)

—Same. (Separate.)

Bear River.

White, C. A. the Bear River formation and its characteristic fauna. 1895. (108 pp. 11 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 128.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House docs., v. 77.)

Beardslee, L. A., Commander, U. S. N.

Reports on present condition of affairs in Alaska. 1879-80. (34pp. 8° (46th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 105, in v. 4.))

Becker, George F.

Geology of the Comstock lode and Washoe district. 1882. (xv, 422 pp. 7 pls., and atlas of 21 sheets folio. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 3.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 17.)

Notes on the stratigraphy of California. 1885. (28 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 19.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 1.)

Reconnaissance of the gold fields of Southern Alaska, with some notes on general geology. 1898. (86 pp. 31 pls. 4° (Geol. Survey. 18 Rpt. 1898.))

—Same. (Separate.)

A summary of the geology of the Comstock lode and the Washoe district. (Geol. Survey. 2 Rpt. 1880. pp. 293-330.)

Beckwith, E. G.

Report of explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad, on the line of the 41st parallel of north latitude, 1853. 1854. (132 pp. 4° 14 pls. (in: Pacific Railroad surveys. v. 2))

Report of explorations for a route forthe Pacific Railroad, by Capt. J. W. Gunnison, near the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth parallels of north latitude, from the mouth of the Kansas River, Mo., to Sevier Lake, in the Great Basin. [1853.] (128 pp. 4° 13 pls. (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Berendt, Dr. C. H.

Report of explorations in Central America. [1865-7.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1867. pp. 420-6.)

Bering Strait.

Dall, William Healey. Notes on an original manuscript chart of Bering's expedition of 1725-30, and on an original manuscript chart of his second expedition; together with a summary of a journal of the first expedition, kept by Peter Chaplin, and now first rendered into English from Bergh's Russian version. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1890. App. 19, pp. 759-74.)

—Same. (51st Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs. v. 30.)

Maps:
Manuscript chart of Bering's expedition of 1725-30, belonging to the collection of Baron Robert Klinckofstrom, Stanfsund, Sweden. 19 1/2 x 49 1/2 in. (Sketch no. 69)
A chart of a voyage from Kamschatka to discover North America, in the Paquett boat St. Peter, under command of Capt. Commander Bering, an : 1741, made of a journal kept by Sven Waxall, lieutenant of the fleet. 11 x 37 1/4 in. (Sketch no. 70.)

See also Alaska, Arctic Explorations, "Corwin."

Bessels, Emil.

The human remains found among the ancient ruins of southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico. (v. p. pls. 25-9. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 2, pp. 47-66.))

Big Horn Mountains.

McChesney, Charles E., U. S. A. Report on the mammals and birds of the general region of the Big Horn River and Big Horn Mountains of Montana Territory, 1878. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1879. v. 3, pp. 2371-95.)

Sheridan, Philip H. Lieut. Gen., U. S. A. Report, dated September 20, 1881, of his expedition through the Big Horn Mountains, Yellowstone National Parks, etc., together with reports of Lieut. Col. J. F. Gregory, Surg. W. H. Forwood, and Capt. S. C. Kellogg. 1882. (39 pp. 8° pap. (Adjutant-General', office.) 2 maps of route through portions of Idaho and Wyoming.)

—and Sherman, W. T. Reports of country north of the Union Pacific Railroad [a reconnaissance of the Bighorn Mountains and the valleys of the Bighorn and Yellowstone under his personal supervision during the month of July, 1877.] 1878. (110 pp. 10 fold. maps. (War Dept.))

See also Montana, Yellowstone National Park.

Big Witchita River.

See Marcy, Randolf B.

Bitter Root Mountains.

See Leiberg, John B.

Black Hills.

Custer, George A. Report of an expedition to the Black Hills [Dakota]. 1874. (9 pp. 8° (43d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 32, in v. 1.))

Black Hills., Continued.

Jenney, Walter P. Report on the mineral wealth, climate, and rainfall, and natural resources of the Black Hills of Dakota, being chapters 5, 6, and 7 of the forthcoming final report of the exploration of the Black Hills, made under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1875. 1876. (71 pp. 8° pap. 1 map. (office of Indian Affairs.))

—Same. (44th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 51, in v. 1.)

Map:
Black Hills, preliminary map. 1875. Scale 8 m. =1 in. 15 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.

—Joint author. (See Newton, Henry)

Ludlow, William, Capt., U. S. A. Report of a reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota made in the summer of 1874. (v. p. 8° (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1875. pt. 2 pp. 1113-1230.))

Contents:
Report of Capt. Ludlow. pp. 1113-30.
Geological report by N. H. Winchell. pp. 1131-77.
Paleontological report by George Bird Grinnell. pp. 1177-1203.
Tables of observations, etc. pp. 1204-30.

Maps:
I. Map of a reconnaissance of the Black Hills, July-Aug., 1874. Scale 12 m. =1 in. 24 x 21 in.
II. Map of the Black Hills, from a reconnaissance by Capt. Ludlow, 1874. Scale 3 m. =1 in. 37 1/2 x 23 in.
Geological map of the Black Hills, by Prof. N. H. Winchell. Scale 6 m. =1 in. 25 x 17 in.

Newton, Henry, and Jenney, Walter P. Report on the geology and resources of the Black Hills of Dakota. 1880. (XV, 566 pp. 18 pls. 28 figs. 4° cl. atlas, 1879. fol. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Territories.))

See also Dakota

Black Mountains.

Clingman, Hon. Thomas L. Topography of the Black Mountains, N. C. (Smiths. inst., Ann. Rpt., 1855. pp. 299-305.)

Blake, Theodore A.

General topographical and geological features of the northeastern coast of America, from the straits of Juan de Fuca to the parallel of 60° north latitude. [1868] (App. M. pp. 314-25. in: Message of the President transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. 361 pp. 8° (40th Cong., 2nd sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 13.))

Blake, William P.

Geological report. [Report of explorations in California for railroad routes to connect with the routes near the thirty-fifth and thrity-second parallels of north latitude.] 1857. (370 pp. pls. ills. 4° (in Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 4.))

Notes upon the geography and geology of Russian America and the Stickeen River, from observations made in 1863. (19 pp. 8 1 map. (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, pt. 2, in v. 13.))

Observations on the physical geography and geology of the coast of California, from Bodega Bay to San Diego; physical geography of the mountain ranges adjoining the coast; geology of the principal bays and ports from Port Reyes to San Diego. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1855. Ap. 65, pp. 376-98.)

Report on the geology of the route near the thirty-second parallel; prepared from the collection and notes of Capt. Pope. 1856. (50 pp. 4° 2 maps. (in Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Bland, Theodorick.

Report on South America, Nov., 1818. (147 pp. 8° (15th Cong., 2d sess., House doc. 48, in v. 2.) [Mr. Bland was U. S. commissioner to South America.])

Contents:
Buenos Ayres, pp. 5-61. Chile, pp. 63-149.

Boas, Franz.

The central Eskimo. (Ethnology Bureau. 6 Rpt., 1884-5. pp. 399-669, pls. 2-10.)

Bolivia.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Bolivia, 1892, rev. to July 1, 1893. (413 pp. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 55.))

Map:
Map of Bolivia. Scale 100 m. =15/16 in. 12 x 10 in.

See also Herndon, W. L. and Gibbon, L.

Bonnevile, Lake

Gilbert, Grove Karl. Contributions to the history of Lake Bonneville. (Geol. Survey. 2 Rpt. 1881. pp. 167-200, pls. 37-43.)

—Lake Bonneville. 1890. (xx, 438 pp., 51 pls. 1map. 4° (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 1.))

—Same. (51st Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 1.)

Bourke, John G.

The medicine men of the Apache. (Ethnology Bureau. 9 Rpt. 1887-8. pp. 443-603, pls. 3-8.)

Bowers, Stephen.

Santa Rosa Island. [Channel Islands, Santa Barbara, Cal.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1877. pp. 316-20.)

Brandegee, T. S.

The flora of southwestern Colorado. (pp. 227-48. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 2.))

Bransford, J. F., Dr., U. S. N.

Report on explorations in Central America in 1881. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1882. pp. 803-25.)

Bravo del Norte.

See Rio Grande

Brazil.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Brazil. June, 1891. (336 pp. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 7.))

—Same. (52nd Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 8, pt. 4, in v. 3.)

Map:
Brazil. 800 m. = 1 in. 7 1/2 x 5 in.

See also Herndon, W. L., and Gibbon, L.

Brazos River.

See Marcy, Randolf B.

British America.

See Alaska, Niblack, Albert P., St. Elias, Mount, Swan, James G.

Brown, W. C., Lieut. U. S. A.

[Report of a scout under command of Capt. Charles Bendire, from Walla Walla into the Pend d'Oreile country, and back into the Grande Ronde and Wallowa valleys, 1880.] (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1881. v. 3, pp. 2873-7.)

Bryant, Capt. Charles, and Mcintyre, H. H.

[Reports of special agents of the Treasury Dept. on the resources of Alaska Territory and the character and habits of its various tribes. 1868-9.] (42 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 2nd sess., Senate ex. doc. 32, in v. 1.))

Buenos Ayres.

Bland, Theodorick. Report on Buenos Ayres. (in his: Report on South America [as U. S. Commissioner] Nov., 1818. pp. 5-61. 147 pp. 8° (15th Cong., 2nd sess., House doc. 48, in v. 2.))

See also Argentine Republic

Burt, William A., and Hubbard, B.

Reports relative to the character and condition of the mineral regions in the Lake Superior country, in the State of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin, 1845. (29 pp. 8° (29th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 357, in v. 7.))

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Cabrillo.

See Davidson, George.

California.

Abbot, Henry L. Report upon explorations for a railroad route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River, made by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, 1855. (4 pts. v. p. pls. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys, v. 6.))

Becker, G. F. Notes on the stratigraphy of California. 1885. (28 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 19.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 1.))

Beckwith, E. G. Report of explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad on the line of the forty-first parallel of north latitude, 1853. 1854. (132 pp. 4° 14 pls. (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Blake, William P. Geological report. [Report of explorations in California for railroad routes to connect with the routes near the thirty-fifth and thirty-second parallels of north latitude.] 1857. (370 pp. 4° pls. ills. (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 5.))

California, Continued.

Blake, William P. Observations on the physical geography and geology of the coast of California from Bodega Bay to San Diego; physical geography of the mountain ranges adjoining the coast; geology of the principal bays and ports from Point Reyes to San Diego. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1855. App. 65, pp. 376-98.)

Campbell, A. H. Report of the engineer on the El Paso [Texas] and [Fort Yuma] California wagon road. (pp. 77-100 in his report on the Pacific Wagon Roads, 1857-9. (35th Cong., 2nd sess., House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

Cooke, Lieut. Philip St. George. Journal of march from Santa Fe to San Diego, 1846-7. (85 pp. 8° (31st Cong., sp. sess., Senate ex. doc. 2.))

Diller, J. S. A late volcanic eruption in northern California and its peculiar lava. 1891. (33 pp. 17 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 79.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., House mis. docs., v. 19.)

—Notes on the geology of northern California. 1886. (23 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 33.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 8.)

Feilner, John. Exploration in Upper California in 1860, under the auspices of the Smithsonian institution. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1864. pp. 421-30.)

Fremont, John Charles. Geographical memoir upon Upper California in illustration of his map of Oregon and California. 1848. (67 pp. 8° 1 map. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 148.))

Map:
Map of Oregon and Upper California. Scale 1:3,000,000. 32 1/2 x 22 in.

—Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-4. 1845. (693 pp. 8° 22 pls. 5 maps.)

—Same. (28th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 174, in v. 11.)

Contents:
Narrative of the expedition of 1842. pp. 1-101.
Narrative of the expedition of 1843-4. pp. 103-294.

Appendixes:
A. Nature of the geologicial formations occupying the portion of Oregon and north California included in a geographical survey under the direction of Capt. Fremont; by James Hill. pp. 295-303.
B. Descriptions of organic remains; by James Hall. pp. 304-310, 5 pls.
C. Descriptions of some new genera and species of plants; by John Torrey and J. C. Fremont. pp. 31-20.

4 pls. Astronomical observations. pp. 321-558.
Meteorolgical observations. pp. 559-83.
Astronomical observations made during the expedition in 1842. pp. 585-693.

—Same. without pp. 585-693. (28th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 166, in v. 4, pt. 2.)

Henshaw, H. W. Notes on mammals taken and observed in California in 1875. (Geogr. Survey w. 100 Meridian. Ann. Rpt. pp. 305-12. App. JJ. Ann. Rpt. Chiefs Engrs., 1876.)

—Ornithology of . . . portions California visited during the field season of 1875. (Geogr. Survey w. 100 Meridian. Ann. Rpt. 224- 78. App. JJ. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

King, Thomas Butler. Report in relation to California and New Mexico, in response to Senate resolution of Jan. 17, 1850, requesting the President of the United States to communicate certain information in reference to the appointment of a civil and military governor for the Territory of California, and the organization of a government for said Territory. (952 pp. 8° 7 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 18, in v. 9))

Maps:
Map of Fort Hill, Monterey, reduced form scale of Lieut. Warner's field map, made in 1847. Scale 8 m. =1 in. 15x9 in.
Outline map of portion of coast line of San Francisco pennisula. 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Outline map of Lower California. 12 x 12 1/2 in.
Sketch of Port Escondido, Lower California. 12 x 8 1/2 in.
Map of Oregon and Upper California, from the surveys of John Charles Fremont and other authroities. Scale 1:3,000,000. Long 112°-124° w. x lat. 31°-42° n. 18 3/4 x 16 in.
Sketch of General Riley's route through the mining districts, July-Aug., 1849. Scale 9 3/4 geogr. m. = 1 in. 20 1/2 x 19 in.
Plan of route of the expedition of Maj. Beall for the relief of the wagons of F. X. Aubrey agianst the Apache Indians. 8 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.

Lindgren, W. The gold quartz veins of Nevada City and Grass Valley districts, California. ((Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt. pt. 2. 1896. pp. 13-262. pls. 1-22.) 10233, 2)

California, Continued.

Loew, O. Alkaline lakes, thermal springs, mineral springs, and brackish waters of southen California and adjacent country. (Geogr. Survey w. 100th Meridian. Ann. Rpt. pp. 188-99. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

—Geological and mineralogical character of southeastern California and adjacent regions. (Geogr. Survey w. 100th Meridian. Ann. Rpt. pp. 173-88. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

—Notes upon ethnology of southern California and adjacent regions. (Geogr. Survey w. 100th Meridian. Ann. Rpt. pp. 321-7. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Marcou, J. The geology of a portion of southern California. (Geogr. Survey w. 100th Meridian. Ann. Rpt. pp. 158-72. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Mills, R. [Report on a] Railroad from the Mississippi Valley to the ports of San Deigo, Monterey, and San Franciso; also, the connection of this road with those of the Atlantic States, leading west as far as the valley of the Mississippi. n. d. (30th Cong., 2d sess., pp. 62-9 in Rpt. 145, in v. 2)

Parke, Lieut. John G., and Campbell, Albert H. Report of explorations for railroad routes from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, California, west of the Coast Range, and from the Pimas villages on the Gila to the Rio Grande, near to the thirty-second parallel north latitude. 1854-5. (v. p. 50 pls. 2 maps. (in: Pacific Rail Surveys. v. 7.))

Powers, S. Tribes of California. 1877. (635 pp. 1 map. 4° (Contributions to No. Amer. Ethnology. v. 3))

Map: Showing the distribution of the Indian tribes of California. 33°-42° n. lat. x 115° - 124° w. long. Scale 20 st. m. =3/4 in. 25 x 21 5/8 in.

Rothrock, J. T. Operations of a special natural-history party. . . being the results of observations upon the economic botony and agriculture of portions of southern California. (Geogr. Survey w. of 100th Meridian. Ann. Rpt. pp. 202-13. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Tyson, Philip T. Report upon hte geology and topography of California. 1850. (2 pts. pt. 1, 127 pp., 10 maps. pt. 2, 37 pp., 3 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. docs. 47, in v. 10.))
Pt. 1:

Maps:
I. Geological section from Bodega Bay to the Sierra Nevada; about N. 80° E.
II. Geological section from San Francisco tothe Sierra Nevada; about N. 70° E.
III. Geological section in the gold region of the Sierra Nevada. Scale 5 m. =1 in. ; height 2,000 ft. = 1 in.
IV. Geological section in the gold region from the Yuba to Coloma; about S. 40 degrees E. cale 5 m. =1 in. ; height 2,000 ft. = 1 in.
V. Geological section in the gold region from the Cosumes to the Calaveras; about SSE. Scale 5 m. = 1 in. ; height 2,000 = 1 in.
VI. Section of a valley.
VII. Survey of public lands in the gold region. Scale 1/2 m. = 1 in.
VIII. Geological section of Bodega Point above E. Scale 4 m. = 1 in.
IX. Natural cross sectioin in veins of gold-bearing quartz.
X. Topographical sketch of the Los Angeles plains and vicinity, Aug., 1849. 7 x 5 3/4.

Pt. 2:

Maps:
I. Geological reconnaissances in California. Scale 10 m. =1 in. 11 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.
II. the Sacramento Valley from the American River to Battle Creek, 1849. 21 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.
III. Sketch of the route of Capt. Warner's exploring party in the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada, Aug. -Oct., 1849. Scale 10 m. = 5/8 in. Long. 120°-122° 30' w. x lat. 38°-42° 30' n. 10 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.

Vivian, T. L. The commerical, industrial, agricultural, transporation, and other Interests of California, being a report on that State for 1890, made to S. G. Brock, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. 1891. (1174 pp. tables. 1 map. 8° (Statistics Bureau))

Map: Showing transportation lines of the Pacific coast.

Whipple, A. W., Lieut. U. S. A. Extract from a journal of an expedition from San Diego, Cal., to the Rio Colorado, from Sept. 11 to Dec. 11, 1849. (28 pp. 8° (31st Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 19, in v. 3.)) Contains a vocabulary of about 250 words in Yuma and English.

White, C. A. On the Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleontology of California. 1885. (33 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 15.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. doc., in v. 1.)

—On new Cretaceous fossils from California. 1885. (25 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey Bull. 22.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 1.)

California, Continued.

Williamson, R. S. Lieut., U. S. A. Reports of explorations in California for railroad routes to connect with routes near the thrity-fifth and thirty-second parallels of north latitude. 1853. (370 pp. 12 pls. 4° (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 4.))

See also Baegert, Jacob, Bowers, Stepen, Coronado, Davidson, George, Emory,W. H., Gatschet, A. S., Leconte, J. L., Mexican Boundary Survey, Colorado River, Death Valley, Lower California, Mono Valley, Overland Journeys, San Clemente Island, Santa Rosa Island, Tulare Valley and U. S. Pacific Coast.

Campbell, Albert H.

Report upon the Pacific Wagon Roads, constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, 1857-9. (125 pp. 8° 6 maps. (35th Congr., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

Joint author. See Parke, Lieut. John G.

Campbell, Archibald, and Twining, W. J.

Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the Woods to the summit of the Rocky Mountains. [1872-6] 1878. (624 pp. 18 pls. 7 maps. 4° c. (State Dept.))

Campbell, Marius R.

Geology of the Big Stone Gap coal field of Virginia and Kentucky. 1893. (106 pp. 6 pls. 8° (Geolog. Survey. Bull. 111.))

—Same. (53rd Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 27.)

Canada.

See Gunn, Donald.

Cape Ann, Mass.

Shaler, N. S. the geology of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. (Geol. Survey. 9 Rpt. 1888. pp. 529-611, pls. 32-77.)

Caribbee Islands.

Ober, F. A. Ornithological exploration of the Caribbee Islands. [1876-8.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1878. pp. 446-51.)

Carleton, James Henry, Maj., U. S. A.

Diary of an excursion to the ruins of Aho, Quarra, and Gran Quivira, in New Mexico, 1853. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1854. pp. 296-320.)

Carpenter, W. L.

The Alpine insect fauna of Colorado and New Mexico, season of 1875. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Suvery w. 100 Meridian. pp. 301-5. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Cascade Mountains, Oregon.

Coville, F. V. Forest growth and sheep grazing in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon 1898. (54 pp. 8° (Forestry Div. Bull. 15.))

Central America.

Berndt, Dr. C. H. Report of explorations in Central America. [1865-7.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1867. pp. 420-6.)

Bransford, J. F., Dr., U. S. N. Report on explorations in Central America, in 1881. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1882. pp. 803-25.)

Habel, L. The sculptures of Santa Lucia Cosumalwhuapa in Guatemala, with an account of travels in Central America and on the western coast of South America. [1862.] 1878. (90 pp. 8 pls. 4° (Smiths. inst. Misc. pub. 269, in Contr. to Knowledge. v. 22.))

See also Colombia, Panama

Champlain, Lake.

Marsters, V. F. The trap dikes of the Lake Champlain region. 1893. (62 pp. 4 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 107.))

—Same. (53rd Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs. v. 26.)

Chaplin, Peter.

Journal of. See Dall, William Healey.

Chelan, Lake.

See Pierce, Lieut. Henry H.

Cherokee Indians.

Mooney, J. The sacred formulas of the Cherokees. (Ethnology Bureau. 7 Rpt. 1885-6. pp. 301-97. pls. 24-7.)

Royce, C. C. The Cherokee nation of Indians; a narrative of their official relations with the Colonial and Federal Governments. (Ethnology Bureau. 5 Rpt. 1883-4. pp. 121-378, pls. 7-9.)

Chesapeake Bay Region.

McGee, W. J. the geology of the hed of Chesapeake Bay. (Geol. Survey. 7 Rpt. 1886. pp. 537-646. pls. 56-71.)

Chile.

Bland, Theodorick. Report on Chile. (in his: Report on South America, Nov., 1818. pp. 63-149. 147 pp. 8° (15th Cong., 2d sess., House doc. 43, in v. 2.))

Ewbank, T. A description of the Indian antiquities brought from Chile and Peru. (in: Gilliss. U. S. Astronomical Expedition. v. 2, pp. 109-50.)

Gilliss, J. M. Chile: Its geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce, etc., 1855. (556 pp. 4° 10 pls. 4 maps. U. S. Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, v. 1. (Navy Dept.))

—Same. (33d Cong., 1st sess., House ex. docs., v. 15, pt. 1.)

Maps:
Map of Chile in 3 sections. Panoramic view from Santa Lucia.

Smith, J. L. Report on the minerals and mineral waters of Chile. (in: Gilliss, U. S. Astronomical Expedition. v. 2, pp. 83-107.)

China.

Perry, Commodore M. C. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commander Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks. 1856. (3 v. col. pls. maps and ills. cl. (Navy Department.))

—Same. (33d Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs., v. 12, 3 pts., and Senate ex. docs., v. 14, 3 pts.)

Pumpelly, Raphael. Geological researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan, during the years 1862-1865. Aug., 1966. (143 pp. 9 pls. 4° (Smiths. inst. Misc. pub. 202, in Contr. to Knowledge. v. 15.))

Chippewa Land District.

See Owen, David Dale.

Chiriqui Commision.

Report of examination of isthmus of Chiriqui, 1859. 1861. (70 pp. (36th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 41, v. 6.))

Chittyna River.

Map of. See Alaska.

Clarke, John M.

On the higher Devonian floras of Ontario County, N. Y. 1885. (86 pp. 3 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 16.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 1.)

Clarke, Lieut. William, joint author.

See Lewis, Capt. Merriwether.

Clingman, Hon. Thomas L.

Topography of Black Mountain, North Carolina. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1855. pp. 299-305.)

Coeur d'Alene Mountains.

Leiberg, John B. General report on a botanical survey of the Coeur d'Alene mountains in Idaho in the summer of 1895. 1896. (85 pp. 1 map. Contributions from U. S. National Herbarium. no. 1, v. 5. (Botony Division.))

Collins, Perry McD.

Explorations of Amoor River. 1856. (67 pp. 8° 3 maps. (35th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 98, in v. 12.))

Colombia.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Colombia. Jan., 1892. (138 p. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 33.))

Map:
Map of the Republic of Colombia. 11 x 10 in.

Holmes, W. H. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia. (Ethnology Bureau. 6 Rpt. 1884-5. pp. 3-187, pl. 1.)

—Same. (52nd Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 8, pt. 8, in v. 3, pt. 2.)

See also Chiriqui Commission.

Colorado.

Beckwith, E. G. Report of explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad, by Capt. J. W. Gunnison, near the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth parallels of

Colorado, Continued.

Beckwith, E. G., continued. north latitude, from the mouth of the Kansas River, Missouri, to the Sevier Lake in the Great Basin. [1853] (128 pp. 13 col. pls. 4° (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Bessels, E. The human remains found among the ancient ruins of southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Bull. v. 2, pp. 47-66, pls. 25-9.)

Brandegee, T. S. The flora of southwestern Colorado. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Bull. v. 2 pp. 227-48.)

Carpenter, W. L. The alpine insect fauna of Colorado and New Mexico, season of 1875. (Geogr. Survey w. 100 Meridian. Ann. Rpt., pp. 301-5. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief. Engrs., 1876.)

Cope, E. D. Report on the stratigraphy and pliocene vertebrate paleontology of northern Colorado. (n. t. p. 28 pp. 8° (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs., Bull. v. 1.))

Coues, E. Birds of the Colorado Valley. A repository of scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology. pt. 1. Passeres to Laniidae. 1878. (xvi, 807 pp. (Geol. Survey. Misc. Pub. no. 11.))

Cross, W. Geology of Silver Cliff and the Rosita Hills, Colorado. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt., pt. 2. 1896. pp. 263-403, pls. 23-36.) Plate 25. Topographical map of Silver Cliff and Rosita Hills. Scale 1:20,000. 17 x 30 in. Plate 26. Geological map of Silver Cliff and the Rosita Hills. Scale 1:20,000. 17 x 30 in.

—and Penrose, R. A. F., Jr. Geology and mining industries of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado. (Geol. Survey. 16 Rpt., pt. 2. 1885. 209 pp. 13 pls. 2 maps.)

Emmons, S. F. Abstract of report on geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colo. (Geol. Survey, 2 Rpt. 1881. pp. 201-90, pls. 44, 45.)

—Geology and mining industry of Leadville, Colo. 1886. (xxix, 770 pp. 45 pls. and atlas of 25 sheets folio. (Geolog. Survey. Monographs. v. 12.))

—the mines of Custer County, Colo. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt., pt. 2. 1896. pp. 405-72, pl. 37.)

Holmes, W. H. A notice of the ancient ruins of southwestern Colorado, examined during the summer of 1875. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Bulls. v. 2. pp. 1-24, 14 pls.)

Jordan, D. S. Report of explorations in Colorado and Utah during the summer of 1889, with an account of the fishes found in each of the river basins examined. (Fish. Comm. Bull. v. 9, 1889. pp. 1-40, pls. 1-5.)

—Same, separate

Lander, F. W. Report upon practicability of rairoad through the South Pass. [1857.] 1858. (20 pp. 8° (35th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 70, in v. 9))

Ruffner, Lieut. E. H. Report of a reconnaissance in the Ute country in 1873. 101 pp. 8° (43rd Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 193, in v. 12.)

Scudder, S. H. Some insects of special Interest from Florissant, Colo., and other points in the Tertiaries of Colorado and Utah. 1892. (35 pp. 3 pls. 8°. (Geol. Survey. Bull. 93.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs, v. 24.)

Stanton, T. W. The Colorado formation and its invertebrate fauna. 1893. (288 pp. 45 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 106.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 26.)

U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Preliminary field report of the U. S. Geological Survey of Colorado and New Mexico. 1869. (155 pp. 8° cl. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. 3d Ann. Rpt.))

—Same. (Reprinted 1873, together with first and second reports, bound in one volume. 263 pp. 8° cl.)

—Report, embracing Colorado, being a report of progress of the exploration for the year 1873. 1874. (718 pp. pls. ills. maps. 8 ° (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. 7th Ann. Rpt.))

—Same, embracing Colorado and part of adjacent territories; being a report of progress of the exploration for the year 1874. 1876. (515 pp. pls. ills. maps. 8° cl. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. 8th Ann. Rpt.))

—Same, for the year 1875. 1877. (827 pp. pls. ills. maps. 8° cl. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. 9th Ann. Rpt.))

Colorado, Continued.

U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Same, for the year 1876. 1878. (546 pp. pls. ills. 8° cl. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. 10th Ann. Rpt.))

White, C. A. On the geology and physiography of a portion of northwestern Colorado and adjacent parts of Utah and Wyoming. (Geol. Survey. 9 Rpt. 1888. pp. 677-712, pl. 88.)

See also Abert, J. W., Emory, W.H., Gardner, J. T., Gilbert, G. K., Hayden, F. V., Leconte, J. L., McCauley, C. A. H., Macomb, J. N., Meek, F. B., Watson, S. and Pacific Wagon Roads.

Colorado River.

Adams, Samuel, Capt., U. S. A. Report of exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries. 1864. (20 pp. 8° (42nd Cong., 1st sess., House misc. doc. 37.))

Derby, George H. Report of a reconnaissance of the Gulf of California and the Colorado River, 1850. (28 pp. 8° 1 map. (32d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 81, in v. 9))

Map:
Reconnaissance of Colorado River. Scale 4 m. =1in. 21 3/4 in. x 10 1/2 in.
Panoramic views:
No. 1. Colorado River. Chemehuevis Valley, from Monument mts. to Mojave mts. opp. p. 45.
No. 2. Colorado River. Mojave Valley, from Mojave mts. to Pyramid Canon. opp. p. 64.
No. 3. Colorado River. Cottonwood Valley, from Pyramid Canon to Painted Canon. opp. p. 75.
No. 4. Colorado River. Davis Valley, from Painted Canon to Black Canon. opp. p. 84.
No. 5. Big Canon, from near Haulpais Spring. opp. p. 92.
No. 6. Big Canon, near Diamond River. opp. p. 102.
No. 7. Big Canon, from Colorado Plateau. opp. p. 112.
No. 8. Canon of the Cataract Creek and Flax River. opp. p. 122. And profile of route from the Big Sandy to the Colorado, north of the Needles.

Dutton, C. E. Physical geology if the Grand Canon district. (U. S. Geol. Survey. 2 Rpt. 1881. pp. 47-166, 36 pls.)

—Tertiary history of the Grand Canon district. 1882. (xiv, 264 pp. 42 pls. and atlas of 24 sheets folio. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 2.))

Macomb, J. N., Capt. U. S. A. Report of the exploring expedition from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to the junction of the Grand and Green rivers of the Great Colorado of the West in 1859. (12 pls., with geographical report by J. S. Newberry. 1876. 152 pp. 8 pls. 4° cl. (Engineer Bureau.))

Powell, John Wesley. Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries, explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Smithsonian institution. 1875. (xi, 291 pp. cl. 4° 80 figs. 2 maps.)

—Same. (43d Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 6.)

Contents:
Pt. I. History of the explorations of the Colorado. pp. 3-145.
Pt. II. of the physical features of the valley of the Colorado. pp. 149-214.
Pt. III. Zoology. pp. 215-85.

Maps:
Profile of the Green River and Colorado River of the West, from the crossing of the U. P. R. R. to the mouth of the Colorado. Horizontal scale 40 m. =1 in. ; vertical scale 2,000 ft. =1 in. 18 x 22 in. Green River, from the U. P. R. R. to the mouth of the White River. 4 m. =1 in. 28 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.

Walcott, C. D. Pre-Cambrian rocks of the Unkar terrane, Grand Canon of the Colorado, Arizona. (Geol. Survey. 14 Rpt. 1893. pp. 497-524, pls. 60-5.)

See also Beale, E. F., Ewing, Thomas, Gatschet, A. S., Jordan, D. S., Sitgreaves, J., Thompson, A. H., Arizona, California, Little Colorado River and Mexican Boundary Survey.

Columbia River.

Gilbert, C. H. and Evermann, B. W. A report upon physical and natural history investigations in the Columbia River basin. (Fish. Comm. Bull. v. 14, 1894. pp. 169-208, pls. 16-25.)

—Same. (Separate.)

Symons, Thomas W., Lieut. U. S. A. Report of an examination of the Upper Colubia river and the territory in its vicinity in September and October, 1881. 1882. (133 pp. 8° ills. 1 map. (Engineer Bureau.))

—Same. (4° cl.)

—Same. (47th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 186, in v. 6.)

See also Abbot, Henry L.

Columbus, Christopher.

Fox, G. V., Capt., U. S. N. An attempt to solve the problem of the first landing place of Columbus in the new world. (1 map. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1880. App. 18, pp. 346-411.))

—Same. Separate. 1882. (68 pp. 4° cl. (
Map in pocket.))

Map:
Chart of part of the Bahama Islands, showing the tracks ascribed to Columbus on his discovery of the new world. 21 3/4 x 35 in. Sketch
No. 83.

Colyer, Vincent.

Report on the Indian tribes and their surroundings in Alaska Territory, from personal observation and inspection in 1869. (pp. 975-1058 in Rpt. Comr. Indian Affairs, 1869. (Bureau of Indian Affairs.))

So much of the report of Vincent Colyer, Special Indian Commissioner, as relates to the Indian village of Wrangel, Alaska, showing the condition of that village previous to its recent bombardment by the U. S. troops, Mar. 22, 1870. (23 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 68, in v. 2.))

Conkling, A. R.

Geology of the mountain ranges from La Veta Pass to the head of the Pecos. (Geogr. Survey w. of the 100th Meridian. Ann. Rpt. pp. 199-202. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Connecticut.

Davis, W. M. The structure of Triassic formation of the Connecticut Valley. (Geol. Survey. 7 Rpt. 1886. pp. 455-90, 1 pl.)

Cooke, Philip St. George., Lt. Col., U. S. A.

Journal of a march from Santa Fe to San Diego, 1846-47. (85 pp. 8° (31st Cong., spec. sess., Senate ex. doc. 2.))

Cope, Edward Drinker.

Report on the stratigraphy and pliocene vertebrate paleontology of northern Colorado. (n. t. p. 28 pp. 8° (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Bull. v. 1.))

Review of the vertebrate of the Cretaceous period found west of the Mississippi River. (n. t. p. 62 pp. 8° (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Bulls. v. 1.))

Systematic catalogue of vertebrate of the Eocene of New Mexico, collected in 1874. Apr. 17, 1875. (37 pp. 8° (Engineer Bureau.))

Copper River, Alaska,
Map of.

See Alaska.

Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de.

Simpson, J. H., Gen., U. S. A. Coronoado's march in search of the "Seven Cities of Cibola," and discussion of their probable location, with map. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpts., 1869. pp. 309- 40.)

Winship, G. P. The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542. (Ethnology Bureau. 14 Rpt. pt. 1 pp. 329-613, pls. 38-81.) With bibliography.

Corthell, Elmer L.

Lecture before the National Geographic Society at Washington, D. C., Nov. 22, 1895, on the Tehuantepec route. (32 pp. 11 pls. 8° (54th Congr., 1st sess., Senate doc. 34, in v. 3.))

—Same. Separate. 1875. (pap.)

"Corwin," U. S. R. S.

See Healy, Capt. A. M., Hooper, C. I.

Costa Rica.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Costa Rica, Jan., 1892. (146 pp. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 31.))

—Same. (52d Congr., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 8, pt. 6, in v. 3, pt. 2.)

Map:
Map of the Republic of Costa Rica. Scale 1:333,333. 5 x 7 3/4 in.

Coues, Elliot.

An account of the various publications relating to the travels of Lewis and Clarke, with a commentary on the zoological results of their expedition. (n. t. p. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 6. pp. 417-444.))

Birds of the Colorado Valley; a repository of scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology. (pt. 1. Passeres to Laniidae. 1878. xvi, 807 pp. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Mis. pub. no. 11.))

Birds of the Northwest; a handbook of the ornithology of the region drained by the Missouri River and its tributaries. 1874. (xi, 791 pp. 8° (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Misc. pub. 3.))

Coville, Frederick Vernon.

Botany of the Death Valley; a report on the botany of the expedition sent out in 1891 by the U. S. Department of Agriculture to make a biological survey of the region of Death Valley, California. 1893. (363 pp. 8° xxi pls. 1 map. Contr. from U. S. National Herbarium, v. 4. (Botany Division.))

Map:
Map of parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Lat. 34° to 38° 30' n. x long. 113° to 122° w. Scale 30 stat. m. =1 in. 16 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.

Forest growth and sheep grazing in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. 1898. (54 pp. 8° (Forestry Divison. Bull. 15))

Craven, T. A. M., Lieut. U. S. N.

Report relating to a survey for an Interoceanic canal, 1857. 1859. (17 pp. 8° (46th Congr., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 63, in v. 24.))

Cross, Osborne, Maj., U. S. A.

Report in the form of a journal to the Quartermaster-General of the march of the regiment of mounted riflemen from St. Louis to Oregon, May 10-Oct. 16, 1849. (35 pls. (War Dept. Ann. Rpt., 1850. pp. 126-244.))

Cross, Whitman.

Geology of Silver Cliff and the Rosita Hills, Colorado. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt. pt. 2. 1896. pp. 263-403, ps. 23-36.) Pl. 25. Topographical map of Silver Cliff and the Rosita Hills. Scale 1:20,000. 17 x 30 in. Pl. 26. Geological map of Silver Cliff and the Rosita Hills. Scale 1:20,000. 17 x 30 in.

Cross, Whitman, and Hillebrand, W. F.

Contributions to the mineralogy of the Rocky Mountains. 1885. (114 p. 1 pl. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 20.))

—Same. (49th Congr., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 1.)

Cross, Whitman, and Penrose, R. A. F. jr.

Geology and mining industries of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado. (Geol. Survey. 16 Rpt. pt. 2, 1895. 209 pp. 13 pls. 2 maps.)

Cuba.

Phillips, W. F. R. The climate of Cuba; also a note on the weather of Manila. 1898. (23 pp. (Weather Bureau. Bull. 22.))

Culbertson, Thaddeus A.

Journal of an expedition to the mauvaises terres and the Upper Missouri in 1850; with a list of plants collected, list of birds and mammalia found on the Missouri River, from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Union, at the mouth of the Yellowstone River, by Edward Harris; a tabular view of the Indian tribes of the Upper Missouri in 1850. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1850. App. iv, pp. 84-145.)

—Same. (32d Congr., spec. sess., Senate docs. v. 1.)

Curtis, George Edward.

Lieutenant Lockwood's expedition to farthest north. (pp. 8-12. Bull. 9, Philosophical Socy. of Washington. (Smiths. inst. Gen. Pub. 661, in Misc. Coll., v. 33.))

Curtis, Joseph Story.

Abstract of report on the mining geology of the Eureka district, Nevada. (Geol. Survey. 4 Rpt. 1883. pp. 221-51, pls. 31-33.)

Silver-lead deposits of Eureka, Nevada. 1884. (xiii, 200 pp. 16 pls. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 7.))

—Same. (48th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 37.)

Cushing, Frank Hamilton.

Study of the Pueblo pottery, as illustrative of Zuni culture growth. (Ethnology Bureau. 4 Rpt. 1882-3. pp. 467-521, figs. 490-564.)

Zuni creation myths. (Ethnology Bureau. 13 Rpt. 1891-2. pp. 321-447)

Zuni fetiches. (Ethnology Bureau. 2 Rpt. 1880-1. pp. 3-45, pls. 1-11.)

Custer, George A., Bvt. Maj., U. S. A.

Report of an expedition to the Black Hills [Dakota]. 1874. (9 p. 8° (43d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 32, in v. 1.))

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Dakota.

Campbell, A. H. Report of the superintendent on the Platte river, Dacota [sic] and l'Eau qui Court wagon road. [Nebraska wagon road.] (in his: Report upon the Pacific Wagon Roads, 1857-9. pp. 101-25, 125 pp. 8° (35th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

Darton, N. H. Preliminary report on artesian waters of a portion of the Dakotas. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt. pt. 2. 1896. pp. 603-94, pls. 69-107.)

Havard, V., Asst. Surg., U. S. A. List of plants found on the plains of western Dakota and eastern Montana during the summer of 1877 and spring of 1879. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt. 1880. v. 3., pp. 2513-30.)

Todd, J. E. The moraines of the Missouri Coteau and their attendant deposits. 1896. (71 pp. 21 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 144.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 36.)

See also Campbell and Twining, Hare, L. R., Long, O. F., Black Hills, Hidatsa Indians and Owl River

Dakota Indians.

Riggs, S. R. A Dakota-English dictionary. 1890. (x, 665 pp. 4° (Contributions to No. Amer. Ethnology. v. 7.))

—Dakota grammar, texts, and ethnography. Edited by J. O. Dorsey. 1893. (xxxii, 239 pp. 4° (Contributions to No. Amer. Ethnology, v. 9.))

Dale, T. Nelson.

On the structure of the ridge between the Taconic and Green Mountain ranges in Vermont. (Geol. Survey. 14 Rpt. 1893. pp. 525-49, pls. 66-70.)

The structure of Monument Mountain, in Great Barrington, Mass. (Geol. Survey. 14 Rpt. 1893. pp. 551-565, pls. 71-72.)

Dall, William Healey.

Notes on an original manuscript chart of Bering's expedition of 1725-30, and on an orignal manuscript chart of his second expedition, together with a summary of a journal of the first expedition, kept by Peter Chaplin, and now first rendered into English from Bergh's Russian version. (4° 2 maps. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1890. App. 19, 759-775.))

—Same. Separate. 1891. (v. p.)

Report of geographic and hydrographical explorations on the coast of Alaska [1873.] (4° 1 map. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1873. App. 11, pp. 111-2.))

Report on coal and lignite of Alaska. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt., pt. 1. 1896. pp. 763-908, pls. 48-58.)

Report on Mount Saint Elias, Mount Fairweather, and some of the adjacent mountains. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1875. App. 10, pp. 157-88.)

Tribes of the extreme Northwest. (Contributions to No. Amer. Ethnology. v. 1, pp. 1-156. ills. 1 map.)

Map:
Showing the distribution of the tribes of Alaka and adjoining territory. 55° to 65° n. lat. x 130° to 170° w. long. Scale 50 stat. m. = 7/8 in. 21 3/8 x 30 1/4 in.

See also Rodman, Hugh.

Darien, Isthmus of.

Craven, T. A. M., Lieut., U. S. N. Report relating to a survey for an Interoceanic canal, 1857. 1858. (17 pp. 8° (46th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 63, in v. 24.))

Davidson, George. Condensed account of M. Hellert's explorations on the Isthmus of Panama, including his special explorations on the Isthmus of Darien [1844-5]; with suggestions for conducting a future survey. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1868. App. 15, pp. 260-77.)

Davis, Charles Henry, Rear-Admiral, U. S. N. Report on Interoceanic communication at the American Isthmus [transmitting 19 papers, begin translateions of Spanish official documents, from 1757-1788.] (37 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 113, in v. 6.))

Michler, N., Lieut., U. S. A. Report of survey for an Interoceanic ship canal near the Isthmus of Darien, 1859. (2 v. 8° 257 pp. (39th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 7, 2pts.))

Darien, Isthmus of., Continued.

Selfridge, Thomas Oliver, Commodore, U. S. N. Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by way of the Isthmus of Darien, 1870-1, 1873, 1874. (268 pp. 4° cl. ills. 17 maps. (Navy Dept.))

—Same. (42d Cong., 3d sess., House misc. doc. 113, in v. 5.)

Maps:
1. Isthmus of Darien. Scale 1:375,000.
2. Napipi and Bajaya rivers and their tributaries. Scale 1:50,000.
3. Napipi and Atrato rivers. Scale 1:80,000.
4. Atrato River. 1:80,000.
5. Atrato and Perauchita rivers from Columbia Bay to the Divide. Scale 1:80,000.
6. Columbia Bay, Gulf of Darien. Scale 1:40,000.
7. Profile of ship canal via the Napipi and Dagnada valleys. Scale, hor., 1:40,000; vert., 60 m. =1 in.
8. Profile of Napipi route, 1871. Scale, hor., 1:80,000; vert., 1:1,000.
9. Tuyra and Cue rivers. Scale 1:80,000.
10. Darien Harbor and Imyra River. Scale 1:40,000.
11. Isthmus of Darien. Scale 1:100,000.
12. Isthmus of San Blas. Scale 1:100,000.
13. Mendingo Harbor, Gulf of San Blas. Scale 1:20,000.
14. Valley of the Atrato. (Copy of an old Spanish map.) Scale= 3 in. 10 st. m.
15. Atrato River from Vejia to Quibdo. Scale 1:80,000.
16. Routes of streamers bwetween Cupica Bay and the Asiatic continent. (Only the projection.)
17. Chart of Chiri Chiri Bay. Scale 1:10,000.

Strain, J. G., Lieut., U. S. N. Report of survey of Isthmus of Darien between Caledonia Bay and Gulf of San Miguel, 1854. (in Rpt. Secy. Navy, 1854. pp. 417-27.)

—Same. (33d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 2; and House ex. docs., v. 1, pt. 2.)

Darton, Nelson Horatio.

Preliminary report on artesian waters of a portion of the Dakotas. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt. 1896. pp. 603-34, pls. 69-107.)

Davidson, George.

Condensed accountof M. Hellert's explorations on the Isthmus of Panama, including his special explorations on the Isthmus of Darien [1844-5] with suggestions for conducting a future survey. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1868. App. 15, pp. 260-77.)

An examination of some of the early voyages of discovery and exploration on the northwest coast of America from 1539-1603. (4° 1 map. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1886. App. 7, pp. 155-253.))

—Same. Separate. 1887. (v. p.)

Report relative to the coast features and resources of Alaska Territory. [1868.] (App. K, on pp. 219-314. in: Message of the President transmiting correspondence in relation to Russian America. 361 pp. 8° (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 13.))

Resources and the coast features of Alaska Territory. (4° 3 maps. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1867. App. 18, pp. 187-239.))

Resources and development of Alaska, May 25th, 1888. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Bull. 4. v. 1, pp. 13-24.)

Davis, Charles Henry, Rear-Admiral, U. S. N.

Report on Interoceanic communication at the American Isthmus [transmitting 19 papers, being translations of Spanish offical documents, from 1757 to 1788.] (37 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 113, in v. 6.))

Davis, William Morris.

the structure of the Triassic formation of the Connecticut Valley. (Geol. Survey. 7 Rpt. 1886. p. 455-490, 1 pl.)

Dead Sea.

Lynch, W. F., Lieut., U. S. N. Report of an examination of the Dead Sea, 1848-9. (88 pp. 1 profile map. (30th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc., 34, in v. 4.))

De Ahna, Henry C.

Report in regard to the resources, condition, and affairs of the territory of Alaska. 1877. (6 pp. 8° (46th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 192, in v. 5.))

Death Valley.

Colville, Frederick Vernon. Botany of the Death Valley Expedition; a report on the botany of the expedition sent out in 1891 by the U. S. Department of Agriculture to make a biological survey of the region of Death Valley, California. 1893. (363 pp. 8° pap. xxi pls. 1 map. Contr. from U. S. National Herbarium. v. 4. (Botany Division.))

Map:
Map of parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Lat. 34° to 38° 30' x long. 113° to 122° w. Scale 30 st. m. =1 in. 16 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.

Death Valley Expedition.

A biological survey of parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. 1893. (398 pp. 8° xvi, pls. 5 maps. pap. North Amer. Fauna, no. 7. (Biological Survey, Dept. of Agriculture.))

Contents:
Report on birds. A. K. Fisher. pp. 1-158.
Report on reptiles and batrachians. L. Stejneger. pp. 150-228.
Report on fishes. C. L. Gilbert. pp. 229-34.
Report on insects. C. V. Riley. pp. 235-68.
Report on mollusks. R. E. C. Stearns. pp. 269-83.
Report on desert trees and shrubs. C. H. Merriam. pp. 285- 343.
Report on desert cacus and yuccas. C. H. Merriam. pp. 345-359.
List of localities visited by the Death Valley Expedition. T. S. Palmer pp. 361-84.

Maps:
No. 1. Map of parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah traversed in 1891 by the Death Valley Expedition, showing routes of Dr. Merriam and of other members of the expedition. Lat. 34° to 38° 30'n. x long. 113° to 122° w. Scale 20 st. m. = 1 in. 16 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.
No. 2. Map showing lower division of lower Sonoran life zone. Lat. 34° to 38° 30'n. x long. 113° to 122° w. Scale 50 m. = 1 in. 4 3/4 x 7 in.
No. 3. Geographic distribution of Le Conte's thrasher. (Harporhynchus lecontii). Lat. 34° to 38° 30'n. x long. 113° to 122° w. Scale 50 m. =2 cm. 4 3/8 x 7 in.
No. 4. Geographic distribution of the creosote bush. (Larrea tridentata). Lat. 34° to 38° 30'n. x long. 113° to 122° w. Scale 50 m. = 2 cm. 4 3/4 x 7 in.
No. 5. Geographic distribution of the tree yuccas. (Yuccas arborescens). Lat. 34° to 38° 30'n. x long. 113° to 122° w. Scale 50 m. = 2 cm. 4 3/4 x 7 in.

Defiance, Fort, New Mexico.

See Beale, Edward F.

Derby, George H., Lieut., U. S. A.

Report of a reconnaissance of the Tulare Valley, California, 1850. (17 pp. 8° 1 map. (32d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 110, in v. 10.))

Report of a reconnaissance of the Gulf of California and the Colorado River. 1850. (28 pp. 8° 1 map. (32d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc 81, in v. 9.))

Diller, Joseph Silas.

A geological reconnaissance in northwestern Oregon, 1896. (80 pp. xvi pls. 4° (Geol. Survey. 17th Ann. Rpt., 1895-6, pt. 1.))

—Same. Separate. (v. p.)

A late volcanic eruption in northern California and its peculiar lava. 1891. (33 pp. 17 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 79.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs. v. 19.)

Notes on the geology of northern California. 1886. (23 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 33.))

—Same. (49th Congr., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 8.)

Dirty Devil River.

Thompson, A. H. Report on a trip to the month of the Dirty Devil River. (in: Powell. Exploration of the Colorado River of the West. pp. 133-45.)

Dismal Swamp.

Shaler, N. S. General account of the fresh-water morasses of the United States, with a description of the Dismal Swamp district of Virgina and North Carolina. (Geol. Survey. 10 Rpt. 1889. pp. 255-339, pls. 6-19.)

Doane, Gustavus C., Lieut., U. S. A.

Report [in form of a journal] upon the so-called Yellowstone expedition of 1870. Aug. 22-Sept. 24, 1870. (40 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. doc. 51, in v. 1.))

Dodge, Henry, Col., U. S. A.

Report of the expedition of the squadron of dragoons to the Rocky Mountains during the summer of 1835. (37 pp. 8° 2 maps. (24th Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 181, in v. 4.))

Donaldson, Thomas.

Moqui pueblo Indians of Arizona, and the pueblo Indians of New Mexico. 1893. (vii, 136 pp. 4 maps. col. pls. 4° Extra Census Bulletin, Eleventh Censu. (Census office.))

Dorsey, James Owen.

Omaha dwellings, furniture, and implements. (Ethnology Bureau. 13 Rpt. 1891-2. pp. 263-88.)

Omaha sociology. (Ethnology Bureau. 3 Rpt. 1881-2. pp. 205-370., pls. 30-33.)

Osage traditions. (Ethnology Bureau. 6 Rpt. 1884-5. pp. 373-397.)

Siouan sociology; a posthumous work. (Ethnology Bureau. 15 Rpt. 1893-4. pp. 205-44.)

A study of Siouan cults. (Ethnology Bureau. 11 Rpt. 1889-90. pp. 351-544, pls. 44-50.)

Dunbar, William, and Hunter, Dr. (J. D. ?)

Observations made in a voyage, commencing at St. Catherine's landing, on the east bank of the Mississippi, proceeding downward to the mouth of the Red River; and from thence, ascending that river, the Black River, and the Washita River, as high as the Hot Springs, in the proximity of the last mentioned river. (in: Correspondence of Lewis and Clarke. pp. 731-43. (Amer. State Papers. Indian Affairs, v. 1, pp. 705-43.))

Dunham, Samuel C.

The Alaskan gold fields and the opportunity they offer for capital and labor. (Labor Dept. Bull. 16. pp. 297-425. pls. 2 maps.)

Maps:

Map of central Alaska, Cook inlet, and Copper River, including Klondike, White, Tanana, and Minook rivers. Scale 30 m. =1 in. 25 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. Birch Creek district, Alaska. Scale 7 m. = 1 in. 15 3/4 x 18 in.

Dutton, Clarence Edward.

Hawaiian volcanoes. (Geol. Survey. 4 Rpt. 1883. pp. 75-219, pls. 2-10.)

Physical geography of the Grand Canon district. (Geol. Survey. 2 Rpt. 1887. pp. 47-116, 36 pls.)

Report on the geology of the high plateaus of Utah. 1880. (xxxii, 307 pp. pls. 4° atlas f° (Geogr. and Geol. Survey. R. M. R.))

Tertiary history of the Grand Canon district. 1882. (xiv, 264 pp. 42 pls., and atlas of 24 sheets f° (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 2.))

—Same. (48th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 11.)

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Easter Island.

Thompson, William J., U. S. N. Te Pito te Henua, or Easter Island. [1886.] (pls. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1889. pp. 447-552.))

Ecuador.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Ecuador. 1892, rev. to Apr., 1894. (177 pp. 8° ills. 1 map. (Bull. 64.))

—Same. (52nd Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 96, pt. 2, in v. 9.)

Map:
Map of Ecuador, by Bernado Fleming. Scale 1:2,978,000. 10 1/2 x 17 in.

El Paso, Tex.

See Johnston, J. E., Bvt. Lt. Col., and Others.

El Paso Wagon Road.

See Texas.

Eldridge, George Homans.

Geological reconnaissance across Idaho. (Geol. Survey. 16 Rpt., pt. 2. 1895. pp. 211-76. 3 maps.)

A geological reconnaissance in northwestern Wyoming. 1894. (72 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 119.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 3d ses., House misc. docs., v. 9.)

Elliott, Henry W.

The fur-seal industry of teh Pribylov Islands, Alaska. ((Fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. sec. 5, v. 2. pp. 320-93, pls. 217-26. 1887.) (Fish Comm.))

Monograph of the seal islands of Alaska, 1882. (176 pp. 29 pls. 2 maps. (Fish Comm. Special Bull. No. 1.))

Report on present condition of fur-seal rookeries of the Pribilof Islands of Alaska. (240 pp. 48 pls. 14 maps. 8° (Treasury Dept., Seal and Salmon Fisheries. v. 3, pp. 311-538.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 175.)

Elliott, Henry W., Continued.

Report on the Pribilof group, or seal islands, of Alaska. 1873. ([132] pp. [50] pls. 4° (Treasury Dept.))

Report upon the condition of affairs in the Territory of Alaska. 1875. (277 pp. 8° (44th Cong., 1st sess., with House ex. doc. 83, in v. 10.))

The seal islands of Alaska. 1881. (176 pp. 29 pls. 2 maps. Drawings of St. Paul Island and St. George Island. 4° cl. (Census office.))

—Same. 1884. (188 pp. 29 pls. 2 maps. 4° Tenth Census, v. 8. (Census office.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 13, pt. 8.)

—Same. (Treasury Dept. Seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska. v. 3. pp. 1-285.)

Emmons, Samuel Franklin.

Abstract of report on geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colo. (Geol. Survey. 2 Rpt. 1881. pp. 201-90, pls. 44,45.)

Geology and mining industry of Leadville, Colo. 1886. (xxix, 770 pp. 45 pls. and atlas of 35 sheets f°. (Geol. Survey. Monograph 12.))

Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 27.)

The mines of Custer County, Colo. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt., pt. 2. 1896. pp. 405-72, pl. 37.)

Emory, William Hemsley, Lieut. Col., U. S. A.

Extract from report of a military reconnaissance made in 1846-7. (22 pp. 4° (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Notes of a military reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers, made in 1846-7 with the advance guard of the "Army of the West. " 1848. (416 pp. pls. 8° 1 map. (Engineer Bureau.))

—Same. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 7, in v. 3, and House ex. docs., v. 4. [The House print includes additional matter covering pages 417-614.])

Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. (2 v. 4° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. (34th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 20, 3 pts., and House ex. docs., v. 14, 3 pts.)

Contents:
V. 1. 1857, XVI, 258, VIII, 174 pp.
Pt. I. pp. XVI, 258. 17 engr., 12 col. . itgrs., 20 wdcts. [All unnumbered.]
Chapt. 1-2. Personal account. pp. 1-38.
3. General description of the country. pp. 39-52.
4. Lower Rio Bravo. pp. 53-73.
5. From mouth of Devils River to El Paso del Norte. pp. 74-92.
6. Sketch of territory acquired by treaty of Dec. 30, 1853. pp. 93-100.
7. From the 111th Meridian of longitude to the Pacific Ocean. Rpt. of Lieut. Michler. pp. 101-33.
8. Astronomical and geodetic work. pp. 138-245.
9. Meteorology.
Pt. I. pp. VIII, 174. 25 ills. 21 pls.
Chap. 1. General geological features of the country. pp. 1-24.
2. Substance of the sketch of the geology of the Lower Rio Brava del Norte, by A. Schott. pp. 28-48.
3. Geological features of teh Rio Grande Valley, from El Paso to the mouth of the Pecos River, by C. C. Parry. pp. 49-61.
4. Geological observation on the country along the boundary.

Endlich, F. M.

Report on the mines and geology of the San Juan country. (n. t. p. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 3,pp. 151-64. 1 map.))

Escalante, Juan. See Simpson, J. H.

Report of explorations across Great Basin of the Territory of Utah.

Eskimo.

Boas, F. The central Eskimo. (Ethnology Bureau. 6 Rpt. 1884-5. pp. 399-669, pls. 2-10.)

See also Hudson Bay Territory.

Evermann, Barton W.

A reconnaissance of the streams and lakes of western Montana and northwestern Wyoming. (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 11. 1891. pp. 3-60, pls. 1-27.)

—Same. Separate.

Ewing, Thomas.

Report of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the operations of the committee appointed to run and mark the boundary between the United States and Mexico. (2 pts. 8° pt. 1, Feb. 28, 1850. 53 pp. 2 maps. pt. 2, May 21, 1850. 22 pp. 1 map. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 34, in v. 10.))

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Featherstonhaugh, George William.

Geological report of an examination made in 1834 of the elebated country between the Missouri and Red rivers. 1835. (44,97 pp. 8° 1 fold. profile map. (23rd Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 151, in v. 4.))

Report of a geological reconnaissance made in 1835, from the seat of government, by way of Green Bay and the Wisconsin Territory, to the Coteau de Prairie, an elevated ridge dividing the Missouri from the St. Peters River. 1836. (168 pp. 8° (24th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 333, in v. 4.))

Feilner, John.

Exploration in upper California in 1860, under the auspices of the Smithsonian institution. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1864. pp. 421-30.)

Ferguson, Arthur F.

Mexico. July, 1891. (347 pp. 8° ills. 1 map. (Bureau Amer. Republics. Bull. 9.))

Ferrelo, Bartolome.

See Davidson, George.

Fewkes, Jesse Walter.

Tusayan katcinas. (Ethnology Bureau. 15 Rpt. 1893-4. pp. 245-313, pls. 104-111, col.)

Tusayan snake ceremonies. (Ethnology Bureau. 16 Rpt. 1894-5. pp. 273-312. ills.)

Fisk, James L.

[Report of] North Overland Expedition, for protection of emigrants, from St. Cloud, Minn., via Forts Abercrombie and Benton, to the Rocky Mountains, Idaho, etc. (39 pp. 8° (38th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 45, in v. 9.))

Fontaine, Edw.

The physical history and geography of Lake Ponchartrain. in his: Contributions to the science of hydraulic engineering. (pp. 18-26. 1879. 41 pp. 4° pap. 5 maps.)

Fontaine, William Morris.

Contributions to the knowledge of the older Mesozoic flora of Virgina. 1883. (xi, 144 pp. 54 pls. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 6.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 14.)

The Potomac formation in Virginia. 1896. (149 pp. figs. 1 map. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 145.))

Map:
Portions of Md., Va., and D. C., showing distribution of the Potomoc formation. . . from data furnished by N. H. Darton. Scale 1:500,000. 18 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.

—Same. (54th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 36.)

Forbes, Henry O.

Antarctica; a vanished austral land. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1894. pp. 297-316.)

Forbes, S. A.

A preliminary report on the aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and of the Flathead region of Montana. (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 11, 1891. pp. 207-58, pls. 37-42.)

Forsyth, James W., and Grant, F. D.

Report of an expedition up the Yellowstone River, made in 1875. (Washington, 1875. 17 pp. pls. 1 map. (Engineer Bureau.))

Map:
Sketch of the Yellowstone river from the mouth of Powder river to the head of navigation. Scale 10m. =2 1/4 in. 26 12 x 22 in.

Foster, John W., and Whitney, Josiah D.

Report on the geology and topography of a portion of the Lake Superior land district, in the state of Michigan, in two parts. (8° cl. 3 maps in separate cover. (Genral Land office.))

Pt. 1. Copper lands. 1850. (224 pp. xii. pls. 4 maps.)

—Same. (31st Cong., 1st., House ex. doc. 69, in v. 9.)

Pt. 2. the iron region, together with the general geology. 1851. (406 pp. 33 pls.)

—Same. (32d Cong., spec. sess., Senate docs., v. 3.)

Fox, G. V., Capt., U. S. N.

An attempt to solve the problem of the first landing place of Columbus in the new world. (1 map. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1880. App. 18. pp. 346-411.))

—Same. Separate. 1882. (68 pp. 4° cl.)

Freeden, W. von.

The scientific results of the first German North Polar Expedition, 1868; extracts containing a general sketch of the expedition and the passages relating to the Gulf Stream. (in: Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 118-33. 1871. (Hydrographic office.))

Fremont, John Charles.

Geographic memoir upon upper California, in illustration of his map of Oregon and California. 1848. (67 pp. 8° 1 map. (30th., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 148.))

Letter to the editors the National intelligencer, communicating some general results of a recent wInter expedition across the Rocky Mountains, for the survey of a route for a railroad to the Pacific. Dated June 13, 1854. (7 pp. 8° (33d Cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 67.))

Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-4. 1845. (693 pp. 8° 22 pls. 5 maps.)

—Same. (28th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 174, in v. 11.)

Contents:
Narrative of the expedition of 1842. pp. 1-101.
Narrative of the expedition of 1843-4. 103-294.
Appendix A- Nature of the geological formations occupying the portion or Oregon and north California included in a geographical survey under the direction of Capt. Fremont, by James Hall. pp. 295-303.
Appendix B- Descriptions of organic remains, by James Hall. pp. 304-10. 5 pls.
Appendix C- Descriptions of some new genera and species of plants, by John Torrey and J. C. Fremont. pp. 311-20.
Astronomical observations. pp. 321-558.
Meteorological observations. pp. 559-83.
Astronomical observations made during the expedition in 1842. pp. 585-693.

—Same, without pp. 585-693. (28th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 166, in v. 4, pt. 2.)

A report on an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the line of the Kansas and the Great Platte rivers, May-Oct., 1842. 1843. (207 pp. 8° ills. 1 map.)

—Same. (27th Cong., 3d sess., Senate docs., v. 4.)

Contents:
I. Narrative of the expedition. pp. 1-81.
II. Catalogue of plants. pp. 83-94.
III. Astronomical observations. pp. 95-183.
IV. Meteorlogical observations. pp. 185-207.

French, S. G., Capt., U. S. A.

Report descriptive of the route from San Antonio to El Paso. 1849. (War Dept. Ann. Rpt., 1850. pp. 302-33.)

Funk Island.

Lucas, Frederick A. The expedition to Funk Island, with observations upon the history and anatomoy of the great auk. [1887.] ([3] pls. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1888. pp. 493-529.))

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Gardner, James T.

Notes on the Rocky Mountain ranges in Colorado Territory. (n. t. p. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 2, pp. 72-77.))

Garella, Napoleon.

See Goldsborough, H. A.

Garlington, Ernest A.

Report on Lady Frankin Bay Expedition of 1883. 1883. (52 pp. 8° pap. 1 map. Signal Service Notes, no. 10. (Signal Services.))

Gatschet, Albert Samuel.

Analytical report on eleven idioms spoken in southern California, Nevada, and on the Lower Colorado River, their phonetic elements, grammatical structure, and mutual affinities. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey w. of 100th Meridian. pp. 330-43. App. J. J. Ann. Rpt. Chief of Engrs., 1876.)

Gatschet, Albert Samuel., Continued.

The Klamath Indians of southwestern Oregon. 1890. (2 v. 4° (Contributions to No. Amer. Ethnology. v. 2, 2 pts.))

Gibbon, Lardner.

Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, made under the direction of the Navy Dept. [1851-3]. 1854. (v. 2, 339 pp. 8° [36] pls. (Navy Dept.))

—Same. (33d Cong., 1st sess., House ex. docs., v. 9.)

For v. 1 see Herndon, W. L.

Gibbs, George.

Notes on the Tinneh, or Chepewyan Indians of British and Russian America; contains: the eastern Tinneh, from a MS. by Bernanrd R. Ross; the Loucheux Indians, by William S. Hardisty; the Kutchin tribes, by Strachan Jones. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1866. pp. 303-27.)

Tribes of western Washington and northwestern Oregon. (Contributions to No. Amer. Ethnology. v. 1, pp. 157-361. 1 map.)

Map:
Showing distribution of the Indian tribes of Washington Territory. 46°-49° n. lat. x 121°-124° w. long. Scale 10m. =3/4 in. 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.

Gila River.

See Emory, W.H., Ewing, Thomas, Mexican Boundary Survey.

Gilbert, Charles H.

Report on explorations made in Alabama during 1889, with notes on the fishes of Tennessee, Alabama, and Escambia rivers. (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 9. 1889. pp. 143-159.)

Gilbert, Grove Karl.

Contributions to the history of Lake Bonneville. (Geol. Survey. 2 Rpt. 1881. pp. 167-200, pls. 37-43.)

The history of Niagara River. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1890. pp. 231-57.)

Lake Bonneville. 1890. (xx, 438 pp. 51 pls. 1 map. 4° (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 1.))

—Same. (51st Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 17.)

Report upon the geology of the Henry Mountains. 1877. (ix, 160 pp., 5 fold. pls. ills. 4° (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R.))

The underground water of the Arkansas Valley in eastern Colorado. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt. pt. 2. 1896. pp. 551-601, pls. 56-68.)

Gilbert, Grove Karl, and Evermann, B. W.

A report upon the physical and natural history investigations in the Columbia River basin. (Fish comm. Bull. v. 14 1894. pp. 169-208, pls. 16-25.)

—Same. Separate.

Gilliss, James Melville.

The United States Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere during the years 1849-52. (6 v. 4° (Navy Dept.))

Contents:
V. 1. Gillis, J. M. Chile: its geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce, etc. 1855. 556 pp. 10 pls. 1 map of Chile in 3 sections. 1 panoramic view from Santa Lucia.
V. 2. 1855. 300 pp., 37 pls. [many dold.] 11 figs.
Macrae, A. Report of journeys across the Andes and pampas of the Argentine provinces. pp. 1-82.
Smith, J. L. Report on the minerals and mineral waters of Chile. pp. 83-107.
Ewbank, T. A description of the Indian antiquities brought from Chile and Peru. pp. 109-50.
Baird, S. F. Mammals. pp. 153-71.
Cassin, J. Birds. pp. 172-200. col. pls.
Girard, C. Reptiles. pp. 207-29., Fishes. pp. 230-53., Description of certain crustacea, brought home by the U. S. Astronomical Expedition. pp. 254-63.
Gray, A. Botany. pp. 265-71.
Wyman, J. Paleontology. pp. 273-86.
Philippi, R. A. Meteoric iron of Atacama. pp. 287-9.
V. 3. 1855. cclxxxviii, 492 pp. Astronomical observations.
V. 4-5. Were never printed. the material which was to have made vols. 4 and 5 has been reconstructed, and was issued in 1895 as App. 1 of the Washington Observations for 1890.
V. 6. Magnetical and meteorological observations. 1856. 420 pp.

—Same. (33rd Cong., 1st sess., House ex. docs., v. 15.)

Goldsborough, H. A.

Memoranda from the report of Napoleon Garella of a survey across the Isthmus of Panama, 1845. Aug., 1848. (30th cong., 2d sess., House rpt. 145, in v. 2.)

Golovin, Lieut. Capt.

Survey of Russian colonies in North America. pp. 109-112. (in: Message from the President transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. 361 pp. 8° (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 13.)) Golovin was ordered in 1860 to survey the Russian colonies in North America. the present article is an extract of the report about the state of the colonies in 1860 made to the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia.

Gooch, Frank Austin, and Whitfield, James Edward.

Analyses of waters of the Yellowstone National Park, with an account of the methods of analyses employed. 1888. (84 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 47.))

—Same. (50th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 11.)

Grand Canon.

See Colorado River.

Grand River.

See Macomb, J. N.

Great Salt Lake.

Packard, A. S. On the supposed ancient outlet of the Great Salt Lake. n. t. p. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 5, pp. 413-4.)

Stansbury, Howard. Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnaissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains, 1849. 1853. (485 pp. 59 pls. 8° 2 maps. cl. (Engineer Bureau.))

Contents:
Narrative. pp. 1-267.
App. A-B. Scale of distances, geographical positions, etc. pp. 269-94.
App. C. Zoology by S. F. Baird and others. pp. 305-79, 10 pls.
App. D. Botany, by John Torrey. pp. 381-97, 9 pls.
App. E. Geology and paleontology, by James Hall. pp. 399-414, 4 pls.
App. F. Chemical analyses of the waters of the Great Salt Lake, by L. D. Gale. pp. 415-21.
App. G. Meteorological observations. pp. 423-86.

Maps:
in separate cover.
Map of the Great Salt Lake and adjacent territory. Scale 1:240,000. Long. 111° 40' w. x 39° 50'- 40° n. 42 x 29 1/2 in.
Map of the reconnaissance of the country between the valley of the Great Salt Lake and the Missouri River at Fort Leavenworth. Scale 1:1,000,000. Long. 95° - 114° w. x lat. 38°- 43° n. 27 1/4 x 66 in.

—Same. (32d Cong., spec. sess., Senate ex. doc. 3, in v. 2.)

See also Utah.

Greely, Adolphus Washington, Brig. Gen., U. S. A.

International Polar Expedition. Report on the Proceedings of the United States Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land. [1881-4.] 1888. (2 v. cl. 4° 33 pls. 6 maps.)

—Same. (49th Cong. 1st sess., House ex. misc. docs., v. 22, 2 pts.) Vol. 2, in this edition contains the report of Winfield S. Schlay, Commander U. S. N., commanding the Greely Relief Expedition of 1884. This report is omitted in the cloth, or department, edition. See Schley, W. S.

Green River.

See Macomb, J. N., Thompson, A. H.

Greene, Frank.

Report on the Interior wheat lands of Oregon and Washington Territory. Prepared under the direction of the Chief Signal officer, U. S. A. 1888. (25 pp. 1 map. 8° (50th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 229, in v. 11.))

Greenhow, Robert.

Memoir, historical and political, on the northwest coast of North America and the adjacent territories; illustrated by a map and a geographical view of those countries. [1493-1838.] 1840. (228pp. 8° (26th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 174, in v. 4.)
Map and geographical view do not accompany the report in the bound volume.

Greenland.

Kumlien, Ludwig. Report of explorations in Greenland. [1878.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1878. pp. 44452-4.)

Pierce, Benjamin Mills. Report on the resources of Iceland and Greenland. 1868. (72 pp. 8° pap. 1 map. (State Dept.))

Map:
Map of the Arctic regions, copied from Petermann's Mittheilungen at the office of the U. S. Coast Survey, by A. Lindenhohl. 11 x 9 1/4 in.

See also Arctic Explorations, HAYES, ISAAC J.
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Griffiths, G. S.

Antarctic exploration. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1890. pp. 293- 304.)

Grinnell Land.

See Greely, A. W.

Guadeloupe Island.

Ridgway, R. Ornithology of Guadeloupe Island, based on notes and collections made by Dr. Edward Palmer. (pp. 183-95. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Bull. v. 2.))

Guatemala.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Guatemala, Jan., 1892. (188 pp. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 32.))

Map:
Commercial map of Guatemala, by F. Bianconi. Scale 30 kilos. =1 in. 17 1/4 x 20 in.

—Same. (52nd Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 8, pt. 7, in v. 3, pt. 2.)

See also Habel, L.

Gulf Stream.

Agassiz, Alexander. The Gulf Stream. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1891. pp. 189-206.)

Petermann, Augustus. The Gulf Stream and the knowledge of thermal properties of the North Atlantic Ocean and its continental borders up to 1870. (in: Papers on the eastern and northern extensions of the Gulf Stream, 1871. pp. 1-117. (Hydrographic office.))

—and others. Papers on the eastern and northern extensions of the Gulf Stream. 1871. (388 pp. 2 maps. 4° (Hydrographic office.))

—Same. (Suppl. 1. Jan., 1872. 18 pp. 4° pap.)

—Same. (Suppl. 2. Apr., 1872. [27] pp. 4° pap.)

—Same. (Suppl. 3. Jan., 1873. 53 pp. 4° 1 map. pap.)

—Same. (Suppl. 4. Nov., 1873. 46 pp. 4° pap.)

—Same. (Suppl. 5. Dec., 1874. 16 pp. 4° pap.)

—Same. (Suppl. 6. Apr., 1875. 32 pp. 4° pap.)

Pillsbury, John Elliott. The Gulf Stream, methods of the investigation and results of the research. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Ann. Rept., 1890. App. 10, pp. 461-620, pls. 30-54. 12 figs.)

—Same. Separate. 1891. (v. p. 4° cl.)

Gunn, Donald.

Notes of an egging expedition to Shoal Lake, west of Lake Winnipeg, in 1867. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1867. pp. 427-32.)

Gurley, Rev. R. R.

Geology of the Eureka district, Nevada. 1892. (xvii, 419 pp. 8 pls. atlas. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 20.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 53.)

Report submitting information in regard to Liberia, having been sent there by the Government for that purpose. 1850. (116 pp. 8 ° 6 pls. 1 map. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 75, in v. 14.))

Map:
Map of Liberia. 1850. Scale 1:900,000. 16 x 22 in.

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Habel, L.

The sculptures of Santa Lucia Cosumalwhuapa, in Guatemala, with an account of travels in Central America and on the western coast of South America. [1826-7.] 1878. (90 pp. 8 pls. 4° (Smiths. inst. General pub. No. 269, in Contr. to Knowledge. v. 22.))

Hague, Arnold.

Abstract of report on the geology of the Eureka district. (Geol. Survey. 3 Rpt. 1882. pp. 241-290, pls. 24-25.)

Haiti.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Haiti, 1892. (Rev. to Sept. 1, 1893. 240 pp. 8° ills. 1 map. (Bull. 62))

Map:
Map of the Republics of Haiti and San Domingo. Scale 8 n. m. =1 in. 9 x 16 3/4 in.

Hall, Charles Francis, Capt. U. S. N.

Narrative of the [first] North Polar Expedition [of the U. S. S. Polaris],edited under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, C. H. Davis. 1876. (696 pp. 4° ills. (Naval Observatory.))

Narrative of second arctic expedition: Voyage to Repulse Bay, sledge journeys to the straits of Fury and Hecla and to King Williams Land, and residence among the Eskimos during the years 1864-69, edited under the orders of the Secretary of the Navy by Prof. J. E. Nourse, U. S. N. 1879. (644 pp. 4° ills. 1 map. (Naval Observatory.))

Same. (45th Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 3.)

See also Robeson, G. M.

Hardcastle, Ed. L. F., joint author.

See Smith, M. L.

Hare, L. R., Lieut., U. S. A.

Report of the march of the Seventh Cavalry made during the summer and fall of 1877 [from Fort Abraham Lincoln to eastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park, and northward through the Judith Basin to Milk River], accompanied by a report on the botanical outlines of the country marched over, by V. Harvard, Asst. Surgeon, U. S. A. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1878. v. 3. pp. 1672-87.)

Harford, W. G. W.

Report upon the conchology of Alaska. [1868] (App. N., pp. 325- 7. Rpt. of cruise of revenue steamer Lincoln to Sitka and the Russian provinces in America. in: Message of the President transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. pp. 189-366, 361 pp. 8° (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 3.))

Harvard, V., Asst. Surgeon, U. S. A.

List of plants found on the plains of western Dakota and eastern Montana during the summer of 1877 and spring of 1879. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1870. v. 3, pp. 2513-30.)

Hawaii.

Dutton, C. E. Hawaiian volcanoes. (Geog. Survey. 4 Rpt. 1883. pp. 75-219, pls. 2-10.)

Hay, Robert.

A geological reconnaissance in southwestern Kansas. 1890. (49 pp. 2 pls. 8° (Geol. Suvey. Bull. 57.))

—Same. (51st Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 32.)

Geology of the Fort Riley Military Reservation and vicinity. 1896. (35 pp. 8 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 137.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 35.)

Hayden, Frederick V.

Notes descriptive of some geological sections of the country about the headwaters of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. ((Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Bull. v. 2., pp. 197-209.) Folding contour maps.)

Notes on the lignitic group of eastern Colorado and portions of Wyoming. (n. t. p. (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 5, pp. 401-11.))

Notes on the surface features of the Colorado or Front range of the Rocky Mountains. (n. t. p. (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 4, pp. 215-20.))

See also United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories.

Hayes, Charles Willard.

The Tennesee phosphates. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt., pt. 2. 1896. pp. 513-50., pls. 50-55.)

Hayes, Dr. Isaac I.

Lecture on arctic explorations. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1861. pp. 149-60.)

Physical observations in the arctic seas, made on the west coast of north Greenland, the vicinity of Smiths Strait, and the west side of Kennedy Channel, during 1860 and 1861. June, 1867. (xi, 271 pp. 4° 6 chts. 15 wd. cts. (Smiths. inst. General pub. no. 196, in Contr. to Knowledge. v. 15.))

Healy, A. M., Capt., U. S. R. M.

Cruise of the Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in 1884. 1889. (128 pp. [35] + 5 pls. 4° cl. (Revenue Marine Service.))

—Same. (50th Cong., 1st. sess., House misc. doc. 603, in v. 9.)

Contents:
Report of cruise. pp. 1-35.
Cantwell, J. C. and Yeamans, H. W. Descriptions of Bogoslov Island and the new volcano in Bering Sea. pp. 37-43.
Merrill, G. P. On hornblende andesites from the new volcano in Bogoslov Island in Bering Sea. pp. 45-6.
Cantwell, J. C. Narrative account of the exploration of the Kowak River, Alaska, under the directions of Capt. Healy. pp. 47-74.
Exploration of the Kowak River, Alaska. Ethnological notes. pp. 75-98.
McLenegan, S. B. Notes on the natural history and resources. pp. 99-108.
Same. Ornithological notes. pp. 109-26.

—Same, 1885. 1887. (102 pp. 2 maps. [42] pls. 4° cl.)

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. docs., v. 32.)

See also Hooper, C. L.

Heap, D. P., joint author.

See Barlow, J. W.

Hellert,,

See Davidson, George.

Henry Mountains.

Gilbert, G. K. Report on the geology of the Henry Mts. 1877. (ix, 160 pp. 5 fold. pls. ills. 4° (Geogr. and Geol. survey R. M. R.))

Henshaw, Henry W.

Animal carvings from mounds of the Missippippi Valley. (Ethnology Bureau. 2 Rpt., 1880-1. pp. 117-66. figs. 4-35.)

Notes on the mammals taken and observed in California in 1875. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey w. of 100th Meridian. pp. 305-12. App. J. J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Ornithology of . . . . portions of California visited during the field season of 1875. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey w. 100th Meridian. pp. 224-78. App. J. J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Herndon, William Lewis, and Gibbon, Lardner.

Exploration of the valley of the Amazon made under the direction of the Navy Dept. [1851-3.] 1854. (2 v. cl. 8° pls. 1 v. of maps.)

—Same. (32d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 6, 2 pts.)

—Same, v. 1. (32d Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 43, in v. 5.)

—Same, v. 2. (32d Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 53, in v. 9.)

Hidatsa Indians.

Matthews, W. Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians. 1877. (239 pp. 8° (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Misc. pub. No. 7.))

Hilgard, Eugene Waldemar, and Hopkins, Frederick V.

Reports upon the specimens obtained from borings made in 1874 between the Mississippi River and Lake Borgne at the site proposed for an outlet for flood waters. 1878. (49 pp. 8° pls. (Engineer Bureau.))

Hill, Robert T., and Vaughan, T. Wayland.

Geology of the Edwards Plateau and Rio Grande plain adjacent to Austin and San Antonio, Texas, with reference to the occurences of underground waters. (v. p. ills. 2 maps. (Geol. Survey. 18 Rpt. 1898. pt. 2. pp. 193-321.))

Hitchcock, Romyn.

Ainos of Yezo, Japan. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1890. pp. 429-502.)

Ancient pit dwellers of Yezo. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1890. pp. 417-27.)

Hofer, Hans.

The glaciers of Nova Zembla. (in: Sixth Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of teh Gulf Stream. Apr., 1875. p. 9-12. 32 pp. 4° (Hydrographic office.))

Hoffman, Walter James.

The Menomini Indians [with vocabulary.] (Ethnology Bureau. 14 Rpt., pt. 1, 1892-3. pp. 11-328, 37 pls.)

—Same. Separate.

The Mide'wiwin, or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibways. (Ethnology Bureau. 7 Rpt. 1885-6. pp. 143-300, pls. 2-23.)

Hoffmann, William, Lieut., U. S. A.

Reconnaissance of the Moreau or Owl River, Dakota, in 1878. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1879. v. 3, pp. 2367-70.)

Holmes, William Henry.

Ancient art of the province of Chririqui, Colombia. (Ethnology Bureau. 6 Rpt. 1884-5. pp. 3-187, pl. 1.)

Ancient pottery of the Mississippi Valley. (Ethnology Bureau. 4 Rpt. 1882-. pp. 361-436, figs. 361-463.)

A notice of the ancient ruins of southwestern Colorado, examined during the summer of 1875. (p. 1-24, 14 pls. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Bulls. v. 2.))

Pottery of the ancient Pueblos. (Ethnology Bureau. 4 Rpt. 1882- 3. pp. 257-360, figs. 210-360.)

Stone implements of the Potomac-Chesapeake tidewater province. (Ethnology Bureau. 15 Rpt. 1893-4. pp. 3-152, 103 pls.)

Honduras.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Honduras. 1892. (Rev. to Mar. 1, 1894. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 57))

Map:
Maps of the republics of Honduras and Salvador. Sclae 20 m. =1 1/6 in. 9 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 149, pt. 7, in v. 7.)

Hooper, C. L., Capt., U. S. R. M.

Report of the cruise of the U. S. revenue steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean. Nov. 1, 1880. 1881. (71 pp. ills. 33 fold. tables. 1 cht. 8° pap. (U. S. Revenue Marine. Treasury Dept.))

—Same, 1881. 1884. (147 pp. [15] pls. 4° cl. (Revenue Marine Service.))

Report of the sea-otter banks of Alaska. Range and habits of the sea otter, its decrease under American rule and some of the causes, importance of the sea otter to the natives of Alaska inhabiting the Aleutian Islands. 1897. (35 pp. 1 map. 8° Treas. doc. 1977. (Revenue Cutter Service Division.)) Contains pp. 17-35, a census of the Aleutian Islands, 1897.

Map:
Chart of the sea-otter grounds. 52°-60° lat. x 152°-172° long.

—Same. (48th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 204, in v. 8.)

Howard, O. O., Gen., U. S. A.

Report of his tour in Alaska Territory in June, 1875. (33 pp. 8° (44th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 12, in v. 1.))

Howard, W. A., Capt. U. S. R. M.

[Report of cruise of revenue steamer Lincoln to Sitka and the Russian provinces in America. 1868.] (in: Message from the President tranmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. pp. 189-61. 8° (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, in v. 13.))

Howgate Polar Expedition.

See Kumlein, Ludwig.

Howorth, Sir Henry.

The methods of archaeological research. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1894. pp. 589-608.)

Hoy, P. R.

Journal of an exploration of western Missouri in 1854, under the auspices of the Smithsonian institution. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1864. pp. 431-8.)

Huallage River.
Map of.

See Amazon River.

Hubbard, Bela, joint author.

See Burt, William A.

Hudson Bay Territory.

Turner, L. M. Ethnology of Ungava district Hudson Bay Territory. (Ethnology Bureau. 11 Rpt., 1889-90. pp. 159-350, pls. 36-43.)

See also Eskimo.

Hughes, George W., Capt., U. S. A.

Memoir descriptive of the march of a division of the United States Army, under a command of Brig. Gen. John E. Wool, from San Antonio de Bexar, in Texas, to Saltillo, Mexico. 1846. (67 pp. 6 ° [8] pls. 2 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 32, in v. 10.))

Hunter, Dr., joint author.

See Dunbar, William.

Hutton, N. H.

Report on the El Paso and Fort Yuma wagon road. (in: Campbell, A. H. Report upon the Pacific Wagon Roads. pp. 77-100. (35th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 108, ni v. 9.))

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Iceland.

Pierce, Benjamin Mills. A report on the resources of Iceland and Greenland. 1868. (72 pp. 8° pap. 1 map. (State Dept.))

Map:
Map of the Arctic regions, copied from Petermann's Mittheilungen, at the office of the U. S. Coast Survey, by A. Lindenkohl. 11 x 9 1/2 in.

See also Arctic Explorations, Greenland.

Idaho.

Eldridge, G. H. Geological reconnaissance across Idaho. (Geol. Survey. 16 Rpt., pt 2. 1895. pp. 211-76. 3 maps.)

U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories, F. V. Hayden in charge. Sixth annual report, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah; being a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1872. 1873. (844 pp. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Eleventh annual report, embracing Idaho and Wyoming, being a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1877. 1879. (720 pp. 10, lxxvi, pls. maps. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. Preliminary report for the season of 1877. (35 pp. 8° (Interior Dept.))

—Same. (pp. 775-87, in Rpt. Secy. Interior, 1877.)

—Twelfth annual report; a report of progress of the exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the year 1878. 1883. (2 v. 8° cl. Maps in separate cover.)

—Same. (47th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 21.)

—Same. Preliminary report of the Territories for the season of 1878. 1878. (29 p. 8°.)

—Same. (pp. 951-77 in Rpt. Secy. Interior, 1878.)

—Same. (45th Cong., 3d sess., House ex. docs., v. 9.)

See also Brown, W. C., Coeur D'Alene Mountains, Fisk, J. L., Leiberg, J. B., Sheridan, Philip H.

Iddings, Joseph Paxson.

The eruptive rocks of Electric Peak and Sepulcher Mountain, Yellowstone Natonal Park. (Geol. Survey. 12 Rpt. 1891. p. 569- 664, pls. 46-53.)

Obsidian cliff, Yellowstone National Park. (Geol. Survey. 7 Rpt. 1886. pp. 249-95, pls. 9-18.)

On a group of volcanic rocks from the Tewan Mountains, New Mexico, and on the occurence of primary quartz in certain basalts. 1890. (34 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 66.))

Illinois.

Leverett, Frank. The water resources of Illinois. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt., pt. 2 1896. p. 695-849, pls. 108-13.)

Owen, David Dale. Report of a geological exploratoin of part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois made under instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury in the autumn of the year 1839. (161 pp. 8° (26th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 239, in v. 6.))

—Same. 1844. (191 pp. 8° chts. and pls. (28th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 407, in v. 7.))

—Same. (161 pp. charts. and pls. [Appears as 28th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 168, in v. 4, pt. 2, though bearing the number 26th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 239.])

Indian Territory.

Sitgreaves, Capt. L., and Woodruff, J. C., Lieut., U. S. A. Reports of a survey of the northern and western boundary of the Creek country, during the summer of 1850. 1858. (32 pp. 8° (35th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 104, in v. 13*.))

Indiana.

Phinney, A. J. The natural-gas fields of Indiana. (Geol. Survey. 11 Rpt. 1890. pp. 579-742, pls. 62-66.)

See also Allegheny Mountains.

Indians.

See Gatschet, A. S., Gibbs, George, Holmes, W. H., Jackson, W. H., Niblack, Albert P., Swan, James G. and names of tribes.

International Polar Expedition.

See Greely, A. W., Ray, P. H.

Interoceanic Communication.

Rockwell, J. A. Report from the House select committee in response to J. R. 42 [30th Cong., 2d sess.] to authorize the survey of certain routes or canals between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Feb. 20, 1849. (678 pp. 16 maps. (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpt. 145, v. 2.))

See also Alexander, J. H., Goldsborough, H. A., Lloyd, J. A., Mills, Robert, Darien, Panama, Nicaragua and Tehuantepec.

Iowa.

Allen, J. Report of an expedition to the heads of the rivers Des Moines, Blue Earth, etc., in the northwest. Aug. 11 to Oct. 3, 1844. (29th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 168, in v. 6.)

McGee, W. J. The pleistocene history of northwestern Iowa. (Geol. Survey. 11 Rpt. 1890. pp. 189-577, pls. 2-61)

Owen, David Dale. Report of a geological exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, made under the instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury in the autumn of the year 1839.(161 pp. 8° (26th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 239, in v. 6.))

—Same. 1844. (191 pp. 8° chts. and pls. (28th Cong., 1st ses., Senate ex. doc. 407, in v. 7.))

—Same. (161 pp. chts. and pls. [Appears as 28th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 168, in v. 4, t. 2, though bearing teh number 26th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 239.])

—Report of a geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota; and incidentally of a portion of Nebraska territory.Phila., 1852. (638 pp. 4° cl. 25 pp. ills. map. s. 1 large geol. map in covers acc. the report. (General Land office.))

Iroquois Indians.

Smith, Ermine A. Myths of the Iroquois. (Ethnology Bureau. 2 Rpt. 1880-1. pp. 47-116, pls. 12-15.)

Irving, Roland Duer.

The copper-bearing rocks of Lake Superior. (Geol. Survey. 3 Rpt. 1882. pp. 89-188, pls. 3-17.)

—Same. 1883. (xvi, 464 pp. 29 pls. and maps. 4° (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 5.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 1 sess., House misc. docs., v. 15.)

Irving, Roland Duer, and Van Hise, Charles Richard.

The Penokee iron-bearing series of northern Wisconsin and Michigan. 1892. (534 pp, 37 pls. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 19.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 52.)

Ives, Joseph C., Lieut., U. S. A.

Preliminary report of the Colorado Exploring Expedition. 1857-8. (v. p. 8° (War Dept. Ann. Rpt., 1858. pp. 603-19.))

Report upon the Colorado River of the West, explored in 1857 and 1858, under the direction of the office of Explorations and Surveys, Corps of Topographical Engineers, War Dept. 1861. (131 pp. [19] pls. (7 col.) 41 figs. 11 maps. 4° cl.)

—Same. (36th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. docs., v. 14.)

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Jackson, Charles T.

Report on the geological and mineralogical survey of the mineral lands of the United States in the State of Michigan. 1845-8.1849. (935 pp. 8° ills. 15 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 1, pt. 3, in v. 3.))

Jackson, Sheldon.

Communication urging the importation by the government of the Siberian reindeer into Alaska territory. [1891.] (8 pp. 8° 51st Cong., 2d sess., Senate misc. doc. 39, in v. 3.))

Education in Alaska., 1889-90. 1893. (v. p. 8° pls. Bureau of Education. Whole no. 191. (Interior Dept.))

Jackson, Sheldon, Continued.

—Same, without plates. Education, Bureau of. Ann. Rpt., 1889-90. (pp. 1245-3000.)

—Same, 1890-1. 1893. (v. p. ills. 8° pap. (Bureau of Education. Interior Dept.))

—Same. Education, Bureau of. Ann. Rpt., 1890-1. (pp. 923-60.)

—Same, 1891-2. 1894. (v. p. pls. 8° pap. Bureau of Education. Whole no. 214. (Interior Dept.))

—Same, without plates. Education, Bureau of. Ann. Rpt., 1891-2. (pp. 873-92.)

—Same, 1892-3. 1895. (v. p. pls. 8° pap. Bureau of Education. Whole no. 220. (Interior Dept.))

—Same, without plates. Education, Bureau of. Ann. Rpt., 1892-3. (pp. 1705-48.)

—Same, 1893-4. 1896. (v. p. 8° pap. (Bureau of Education, Interior Dept.))

—Same. Education, Bureau of. Ann. Rpt., 1893-4. (pp. 1451-92.)

—Same, 1894-5. 1896. (v. p. 8° pls. pap. Bureau of Education. Whole no. 231. (Interior Dept.))

—Same, without plates. Education, Bureau of. Ann. Rpt., 1894-5. (pp. 1425-55.)

Report on education in Alaska, 1885-95. (Treas. Dept. Seal and salmon fisheries. v. 3, pp. 539-60.)

—Same. (Educ. Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1894-5. pp. 1442-1455.) Note, Dr. Jackson was appointed a special agent of the Bureau of Education for Alaska in April, 1855, and from that time to the present he has reported annually to the Commissioner of Education on the conditions of educational affairs in Alaska. Communications from Dr. Jackson on this subject may be found in the annual reports of the Commission previous to this time, but they were not offically required. From 1885-1889 the annual reports were largely statistical, and were not issued separately, and contains also much matter of a general nature on the natives and resources of Alaska.

Report on introduction of reindeer into Alaska. 1893. (77 p. pls. 1 map. (52d Cong., 2d sess., Senate misc. doc. 22, in v. 1.))

Report [3d annual] on introduction of domesticated reindeer into Alaska for year ending Mar. 1, 1894. (187 pp. 8° pap. pls. 2 maps. (53d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 70, in v. 1.))

—Same. (Bureau of Education. Whole No. 215. (Interior Dept.))

Report [4th annual] on introduction of domestic reindeer into Alaska for year ending Dec. 31, 1894. 1895. (109 pp. 8° pls. 1 map. cl.)

—Same. (53rd Cong. 3d sess., Senate ex. doc. 92, in v. 6.)

—Same. [5th annual] 1895. 1896. (136 pp. 8° pls. 1 map. (54th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 111, in v. 4.))

—Same. [6th annual] 1896. 1897. (144 pp. pl. (54th Cong., 2d sess., Senate doc. 49.))

—Same. [7th annual] 1897. 1898. (124 pp. pls. map. 55th Cong., 2d sess., Senate doc. 30.))

Map:
General chart of Alaska. Scale 1:3,600. 000. Lat. 48° - 62° n. x long. 138°- 174° w. 24 3/4 x 36 1/2 in.

—Same. [8th annual] 1898. 1898. (19 pp. 21 pls. 3 maps. (55th Cong., 3d sess., Senate doc. 34.)) Appendix contains reports of reindeer stations, reports of Point Barrow relef expedition; Agriculture in Yukon valley, by Sheldon Jackson; Notes with regard to St. Lawrence Island Eskimo, by V. C. Gambell, etc.

Maps:
Page map of Norway and Sweden, opp. p. 32.
Map of Finland. Scale 10 st. m. =1 in. at 69°- 71° n. General chart, same as in 7th annual report.

Jackson, William H.

Ancient ruins in southwestern Colorado. (n. t. p. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 1. pp. 17-30, 3 pls.))

Descriptive catalogue of photgraphs of North American Indians.1877. (vi, 124 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey Teritories. Misc. pub. 9.))

A notice of the ancient ruins in Arizona and Utah, lying about the Rio San Juan. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Bulls., v. 2. pp. 25-45, pls. 15-22.)

Japan.

Hitchcok, Romyn. The Ainos of Japan. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt. 1890. pp. 429-502.)

—The ancient pit dwellers of Yezo. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1890. pp. 417-27.)

Japan, Continued.

Perry, W. C. Commodore, U. S. N. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan; performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks. 1856. (3 v. col. pls. maps. ills. cl. (Navy Dept.))

—Same. (33d Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs., v. 12, 3 pts. ; and Senate ex. docs., v. 14, 3 pts.)

Pumpelly, Raphael. Geologicial researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan during the years 1862-1865. Aug., 1866. (143 pp. 9 pls. 4° (Smiths. inst. General pub. no. 202.))

—Same. (in: Smiths. Contr. to Knowledge. v. 15.)

See also Hitchcock, Romyn.

Jenney, Walter P.

Report on the mineral wealth, climate, and rainfall, and natural resources of the Black Hills of Dakota, being chapters 5, 6, and 7 of the forthcoming final report of the exploration of the Black Hills, made under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1875. 1876. (71 pp. 1 map. 8° pap.)

—Same. (44th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 51.)

Joint author. See Newton, Henry.

Johnson, Lawrence C.

The iron regions of nothern Louisiana and eastern Texas. 1888. (54 pp. 1 map. 8° (50th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 195, in v. 26.))

Johnston, J. E., Bvt. Lieut. Col., U. S. A., and others.

Reconnaissance of routes from San Antonio to El Paso; also, the report of Capt. R. B. Marcy's route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; and the report of Lieut. J. H. Simpson of an expedition into the Navajo country; and the report of Lieut. W. H. C. Whiting's reconnaissance of the western frontier of Texas. 1850. (240 pp. 8 ° pls. 1-75, exc. nos. 2,21,39. 2 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 64, in v. 14.))

Jones, William A.

Report upon the reconnaissance of northwestern Wyoming, made in the summer of 1873. 1874. (210 pp. 51 maps. 26 figs. 8° (43rd Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 285, in v. 17.) [For Contents see Wyoming.])

—Same. With appendix. 1875. (vi, 31 pp. 8° 57 pls. and maps. (Engineer Bureau.))

Survey and exploration in the Uintah Mountains, Utah. 1871. (Ann. Rpt. Engineer Bureau. 1872. App. A A, pp. 1108-1118.)

Jordan, David Starr.

A reconnaissance of the streams and lakes of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, in the Interest of the United States Fish Commission. [1889.] (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 9, 1889. pp. 41-79, pls. vi to xxii.)

—Same. Separate.

Report of explorations in Colorado and Utah during the summer of 1889, with an account of the fishes found in each of the river basins examined. (Fish Comm. Bull., v. 9, 1889. pp. 1-40, pls. 1- 5.)

—Same. Separate.

Report of explorations made during 1888 in the Allegheny region of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, and in western Indiana, with an account of the fishes found in each of the river basins of those regions. (Fish Comm. Bull., v. 8, 1888. pp. 97- 173, pls. 13-15.)

Same. Separate.

Report on condition of seal life on the Pribilof Islands, by special Treasury agents in charge, and others, from 1868 to 1895, both inclusive, with comments theron in the light subsequent scientific investigations. (Treas. Dept. Seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska. v. 1. 513 pp. ills.)

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Kamchatka.

See Dall, William Healey.

Kansas.

Hay, Robert. Geological reconnaissance in southwestern Kansas.1890. (49 pp. 2 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 57.))

—Same. (51st Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 32.)

Kansas, Continued.

Hay, Robert. Geology of Fort Riley Military Reservation and vicinity. 1896. (35 pp. 8 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 137.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 35.)

Mudge, B. F. Notes on the Tertiary and Cretaceous periods of Kansas. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Terrs. Bulls. v. 2, pp. 211-21.)

See also Abert, J., Emory, W.H. and Warren, G. K.

Kara Sea.

See Nova Zembla.

Keltie, J. Scott.

Stanley and the map of Africa. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1890. pp. 277-91.)

Kentucky.

See Campbell, M. R.

Kern, Edward M.

Journal of an exploration of Marys or Humboldt River, Carson Lake, and Owens River and Lake in 1845. (in: Simpson, Rpt. of exploration across the Great Basin of Utah. pp. 475-86. App. Q.)

King, Clarence.

Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel.1870-1880. (7 vols. 4° cl. (Professional Papers. no. 10. Corps of Engineers.))

Contents:
V. 1. Systematic geology, by Clarence King. 1878. xii, 803 pp. 26 pls. 12 analytical geological maps.
V. 2, Descriptive geology, by Arnold Hague and S. F. Emmons, 1877. xiii, 890 pp. xxv, pls. frtsp.
V. 3. Mining industry, by James D. Hague, with geological contributions by Clarence King. 1870. xii, 647 pp. 37 pls. . in v. and 14 atlas plates.
V. 4. 3 pts. in one. pt. 1. Paleontology, by F. B. Weeks. 17 pls. pt. 2. Paleontology, by James Hall and R. P. Whitfield. 7 pls. pt. 3. Ornithology, by Robert Ridgeway. 1877.
V. 5. Botany, by Sereno Watson, aided by Daniel C. Eaton and others. 1 maps and 40 pls. 1871. 1, iii, 525 pp. Map of routes, northern Nevada and northwestern Utah. 9x 16 1/4 in. Long. 111 degrees-120 degrees w. x lat. 39 degrees-42 degrees n. Scale 30 m. =1 in.
V. 6. Microscopical petrography, by Ferdinand Tiekel. 1876. xv, 297 pp. 12 pls.
V. 7. Odontornithes; a monotgraph on extince toothed birds of North America, by Othniel Charles Marsh. 1880. xv, 201 pp. 34 pls.

King, Thomas Butler.

Report in relation to California and New Mexico, in repsonse to Senate resolutions of Jan. 17, 1850, requesting the President of the United States to communicate certain information in reference to the appointment of a civil and military governor for the Territory of California and the organization of a government for said Territory. (952 pp. 7 maps. 8° (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 18, in v. 9.))

Kirby, W. W.

A journey to the Youcan, Russian America. [1860?] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1864. pp. 416-420.)

Kirk, John.

Report upon the western division of the Fort Kearney, South Pass and Honey Lake wagon road. 1857. (in: Campbell, A. H., report upon Pacific Wagon Roads. pp. 36-46. (35th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

Klamath Indians.

Gatschet, Albert Samuel. The Klamath of southwestern Oregon.1890. (2 v. 4° (Contr. to No. Amer. Ethnology. v. 2.))

Kohl, J. G.

Abstract of a complete historical account of the progress of discovery on the western coast of the United States from the earliest period. (U. S. Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1855. App. 64, pp. 374-5.)

Abstract of a memoir on the discovery and geographical development of the shores of the Gulf of Mexico within the limit of the United States. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1856. App. 66, pp. 322-4.)

Abstract of an historical memoir concerning the progress of exploration on the Atlantic coast of the United States, from its discovery to the present time. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1856. App. 65, 319-22.)

History of the discovery and exploration on the coasts of the United States. [982-1847.] (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1884. App. 19, pp. 495-617.)

On the method, scope, and completion of a history of maritime discovery and exploration on the western coast of the United States. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1857. App. 52, pp. 414-33.)

Kohl, J. G., Continued.

Substance of a lecture delivered at the Smithsonian institution on a collection of the charts and maps of America. (Smith. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1856. pp. 93-146.)

Koldewey, Capt.

Preliminary reports of the second North Polar Expedition, and of minor expeditions in 1870. (pp. 158-94 in Papers n the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. 1871. (Hydrographic office.))

Kowak River, Alaska.

Cantwell, J. C. A narrative account of the exploration of the Kowak River, Alaska. (in: Healey. Cruise of the Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in 1884. pp. 47-74 and 75-98.)

Koyukuk River.

See Alaska.

Kropp, Capt. W.

Physical geography of the Red Sea, with sailing directions.1872. (46 pp. 8° H. O. P. 39. (Hydrographic office.))

Kumlien, Ludwig.

Contributions to the natural history of Arctic America, made in connection with the Howgate Polar Expedition, 1877-78. 1879. (179 pp. 8° pap. (National Museum. Bull. 15.))

Report of explorations in Greenland. [1878] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 187. pp. 452-4.)

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Labrador.

Lieber, Oscar M. Notes on the geology of the coast of Labrador, August, 1860. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1860. App. 42, pp. 402-8.)

Lucus, Frederic A. Explorations in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1887, made in connection with the cruise of the U. S. Fish Commission schooner Grampus. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1889. pp. 709-28.)

Murray Alexander, Lieut., U. S. N. Report relative to the Labrador eclipse expedition and to incidental results bearing on the hydrography of the coast of Labrador. (1 map. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1860. App. 41, pp. 399-402.))

Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.

See Garlington, E. A., Greely, A. W.

Lahontan Lake.

Russell, Isreal Cook. Geological history of Lake Lahontan, a quaternary lake of northeastern Nevada. 1885. (xiv, 288 pp. 46 pls. maps. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 11.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 2.)

—Sketch of the geological history of Lake Lahontan, a quaternary lake of northwestern Nevada. (Geol. Survey. 4 Rpt. 1883. pp. 189-225, p. s. 18-23.)

Lake of the Woods.

See Northern Boundary Commission.

Lander, Frederick W.

Preliminary report upon explorations west of South Pass, 1857. (in: Campbell, A. H. Report upon the Pacific Wagon Roads. pp. 30- 5. (35th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

Report upon the central division of the Fort Kearney, South Pass and Honey Lake wagon road. (in: Campbell, A. H. Report upon the Pacific Wagon Roads. pp. 47-76. (35th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. in v. 9.))

Report upon the practicability of a railroad through the South Pass. [1857.] 1858. (20 pp. 8° (35th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 70, in v. 9.))

Synopsis of a report of the reconaissance of a railroad route from Puget Sound via South Pass to the Mississippi River. 1856. (45 pp. 4° (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Lawson, Andrew C.

Sketch of the geology of the San Francisco peninsula. (Geol. Survey. 15 Rpt. 1894. pp. 399-476, pls. 5-12.)

Leconte, John L.

New species of coleoptera [from Colorado, California, New Mexico], collected by the expeditions for geographical surveys w. of 100th Meridian. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey w. of 100th Meridian. pp. 296-301. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Lee, Samuel Phillips, Lieut., U. S. N.

Reports and charts of the cruise of the U. S. brig Dolphin. [1851-2.] 1854. (vii, 331 p. 8° 15 small charts. 1 map. (33d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 59, in v. 9.))

Leiberg, John B.

General report on botanical survey of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains in Idaho in the summer of 1895. 1896. (v. 85 pp. 1 map. in: Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium, v. 5, no. 1. (Botany Division.))

Letherman, Jona., Asst. Surgeon, U. S. A.

Sketch of the Navajo tribe of Indians, Territory of New Mexico. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1855. pp. 283-97.)

Leverett, Frank.

The water resources of Illinois. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt., pt. 2. 1896. pp. 695-849, pls. 108-13.)

Lewis, Meriwether,Capt. and Clarke, William, Lieut., U. S. A.

Letter from Capt. Lewis to the President of the United States, dated April 7, 1805, inclosing portions of the private journal of Lieut. Clarke. (Amer. State Papers, Indian Affairs. v. 1, pp. 705-43.)

—Same. (9th Cong., 1st sess., message from President, Feb. 19, 1806.) Contains "Statistical view of the Indian nations inhabiting the Territory of Louisiana and the countries adjacent to its northern and western boundaries," pp. 707-21; "Historial sketches of the several Indian tribes in Louisiana south of the Arkansas River and between the Mississippi and river Grande. " pp. 721-5; "An account of Red River and the country adjacent, by John Sibley," pp. 725-30; "A description of the Washita River, in Louisiana and the country bordering theron,compiled from the journals of William Dunbar, esq., and Dr. Hunter, pp. 731-43.

Coues, Elliot. An account of the various publicatins relating to the travels of Lewis and Clarke, with a commentary on the zoological results of their expedition. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Territories. Bull. 6., 2d ser. 1874-5. pp. 417- 44, in v. 1.)

Liberia.

Gurley, Rev. R. R. Report submitting information in regard to Liberia, having been sent by the Government for that purpose. 1850. (116 pp. 8° 6pls. 1 map. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 75, in v. 14.))

Map:
Map of Liberia. 1850. Scale 1:900,000. 16 x 22 in.

Perry, M. C. information in compliance with Senate resolution, Feb. 3, 1845, relative to the operations of the United States squadron on the west coast of Africa, the condition of the American colonies there, and the commerce of the United States therewith. 1843-4. (414 pp. 8° 1 map. (28th Cong., 2d sess., Senate doc. 150, in v. 9.)) Contains census of colony of Liberia, Sept. 1843, pp. 308-76; roll of emigrants that have been sent to colony of Liberia by the American Colonization Society, and its auxiliaries, to Sept. 1843. pp. 152-298.
Map of the colony compiled from data belonging to the American Colonization Society.

See also Perry, M. C.

Lieber, Oscar M.

Notes on the geology of the coast of Labrador, Aug., 1860. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1860. App. 42, pp. 402-8.)

Lincoln, U. S. R. S., Cruise of.

See Howard, Capt., W. A.

Lindgren, Waldemar.

The gold quartz veins of Nevada City and Grass Valley districts, California. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt., pt. 2. pp. 13-262, pls. 1- 22.)

Little Colorado River.

Sitegreaves, L., Capt., U. S. A. Report on an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers, 1851, accompanied by maps, sketches, views, and illustrations. 1853. (198 pp. 24 pls. (views.) Mammals, 6 pls. ; birds, pls. 1,3-6; reptiles, pls. 2-19; fishes, pls. 1-3; botany, pls. 1-21.)

Map:
Reconnaissance of the Zuni, Little Colorado, and Colorado Rivers. Scale 10 m. =1 in. 25 3/4 x 46 1/2 in.

Contents:
Report on the natural history of the country passed overby the exploring expedition under the command of Bvt. Capt. L. Sitgreaves during the year 1851, by S. W. Woodhouse. pp. 33-40.
Report on mammals. S. W. Woodhouse. pp. 41-57.
Report on birds. S. W. Woodhouse. pp. 58-105.
Report on reptiles. Edward Hallowell. pp. 106-147.
Report on fishes. S. F. Baird and Charles Girard. pp. 148-152.
Report on botany. John Torrey. pp. 153-178.

—Same. (32d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 10.)

See also Arizona, Colorado River.

Lloyd, J. A.

Notes respecting the Isthmus of Panama, 1827. (30th Cong., 2d sess., pp. 455-493, in House Rpt. 145, in v. 2.) These are supplementary notes of the author's observations as published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1830, p. 59. Author describes 97 varieties of native wood and gives statistics of the Provinces of Panama and Veragua, according to the census of 1822.

Loew, Oscar.

Alkaline lakes, thermal springs, mineral springs, and brackish waters of southern California and adjacent country. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey W. of 100th Meridian. pp. 188-99. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Geographical distribution of vegetation in the Mohave Desert. (Ann. Rpt. Georg. Survey W. of the 100th Meridian. pp. 222-4. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Geological and mineralogical character of southeastern California and adjacent regions. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey W. of 100th Meridian. pp. 173-88. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Notes upon ethnology of southern California and adjacent regions. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey W. of 100th Meridian. pp. 321-7. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

On the meteorlogical conditions of the Mohave Desert. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey W. of 100th Meridian. pp. 152-7. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

The physical and agricultural features of southern California, and especially of the Mohave Desert. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey W. of 100th Meridian. pp. 214-22. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Long, O. F., Lieut., U. S. A.

Journal of the marches made by the forces under command of Col. Nelson A. Miles, in 1876 and 1877. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1878. v. 3, pp. 1688-1703.) Contains reports of Fort Peck Expedition; Wolf Mountains Expedition; Lame Deer Campaign; Bear's Paw Expedition; and examination of a wagon road through Lodge Pole Creek Valley.

Long, Maj. Stephen H.

Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819-20, by order of Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War. Compiled from the notes of Maj. Long by Edwin James. Philadelphia, 1823. (2 v. 8° Atlas 4° containing 2 maps. ills.)

Long Island Sound.

Townshend, Charles Hervey. Notes on an early chart of Long Island Sound and its approaches. [1700 (?) -1720.] (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1890. App. 20, pp. 775-77.)

Map:
[Coast from Cape Cod to Navesink Hills.] A protion of a map of New England in the Public Record office, London, England. Copied for Charles Hervey Townshend, by L. M. Byrne, April, 1887. Scale 2 3/4 leagues=1 in. 17 1/2 x 35 in.

Los Angeles, California.

See Tyson, Philip H.

Louisiana.

Dunbar, William and Hunter, Dr. Observations made in a voyage, commencing at St. Catherines Landing, on the east bank of the Mississippi, proceeding downward to the mouth of the Red River, and from thence ascending that river, the Black River, and the Washita River as high as the Hot Springs, in the proximity of the last-mentioned river. (in: Lewis and Clarke. Correspondence of. pp. 731-43. (Amer. State Papers. Indian Affairs. v. 1, pp. 705- 43.))

Lewis, Meriwether, Capt., and Clarke, William, Lieut., U. S. A. [Letter from Capt. Lewis to the President of the United States, dated April 7, 1805, inclosing portions of the private journal of Lieut. Clarke. (Amer. State Papers, Indian Affairs. v. 1, pp. 705-43.)

—Same. (9th Cong., 1stb sess., message from President, Feb. 19, 1806.) Contains: "Statistical view of the Indian nations inhabiting the Territory of Louisiana and the countries adjacent to its northern and western boundaries," pp. 707-21; "Historical sketches of the several Indian tribes in Louisiana south of the Arkansas River and between the Mississippi and River Grande. " pp. 721-5; ["An account of Red River and the country adjacent, by John Sibley. "] pp. 725-300; "A description of the Washita River, in Louisiana, and the country bordering theron, compiled from the journals of William Dunbar, esq., and Dr. Hunter", pp. 731-43.

Louisiana, Continued.

Vaughan, T. Wayland. A brief contribution to the geology and paleontology of northwestern Louisiana. 1896. (65 pp. 4 pls. 8 ° (Geol. Survey. bull. 142.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 35.)

See also Marcy, R. B., Pontchartrain, Lake and Red River

Lower California.

Baegert, Jacob. An account of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Californian peninsula, as given by Jacob Baegert, a German Jesuit missionary, who lived there seventeen years during the second half of the last century. Tr. by Charles Rau. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1863. pp. 352-69. 1864. pp. 378-99.)

See also Davidson, G., King, T. B.

Lucas, Frederic A.

The expedition to Funk Island, with observations upon the history and anatomy of the great auk. [1887.] ([3] pls. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1888. pp. 493-529.))

Explorations in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1887, made in connection with the cruise of the U. S. Fish Commission schooner Grampus. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt. 1889. pp. 709-28.) This report is a supplementary to the paper by Mr Lucas, entitled "The expedition to Funk Island," etc., in the report of the National Musuem for 1888.

Ludington, E. H., joint author.

See Tidball, John C., Maj., U. S. A.

Ludlow, William, Capt., U. S. A.

Reconnaissance from Carroll, Mont., to theYellowstone National Park, in the summer of 1875. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1876. v. 3, pp. 570-699.)

Contents:
General report, by Capt. Ludlow. pp. 570-632. Zoological report, by George Bird Grinnell. pp. 634-55.
Geological report, by E. S. Dana and George Bird Grinnell. pp. 657-99, 2 pls.

Report of a reconnaisance of the Black Hills of Dakota, made in the summer of 1874. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1875. pt. 2, pp. 1113-1230.)

Contents:
Report of Capt. Ludlow. pp. 113-1130. Geological report, by N. H. Winchell. pp. 1131-77.
Paleontological report, by George Bird Grinnell. pp 1177-1203, 1 pl.
Tables of observations, etc. pp. 1204-30.

Report of a reconnaissance from Carroll, Montana Territory, on the Upper Missouri, to the Yellowstone National Park and return, made in the summer of 1875. 1876. (155 pp. 2 pls. 3 maps. 4° cl. (Engineer Bureau.))

Luray Cavern, Va.

Report of a visit to the Luray Cavern, in Page County, Va., under the auspices of the Smithsonian institution, July 13 and 14, 1880. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1880. pp. 449-60.)

Lynch, Lieut. W. F.

Report of an examination of the Dead Sea. 1848-9. (88 pp. 8° Profile map. (30th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 34, in v. 4.))

See also AFRICAN SQUADRON.

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McCauley, C. A. H., Lieut., U. S. A.

Notes on Pagosa Springs, Colorado, December 1878. (27 pp. 23 figs. 1 map. (45th Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. doc. 65, in v. 4.))

Report on the San Juan reconnaissance of 1877. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1878. v. 3, pp. 1750-1867.)

Contents:
Chapt. I. the country and its nature. pp. 1753-62.
II. Agricultural and pastoral pursuits. pp. 1763-83.
III. Lines of communication. pp. 1784-1807.
IV. Population. pp. 1808-13.
V. Mines and mineral wealth. pp,. 1814-31.
VI. Botany, by Asa Gray and T. S. Brandegee. pp. 1832-42.
VII. Entomology, by Cyrus Thomas and Herman Strecker. pp. 1842-67, 2 pls.

McCauley, Clay.

The Seminole Indians of Florida. (Ethnology Bureau. 5 Rpt. 1883-4. pp. 469-531, pl. 19.)

McChesney, Charles E., Actg. Asst. Surgeon, U. S. A.

Report on the mammals and birds of the general region of the Big Horn River and Mountains of Montana Territory. 1878. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1879. v. 3, pp. 2371-95.)

McGee, W. J.

The geology of the head of Chesapeake Bay. (Geol. Survey. 7 Ann. Rpt. 1886. pp. 537-646, pls. 56-71.)

The pleistocene history of northeastern Iowa. (Geol. Suevey. 11 Rpt. 1890. p. 189-577, pls. 2-61.)

The Siouan Indians. (Ethnology Bureau. 15 Rpt. 1893. pp 153- 204.)

Mcintyre, H. H.

[Report of special agent of the Treasury Dept. on the mineral and vegetable productions of Alaska as well as the character and condition of the inhabitants.] 1869. (18 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 36, in v. 5.))

—Same. (41st Congr., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 32, pp. l 25-42.)

Joint author. See Bryant, C.

Macomb, J. N., Capt., U. S. A.

Report of the exploring expedition from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the junction of the Grand and Green rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, in 1859. 1876. (vii, 152 pp. 19 pls. 4° cl. (Engineer Bureau.))

Contents:
General Report. pp. 1-8.
Geological Report, by J. S. Newberry. p. 9-118. 11 col. pls.
Descriptions of the cretaceous fossils, by F. B. Meek. pp. 119-33.
Descriptions of the carboniferous and triassic fossils, by J. S. Newberry. pp. 135-148. 8 pls.

Macrae, A.

Report of journeys across the Andes and pampas of the Argentine provinces. (in: U. S. Astronomical Expedition. Gilliss. v. 2, pp. 1-82.)

Maguire, Edward, Lieut., U. S. A.

Report of an expedition against the hostile Sioux Indians in the summer of 1876. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1877. v. 2, pp. 1338-80.) Contains journals of Lieut. M'Clernand, of the marches made by the forces under Col. John Gibbon, commanding the expedition down the Yellowstone, Apr. -Sept., 1876. pp. 1361-80.

Maine.

Ballard, Rev. Edward. Geographical NAMEs on the coast of Maine. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1868. App. 14, pp. 243-59.)

Manchuria.

Palmer, Aaron H. Memoir, geographical, political, and commercial, on the present state, productive resources, and capabilties for commerce, of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Asiatic Islands of the Northern Pacific Ocean; and on the importance of opening commercial Intercourse with these countries, etc. 1848. (76 pp. 8° 2 maps. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 80.))

Marcou, Jules.

The geology of a portion of southern California. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey W. of the 100th Meridian. pp. 158-72. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Marcy, Randolph B., Capt., U. S. A.

Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852, with reports on the natural history of the country and numerous illustrations. 1853. (320 pp. 66 pls. 2 maps. 8° cl.)

—Same. (32d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc., v. 8.)

Report on exploration of the Big Wichita and the head waters of the Brazos River made in 1854. 1856. (48 pp. 8° 1 map. (34th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc., v. 12.))

Markham, Clements R.

The present standpoint of geography. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1893. pp. 395-418.)

The promotion of further discovery in the Arctic and the Antarctic regions. (Smiths. inst., Ann. Rpt., 1894. pp. 317-41.)

Marsters, Vernon Freeman.

The trap dikes of the Lake Champlain region. 1893. (62 pp. 4 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 107.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 26.))

Martha's Vineyard.

Shaler, Nathaniel S. Report on the geology of Martha's Vineyard. (Geol. Survey. 7 Rpt. 1886. pp. 297-363, pls. 19-29.)

Maryland.

See Holmes, W. H. and Chesapeake Bay Region.

Massachusetts.

Dale, T. Nelson. The structure of Monument Mountain, in Great Barrington, Massechussets. (Geol. Survey. 14 Rpt. 1893 pt. 2. pp. 551-65, pls. 71-2.)

Pumpelly, R., Wolff, J. E., and Dale T. Nelson. Geology of the Green Mountains n Massachusetts. 1894. (xiv, 206 pp. 23 pls. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 23.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 14.)

See also Cape Ann, Martha's Vineyard.

Matthews, Washington.

Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians. 1877. (239 pp. 8° (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Territories. Misc. pub. 7.))

The mountain chant: A Navajo ceremony. (Ethnology Bureau. 5 Rpt. 1883-4. pp. 379-467, pls. 10-18.)

Navajo silversmiths. (Ethnology Bureau. 2 Rpt. 1880-1. p. 167-78, pls. 16-20.)

Navajo wavers. (Ethnology Bureau. 3 Rpt. 1881-2. pp. 371-91, pls. 24-38.)

Mayer, Brantz.

Observations on Mexican history and archaeology, with a special notice of Zepotec remains, as delineated in Mr. J. G. Sawkin's drawings of Mitla, etc. Dec., 1856. (33 pp. 4 pls. 4° (Smiths. Contr. to Knowledge. v. 9.))

Maynard, Washburn.

Report on the fur-seal fisheries. (Treas. Dept. Seal and salmon fisheries. v. 3. pp. 287-309.)

—Same. (44th cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 43, in v. 10.)

Meek, F. B.

Descriptions and illustrations of fossils from Vancouver and Lucia islands, and other northwestern localities. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 2 pp. 351-74, vi pls.)

Note on some fossils from near the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, west of Greeley and Evans, Colo., and others from about 200 miles father eastward, with descriptions of a few new species. (n. t. p. pp. 39-47. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Territories. Bull. v. 1. ser. 2.))

Menomini Indians.

Hoffman, Walter J. The Menomini Indians [with vocabulary]. (Ethnology Bureau. 14 Rpt. 1892-3. pt. 1, pp. 11-328, 37 pls.)

—Same. Separate.

Mexican Boundary Survey.

Emory, W.H. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. (2 v. 4° cl.)

—Same. (34th Cong., 1st sess., Sentate ex. docs., v. 20, 3 pts., and House docs., v. 14, 3 pts.)

Contents:
V. 1. 1857. xvi, 258. viii, 174 pp.
Pt. 1. pp. xvi, 258, 17 engr., 12 col. lithogrs., 20 wd. cts. ; all unnumbered.
Chap. I. Personal account. pp. 1-22.
II. Personal account, continued. p. 23-38.
III. General description of the country. pp. 39-52.
IV. Lower Rio Bravo. pp. 53-73.
V. From mouth of Devils River to El Paso del Norte. pp. 74-92.
VI. Sketch of the territory acquired by treaty of December 30, 1853. pp. 98-100.
VII. From the one hundred and eleventh meridian of longitude to the Pacific Ocean; report of Lieut. Michler. pp. 101-133.
VIII. Astronomical and geodetic work. pp. 138-245.
IX. Meterology. pp. 249-257.

Mexican Boundary Survey, Continued.

Contents, Continued. V. 1., 1857, Continued.
Pt. 2. pp. viii, 174. 25 ills. 21 pls.
Chap. I. General geological features of the country. pp. 1-24.
II. Substance of the sketch of the geology of the Lower Rio Bravo del Norte, by Arthur Schott. pp. 28-48.
III. Geological features of the Rio Grande Valley from El Paso to the mouth of the Pecos River, by C. C. Parry. pp. 49-61.
IV. Geological observations on the country along the boundary line lying between the one hundred and eleventh degree of longitude and the initial point on the Colorado, by Arthur Schott. pp. 62-77.
V. Physical and geological descriptions of the country from the initial point on the Pacific to the junction of the Gila and Colorado. pp. 78.
Geology and paleontology of the boundary, by James Hall. pp. 101-140.
Descriptions of cretaceous and tertiary fossils, by T. A. Conrad. pp. 141-74, 21 pls.
V. 2. 1859. pp. 270, 78, 62, 32, 35, 85, ii. pls. 61, 75, 27, xxv, 41, 41.
Pt. 1. Botany of the boundary. 1859.
Introduction. C. C. Parry. pp. 1-26.
Botany, by John Torrey. pp. 27, 270, 61pls.
Cactacea, by George Engelmann. pp. 1-78, 75 [+1] pls.
Pt. 2. Zoology of the boundary, 1850.
Mammals, by Spencer F. Baird. pp. 1-32, xxv col. pls.
Reptiles, by Spencer F. Bird. pp. 1-35, 41 pls.
Ichthyology, by Charles Girard. pp. 1-35, ii. 41 pls.
Note., The Congressional or sheep edition is in 3 vols., pt. 2 of vol. 2 of the cloth edition, as above, making vol. 3.

Ewing, Thomas. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to the operations of the commission appointed to run and mark the boundary between the United States and Mexico. (2 pts. pt. 1., Feb., 28th, 1850. 53 pp. 2 maps. pt. 2., May 21, 1850. 22 pp. 1 map. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 34.))

Maps:
Pt. 1. Topogrpahical sketch of the southernmost point of the part of San Diego, and measurement of the marine league for the determining initial point of boundary between United States and Mexican Republic. Scale 1 m. =1 in. 17 1/4 x 22 1/2 in.
Pt. 2. Map of a survey and reconnaissance of the vicinity of the mouth of the Rio Gila. Scale 5,000 ft. =1 in. 11 x 16 1/2 in.

See also Hughes, George W.

Mexico.

Fergeson, Arthur F. Mexico. July, 1891. (347 pp. 8° ills. 1 map. (Bureau Amer. Republics. Bull. 9.))

—Same. (52d Con., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc., pt. 5, in v. 3.)

Map:
Mexico. Scale 100 m. =1 5/16 in. 16 x 22 1/2 in.

Mayer, Brantz. Observations on Mexican history and archaeology, with a special notice of Zepotec remains, as delineated in Mr. J. G. Sawkin's drawings of Mitla, etc. Dec., 1856. (4 pls. 4° (Smiths. Contr. to Knowledge, v. 9.))

Smith, M. C., Lieut., and Hardcstle, Ed. L. F., Bvt. Capt., U. S. A. [Reports of, submitting a map of the valley of Mexico, from surveys made in 1847.] (13 pp. 8° 1 map. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 11, in v. 6.))

Map:
Map of the valley of Mexico, with a plan of the fedenses of the capital and the line of operations of the U. S. Army under Maj. Gen. Scott, in Aug. and Sept., 1847. Scale 3,000 yds. =1 in. 25 1/2 19 in.

Wislizenus, A. Memoir of a tour to northern Mexico, connected with Col. Doniphan's expedition, in 1846 and 1847. 1848. (141 pp. 8° 3 maps. (30th cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 26.))

Maps:
Profiles of elevations of route, viz from independence, Mo. to Santa Fe to Chihuahua; Chihuahua to Regnosa. 15 1/4 x 23 in. Geological sketch of same. 12 x 10 3/4 in.
Map of tour. Scale 50 m. =1 in. 19 1/2 x 16 in.

See also Coronado, Hughes, George W., Simpson, J. H.

Michigan.

Burt, William A. and Hubbard B. Reports relative to the character and condition of the mineral regions in the Lake Superior country, in the State of Michigan, and Territory of Wisconsin. 1845. (29 pp. 8° (29th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 357, in v. 7.)) (10233, 4)

Michigan, Continued.

Foster, J. W., and Whitney, J. D. Report on the geology and topography of a portion of the Lake Superior land district, in the State of Michigan, in two parts. (8° cl. 3 maps in separate cover. (General Land office.))

Pt. 1. Copper lands. 1850. (224 pp. xii. pls. 4 maps.)

Maps:
Facsimile of a map made by the Jesuit missionaries in the years 1670 and 1671 and published at Paris. Lac Tracey on Superieur. 13 1/2 x 18 in.
Geological map of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, Mich. 1 m. =1 in. 16 1/2 x 23 3/4.
Geological map of the district between Portage Lake and Montreal River, Lake Superior, Mich. 1 m. =3/4 in. 17 3/4 x 35 in.

—Same. (31st cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 69, in v. 9.)

Pt. 2. the iron region, together with the general geology. 1851. (406 pp. 33 pls)

—Same. (32d con., spec. sess., Senate docs., v. 3) Maps in separate volume:Geological map of Lake Superior land district. Long. 84+°-92+° w. x lat. 45° n. =49° n. 24 x 37 in. Section and diagram illustrating the geology of the region between the northern shores of Lakes Superior and Michigan. 4 m. -1 in. 6 1/4 x 47 1/4 in. Geological map of the district between Keweenaw Bay and Chocolate River, Lake Superior, Mich. 2 m. =1 in. 18 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.

Jackson, C. T. Report on the geological and mineralogical survey of the mineral lands of the U. S. in the State of Michigan. [1845-1848.] 1849. (935 pp. 8° ills. 15 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 1, pt. 3, in v. 3.))

Maps: East sectional view of Copper Falls, Mine, Jan., 1849. Scale 50 ft. =1 in. 8 3/4 x 13 3/8. Geological map of Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior. Scale 1 m. = 1 in.
Geological map of Isle Royale, Lake Superior. Scale 1 m. =1 in.
Plan of the underground work of the Lac Labelle mines. Oct., 1847. Scale 100 ft. =1 in. 9 1/8 x 17 5/16 in.
Underground work of N. W. mines. Oct., 1847. Scale 10 chains= 2 1/8 in. 9 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.
Topographical and underground plan of the Cliff mine on Keweenaw Point. Scale 53 ft. = 1 in. 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.
Geological map of Isle Royale. (Same above.)
Geological map of Keweenaw Piont, Lake Superior. Scale 2 m. =1 1/16 in. 9 3/4 x 19 5/8.
Geological map of the district between Keweenaw Bay and Chocolate River. Scale 1 m. =3/4 in. 18 3/8 x 22 3/4.
Geological map of the district between Portage Lake and Montreal River, Lake Superior. Scale 2 m. =1 in. 14 1/2 x 28 11/16.
Geologicial map of townships i the northern peninsula of Michigan. 1845. 9 1/4 x 10 3/8.
Geological map of a district of township lines in the northern peninsula of Michigan. 1846. 9 7/8 x 11 7/8.
Geological map of a district E. and W. of the Ontonagon. Apr., 1846. 9 3/4 x 18.
Geological map of the district subdivided by Messrs. Hubbard and Ives. Sept., 1846. 7 3/4 x 15 1/2.

Schoolcraft, Henry R. Report of an expedition in to the Indian country. 1831. (20 pp. 8° (22d Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 152, in v. 4.)) Contains, pp. 17-20 report of Dr. Houghton on the copper of Lake Superior.

Van Hise, Chalres R., and Bagley, William S. Preliminary report on the Marquette iron-bearing district of Michigan. (Geol. Survey 15 Rpt. 1894. pp. 477-650, pls. 13-26.)

Williams, George H. The greenstone schist areas of Menominee and Marquette regions of Michigan. . . with an introduction by Roland B. Irving. 1890. (241 pp. 16 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bulls. 62.))

—Same. (51st Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 15.)

Michler, N., Jr.

Report of a reconnaissance of the country between the Red River and the Rio Pecos. 1849-50. (12 pp. 8° (31st Cong, 1st sess., House ex. doc. 67, in v. 8.))

Report of survey for an Interoceanic ship canal near the Isthmus of Darien. (2 v. 8° 257 pp. 2 maps. (36th Cong., 2d sess, Senate ex. docs., v. 7, 2 pts.)) Contains reports on the botany, fauna, geology, and physical features of the country transversed.

Mills, Robert.

Report on a railroad from the Mississippi Valley to the parts of San Diego, Monterey, and San Francisco; also, the connection of this road with those of the Atlantic States leading west as far as the valley of the Mississippi. (n. d. (30th Cong., 2d sess., in House Rpt. 145, p. 62-69, in v. 2.))

Mindeleff, Cosmos.

Aboriginal remains in Verde Valley, Arizona. (Ethnology Bureau. 13 Rpt. 1891-2. pp. 185-261, pls. 10-50.)

Mindeleff, Cosmos, Continued.

Casa Grande ruin. (Ethnology Bureau. 13 Rpt. 1891-2. pp. 289-319, pls. 51-60.)

Cliff ruins of Canyon de Chelly. (Ethnology Bureau. 16 Rpt. 1894-5. pp. 79-198. ills.)

The repair of Casa Grande ruin, Arizona, in 1891. (Ethnology Bureau. 15 Rpt. 1893-4. pp. 315-49, pls. 112-25.)

Mindeleff, Victor.

A study of Pueblo architecture: Tusayan and Cibola. (Ethnology Bureau. 8 Rpt. 1886-7. pp. 3-228, pls. 1-111.)

Minnesota.

Allen, J. Report of an expedition to the heads of the rivers Des Moines, Blue Earth, etc., in the Northwest. Aug. 11. to Oct. 3, 1844. (29th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 168, in v. 6.)

Campbell, A. H. Report of the superintendent and engineer on the Fort Ridgeley [Minn. Terr.] and South Pass wagon road. (pp. 13-76 in his report upon the Pacific Wagon Roads, 1857-9. 125 pp. (35th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

Owen, David Dale. Report of a geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, and incidentally of a portion of Nebraska Territory. Phila., 1852. (638 pp. 4° cl. 25 pls. ills. maps. One large geological map in covers accompanies this report.)

Pope, Jno., Bvt. Capt., Topographical Engineers, U. S. A. Report of an exploration of the Territory of Minnesota to the Red River of the North, made in the summer of 1849. (56 pp. 8° 1 map. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 42, in v. 10.))

Map:
Map of the Territory of Minnesota, exhibiting the route of the expedition to the Red River of the North in the summer of 1849. Scale 20 m. = 1 in. Long. 88° 30'-100° w. x lat. 43° 30'-50° n. 24 x 33 1/4 in.

Woods, S., Maj., U. S. A. Report of expedition to Pembina settlement, or to the Red River of the North, and the condition of affairs on the northwestern frontier of the Territory of Minnesota, 1849. (55 pp. 8° (31st Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 51, in v. 8.))

See also Campbell and Twining, Featherstonhaugh, G. W., Pacific Wagon Roads, Schoolcraft and Allen and Warren, G. K.

Mississippi River.

Anderson, Alex D. The Mississippi and its forty-four navigable tributaries. A descriptive, commercial, and statistical review, illustrated with three diagrams. 1890. (38 pp. 8°.)

Nicollet, I. N. Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the Upper Mississippi River, giving a succinct account of the physical geography of the country embraced within the limits of the map, including a narrative of the movements of the expedition under my command during the years 1838 and 1839; and also an account of my visits to the sources of the Mississippi in 1836. 1845. (170 pp. 8° 1 map. (28th Cong., 2d sess., House doc. 52, in v. 2.))

Contents:
Pt. 1. Physical geography of the region embraced within the map. pp. 7-74. Sketch of the early history of St. Louis. pp. 75-92.
Pt. 2. Barometric observations, etc. pp. 93-121.
App. A. Table of geographical positions. pp. 122-42.
App. B. Catalogue of plants collected by Mr. Charles Geyer, under the direction of Mr. I. N. Nicollet, during his exploration of the region between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers; by Prof. John Torrey, M. D. pp. 143-70.

Map:
Hydrographical basin of Upper Mississippi River from astronomical view and barometrical observations, surveys, and information. by I. N. Nicollet in the years 1836-40. Scale 1:1,2000,000. Long. 90° -100° w. x lat. 39°-48° n. 35 x 29 1/2 in.

See also Schoolcraft and Allen.

Mississippi River Basin.

Hilgard, Eugene W., and Hopkins, Frederick V. Reports upon the specimens obtained from borings made in 1874 between the Mississippi River and Lake Borgne, at the site proposed for an outlet for flood waters. 1878. (49 pp. 8° pls. (Engineer Bureau.))

Mississippi Valley.

Henshaw, Henry W. Animal carvings from mounds of the Mississippi Valley. (Ethnology Bureau. 2 Rpt. 1880-1. pp. 117-66, figs. 4-35.)

Holmes, William H. Ancient pottery of the Mississippi Valley. (Ethnology Bureau. 4 Rpt. 1882-3. pp. 361-436.)

Salisbury, Rollin D. Preliminary paper on the driftless area of the Mississippi Valley. (Geol. Survey. 6 Rpt. 1885. pp. 109-322, pls. 13-29.)

Missouri.

Beckwith, E. G. Report of explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad, by Capt. J. W. Gunnison, near the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth parallels of north latitude, from the mouth of the Kansas River, Mo., to the Sevier Lake in the Great Basin. [1853.] (128 pp. 13 col. pls. 4° (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Featherstonhaugh, George William. Geological report of an examiniation made in 1834 of the elevated country between the Missouri and Red rivers. 1835. (44-97 pp 8° 1 fold. Profile map. (23rd Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 151, in v. 4.))

Hoy, P. R. Journal of an exploration of western Missouri in 1854, under the auspices of the Smithsonian institution. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1864. pp. 431-38.)

See also Abert, J., Cross, O., Mississippi River and Overland Journeys.

Missouri River.

Atkinson, Henry. Report of an expedition up the Missouri River. 1825. (16 pp. 8° (19th Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 117, in v. 6.))

Hayden, F. V. Notes descriptive of some geological sections of the country about the head waters of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. ((Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 2, pp. 197-209.) Folding contour maps.)

Raynolds, W. F., Bvt. Brig. Gen., U. S. A. Report on the exploration of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers, in 1859-60. 1868. (174 pp. 8° c. 1 map. (War Dept.))

—Same. (40th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 77, in v. 2.)

Map: Map of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers and their tributaries. Scale 1:1,200,000. Long., 99°-113° w. x lat. 42°-48° n. 26 1/2 x 40 3/4 in.

Roberts, Thomas P. Reconnaissance of the Missouri River in 1872. 1875. (56 pp. fold. pls. 3 fold. maps. 8° (Engineer Bureau.))

See also Barlow and Heap, Culbertson, J. A., Featherstonhaugh, G. W., Hare, L. R., Hidatsa Indians.

Mohave Desert.

Lowe, Oscar. Geographical distribution of vegetation in the Mohave Desert. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey W. 100th Meridian. pp. 222-4 in App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engineers, 1876.)

—On the meteorological conditions of the Mohave Desert. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey W. 100th Meridian. pp. 152-7, App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engineers, 1876.)

—The physical and agricultural features of southern California, and especially of the Mohave Desert. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey W. 100th Meridian. pp. 214-22 in App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engineers, 1876.)

Mongolia.

Pumpelly, Raphael. Geological researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan, during the years 1862 and 1865. Aug., 1866. (vii, 143 pp. 9 pls. 4° (Smithsonian inst. General pub. 202,))

—Same. (in: Smiths. Contr. to Knowledge. v. 15.)

Rockhill, William Woodville. Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892. 1894. (413 pp. 8° pap. ills. (Smith. inst. General pub. 975.))

—Explorations in Mongolia and Tibet. [1891-2.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1892. pp. 659-79.)

Mono Valley, California.

Russell, I. C. Quaternary history of Mono Valley, California. (Geol. Survey. 8 Rpt. 1887. pp. 261-394, pls. 16-44.)

Montana.

Barlow, J. W., and Heap, D. P. Report of a reconnaissance in Wyoming and Montana Territories [during July and Aug., 1871, for the purpose of examining the sources of the Yellowstone, Missouri, and Snake rivers, and the valley of the Yellowstone Lake.] (43 pp. 8° 1 map. (42d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 66, in v. 2.))

Map:
Sketch of the Yellowstone Lake, and the valley of the Upper Yellowstone River. Scale 1:300,000. 25 7/8 x 10 6/8.

Evermann, Barton. A reconnaissance of the streams and lakes of western Montana and northeastern Wyoming. (U. S. Fish Comm. Bull. v. 11. 1891. pp. 3-60, pls. 1-27.)

—Same. Separate.

Hare, L. R., Lieut., U. S. A. Report of march of the Seventh Cavalry made during the summer and fall of 1877, from Fort Abraham Lincoln to eastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park and northwest through the Judith Basin to Milk River. Accompanied by a report on the botanical outlines of the country marched over, by V. Harvard, Asst. Surgeon, U. S. A. pp. 1681-87. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1878. v. 3, pp. 1672-87.)

Harvard, V., Asst. Surgeon, U. S. A. List of plants found on the plains of western Dakota and eastern Montana during the summer of 1877 and spring of 1879. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1880. v. 3, pp. 2513-30.)

Ludlow, William. Report of a reconnaissance from Carroll, Montana Territory, on the Upper Missouri, to the Yellowstone National Park, and return, made in summer of 1875. 1876. (155 pp. 2 pls. 3 maps. 4° cl.)

Maps:
General map of the reconnaissance, long. 108°-112° w., lat. 44°-48° n. Scale 30 m. =1 in. Judith Basin, long. 109°-110° w., lat. 44°-48° n. Scale 6 m. = 1 in. Upper Geyser Basin. Scale 500 ft. =1 in.

Maguire, Edward, Lieut., U. S. A. Report of an expedition against the hostile Sioux Indians in the summer of 1876. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1877. v. 2, pp. 1338-80.)

Peale, A. C. The Paleozoic section in the vincinity of Three Forks, Montana. 1893. (56 pp. 6 pls. 8°. (Geol. Survey. Bull. 110.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 27.)

U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories. (Hayden, F. V.) Preliminary report of the U. S. Geological Survey of Montana and portions of adjacent Territories, 1871, begin the fifth annual report of the survey. 1872. (538 pp. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Sixth annual report of the U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah, being a report of the progress of the explorations for the year 1872. 1873. (xi, 844 pp. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

Weed, Walter H. The Laramie and the overlying Livingston formation in Montana; with report on flora, by Frank Hall Knowlton. 1893. (68 pp. 6 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 105.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 26.)

—and Pirsson, Louis V. Geology of the Castle Mountain mining district, Montana. 1896. (164 pp. 17 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 139.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 35.)

See also Big Horn Mountains, Campbell and Twining, Hidatsa Indians and Long, O. F.

Mooney, James.

The ghost-dance religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890. (Ethnology Bureau. 14 Rpt. 1892-3. pt. 2, pp. 641-1136, 33 pls. 5 maps.)

The sacred formulas of the Cherokees. (Ethnology Bureau. 7 Rpt. 1885-6. pp. 301-97, pls. 24-27.)

Moreau River.

See Hoffman, William.

Morris, William Gouverneur.

Report upon the customs district, public services, and resources of Alaska Territory. 1879. (163 pp. 8° (45th Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. doc. 59, in v. 4.))

Mound Builders.

Thomas, Cyrus. Report on the mound explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology. (Ethnology Bureau. 12 Rpt. 1800-1. pp. 3-742, 62 pls.) Plate 20

Map:
Distribution of mounds in the eastern U. S. 25°-47° n. lat. x 73°-101° long. Scale 100 st. m. =7/8 in. 16 3/4 x 16 in.

Mount Desert, Maine.

Shaler, Nathaniel S. The geology of the island of Mount Desert, Maine. (Geol. Survey. 8 Rpt. pp. 987-1061, pls. 64-77.)

Mudge, B. F.

Notes on the tertiary and cretaceous periods of Kansas. (pp. 211-221. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. v. 2.))

Murdoch, John.

Ethnological results of the Point Barrow Expedition. . . 1881-1883. (Ethnology Bureau. 9 Rpt. 1887-8. pp. 3-441, pls. 1-2.)

Murray, Alexander, Lieut., U. S. N.

Report relative to the Labrador eclipse expdedition, and to the incidental results bearing on the hydrography of the coast of Labrador. (1 map. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1860. App. 41, pp. 399-402.))

Map:
Sketch showing the geology of the coast of Labrador. 1860. Scale 1:5,000,000. 14 3/4 x 12 in.

Murray, John.

The renewal of antarctic exploration. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1893. pp. 353-73.)) From the Geographical Journal, Lond., vol. iii, pp. 1-27. )

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Nantucket.

Shaler, Nathaniel S. (The geology of Nantucket. 1889. 55 pp. 10 pls. (Geol. Survey. Bull. 53.))

—Same. (50th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 11.)

Navajo Indians.

Matthews, Washington. The mountain chant; a Navajo ceremony. (Ethnology Bureau. 5 Rpt. 1883-4. pp. 379-467, pls. 10-18.)

—Navajo silversmiths. (Ethnology Bureau. 2 Rpt. 1880-1. pp. 167-78, pls. 16-20.)

—Navajo weavers. (Ethnology Bureau. 3 Rpt. 1881-2. pp. 371-91, pls. 24-38.)

Stevenson, James. Ceremonial of the Hasjelti Dailjis and mythical sand paintings of the Navajo Indians. (Ethnology Bureau. 8 Rpt. 1886-7. pp. 229-85, pls. 112-23.)

Nebraska.

Owen, David Dale. Report of a geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnestoa, and incidentally of a portion of Nebraska Territory. Phila., 1852. (638 pp. 4° cl. 25 pls. ills. map. One large geological map in covers accompanies this report.)

Savage, Hon. James W. The discovery of Nebraska and a visit to Nebraska in 1662. 1893. (60 pp. 8° pap. (53d Cong., 2d sess., Senate misc. doc. 14, in v. 1.))

U. S. Geographical Survey of the Territories. (Hayden, F. V.) First annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing Nebraska. 1867. (General Land office. Ann. Rpt., 1867. pp. 128-81. Interior Dept.)

—Same. (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs., v. 3, pp. 142-205.)

—Same. (Reprinted 1873, together with 2d and 3d reports, in one volume. 263 pp. 8° cl.)

Warren, Lieut. G. K. Exploration in the Dacota country, in the year 1855. 1856. (79, vi pp. 8° 2 maps. (34th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 76, in v. 13.))

Maps:
Sketch of the blue Water Creek, embracing the field of action of the force under command of Gen. M. S. Harney in the attack of 3d Sept., 1855, on the "Brule" band of the Indian Chief Little Thunder. Scale 3/4 in. =1 in. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Section of map compiled in P. R. R. office, with additional designed to illustrate Lieut. Warren's report of military reconnaissances in the Dacota country, 1855. Scale 1:3,000,000. 15 x 19 in. (Shows location of various bands of Indians.)

—Preliminary report of explorations in Nebraska, 1855-7. (v. p. 8° (War Dept. Ann. Rpt., 1858. pp. 620-747.))

See also Pacific Wagon Roads.

Nelson, Edward William.

Report upon natural history collection made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881, edited by Henry W. Henshaw. 1887. (337 pp. 21 pls. 4° cl. Arctic ser.
No. 3. (Signal office.))

—Same. (49th Con., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 156, in v. 8.)

Nelson, Owen.

The red desert of Wyoming and its forage resources. 1898. (72 pp. 8° ills. (Agrostology Div. Bull. 13.))

Nevada.

Becker, George F. Geology of the Comstock lode and Washoe district. 1882. (xv, 422 pp. 7 pls. and atlas of 21 sheets folio. (Geol. Survey. Monographs, v. 3.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 17.)

—A summary of the geology of the Comstock lode and the Washoe district. (Geol. Survey. 2 Rpt. 1881. pp. 293-330.)

Curtis, Joseph S. Abstract of report on the mining geology of the Eureka district, Nevada. (Geol. Survey. 4 Rpt. 1883. pp. 221-51, pls. 31-3.)

—Silver-lead deposits of Eureka, Nev. 1884. (xiii, 200 pp. 16 pls. (Geol. Survey. Monographs, v. 7.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 37.)

Hague, Arnold. Abstract of report on the geology of the Eureka district. (Geol. Survey. 3 Rpt. 1882. pp. 241-90, pls. 24-5.)

—Geology of the Eureka district, Nevada. 1892. (xvii, 419 pp. 8 pls. atlas. (Geol. Survey. Monographs, v. 20.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 53.)

Walcott, Charles D. Paleontology of the Eukeka district. 1884. (xiii, 298 pp. 16 pls. (Geol. Survey. Monographs, v. 8.))

—Same. (48th cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 38.)

Wheeler, George M., Lieut., U. S. A. Preliminary report of explorations in Nevada and Arizona. 1872. (94 pp. 8° (42d Cong., 2d ses., Senate ex. doc. 65, in v. 2.) Acc. by preliminary topographicl map. Scale 24 m. =1 in.)

—Preliminary report of the progress of the engineer exploration of the public domain in Nevada and Arizona. [1871.](94 pp. 8° 1 map. (42d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 65, in v. 2.))

Map:
Preliminary topographical map embracing in skeleton a portion only of the notes from surveys and in accordance with Special Order 109, War Dept. 1871. [Shows portion only of Cal, Nev., and Arizona.] Scale 24 m. =1 in. 26 3/4 x 21.

—and Lockwood, D. W. Preliminary report upon a reconnaissance through southern and southeastern Nevada, made in 1869. 1875. (72 pp. 4° (Engineer Bureau.))

See also Gatschet, A. S., Kern, E. M.

Newberry, John Strong.

The flora of the Amboy clays; a posthumous work, edited by Arthur Hollick. 1895. (260 pp. 58 pls. 4° (Geol. Survey. Monographs, v. 26.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House docs., v. 76.)

Newfoundland.

Lucas, Frederic A. Explorations in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1887, made in connection with the cruise of the U. S. Fish Commission schooner Grampus. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1889. pp. 709-28.)

New Jersey.

Newberry, John S. The flora of the Amboy clays; a posthumous work edited by Arthur Hollick. 1895. (260 pp. 58 pls. 4° (Geol. Survey. Monographs, v. 26.) )

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House docs., v. 76.)

Smith, Hugh M. Economic and natural history notes on the fishes of the northern coast of New Jersey. (Fish Comm. Bull, v. 12. 1892. pp. 365-80.)

—Same. Separate.

New Mexico.

Abert, J. W., Lieut., U. S. A. Report of his examination of New Mexico in the year 1846-7. (132 pp. 24 pls. 1 map. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 23, in v. 4.))

Map:
Map of the territory of New Mexico. 1846-7. Long. 104° 30' - 107 ° 30' w. x lat. 33° - 37° n. Scale 10 m. = 1 in.

New Mexico, Continued.

Beale, E. F. Report of the superintendent of the wagon road from Fort Defiance [N. M.] to the Colorado River, 1857-8. (87 pp. 8° 1 map. (35th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 124, in v. 13.))

Map:
Preliminary map of western portion of the reconnaissance and survey for a Pacific Railroad route near the thirty- fifth parallel, made by Capt. Whipple in 1853-4; with additions showing the route of the proposed wagon road from Fort Defiance to the Colorado River. 1857-8. Scale 1:900,000. 25 1/2 x 48 in.

Blake, William P. Report on the geology of the route near the thirty-second parallel; prepared from the collection and notes of Capt. Pope. 1856. (50 pp. 4° 2 maps. (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys.))

Maps:
Geological map of route explored. Scale 1:3,000,000.
Geological section from the Red River to the Rio Grande. Scale 3 m. =1 in.

Carleton, James Henry, Maj., U. S. A. Diary of an exursion to the ruins of Abo Quarro, and Gran Quivira, in New Mexico. 1852. (Smiths. inst. ann. Rpt., 1854. pp. 296-320.)

Conkling, A. R. Geology of the mountain ranges from La Veta pass to the head of the Pecos. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey w. 100th Meridian. pp. 199-202. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engineers, 1876.)

Cooke, Lieut. Col., Philip St. George. Journal of march from Santa Fe to San Diego. 1846-7. (85 pp. 8° (31st Cong., spec. sess., Senate ex. doc. 2.))

Cope, Edward D. Systematic catalogue of the vertebrata of the eocene of New Mexico, collected in 1874. Apr. 17th, 1875. (37 pp. 8° (Engineer Bureau.))

Donaldson, Thomas. Moqui Pueblo Indians of Arizona and Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. 1893. (vii, 136 pp. 4 maps. col. pls. 4° pap. Extra Census Bulletin, Eleventh Census. (Census office.))

Maps:
Map showing Moqui Indian Reservation and Pueblos. 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. page plate. Mequi country, Arizona. Spanish or ancient province of Tusayan. Scale 5 m. =1 in. 9 x 7 in. page plate. John Sevex's map of 1710. 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. page plate.
Map showing location of pueblos in New Mexico. 8 3/4 x 13 in. opp. p. 75.

Iddings, Joseph P. On a group of volcanic rocks from the Tewan Mountains, New Mexico, and on the occurrence of primary quartz in certain balsalts. 1890. (34 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 66.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 17.)

Letherman, Jona., Asst. Surgeon, U. S. A. Sketch of the Navajo tribe of Indians, Territory of New Mexico. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1855. pp. 283-97.)

Parlin, Dr. Thomas A., Surgeon, U. S. A. Notes on the history and climate of New Mexico. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1877, pp. 321- 48.)

Pope, Capt. John. Report of exploration of a route for the Pacific Railroad, near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, from the Red River to the Rio Grande. 1854. (185 pp. 9 pls. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

St. John, O. Notes on the geology of northeastern New Mexico.(Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 2, pp. 279-308, pls. 42- 9.)

Simpson, Lieut., J. H. Report of an expedition into the Navajo country in 1849; and also the report of Capt. S. G. French relative to the road opened between San Antonio and El Paso del Norte, 1850. (in: Johnston, J. E., and others. Reconnaissances of routes from San Antonio to El Paso. pp. 55-233. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 64, in v. 14.))

Stedman, C. A., Lieut., U. S. A. Reconnaissance from Santa Fe to Fort Stanton, N. M., 1877. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1879. v. 3,pp. 2348-51.)

—Report on the North Star road, from Fort Bayard to the canon of the Black River, 1877. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1879. v. 3, pp. 2351-57.)

U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories. (Hayden, F. V.) Preliminary field report of the United States Geological Survey, being the third annual report of Colorado and New Mexico. 1869. (155 pp. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. (Reprinted 1873, together with first and second reports, in one volume. 263 pp. 8° cl.)

New Mexico, Continued.

See also Bessels, E., Carpenter, W. L., Emory, W.H., King, T. B., Leconte, J. L., Macomb, J. N., Marcy, R. B., Michler, N., Simpson, J. H., Stevenson, J., Colorado River, Overland Journeys and Pueblo Indians.

Newton, Henry, and Jenney, Walter P.

Report on the geology and resources of the Black Hills of Dakota, 1880. (xv, 566 pp. 18 pls. 28 fig. frtsp. 4° cl. With atlas 1879 fol. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Territories.))

New York.

Clarke, John M. On the higher devonian faunas of Ontario County, N. Y. 1855. (86 pp. 3 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 16.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 1.)

Nez Perces Indians.

Ainslie, George. Notes on the grammar of the Nez Perces language. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bull. v. 2, pp. 271- 77.)

Niagara River.

Gilbert, Grove Karl. the history of the Niagara River. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1890. pp. 231-57.)

Niblack, Albert P., U. S. N.

The coast Indians of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia; based on the collections in the U. S. National Museum and on the personal oberservations of the writer in connection with the survey of Alaska in the seasons of 1885, 1886, and 1887. (2 maps. pls. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1888. pp. 225-386.))

Maps:
Chart 1. Dixon entrance to Cape St. Elias. Scale 40 n. m. =1 in. 8 5/8 x 11 3/8.
Chart 2. Cape Flattery to Dixon Entrance. Scale 40 n. m. =1 in. 8 3/4 x 11.

Nicaragua.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Nicaragua. 1892. (Rev. to Aug. 1, 1893. 183 pp. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 51.))

Map:
Map of the Republic of Nicaragua. Scale 10 st. m. =9/16 in. 17 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.

Sonnenstern, M. von. Report on the Nicaragua route for an Interoceanic ship canal, with a review of other proposed routes.1874. (22 pp. 4° pap. 1 plate showing proposed ship canal at Lake Nicaragual (Coast and Geodetic Survey.))

United States House of Representatives. Report on Nicaragua Canal. (n. d. 16 maps. (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpt. 145, in v. 2., pp. 591-638.)) This report is uncredited. It is largely taken up with reviews of previous statements concerning the features of construction, and is accompanied by two appendixes, viz, on the state of the trade in Central America up to 1829, and of that of the town of Guatemala up to 1840.

Maps:
1st sheet.
(a) Map of the country between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans showing the proposed route of a railroad from the Mississippi Valley to the ports of San Diego, Monterey, and San Francisco, also the connection of this road with those to the Atlantic States leading west as far as the Mississippi. Compiled from reconnaissances of Col. Fremont, Lieut. Col. Emory, Dr. Wislizenus, and others, by Robert Mills. Wash., Dec., 1848. 7 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.
(b) Barometric profile of the route across the prairies between the Arkansas and Red rivers from the valley of the Mississippi, Memphis, and St. Louis, by the Rio del Norte, to San Diego on the Pacific. 30 1/4 in.
(c.) Map, constructed by Whitney, shows the position of our continent as compared with Europe and African one side and Asia on the other.
2d-8th sheets.
Topographical map of the road from Missouri to Oregon, commencing at the mouth of the Kansas in the Missouri River, and ending at the mouth of the Wallah Wallah in the Columbia, in 7 sections. From the field notes and journal Capt. J. C. Fremont, and from sketches and notes made on the ground by his assistant, Charles Preuss. Compiled by Charles Preuss, 1846. Sclae 10 miles to the inch.
9th sheet. Plano del curso del rio Coatzacoalcos desde la confluencia del Malatendgo hasta su boca en el seno Mexicano. 1843. 16 3/4 x 19 1/2.
10th sheet. Prils en long et en travers du canal propose pour la jonction de deux oceans a travers l'isthme de Panama. n. d. 17 1/4 x 15.
11th sheet. Profile of that section of country situated betwen Lake Nicaragua and the South Sea. Bureau U. S. Topographical Engineers, U. S. A. 1838. 48 /2 x 13 3/4.
12th sheet. Harbor of San Jua de Nicaragua, by George Peacock. 1832. 18 1/4 x 15 3/4.
13th sheet. Chart of the Bay of Limon, or Navy Bay, by J. A. Floyd. 1829. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2.
14th sheet. Carte topographique de la partie de l'isthme de Panama comprise entre Panama et Chagres, ave le trace du canal maritime propose pour la jonction de l'ocean Atlantique et de l'ocean Pacific, par Napoleon Garella. 1845. 18 5/8 x 15.
15th. Plano de la parte austral del istmo de Tehauntepec desde la costa del oceano Pacifico hasta la llanura del Coatzcoalcos. 1843. 16 1/2 x 20 5/8.
16th sheet. Section of the country passed over in ascertaining the difference of level between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. 27 1/4 x 9 1/4.

Nicollet, J. N.

Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the Upper Mississippi River, giving a succinct account of the physical geography of the country embraced within the limits of the map, included a narrative of the movements of the expedition under my command, during the years 1838 and 1839; and also an account of my visits to the sources of the Mississippi in 1836.1845. (170 pp. 8° map. (28th Cong., 2d sess., House doc. 52, in v. 2.))

Nobles, William H.

Report upon the Fort Rideley and South Pass wagon road, 1856-8.(in: Campbell, A. H. Report upon the Pacific Wagon Roads. pp. 13- 29. (35th Cong., 2d House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

Nordenskiold, Nils Adolf Erik.

The fifth Swedish North Pole Expedition, under Nordenskiold, 1872-3. (in: Fourth Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 1-38. Nov., 1873. 46 pp. 4° pap. (Hydrographic office.))

North Atlantic Ocean.

See Petermann, Augustus.

North Carolina.

See Allegheny Mountains, Clingman, T. C. and Dismal Swamp.

North Polar Expeditions.

See Arctic Explorations.

Northern Boundary Commission.

Campbell, A., and Twining, W. J. Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain, from the Lake of the Woods to the summit of the Rocky Mountains. [1872-1876.] 1878. (624 pp. [18] pls. 7 maps. 4° cl. (State Dept.))

Maps:
Reconnaissance maps (six sheets and profile), showing the general features of the topography adjacent to the forty-ninth parallel, from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mts. Scale 8 m=1 in. 15 x 20 7/8.
Sheet 1. Profile sheet.
Sheet 2. Lat. 112°-15° x long. 47° 30'-49° (portion of Montana.)
Sheet 3. Lat. 108° 30'-111° 30' x long. 47° 30'-49° (portion of Montana.)
Sheet 4. Lat. 105°-108° x long. 47° 30'-49° (portion of Montana.)
Sheet 5. Lat. 101° 30'-104° 30' x long. 47° 30'-49° (portion of Dakota and Montana.)
Sheet 6. Lat. 98° -101° x long. 47 ° 30'-49° (portion of Dakota and Montana.)

Twining, W. J. Report of Capt. W. J. Twining, chief astronomer U. S. Northern Boundary Commission. 1877. (49 pp. 8° (44th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 41, in v. 2.))

Nourse, J. E., ed.

See Hall, C. F.

Nova Zembla.

Hofer, Hans. The glaciers of Nova Zembla. (in: Sixth Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 9-12. . Arp., 1875. 32 pp. 4° pap. (Hydrographic office.))

Hydrographic office. Norwegian cruises to Nova Zembla and the Kara Sea in 1871. (in: Third Supplement to the Papers on the northern and eastern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 11-39. Jan., 1873. 57 pp. 4° pap.)

Weyprecht, Lieut. C., and Payer, Lieut. J. von. Preliminary report of the expedition for the exploration of the Nova Zembla Sea (the sea between Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla). First Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. Jan., 1, 1872. (18 pp. 4° pap. (Hydrographic office).)

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Ober, F. A.

Ornithological exploration of the Caribbee Islands. [1876-8.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1878. pp. 446-451.)

Ojibway Indians.

Hoffman, W. J. The Midewiwin or "grand medicine society" of the Ojibway. (Ethnology Bureau. 7 Rpt. 1885-6. pp. 143-300, pls. 2-23.)

Olympic Mountains.

O'Neill, J. Report of exploration of the Olympic Mountains, Washington, June to Oct., 1890. (20 pp. 8° (54th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 59, in v. 3.))

Omaha Indians.

Dorsey, James Owen. Omaha dwellings, furniture, and implements.(Ethnology Bureau. 13 Rpt. 1891-2. pp. 263-88.)

—Omaha sociology. (Ethnology Bureau. 3 Rpt. 1881-2. pp. 205- 370, pls. 30-33.)

O'Neill, Joseph, Lieut. U. S. A.

Report of exploration of the Olympic Mountains, Washington, June to Oct., 1890. (20 pp. 8° (54th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 59, in v. 3.))

Oregon.

Brown, W. C. [Report of a scout under command of Capt. Charles Bendire, from Walla Walla into the Pend d'Oreille country, and back into the Grande Ronde and Wallowa valleys, 1880.] (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1881. v. 3, pp. 2873-7.)

Diller, J. S. A geological reconnaissance in northwestern Oregon.1896. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt. 1895-6. pt. 1, pp. 421-520, pls. 4-16.)

—Same. Separate.

Fremont, J. C. Report of the exploring expedition to the rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-4. 1845. (693 pp. 8° 22 pls. 5 maps. )

—Same. (28th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 174, in v. 11.)

Contents:
Narrative of the expedition of 1842. pp. 1-101.
Narrative of the expeditoin of 1843-44. pp. 103-294.
Appendix: A. Nature of the geological formations occupying the portion of Oregon and north California included in geographical survey under the direction of Captain Fremont, by James Hall. pp. 295-303.
B. Descriptions of organic remains, by James Hall. pp. 304-310, 5 pls.
C. Descriptions of some new genera and species of plants, by John Torrey and J. C. Fremont. pp. 311-20, 4 pls.
Astronomical observations. pp. 321-558.
Meteorlogical observations. pp. 559-83.
Astronomical observations made during the expedition in 1842. pp. 585-693.

—Same, without pp. 585-693. (28th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 166, in v. 4, pt. 2.)

Russell, Israel C. A geological reconnaissance in southern Oregon. (Geol. Survey. 4 Rpt. 1883. pp. 431-64, pls. 83-4.)

Spalding, H. H. The early labors of the missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Oregon, commencing in 1836, and other documents pertaining to the same. [1836-1845?] (81 pp. (41st Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. doc. 37, in v. 1.))

See also Abbot, H. L., Brown, W. C., Cascade Mountains, Columbia River, Cross, O., Gibbs, G. and U. S. Pacific Coast.

Osage Indians.

Dorsey, James Owen. Osage traditions. (Ethnology Bureau. 6 Rpt. 1884-5. pp. 373-97.)

Overland Journeys.

Beale, Edward F. Report relating to the construction of a wagon road from Fort Smith to the Colorado River. [1858-9.] (1 map. (36th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 42, in v. 6.))

Map:
Map showing route of E. F. Beale from Fort Smith, Ark., to Albuqerque, N. M., 1858-9. Long. 94°-106° w. x lat. 35° n. 6 3/4 x 48 1/2 in.

Cross, Osborne, Maj., U. S. A. Report, in the form of a journal, to the Quartermaster-General, of the march of the regiment of mounted riflemen to Oregon, from May 10 to October 5, 1849. (War Dept. Ann. Rpt., 1850. pp. 126-244, 35 pls.)

Dodge, Henry, Col., U. S. A. Report of the expedition of the squadron of dragoons to the Rocky Mountains, during the summer of 1835. (37 pp. 8° 2 maps. (24th Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 181, in v. 4.))

Maps:
Map showing the land assigned to emigrant Indians west of Arkansas and Missouri. Scale 40 m. =1 in. 18 3/4 x 18 in.
Map of route of dragoons in 1835. Scale 20 m. =1 in. 19 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.

Emory, W.H., U. S. A. Notes of a military reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers, made in 1846-7 with the advance guard of the "Army of the West. " 1848. (416 pp. pls. 8° 1 map. (Engineer Bureau.))

—Same. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 7, in v. 3, and House ex. docs., v. 4. [The House printe includes additional matter covering pages 417-614.])

Map:
Military reconnaissance of the Arkansas, Rio del Norte, and Rio Gila. 1847. Lat. 30°-39° x long. 95°-119°. Scale 1,500 mtrs. =2 cm. 29 3/4 x 64 3/4 in.

Overland Journeys, Continued.

Fisk, J. L. [Report of] north overland expedition for protection of emigrants, from St. Cloud, Minn., via Forts Abercrombie and Benton, to the Rocky Mountains, Idaho, etc., 1863. (39 pp. 8° (38th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 45, in v. 9.))

Fremont, John Charles. Letters to the editors of the National intelligencer, communicating some general results of a recent wInter expedition across the Rocky Mountains, for the survey of a route for a railroad to the Pacific, date June 13, 1854. (7 pp. 8° (33d Cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 67.))

—A report on an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the line of the Kansas and the Great Platte rivers. [May-Oct., 1842]. 1843. (207 pp. 8 ° ills. 1 map.)

—Same. (27th Cong., 3d sess., Senate docs., v. 4.)

Lander, Fred W. Synopsis of a report of the reconnaissance of a railroad route from Puget Sound, via South Pass, to the Misissippi River. 1856. (45 pp. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Long, Maj. Stephen H. Account of an expedition from Pittsburg to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War. Compiled from the notes of Major Long by Edwin James. Phila., 1823. (2 v. 8° Atlas 4°, containing 2 maps and 6 illustrations.)

Macomb, J. N., Capt., U. S. A. Report of the exploring expedition from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the junction of the Grand and Green rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, in 1859. (12 pls., with geographical report by J. S. Newberry. 1876. 152 pp. 19 pls. 4 cl. (Engineer Bureau.))

Contents:
General report, pp. 1-8.
Geological report, by J. S. Newberry. pp. 9-118. 11 col pls.
Descriptions of cretaceous fossils, by F. B. Meek. pp. 119-133.
Descriptions of the carboniferous and triassic fossils, by J. S. Newberry. pp. 135-148. 8 pls.

Simpson, Lieut., James H. Report and map of the route from Fort Smith, Ark., to Santa Fe, N. Mex., 1849. (25 pp. 8° 4 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 12, in v. 6.))

Maps:
I. map of route pursued by United States troops from Fort Smith, Ark., to Santa Fe, N. Mex. via south side of Canadian River, in the year 1849 whilst serving as an escort to a party of California emigrant. Scale 10 m. =1 in. 10 1/4 x 19 in.
II. Same. Fort Holmes to mouns near 100 1/2° of long.
III. Same. From mounds near 110 1/2° long. to Tucumcari Creek. IV. Same. From Tucumcari Creek to Santa Fe.

Stevens, Isaac I. Narrative and final report of explorations for a route for a Pacific railroad near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels of north latitude, from St. Paul to Puget Sound.1855. (70 pls. 358, 41 pp. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 12.))

Whipple, Lieut. A. W., and Ives, J. C. Report of explorations for a railway route, near the thirty-fifth parallel of north latitude, from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. 1855- 6. (v. p., 31 pls. 4° 4 pt. s (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 3 and 4.))

Contents:
I. Itinerary. 136 pp. ills. col. plates.
II. Topographical features and character of the country. 1856. 77 pp.
III. Report upon the Indian tribes, by A. W. Whipple, Thomas Ewbank, and William W. Turner. 1855. 127 pp. ills. pls.
IV. Report on the geology of the route, by William P. Blake. 1856. 164 pp. 2 pls. 2 maps.
Geological map of route explored. Scale 50 m. =1 in.
Geological section from Misissippi River to Pacific Ocean.

Owen, David Dale.

Report of geological exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Ilinois made under instructions form the Secretary of the Treasury in the autumn of the year 1839. (161 pp. 8° (26th Cong, 1st sess., House ex. doc. 239, in v. 6.))

—Same. 1844. (191 pp. 8° chts. and pls. (28th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 407, in v. 7.))

—Same. (161 pp. chts. and pls. [Appears as 28th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 168, in v. 4, pt. 2, though bearing the number 26th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 239.])

Owen, David Dale, Continued.

Report of a geological reconnoissance of the Chippewa land district of Wisconsin, and, incidentally, of a portion of the Kickapoo country, and of a part of Iowa and of the Minesota [sic] territory, made under the instructions from the U. S. Treasury Department. [1847-8.] (134 pp. 8° 23 pls. 14 chts. 1 map. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Sentate ex. doc. 57, in v. 7.))

Map:
Provisional geological map of the Chippewa land district of Wisconsin, with part of Iowa and of Minnesota Territory. Scale 10 m. = 1 in. 33 x 24 in.

Report of a geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, and, incidentally, of a portion of Nebraska Territory. Philadelphia, 1852. (638 pp. 4° cl. 25 pls. ills. maps. One large geological map in covers accompanies this report. (General Land office.))

Owl River.

Hoffmann, William, Lieut., U. S. A. Report of the reconnaissance of the Morean or Owl River, Dakota, in 1878. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1879. v. 3. pp. 2367-2370.)

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Pacific Railroad Surveys.

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Missisippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the direction of the Secretary of War, 1853-4. (12 vols. in 13. 1855-1869. 578 pls. maps and ills. 4° cl. (War Dept.))

Same. (33d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 13, 11 pts., and 35th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 18.)

—Same. (33d Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs., v. 11, 11 pts., and 36th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. docs., v. 11, 2 pts. [This set was partially printed in octavo in the 33d Cong., 1st sess., as House ex. docs., v. 18, pts. 1,2, and 4. Part 3 of this volume was not printed.])

Contents:
V. 1. 1855. v. p. 36 pls.
Report of Secretary of War. Examination of the reports of the several routes explored.
Railway memoranda. Letter of Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jesup. Report of the explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad, near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels of north latitude, from St. Paul to Puget Sound, by I. I. Stevens, governor of Washington Terr. 1855.
V. 2. 1855. 651 pp.

Beckwith, Lieut. EG. Report of explorations for the Pacific Railroad, by Capt. J. W. Gunnison, T. E., near the thirty-eight and thirty-ninth parallels of north latitude, form the mouth of the Kansas River, Mo., to the Sevier Lake, in the Great Basin. [1853.] 128 pp. 13 col. lithogr. * Beckwith, Lieut. E. G. Report of explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad on the line of the forty-first parallel of north latitude, 1853. 1854. 132 pp. plates: geology, 1-4, botany, 1-10.

Lander, Fred. W. Synopsis of a report of the reconnaissance of a railroad route from Puget Sound via south Pass to the Mississippi, 1856. 45 pp.

Pope, Bvt. Capt. John. Report of exploration of a route for the Pacific Railroad, near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, from the Red River to the Rio Grande, 1854. 185 pp. plates: botany, 1-9.

Blake, William P. Report on the geology of the route near the thirty-second parallel; prepared from the collection nd notes of Capt. Pope. 1856. 50 pp. 2 maps.

Maps:
Geological map of route explored. Scale 1:300,000.
Geological section from the Red River to the Rio Grande. Scale 3 m. =1 in.

Parke, Lieut. John G. Report of explorations of that portion of a railroad reoute near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, lying between Dona Ana on the Rio Grande and Pimas village on the Gila. 1853. 28 pp.

Emory, Lieut. Col. W. H. Extract from report of military reconnaissance made in 1846 and 1847. 22 pp. (The extract is made from that portion of Col. Emory's report of his reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth, Mo., to San Diego, Cal., describing the route form the junction of the San Pedro with the Gila to the junction of the latter with the Colorado of the West. This connects Lieut. Parke's survey from Dona Ana to the Pimas villages with Lieut. Williamson's surveys in the southern part of the State of California.)

V. 3. 1856. v. p. 31 pls. Extracts from the [preliminary] report of Lieut. A. W. Whipple, upon the route near the thirty-fifth parallel.

Whipple, Lieut. A. W., and Ives, Lieut. J. C. Report of exploration for a railway route near the thirty-fifth parallel of north latitude, from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. 1853-4. v. p. 29 and 2 pls. 4 pts.

Contents:
I. Itinerary, col. pls. 136 pp.
II. Topographical features and character of the country. 1856. 77 pp.
III. Report upon the Indian tribes, by A. W. Whipple, Thomas Ewbank, and Wm. W. Turner 1855. 127 pp. ills. and pls.
IV. Report on the geology of the route, by William P. Blake. 1856. 164 pp. 2 pls. 2 maps.
Geological map of route explored from Mississippi River to Pacific Ocean. Scale 50 m. =1 in.
Geological section from the Missisippi River to Pacific Ocean.

* For zoological report of this exploration see v. 10 of this series.

Pacific Railroad Surveys, Continued.

Reports of explorations and surveys, etc., Continued.

Contents, Continued.

V. 4. 1856. v. p. 59 pls. Parts 5,6, and appendixes of the report of Lieut. A. W. Whipple, upon the route near the thirty-fifth parallel.

Contents-Continued. (For pts. 1-4 see v. 3.)
V. Report upon the botany of the expediton; Soil and productions along the route observed, by J. M. Bigelow; Description of the cactaceae, by George Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow; Descriptions of general botanical collections, by John Torrey; Description of the mosses and liverworts, by W. S. Sullivant. 193 pp. Plates: Cactacae, 1-24; botany, 1-25; mosses, etc., 1-10.
VI. Report upon the zoology of the expedition; field notes and explanations. 288 pp. (For plates see v. 10 of this series.)

V. 5. 1856. v. p. 69 pls. Williamson, Lieut. R. S. Report of explorations in California for railroad routes to connect with routes near the thirty-fifth and thirty-second parallels of north latitude. 1853. 370 pp. 12 pls. (For zoological report see v. 10 of this series.)

Blake, William P. Geological report. 1857. 370 pp. 8 fold. pls. [14] pls. 3 geol. maps. Fossils, 12 pls; botany, 10 pls.

Durand, E., and Hilgard, T. C. Botanical report. 1855 15 pp. 18 pls.

Appendixes, tables, 14 pp.

V. 6. 1857. v. p. 50 pls. Abbot, Lieut. Henry L. Report upon explorations for a railroad route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River, made by Lieut. R. S. Williamson. 1855. 4 pts.

Contents:
Introdution, 15 pp.
I. General report. 1857. 134 pp. 13 pls.
II. Geological report. 1856. 85 pp. 5 pls.
III. Botanical report. 1857. 102 pp. 16 pls.
IV. Zoological report. 1857. 114, iv pp. Plates: Fishes, xxiia, b, xxva, b, xla, xlvi, lxii, lxvi, lxviii, lxx, lxxiv; birds, 26, 34; mammals 1, 3, 29.
Appendixes, talbes, 64 pp. (For pls. pt. 4, reptiles, see v. 10 of this series.)

V. 7. 1857. v. p. 50 pls.

Parke, Lieut. John G., and Campbell, Albert H. Report of explorations for railroad routes from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, Cal., west of the Coast Range, and from the Pimas villages on the Gila to the Rio Grande, near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude. 1854-5. 3 pts. 50 pls. 2 maps.
Contents:
I. General report. pp. 17-42. 7 col. lithogrs.
II. Geological report, by Thomas Antisell, 1856. pp. 43-204. Paleontology, 10 pls. ; geology, 14 pls. ; 2 fold maps, viz: Geological plan of the Coast Range of California from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles; geological plan and section from the Rio Grande to the Pimas villages.
III. Botanical report, by John Torrey, 1856. 28 pp. 8 pls.
Appendixes- A. Remarks on meteorology and barometric results, with meteorologic plates. pp. 1-14, 11 pls.
B. Report upon the route from San Diego to Fort Yuma, via San Diego River, Warners Pass, and San Felipe Canon, by Charles H. Poole. pp. 15-28.
C. Translation of an archive from Tuscon. ppl 29-30.
D. Description of maps and profiles, with table of latitude. pp. 31-34.
E. Table of distances, and barometric and meteorological observations and results. pp. 35-116.
Conclusion of the official review of the reports upon the explorations and surveys for railroad routes from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, 1855-7. 37 pp. (For zoological report see v. 10 of this series.)

V. 8. 1857. 42 pls.
General report upon the the zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1857. pp. xvii, xviii, 757. 42 pls.
I. Mammals, by Spencer F. Baird, 1857, xlviii. 757 pp. pls 17-28, 30-60.

V. 9. 1858.
General report upon the zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1858, 1858. lvi, 1005 pp.
II. Birds, by Spencer F. Baird, John Cassin, and George N. Lawrence.

V. 10. 1859. v. p. 114 pls.
General report upon the zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1857. 39 pls.
III. Reptiles, by Spencer F. Baird. 16 pp. pls. 24-36.
IV. Fishes, by Charles Girard. xiv, 400 pls. 7, 8, 13, 14, 17, 18, 22c, 26, 29, 30, 34, 37, 40, 41, 48, 53, 59, 61, 64, 65, 71.

Report of Lieut. Beckwith upon explorations for a railroad route near the thirty-eighty and thirty-ninth parallels of north latitude, by Capt. Gunnison.
Zoological report. 27 pp. 17 pls.
I. Mammals, by S. F. Baird. pp. 1-9. Plates: Mammals, 4, 6, 10.
II. Birds, by S. F. Baird. pp. 11-16. Col. plates: birds, 14, 15, 17, 32.
III. Reptiles, by S. F. Baird. pp. 17-20, plates 17, 18, 23, 24.
IV. Fishes, by Charles Girard. pp. 21-27, plates 23, 49, 54, 56, 73, 75.

Report of explorations for a railway route (near the thirty-fifth parallel of north latitude) from the Missisippi River to the Pacific Ocean, by Lieut. A. W. Whipple and Lieut. J. C. Ives. (For No. 1, fields notes and explanations, see v. 4 of this series.) 64 pp. 27 pls.
II. Mammals, by C. B. R. Kennerly,. pp. 11-18. Plates: Mammals, 8, 11, 14, 16.
III. Birds, by C. B. R. Kennerly. pp. 19, 35. Col. plates: Birds, 20, 22, 33, 37.
IV. Reptiles, by S. F. Baird. pp. 37, 45. Plates: Reptiles, 25-27.
V. Fishes, by C. girard. pp. 47-50. Plates: Fishes, 3-6, 9, 10, 21, 24, 25, 35, 40, 52, 57, 58.

Report of explorations for a railroad route near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, by Lieut. John G. Parke. 24 pp. 2 pls. (For first part of this report see v. 7 of this series.)
Zoological report.
Birds, collected by A. L. Heermann. pp. 1-20. Col. plates: Birds, 6.

Pacific Railroad Surveys, Continued.

Reports of explorations and surveys, etc., Continued.

Contents, Continued.

V. 10, Continued.
Reptiles, collected by Edward Hallowell. pp. 23-24. Plates: Reptiles, 2.

Report of explorations in California for railroad routes to connect with the routes near the thirty-fifth and thrity-second parallels of north latitude, by Lieut. R. S Williamson. 1853. 97 pp. 25 pls.

Geological report.
Introductory letter, by Edward Heermann. Reptiles, by Edward Hallowell. pp. 1-27. Plates: Reptiles, 1, 3-5, 7-10.
Birds, by A. L. Heermann. pp. 29-81. Col. plates: 2, 3, 5, 7-10.
Fishes, by Charles Girard. pp. 83-97. Plates: 2, 12, 22, 27, 28, 31, 36, 38, 39, 47.
Report of Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, upon explorations for a railroad route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River, made by Lieut. R. S. Williamson and Henry L. Abbot. 1855. 4 pls.

Zoological report. (For pts. 1-3 see v. 6 of this series.)
IV. Reptiles, by S. F. Baird. pp. 9-13. Plates : 11, 28, 30, 44.

V. 11. 1861. 4 pls. and maps.

Stevens, Isaac I. Narrative and final report of explorations for a route for a Pacific railroad near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels of north latitude, from St. Paul to Puget Sound. 1855. 70 pls. 358, 41 pp.

Warren, Lieut. Gouverneur K. Memoir to accompany the map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, giveing a brief account of the exploring expeditions since A. D. 1800, with a detailed description of the method adopted in compiling the general map. 1859. 115 pp. 4 pls., reduced copies of early maps.

Topographical maps, profiles, and sketches, to illustrate the various reports of the surveys for railroad routes from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. 1861.

Contents:
To accompany Beckwith's report, v. 2, 13 engr., pls.
Official review of the reports, v. 1, 7. 1 general map and profiles.
Steven's report, v. 1. 3 maps and profiles.
Abbot's report, v. 6. 2 maps and 2 profiles.
Beckwith's report, v. 2. 4 maps and profiles.
Beckwith's report, v. 2. profiles and 4 maps.
Whipple's report, v. 3. 2 maps and profiles.
Williamson's report, v. 5. 6 maps.
Parke's report, v. 7. 3 maps.
Pope's report, v. 2. map and profile.

V. 12. 2 pts. 12 pls.
Pt. 1, 1860. 358, 41 pp. 70 pls.
Pt. 2, 1860. 53 pls.
Same–Continued. 399 pp. Plates: Botany, 1-6; insects, 1, 2; mammals, 2, 5, 7, 9, 15; birds, 11, 16, 18, 21, 23-25, 28; reptles, 12-16, 19-22, 29, 31; fishes, 1, 1, 15, 16, 19, 20, 32; 33, 42-45, 50, 51, 55, 60, 63, 67, 69, 70, 75.

Pacific Wagon Roads.

Campbell, Albert H. (Report upon the Pacific Wagon Roads, constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, 1857-9. 125 pp. 8° 6 maps. (35th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

Contents:
Nobles, William H. Report upon the Fort Ridgeley and South Pass wagon road. pp. 13-29.
Lander, F. W. Preliminary report upon the explorations west of South Pass. pp. 30-35.
Kirk, John. Report upon the western division of the Fort Kearney, South Pass and Honey Lake wagon road. pp. 36-46.
Lander, F. W. Report upon the central division of the Fort Kearney, South Pass and Honey Lake wagon road. pp. 47-76.
Hutton, N. H. Report on the El Paso and Fort Yuma wagon road. pp. 77-100.
Sites, George L. Reports upon the Platte River, Dacota and l'Eauqui Court wagon road. pp. 101-125.

Maps:
Map of the Fort Ridgeley and South Pass road. Scale 9 m. =1 in. 18 x 31 1/2 in. Preliminary map of the central division of the Fort Kearney, South Pass, and Honey Lake wagon road. Scale 1:600,000. 20 x 33 in.
Map of the western division of the Fort Kearney, South Pass and Honey Lake wagon road. Scale 1:720,000. 20 3/4 x 34 in.
Map No. 1 of the El Paso and Fort Yuma wagon road. Scale 600,000. 21 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.
Map No. 2 of the El Paso and Fort Yuma wagon road. Scale 1:600,000. 21 1/4 x 34 3/4 in.
Map of the wagon road from Platte River via Omaha reserve and Dakota City to Running Water River. Scale 10 m. =1 in. 26 x 23 1/4 in.

Packard, A. S., Jr.

On the supposed ancient outlet of Great Salt Lake. (n. t. p. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey R. M. R Bulls. 1874-5. no. 5. pp. 413-3.))

Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

McCauley, C. A. H., Lieut., U. S. A. Notes on Pagosa Springs, Colorado, Dec., 1878. (27 pp. 23 figs. 1 map. (45th Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. doc. 65, in v. 4.)

Map:
Topographical sketch of Pagosa Springs. Sclae 150 yards=1 in. 12 x 7 1/4 in.

Pagosa Springs, Colorado, Continued.

Smart, Charles. Chemical report on the Pagosa Springs of Colorado, June 9, 1879. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1879. v. 3, pp. 2331-47.)

Palmer, Aaron H.

Memoir, geographical, political, and commercial, on the present state, productive resources, and capabilities for commerce, of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Asiatic Islands of the Northern Pacific Ocean; and on the importance of opening commercial Intercourse with those countries, etc. 1848. (76 pp. 8° 2 maps. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 80.))

Maps:
Outline map of northeast Asia and the Asiatic Island of the northern Pacific Ocean. 21 3/4 x 34 1/2 in. Isthmus of Nicaragua. Scale 5 cm. =1 degree. 7 3/4 x 10 in.

Contents:
1. Siberia, its valuable products and gold mines.
2. Russian overland trade with China at Kiatka, etc.
3. Manchuria and the river Amur, etc.
4. Island of Tarakay or Saghalien.
5. Russian and Japanese Kurile Island, etc.
6. Steam communication with China, superior commercial advantages of Chusan, etc.
7. Special mission tothe East. Steam navigation on the indus and Brahmaputra,etc., Extensive caravan trade with northwestern and central Asia.
8. Policy of encouraging immigration of Chinese agricultral laborers to California.
9. Ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Pampas.

See Argentine Republic.

Panama.

Chiriqui Commission. Report of examination of Isthmus of Chiriqui, 1859. 1861. (70 pp. (36th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 41, in v. 6.))

Davidson, George. Condensed account of M. Hellert's explorations on the Isthmus of Panama, including his special explorations on the Isthmus of Darien [1844-5] with suggestions for conducting a future survey. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1868. App. 15, pp. 260- 77.)

Garella, N. Project of a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. (n. d. (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpt. 145, in v. 2. pp. 506-590.)) At the time of the survey Garella was engineer in chief of the royal corps of miners. this report is confined largely to engineering details.

Goldsborough, H. A. Memoranda from the report of Napoleon Garella of a survey across the Isthmus of Panama. 1845. August, 1848. (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpt. 145, in v. 2. pp. 70-77.)

Lloyd, J. A. Notes respecting the Isthmus of Panama 1827. (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpt. 145, in v. 2. pp. 455-493.) These are supplementary notes of the author's observations as published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1830, p. 59. Author describes 97 varieties native wood, and gives statistics of the province of Panama and Veragua, according to the census of 1822.

See also Darien, Isthmus of.

Paraguay.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Paraguay. 1892. (Rev. to Oct. 15., 1894. 146 pp. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 54.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 149, pt. 5, in v. 7.)

Map:
Map of the Republic of Paraguay, drawn by E. de bourgade. Scal 1:1,964,000. 17 x 10 3/4 in.

Shaw, Edmund. Paraguay: Situation, resources, products, government, people, commerce, etc. (Cons. Rpt. no. 138, in v. 38. pp. 556-84. Mar., 1892. (Foreign Commerce Bureau.))

Parke, John G., Lieut., U. S. A.

Report of explorations of that portion of a railroad route, near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, lying between Dona Ana, on the Rio Grande, and Pimas villages, on the Gila. 1853. (28 pp. 4° (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Parke, John G., and Campbell, Albert H.

Report of explorations for railroad routes from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, Cal., west of the Coast Range, and from the Pimas villages on the Gila to the Rio Grande, near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude. 1854-5. (v. p. 50 pls. 2 maps. 3 pts. 4° (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 7.))

Parlin, Thomas, Surgeon, U. S. A.

Notes on the history and climate of New Mexico. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt. 1877. pp. 321-348.)

Paxton, Joseph.

Letter to the Hon. A. H. Sevier, Delegate to Congress from the Territory of Arkansas, in relation to the raft of Red River, Aug. 1, 1828. (18 pp. 8° (20th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 78, in v. 1.))

Payer, Lieut., Julius von, joint author.

See Weyprecht, Lieut. C.

Peale, Albert Charles.

The paleozoic section in the vicinity of Threeforks, Mont. 1893. (56 pp. 6 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 110.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 27.)

The thermal springs of Yellowstone National Park. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Territories. 12 Ann. Rpt. p. 63-454.)

Pembina Settlement, Minn.

See Woods, S.

Pennsylvania.

Bascom, Florence. The ancient volcanic rocks of South Mountain, Pennsylvania. 1896. (124 pp. 28 pls. 8° (Geol. survey. Bull. 136.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House docs., v. 79.) Plate 3.

Map:
Geologic and topographic map of the Monterey district. Scale 1 m. =3 5/16 in. 16 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.

Perry, M. C., Commander, U. S. N.

Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commander Perry and his officers, at his request and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks1856. (3 v. col. pls. maps and ills. cl. (Navy Department.))

—Same. (33d Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs., v. 12, 3 pts., and Senate ex. docs., v. 14, 3 pts.)

Peru.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Peru. 1892. (Rev. to Mar. 1, 1895. 145 pp. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 60.))

Map:
Map of the Republic of Peru. Scale 100 Engl. st. m. =1 1/8 in. 14 1/2 x 10 in.

—Same. (52d con., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 149, pt. 9, in v. 7.)

See also Chile, Herndon and Gibbon.

Petermann, Augustus.

The Gulf Stream and the knowledge of the thermal properties of the North Atlantic Ocean and its continental borders up to 1870. (in: Papers on eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 1-117. 1871. (Hydrographic office.))

Petroff, Ivan.

Preliminary report upon the population, industry, and resources of Alaska. 1880. (86 pp. 8° 1 map. (46th Cong., 3d sess., House ex. doc. 40, in v. 18.))

Report on the population, industries, and resources of Alaska, 1884. (vi, 189 pp. 4° col. pls. 8 maps. (Census office.))

—Same. (Tenth Census, in v. 8.)

—Same. (47th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 13, pt. 8.)

Maps:
Map of Alaska and adjoining regions showing boundaries of geograhical division. Scale 100 st. m. =1 in. 7 x 9 in. opp. p. 1
Map showing distribution of beaver, land otter, and sea otter. opp. p. 55.
Map showing distribution of foxes, opp. p. 58.
Map showing distribution of mink and martin, opp. p. 59.
Map showing distribution of timber, tundra, and glaciers, opp. p. 75.
Map of Alaska and adjoining regions. Scale 1:3,500,000. 231/2 x 30 1/2 in.
Map of Alaska and adjoining regions showing the distribution of native races. Scale 1:3,500,000. 23 x 30 in.

Phillips, P. Lee.

Virginia cartography, a bibliographical description, 1896. (85 pp. 8° pap. (Smiths. inst. Misc. coll. no. 1039, in v. 37.))

Phillips, W. F. R.

The climate of Cuba, also a note on the weather of Manila. 1898. (23 pp. (Weather Bureau. Bull. 22.))

Phinney, A. J.

The natural-gas field of Indiana. ((Geol. Survey. 11 Rpt. 1890. pp. 579-742. pls. 62-6.) 10233, 5)

Pierce, Benjamin Mill.

A report on the resources of Iceland and Greenland. 1868. (72 pp. pap. 1 map. (State Dept.))

Map:
Map of the Arctic regions, copied from Petermann's Mittheillungen, at the office of the U. S. Coast Survey, by A. Lindenkohl. 11 x 9 1/4 in.

Pierce, Henry H., Lieut., U. S. A.

Report of an expedition from Fort Colville to Puget Sound, Washington Territory, by way of Lake Chelan and Skagit River, during the months of Aug. and Sept., 1882. 1883. (25 pp. 8° pap. 1 map. (Adjutant-General's office.))

Map:
Map of the Indian trail from old Fort Colville to the Skagit River, W. T. Scale 4 m. =1 in. 12 x 54 in.

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery.

An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi, and through the western parts of Louisiana, to the sources of the Arkansaw, Kansas, La Platte, and Pierre Juan rivers; performed by order of the Government of the United States during the years 1805, 1806, and 1807; and a tour through the Interior of New Spain, when conducted through these provinces, by order of the Captain General, in the year 1807. Philadelphia, 1810. (8° 5,227, 65, 52 pp. 8° por. maps. and fold. tables.) Maps and tables:Table-Recapitulation of furs and peltries, Fond du Lac department, marks and numbers as per margin. North West Compnay, 1804-5. Table-Abstract of the number, etc., of the nations of Indians residing on the Mississippi and its condluent streams, from St. Louis, Louisiana, to its source, including Red Lake and Lower Red River. Table-Statistical abstract of the nations of Indians who inhabit that part of Louisiana visited by Capt. Z. M. Pike in his tour of discovery in that country in the years 1806-7. the first part of Capt. Pike's chart of the Internal part of Louisiana. Scale 40 m. . =1 in. 17 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. Long. 3°-26° w. x lat. 31°-40° n.

Pillsbury, John Elliott.

The Gulf Stream, methods of the investigaiton and results of the research. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1890. App. 10, pp. 461-620, pls. 30-54. 12 figs.)

—Same. Separate. 1891. (v. p. 4° cl.)

Platte river.

See Fremont, J. C.

Point Barrow, Alaska.

Ray, P. H., Lieut., U. S. A. Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska [1881=3], in response to the resolution of the House of Representative of Dec. 11, 1884.1885. (695 pp. 13 pls. ills. 4° cl. (Signal office.))

—Same. (48th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs., v. 23.)

"Polaris. "

See Hall, Capt., C. F.

Pontchartrain, Lake.

Fontaine, Edw. The physical history and geography of Lake Pontchartrain. (in his: Contributions to the science of hydraulic engineering. pp. 18-26. 1879. 41 pp. 4° pap. 5 maps.)

Pope, John, Capt., U. S. A.

Report of exploration of a route for the Pacific Railroad near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, from the Red River to the Rio Grande. 1854. (185 pp. 9 pls. 4° (in: Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Report of an exploration of the Territory of Minnesota to the Red River of the North, made in the summer of 1849. (56 pp. 8° 1 map. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 42, in v. 10.))

Map:
Map of the Territory of Minnesota exhibiting the route of the expedition to the Red River of the North in the summer of 1849. Scale 20 m. =1 in. Long., 88° 30'-100° w. x lat. 43° 30'-50° n. 24 x 33 1/4 in.

Powell, John Wesley.

Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries, explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Smithsonian institution. 1875. (xi, 291 pp. 80 pls. 4° cl.)

—Same. (xi, 291 pp. 80 pl. 4° 2 maps in pocket. 43d Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 6. [For contents and maps see Colorado River.])

Geology of the eastern portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto, with atlas. 1876. (218 pp. ills. 4° (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R.))

Powell, John Wesley, Continued.

Lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. 1878. (xv, 195 pp. ills. 3 maps in pocket. 4° (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R.) [For list of maps see U. S. Pacific Coast.])

—Same. (45th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 73, in v. 13.)

—Same. ed. 2. 1879.

Powers, Stephan.

Tribes of California. 1877. (635 pp. 1 map. 4° (Contributions to No. Amer. Ethnology. v. 3.))

Map:
Showing the distribution of the Indian tribes of California. Scale 20 st. m. =3/4 in. 33°-42° n. lat. x 115°-124° w. long. 25 x 21 5/8 in.

Pribilov Islands.

See Alaska.

Pueblo Indians.

Holmes, W. H. Pottery of the ancient pueblos. (Ethnology Bureau. 4 Rpt. 1882-3. pp. 257-360.)

Mindeleff, Victor. A study of Pueblo architecture. Tusayan and Cibloa. (Ethnology Bureau. 8 Rpt. 1886-7. pp. 3-228, pls. 1- 111.)

Pumpelly, Raphael.

Geological researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan, during the years 1862 to 1865. Aug., 1866. (vii, 143 pp. 9 pls. 4° (Smithsonian inst. Genreal pub. 202.))

—Same. (in: Smiths. Contr. to Knowldege. v. 15.)

Pumpelly, Raphael, Wolff, J. E., and Dale, T. Nelson.

Geology of the Green Mountains in Massachusets. 1894. (xiv, 206 pp. 23 pls. (Geo. . Survey. Monograph 23.))

—Same. (53d cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 14.)

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Queen Charlotte Islands.

Swan, James G. Report on explorations and collections in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. [1883.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1884. pp. 137-146.))

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Rainier, Mount.

Russell, I. C. Glaciers of Mount Rainier, with paper on rocks of Mount Rainier, by George Otis Smith. (v. p. 16 pls. 2 maps. (Geol. Survey. 18 Rpt. 1898. pt. 2 pp. 349-423.))

—Same. Separate.

Maps:
Map of the glacier system of Mount Rainier, Washington. Scale 1 m. =5/8 in. 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.
Map showing position of proposed Mount Rainier forest reserve and Mount Rainier National Park. 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. opp. p. 410.

Ray, Philip H., Lieut., U. S. A.

Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska [1881-83], in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of Dec. 11, 1884. 1885. (695 pp. 4° cl. 13 pls. ills. (Signal office.))

—Same. (48th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs., v. 23.)

Raymond, Charles W., Capt., U. S. A.

Report of a reconnaissance of the Yukon River, Alaska Territory, July to Sept., 1869. 1871. (112 pp. 8° (42d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 12.))

Report on the Youkon River and the islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska [1869]. 1870. (18 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 112, in v. 6.))

Raynolds, W. F., Bvt. Brig. Gen., U. S. A.

Report on the expedition fo the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers in 1859-60. 1868. (174 pp. 8° cl. 1 map. (War Department.))

—Same. (40th cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 77, in v. 2.)

Map:
Map of Yellowstone and Missouri rivers and their tributaries. Scale 1:1,200,000. Long. 99° =113° w. x lat. 42°-48° n. 26 1/2 x 40 3/4 in.

Red River.

Marcy, Randolph B., Capt., U. S. A. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852. With reports on the natural history of the country and numerous illustrations. 1853. (320 pp. 8° cl. 66 pls. 2 maps. (Engineer Bureau.))

Red River, Continued.

Marcy, Randolph B., Capt., U. S. A. Same. (32d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. v. 8.)

Maps:
Map of the country between the frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico, embracing the section explored in 1849, '50, '51, and '52 by Capt. Marcy. Also a continuation of the emigrant road from Fort Smith and Fulton down the valley of the Gila. Scale 30 m. =1 in. 31 3/4 x 58 in.
Map of the country embraced within the basin of Upper Red River, explored in 1852 by Capt. Marcy. Scale 10 m. =1 in. 15 1/4 x 33 in.

Paxton, Joseph. Letter to the Hon. A. H. Sevier, Delegate to Congress from the Territory of Arkansas, in relation to the raft of Red River. Aug. 1, 1828. 1(8 pp. 8° (20th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 78, in v. 1.))

Sibley, John. [An account of Red River and the country adjacent.] Apr. 10, 1805. (in: Lewis and Clarke. [Correspondence of.] pp. 725-30. (Amer. State Papers. Indian Affairs. v. 1, pp. 705-43.))

See also Blake, W. P., Featherstonhaugh, G. W. and Pope, John.

Red Sea.

Kropp, Capt. W. Physical geography of the Red Sea; with sailing directions. 1872. (46 pp. 8° H. O. P. 39. (Hydrographic office.))

Reid, Henry Fielding.

Report of an expedition to Muir Glacier, Alaska, with determination of latitude of the magnetic elements at Camp Muir, Glacier Bay. [1890.] (1 map of Muir Glacier. Scale 56 m. =1 in. 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1891, pt. 2. App. 14, pp. 487-501.))

Same. Separate.

Rhoda, Franklin.

Report on the topography of the San Juan country. (n. t. p. (Geol. and Geogr. Surv. of the Terrs. Bulls. ser. 2, v. 1., pp. 165-209. 3 fold pls.))

Ridgeley, Fort, and South Pass Wagon Road.

See Minnesota.

Ridgway, Robert.

Ornithology of Guadeloupe Island, based on notes and collections made by Dr. Edwin Palmer. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey of the Territories. Bulls. v. 2. pp. 183-95.)

Riggs, Stephen Return.

A Dakota-English dictionary. 1890. (x, 665 pp. 4° (Contributions to No. Amer. Ethnolgy. v. 7.))

Dakota grammar, texts, and ethnology, edited by James Owen Dorsey. 1893. (xxxii, 239 pp. 4° (Contrubutions to No. Amer. Ethnology. v. 9.))

Rio Del Norte.

See Emory, W.H.

Rio Grande.

Schott, A. Substance of the sketch of the geology of lower Rio Bravo del Norte. (Mexican Boundary Survey. v. 1, pp. 28-48.)

Webster, J. D., Lieut., U. S. A. Report of a survey of the Gulf coast at the mouth of the Rio Grande, 1848. (12 pp. 1 map. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 65, in v. 14.))

Maps:
Map of the country adjacent to the left bank of the Rio Grande below Matamoras. Scale 1 m. =1 in. 24 1/2 x 18 in.

See also Blake, W. P., Pope, John.

Rio Grande Valley.

Parry, C. C. Geological features of the Rio Grande Valley from El Paso to the mouth of the Pecos River. (Mexican Boundary Survey. v. 1, pp. 49-61.)

Roberts, Thomas P.

Reconnaissance of the Missouri River in 1872. 1875. (56 pp. fold. pls. 3 fold. maps. 8° (Engineer Bureau.))

Robeson, Hon. G. M., Secy. Navy.

instructions to Capt. Hall, by Secy. Robeson, and letter of Prof. Joseph Henry, Pres. National Acad. Sciences, with instructions for the North Polar Expedition. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1871. pp. 361-387.)

Rockhill, William Woodville.

Diary of a journey thorugh Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892. 1894. (413 pp. 8° pap. ills. (Smiths. inst. General Publication 975.))

Rockhill, William Woodville, Continued.

Explorations in Mongolia and Tibet. [1891-2.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1892. pp. 659-79.)

Rockwell, John A.

Report from the select committee to whom was referred a joint resolution to authorize the survey of certain routes for a canal or railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Feb. 20, 1843. (678 pp. 8° 16 maps. (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpts. 145, in v. 2.))

Rocky Mountains.

Cross, Whitman, and Hillebrand, W. F. Contributions to the mineralogy of the Rocky Mountains. 1885. (114 pp. 1 pl. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 20.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 1.)

Hayden, F. V. Notes on the surface features of the Colorado or Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. (n. t. p. (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5.
No. 4. pp. 215-20.))

Ward, Lester F. Synopsis of the flora of the Laramie group. (Geol. Survey. 6 Rpt. 1885. pp. 399-557, pls. 31-65.)

See also Dodge, H., Fisk, J. L., Fremont, J. C., Gardner, J. T., Meek, F. B. and Overland Journeys.

Rodman, Hugh, Compiler.

Alaska. General information relating to the vicinity of Chatham and Peril straits, from a recent [1895] survey by the U. S. Coast Survey steamer Patterson, Lieut. Commander E. K. Moore, U. S. N., commanding, and Cooks inlet and the region to the westwsard by W. H. Dall, U. S. Geological Survey. 1896. (pp. 137-70. 8° pap. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Bull. 35.))

Rothrock, J. T.

Operations of a special natural-history party. . . begin the results of observations upon the economic botany and agriculture of portions of southern California. (Ann. Rpt. Geogr. Survey w. of the 100th Meridian. pp. 202-13. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Sketch of the flora of Alaska. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1867. pp. 433-63.)

Royale, Isle.
Map of.

See Foster and Whitney.

Royce, Charles C.

The Cherokee Nation of Indians; a narrative of their official relations with the colonial and Federal Governments. (Ethnology Bureau. 5 Rpt. pp. 121-378, pls. 7-9.)

Ruffner, E. H., Lieut., U. S. A.

Report of a reconnaissance in the Ute country in 1873. (101 pp. 8° (43d Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 193, in v. 12.))

Ruge, Dr. Sophus.

The development of the cartography of America up to the year 1570. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1894. pp. 281-96, pls. 17-45.)

Rush, U. S. R. S., Cruise of.

See Bailey, George W.

Russell, Israel Cook.

Geological history of Lake Lahontan, a quaternary lake of northwestern Nevada. 1885. (xiv, 288 pp. 46 pls. maps. (U. S. Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 11.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., house misc. docs., v. 2.)

A geological reconnaissance in central Washington. 1893. (108 pp. 12 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 108.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 26.)

A geological reconnaissance in southern Oregon. (Geol. Survey. 4 Rpt. 1883. pp. 431-64, pls. 83-4.)

Glaciers of Mount Rainier with paper on rocks of Mount Rainier, by George Otis Smith. (v. p. 16 pls. 2 maps. (Geol. Survey. 18 Rpt. 1898 pt. 2. pp. 349-423.))

—Same. Separate.

Maps:
Map of the glacier system of Mount Rainier, Washington. Scale 1 m. =5/8 in. . 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. Plate 66.
Map showing position of proposed Mount Rainier forest reserve and Mount Rainier National Park. 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. opp. p. 410. pl. 82.

Quaternary history of Mono Valley, California. (Geol. Survey. 8 Rpt. 1887. pp. 261-394, pls. 16-44.)

Russell, Israel Cook, Continued.

Second expedition to Mount St. Elias, in 1891. (Geol. Survey. 13 Rpt., 1891-2. pt. 2, pp. 7-91, pls. iii-xxi. 6 figs.)

Map:
Sketch of map of Alaska. Scale 1:12,700,000. 6 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.

Sketch of the geological history of Lake Lahontan, a quaternary lake of northwestern Nevada. (Geol. Survey. 4 Rpt. 1883. pp. 189-225, pls. 18-23.)

Russian America.

See Alaska.

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Sacramento, California.

See Tyson, P. T.

Saghalien Island.

See Palmer, A. H.

St. Elias, Mount.

Dall, William Healey. Report on Mount St. Elias, Mount Fairweather, and some of the adjacent mountains. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1875. App. 10. pp. 157-88.)

Map:
Explorations in Alaska by party under direction of W. H. Dall, 1874. Long. 130°-170° w. x lat. 55°-60° n. Scale 50 m. =1 in. 10 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (Sketch No. 21.)

Russell, Israel Cook. Second expedition to Mount St. Elias, in 1891. (Geol. Survey. 13 Rtp., 1891-2. pt. 2, pp. 7-91, pls. III-XXI. 6 figs.)

Map:
Sketch of map of Alaska. Scale 1:12,700,000. 6 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.

St. John, Orestes.

Notes on the geology of northeastern New Mexico. (pp. 279-308, pls. 42-9. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bull. v. 2, no. 4.))

St. Louis, Missouri.

See Mississippi River.

Salisbury, Rollin D.

Preliminary paper on the driftless area of the Upper Mississippi Valley. (Geol. Survey. 6 Rpt. 1885. pp. 199-322, pls. 13-29.)

Salvador.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Salvador. 1892. (Rev. to Mar. 1, 1894. 169 pp. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 58.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 149, pt. 8 in v. 7.))

Map:
Map of the Republics of Honduras and Salvador. Scale 20 m. =1 1/16 in. 9 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.

San Antonio, Texas.

See Johnston, J. E.

San Clemente Island.

Smith, W. S. T. Geological sketch of San Clemente Is. (Geol. Survey. 18 Rpt. 1897. pt. 2, pp. 459-96. 1 map.)

—Same. Separate.

Map:
Geological map of San Clemente Island by W. S. T. Smith. Scale 1:200,000. 6 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.

San Diego, California.

See Ewing, T.

San Francisco.

Lawson, Andrew C. Sketch of the geology of the San Francisco penisnsula. (Geol. Survey. 15 Rpt. 1894. pp. 399-476, pls. 5- 12.)

San Juan country.

Endlich, F. M. Report on the mines and geologyof the San Juan country. (n. t. p. (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 3, pp. 151-644. 1 map.)

Jackson, William H. A notice of the ancient ruins in Arizon and Utah lying about the Rio San Juan. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 2, pp. 25-45, pls. 15-22.)

Rhoda, Franklin. Report on the topography of the San Juan country. (n. t. p. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. ser. 2, v. 1, pp. 165-209. 3 fold. pls.))

Wilson, A. D. Means of communication between Denver and the San Juan mines. (n. t. p. (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 3, pp. 145-9. 1 map.))

San Juan Exploration Expedition.

See Macomb, J. N., Capt., U. S. A.

Santa Barbara, Califoria.

Yarrow, Henry C. Operations of a special party for making ethnological researches in the vicinity of Santa Barbara, Cal., with an historical account of the region explored. (Geogr. Survey w. 100th Meridian. pp. 312-21. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Santa Rosa Island.

Bowers, Stephen. Santa Rosa Island. ([Channel Islands, Santa Barbara, Cal.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1877. pp 316-20.))

Santo Domingo.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Santo Domingo. 1892. (Rev. to Mar. 1, 1894. 202 pp. 8° pap. ills. 1 map. (Bull. 52.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 149, pt. 3, in v. 7.)

Map:
Maps of the Republics of Haiti and san Domingo. Scale n. m. = 1 in. 9 x 16 3/4 in.

United States. Santo Domingo Commission. Report of the commission of inquiry to Santo Domingo with the introductory message of the President, special reports to the commission, State papers furnished by the Dominican Government, and the statements of over 70 witnesses. 1871. (297 pp. 8° 1 map. cl.)

—Same. (42d Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 9. )

Map:
Map of the island of Santo Domingo. Scale 22 1/2 m. =1 in. 7 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.
Contains 23 special reports on the natural history of the island, as follows:
I. Sigel, Gen. F. On the defenses of Samana. pp. 59-62.
II. Blake, W. P. Preliminary geological report of observations upon the peninsula of Samana. pp. 63-70.
III. Adam, J. S. Notes on the geology of the vicinity of Samana.
IV. Parry, C. C. Report on the botanical features, agricultural products, and timber growth of the peninsula of Samana. pp. 71-3.
V. Newcomb, Dr. W. Report on the sanitary condition of the district surrounding the city of Santa Barbara de Samana. pp. 73-5.
VI. Wade, H. P. and Jacobs, E. Report of a trip across the island of Santo Domingo from Samana to Santo Domingo City.
VII. Waller, E. Notes on a trip through the Vega Real. pp. 79-81.
VIII. Brummel, H. Notes on the agricultural resources of Samana peninsula and the Vega Real. pp. 81-84.
IX. Jacobs, E. On soils from Samana to Azua. pp. 84-86.
X. Parry, C. C. Botany of the southern district of Santo Domingo. pp. 86-89.
XI. Newcomb, Dr. W. On the sanitary condition of Santo Domingo City and vicinity. pp. 89-92.
XII. Newcomb, W. Notes of a trip from Santo Domingo City to San Cristobal. pp. 92-94.
XIII. Sigel, F. Journey from Santo Domingo City to Azua. pp. 94-105.
XIV. Marvine, A. R. Notes on reported mineral deposits lying between Santo Domingo City and Azua, etc. pp. 105-111.
XV. Fulton, C. C. Observations from Saman to Azua. pp. 112-115. XVI. Jacobs, E. Journey from Santo Domingo to Azua. pp. 115-119.
XVII. Newcomb, W. Sanitary condition of Port au Prince. p. 120.
XVIII. Blake, W. P. Preliminary report of the expedition across the island from Santo Domingo city to Puerto Plata, by the western or Banas route. pp. 12-127.
XIX. Wright, C. Botany of teh route from Santo Domingo to Peurto Plata. pp. 127-30.
XX. Crane, T. F. Report on the social and political condition of the people of the Interior of Santo Domingo. pp. 131-135.
XXI. Ward, H. A. Notes on that part of the north coast of isle of Santo Domingo, which lies between Cape Bacron and Puerto Plata. pp. 135-140.
XXII. Blackwell, H. B., and Hazard S. Report upon the valley of the river Yague. pp. 140-144.
XXIII. Blake, W. P. Preliminary report upon the mineral resources of Santo Domingo. pp. 144-145.

Savage, Hon. James W.

The discovery of Nebraska and a visit to Nebraska in 1662. 1893. (60 pp. 8° pap. (53d Con., 2d sess., Senate misc. doc. 14, in v. 1.))

Sawkins, James, joint author.

See Wall, G. P.

Schley, Winfield S., Comr., U. S. N.

Report of, commanding the Greely Relief Expedition of 1884. 1887. (75 pp. 4° maps. pap.)

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. doc., v. 22, pt. 2.)

See also Greely, A. W.

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe.

Report of an expedition among the Northwest Indians, dated Dec. 3, 1832. (16 pp. 8° (22d Cong., 2d sess., House doc. 125, in v. 3.))

Report of an expedition into the Indian country, 1831. (20 pp. 8° (22d Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 152, in v. 4.)) Contains (pp. 17-20) report of Dr. Houghton on the copper of Lake Superior.

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, and Allen, J., Lieut., U. S. A.

Expedition to Northwest Indians in 1832 [from Lake Superior to the source (?) of the Mississippi]. (68 pp. 8° 1 map. (23d Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 323, in v. 4.))

Schwatka, Frederick, Lieut., U. S. A.

Report of military reconnaissance in Alaska, made in 1883. 1885. (115 pp. ills. 20 maps. 8° cl. (War Dept.))

—Same. (48th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 2, in v. 1.)

Scudder, Samuel Hubbard.

Some insects of special Interest from Florissant, Colorado, and other points in the Tertiaries of Colorado and Utah, 1892. (35 pp. 3 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bul. 93.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 24.)

Seal Islands.

See Alaska.

Seebohm, Henry.

The north polar basin. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1893. pp. 375-394.)

Selfridge, Thos. Oliver, Comr., U. S. N.

Reports of exploration and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by way of the Isthmus of Darien. 1870-71. (73-1874. 268 pp. ills. 17 maps. 4° cl. (Navy Dept.))

—Same. (42d Cong., 3d sess., House misc. doc. 113, in v. 5.)

Seminole Indians.

McCauley, Clay. The Seminole Indians of Florida. (Ethnology Bureau. 5 Rpt. 1883-4. pp. 469-531, pl. 19)

Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate.

General account of fresh-water morasses of the United States, with a description of the Dismal Swamp district of Virginia and North Carolina. (Geol. Survey. 10 Rpt. 1889. pp. 255-339, pls. 6-19)

The geology of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. (Geol. Survey. 9 Rpt. 1888. pp. 529-611, pls. 32-77.)

The geology of the island of Mount Desert, Miane. (Geol. Survey. 8 Rpt. 1887. pp. 987-1061. pls. 64-77.)

The geology of Nantucket. 1889. (55 pp. 10 pls. (Geol. Survey. Bull. 53.))

—Same. (50th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 11.)

Preliminary report on seacoast swamps of the eastern United States. (Geol. Survey. 6 Rpt. 1885. pp. 353-98.)

Report on the geology of Marthas Vineyard. (Geol. Survey. 7 Rpt. 1886. pp. 297-363, pls. 19-29.)

Shaw, Edmund.

Paraguay: Situation, resources, products, government, people, commerce, etc. (Cons. Rpt. no. 138, in v. 38, pp. 556-84. Mar., 1892. (Foreign Commerce Bureau.))

Sheridan, Philp H., Lieut. Gen., U. S. A.

Report, dated Sept. 20, 1881, of his expedition through the Big Horn Mountains, Yellowstone National Park, etc., together with reports of Lieut. Col. J. F. Gregory, Surg. W. H. Forwood, and Capt. S. C. Kellogg. 1882. (39 pp. 8° pap. (Adjutant-Generals's office.))

Shoal Lake.

Gunn, Donald. Notes of an egging expedition to Shoal Lake, west of Lake Winnipeg, in 1867. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt, 1867. pp. 427. pp. 427-432.)

Shufeldt, Robert W., Capt., U. S. N.

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by the way of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 1870. 1872. (151 pp. pls. 20 maps. 4° cl. (Navy Dept.))

—Same. (42d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 6, in v. 3.)

Siberia.

Palmer, Aaron H. Memoir, geographical, political, and commercial, on the present state, productive resources, and capabilities for commerce of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Asiatic islands, of the Northern Pacific Ocean, and on the importance of opening commercial Intercourse with those countries, etc. 1848.(76 pp. 8° 2 maps. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 80.))

See also Amoor, River.

Sibley, John.

[An account of Red River and the country adjacent.] Apr. 10, 1805. (in: Lewis and Clarke. [Correspondence of.] pp. 725-30. (Amer. State Papers. Indian Affairs. v. 1, pp. 705-43.))

Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Turner, Henry W. Further contributions to the geology of the Sierra Nevada. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt., pt. 1. 1896. pp. 521- 762, pls. 17-47.)

Simpson, James H., U. S. A.

Coronado's march in search of the "Seven cities of Cibola. " and discussion of their probable location, with map. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1869. pp. 309-40.)

—Same. (41st Cong., 3d sess., House ex. doc. 153, in v. 12.)

Report and map of the route from Fort Smith, Ark., to Santa Fe, N. M. 1849. (25 pp. 8° 4 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 12, in v. 6.))

Report of an expedition into the Navaho country in 1849; and also the report of Capt. S. G. French relative to the road opened between San Antonio and El Paso del Norte. 1850. (in: Johnston, J. E., and others. Reconnaissances of routes from San Antonio to El Paso. pp. 55-233. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 64, in v. 14.))

Report of explorations across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah for a direct wagon route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859. 1876. (518 pp. 8 maps. 17 pls. 4° cl. (Engineer Bureau.))

Sioux Indians.

Dorsey, James O. Siouan sociology; a posthumous work.(Ethnology Bureau. 15 Rpt. 1893-4. pp. 205-44.)

—A study of Siouan cults. (Ethnology Bureau. 11 Rpt. 1889090. pp. 351-544, pls. 44-50.)

McGee, W. J. The Siouan Indians. (Ethnology Bureau. 15 Rpt. 1893-4. pp. 153-204.)

Mooney, James. The ghost-dance religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890. (Ethnology Bureau. 14 Rpt. 1892-3. pt. 2, pp. 641- 1136, 33 pls. 5 maps.)

Sites, George L.

Reports upon the Platte River, Dakota, and l'Eau qui Court wagon road. 1857. (125 pp. 6 maps. 8° (35th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

Sitgreaves, L., Capt., U. S. A.

Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers, 1851, accompanied by maps, sketches, views and illustrations. 1853. (198 pp. 24 pls. Views: Mammals, 6 pls. : birds, pls. 1,3-6; reptiles, pls. 2-19; fishes, pls. 1-3; botany, pls. 1-21. (Engineer Bureau.))

—Same. (32d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 10.)

Sitgreaves, L., Capt., U. S. A., and Woodruff, J. C., Lieut., U. S. A.

Reports of a survey of the northern and western boundary of the Creek country during the summer of 1850. 1858. (32 pp. 8° (35th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 104, in v. 13*.))

Map:
Reconnaissance of the Zuni, Little Colorado, and Colorado Rivers. Scale 10 m. =1 in. 25 3/4 x 46 1/2 in.

Contents:
Report of the natural history of the country passed over by the exploring expedition under the command of Bvt. Capt. L. Sitgreaves during the year 1851, by S. W. Woodhouse, M. D. pp. 33-40.
Report on mammals. S. W. Woodhouse. pp. 41-57.
Report on birds. S. W. Woodhouse. pp. 58-105.
Report on reptiles. Edward Hallowell. pp. 106-47.
Report on fishes. S. F. Baird and Charles Girard. pp. 148-52.
Report on botany. John Torrey. pp. 153-178.

Sitka, Alaska.

See Tidball, John C.

Skagit River.

See Pierce, Henry H.

Smart, Charles, Asst. Surgeon, U. S. A.

Chemical report on the Pagosa Springs of Colorado, June 9, 1879. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1879. v. 3, pp. 2331-47.)

Smith, Erminie A.

Myths of the Iroquois. (Ethnology Bureau. 2 Rpt. 1880. p. 47- 116, pls. 12-15.)

Smith, Hugh M.

Economic and natural history notes on the fishes of the northern coast of New Jersey. (Fish Comm. Bull. 12. 1892. pp. 365-80.)

—Same. Separate.

Smith, M. L., Lieut., and Hardcastle, Ed. L. F., Bvt. Capt., U. S. A.

[Reports of, submitting a map of the valley of Mexico from surveys made in 1847.] (13 pp. 8° 1 map. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 11, in v. 6.))

Map:
Map of the valley of Mexico, with a plan of the defences of the capital and the line of the operations of the U. S. Army under Maj. Gen. Scott in Aug. and Sept., 1847. Scale 5,000 yds. =1 1/2 in. 25 1/2 x 19 in.

Snake River.

See Wyoming.

Sonnenstern, Maximilian von.

Report on the Nicaragua route for an Interoceanic ship canal, with a review of other proposed routes. 1874. (22 pp. 4° pap. (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Treasury Dept.))

South America.

See Brazil, Chile, Habel, L., Peru.

Spalding, H. H.

The early labors of the missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Oregon, commencing in 1836, and other documents pertaining to the same. [1836-45?] (81 pp. (41st Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. doc. 37, in v. 1.))

Spitzbergen.

Wiltscheck,. Expedition to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla in 1872. (in: Fourth Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 39-46. Nov., 1873. 46 pp. 4° pap. (Hydrographic office.))

See also Nova Zembla.

Spurr, James Edward.

Economic geology of the Mercur mining district, Utah, with an introduction on the Oquirrh Mountains, by Samuel Franklin Emmons. (Geol. Survey. 16 Rpt., pt. 2. 1895. pp. 343-455, 7 pls. 3 maps.)

—Same. Separate.

Geology of the Yukon gold district, Alaska, with an introductory chapter on the history and condition of the district to 1897, by Harold Beach Goodrich. (Geol. Survey. 18 Rpt. 1897. pp. 87- 392, pls. 32-51.)

—Same. Separate.

Stansbury, Howard.

Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnaissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains, 1849. 1853. (495 pp. 59 pls. 2 maps. 8° cl. (Engineer Bureau.))

—Same. (32d Cong., spec. sess., Senate ex. doc. 3, in v. 2.)

Stanton, T. W.

The Colorado formation and its invertebrate fauna. 1893. (288 pp. 45 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 106.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 26.)

Stedman, C. A., Lieut., U. S. A.

Reconnaissance from Santa Fe to Fort Stanton, N. Mex., 1877. (Engineer Bureau. Ann. Rpt., 1879. v. 3, pp. 2348-51.)

Report on the North Star road, from Fort Bayard to the canon of the Black River, 1877. (Engineer Bureau. War Dept. Ann. Rpt., 1879. v. 3, pp. 2351-57.)

Stevens, Isaac I.

Narrative and final report of explorations for a route for a Pacific railroad near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels of north latitude, from St. Paul to Puget Sound. 1855. (70 pls. 358, 41 pp. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 12.))

Report of explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels of north latitude, from St. Paul to Puget Sound, 1855. (651 pp. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 1.))

Stevenson, James.

Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and mythical sand painting of the Navajo Indians. (Ethnology Bureau. 8 Rpt. 1886-7. pp. 229-85, pls. 112-23.)

Illustrated catalogue of the collections obtained from the pueblos of Zuni, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881.(Ethnology Bureau. 3 Rpt. pp. 511-94, pls. 40-4.)

Illustrated catalogue of the collections obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880. (Ethnology Bureau. 2 Rpt. 1880. pp. 423-65, figs. 698-714.)

Stevenson, James, Continued.

Illustrated catalogue of the collections obtained from the Indians of New Mexico and Arizona in 1879. (Ethnology Bureau. 2 Rpt. 1880. pp. 307-422, figs. 347-697.)

Stevenson, Mrs. Tilly E.

The religious life of the Zuni child. (Ethnology Bureau. 5 Rpt. 1883-4. p. 533-55, pls. 20-23.)

Stickeen River.

Blake, William PH. Notes upon the geography and geology of Russian America and the Stickeen River, from observations made in 1863. (19 pp. 8° 1 map. (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 177, pt. 2, in v. 13.)

Map:
Sketch of the map of the Stickeen River from the mouth of the Little Canon. Scale 1 1/2 m. =1 in. approx. 18 1/4 x 13 in.

Strain, J. G., Lieut., U. S. N.

Report of survey of Isthmus of Darien, between Caledonia Bay and Gulf of San Miguel. 1854. (in: Rpt. Secy. Navy, 1854. pp. 417- 27.)

Sullivan, John T., Lieut., U. S. N.

Report of historical and technical information relating to the problem of Interoceanic communication by way of American Isthmus [with biography]. 1883. (219 pp. 28 maps and chts. 4° cl. (Bureau Navigation, Navy Dept.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 107, in v. 23.) [The maps are reductions from U. S. Hydrographic office charts; from the general maps contained in the report of Admiral C. H. Davis, U. S. N., on Interoceanic canals and railroad; and from maps accompanying the reports of the officers commanding United States isthmian expeditions.]

Superior, Lake.

Irving, Roland D. The copper-bearing rocks of Lake Superior. (Geol. Survey. 3 Rpt. 1882. pp. 89-188, pls. 3-17.)

—Same. 1883. (xvi, 464 pp. 29 pls. and maps. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 5.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 15.)

See also Foster and Whitney, Jackson, C. T. and Schoolcraft, H. R.

Swan, James G.

The Indians of Cape Flattery, at the entrance to the Strait of Fuca, Washington Territory. Mar., 1870. (108 pp., 4° ills. (Smiths. inst. Gen. pub. 220.))

—Same. (in Smiths. Contr. to Knowledge. v. 16.)

Report on explorations and collections in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. [1883.] (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1884. pp. 137-46.)

Symons, Lieut. Thomas W.

Report of an examination of the Upper Columbia River, and the territory in its vicinity in Sept. and Oct., 1881. 1882. (133 pp. 8° pap. ills. (Engineer Bureau.)) Accompanied by map of the Upper Columbia from the International boundary line to Snake River, on 25 sheets and on an index sheet. Sclae 2 m. =1 in.

—Same. (4° cl.)

—Same. (47th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 186, in v. 6.)

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Tanana River, Alaska.
Map of.

See Alaska.

Tanner, Z. L., and others.

Exploration of the fishing grounds of Alaska, Washington Territory, and Oregon during 1888 by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 8, pp. 1-95, pls. 1-12.)

The fishing grounds of Bristol Bay, Alaska. (Fish Comm. Bull. v. 9, pp. 279-88, pls. 108-10.)

Tarakay, Island of.

See Palmer, A. H.

Taunt, E. H., Lieut., U. S. N.

Report of a journey on the river Congo. [1885.] (42 pp. 1 map. 8° (49th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 77, in v. 1.))

Map:
Croquis de l'Afrique Centrale mis au courant des dernieres explorations par A. T. Wauters. New ed. Oct., 1886. Scale 1:10,000,000. 9 1/4 x 14 1/4.

Te Pito te Henua.

See Thompson, William J.

Tehuantepec, Isthmus of.

Corthell, Elmer L. Lecture before the National Geographic Society at Washington, D. C., Nov. 22, 1895, on the Tehuantepec route. (32 pp. 11 pls. 8° (54th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 34, in v. 3.))

—Same. 1895. (Separate.)

Report of a commission, Gaetano Moro, director, appointed by Don Joseph de Garay to make a survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. 1842-3. London, June 1, 1844. (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpt. 145, in v. 2, pp. 78-229.) Accompanied by statistics of the population of the northern and southern divisions of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a catalogue of the geological collection of the commission, astronomical observations, etc.

Report of a survey made in 1826 by a commission appointed by President Don Guadalupe Vicotria. (n. d. (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpt. 145, in v. 2, pp. 494-505.)) Contains a table of altitudes.

Shufeldt, Robert W., Capt., U. S. A. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the way of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 1870. 1872. (151 pp. pls. 20 maps. 4° cl (Navy Dept.))

—Same. (42d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 6, in v. 3.)

Maps:
I. General map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Scale 1:250,000.
II. Map of the Feeder route. Scale 1:60,000. III. Profile, No. 1, from Tarifa to the Corte, by way of Cofradia and Santa Maria. Hor. scale 1:60,000; vert. scale 1:2,400.
IV. Profile, No. 2, from Tarifa to the Corte, by way of Feeder route. Hor. scale 1:60,000; vert. scale 1:2,400.
V. Profile, No. 3, from Chivela to Salina Cruz, by way of Chivela Pass. Hor. scale 1:60,000; vert scale 1:2,400.
VI. Profile, No. 4, from Tarifa to the Upper Lagoon, by way of Tarifa Pass. Hor. scale 1:60,000; vert. scale 1:2,400.
VII. Profile, No. 5, from Almologa River to Tarifa Pass, by way of Chivela Plains. Hor. scale 1:60,000; vert. scale1:2,400.
VIII. Profile, No. 6, from Tarifa to the Atravesado, by way of Tierra Blanca and the Chivela Plains. Hor. scale 1:60,000; vert. scale 1:2,400.
IX. Chart of the shoreline. Scale 1:60,000.
X. Mouth of the Coatzacoalcos Bar. Hor. scale 1:10,000; vert. scale 1:500.
XI. Map of the Lower Coatzacoalcos. Scale 1:20,000.
XII. Comparative charts of the Coatzacoalcos Bar. Hor. scale 1:10,000; vert scale 1:500.
XIII. Map of the Island of Tacamichapa. Scale 1:40,000.
XIV. Reconnaissance of the Uspanapan River. Scale 1:60,000.
XV. Reconnaissance of the Coachapa River. Scale 1:60,000.
XVI. Chart of the roadstead of Sabina Cruz. Scale 1:10,000.
XVII. Chart of the Upper Lagoon. Scale 1:60,000.
XVIII. Geological map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
XIX. Meteorological chart of Chivela.
XX. Meteorologoical chart of Minatitlan.

Tennessee.

Hayes, Charles W. The Tennesee phosphates. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt. 1896. pt. 2, pp. 513-550, pls. 50-55.)

See also Allegheny Mountains.

Terrell, A. W.

Explorations in Babylon. (Cons. Rpt. no. 170. Nov., 1894. in v. 46, pp. 367-8. (Foreign Commerce Bureau.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 3d sess., House misc. doc. 35, in v. 4.)

Texas.

Blake, William P. Report on the geology of the route near the thirty-second parallel; prepared from the collection and notes of Capt. Pope. 1856. (50 pp. 4° 2 maps. (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Maps:
Geological map of route explored. Scale 1:3,000,000. Geological section from the Red River to the Rio Grande. Scale 3 m. =1 in.

Campbell, A. H. Report of the engineer on the El Paso [Texas] and Fort Yuma [Cal.] wagon road. in his report upon the Pacific wagon roads. 1857-9. (pp. 77-100. 125 p. (35th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

French, S. G., Capt., U. S. A. Report descriptive of the route from San Antonio to El Paso, 1849. (Secy. War. Ann. Rpt., 1850. pp. 302-23.)

—Same. (31st Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 1, and House ex. docs., v. 1.)

Texas, Continued.

Hill, Robert T., and Vuaghan, T. Wayland. Geology of the Edwards Plateau and Rio Grande plain adjacent to Austin and San Antonio, Texas, with reference tothe occurrence of underground waters. (v. p. ills. 2 maps. (Geol. Survey. 18 Rpt. 1898. pt. 2, pp. 193- 321.))

Maps:
Map showing the relations of the Edwards Plateau to the Balcones scarp line, and the Rio Grande plain. Scale 15 m. =1 in [approx.] 4 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. opp. p. 200 pl. 21.
Map showing the relations of artesian wells, fissure springs, and igneous rocks of the Rio Grande plain to the Balcones faulting. Scale 6 m. =1 in. opp. p. 282. pls. 46.

Hughes, George W., Capt., Topographical Engineers, U. S. A. Memoir descriptive of the march of a division of the United States Army, under the command of Brig. Gen. John E. Wool, from San Antonio de Bexar, in Texas, to Saltillo, Mexico, 1846. (67 pp. 8° 8 pls. 2 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 32, in v. 10.))

Maps:
Map showing the line of march of the centre division, Army of Mexico, from San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, to Saltillo, Mexico. Scale 5 in. =1 m. 18 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.
Map showing the route of the Arkansas regiment from Shreveport, La., to San Antonio de Bexar, Texas. 11 x 16 in.

Johnston, J. E., Bvt. Lieut. Col., U. S. A., and others. Reconnaissance of route from San Antonio to El Paso; also the report of Capt. R. B. Marcy's route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe, and the report of Lieut. J. H. Simpson of an expedition into the Navajo country, and the report of Lieut. W. H. C. Whiting's reconnaissance of the western frontier of Texas. 1850. (250 pp. 8° pls. 1-75, exc. nos. 2, 21, 39. 2 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 64, in v. 14.))

Maps:
Reconnaissance of routes from San Antonio de Bexar to El Paso del Norte. Scale 10 m. =1 in. Long. 96°-107° w. x lat. 28°-34° n. 24 x 36 in.
Map of the route pursued in 1849 by the United States troops under command of Lieut. Col. John M. Washington, governor of New Mexico, in an expedition against the Navajo Indians. Scale 10 m. =1 in. Long. 106°-110° w. x lat. 34°-36° 30' n. 19 x 26 1/2 in.

Marcy, R. B. Report on an exploration of the Big Witchita and the head waters of the Brazos rivers, made in 1854. 1856. (48 pp. 8 ° 1 map. (34th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 60, in v. 12.))

Map:
Map of the country upon the Brazos and Big Witchita rivers. Scale 8 m. =1 in. Long. 98°-102° w. x lat. 32°-35° n. 25 x 30 1/2 in.

Parke, John G., Lieut., U. S. A. Report of explorations of that portion of a railroad route near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, lying between Dona Ana, on the Rio Grande and Pimas villages, on the Gila. 1853. (28 pp. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Pope, Capt. John. Report of exploration of a route for the Pacific Railroad, near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, from the Red River to the Rio Grande. 1854. (158 pp 9 pls. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Whiting, Lieut. W. H. C. Report of a reconnaissance of the western frontier of Texas, 1849. (in Johnston, J. E., and others. Reconnaissances of routes from San Antonio to El Paso. pp. 235- 50. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 64, in v. 14.))

See also Hutton, N. H. and Mexican Boundary Survey.

Thomas, Cyrus.

Report on the mound explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology. (Ethnology Bureau. 12 Rpt. 1890-1. pp. 3-742, 62 pls.) Pl. 20.

Map:
Distribution of mounds in the eastern United States. 25°-47° n. lat. x 73°-101° long. Scale 100 st. m. =7/8 in. 16 3/4 x 16 in.

Thompson, A. H.

Report on a trip to the mouth of the dirty Devil River. (in: Powell. Exploration of the Colorado River of the West. pp. 133- 145.)

Thompson, William J., U. S. N.

Te Pito te Henua, or Easter Island. [1886.] (pls. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1889. pp. 447-552.))

Tibet.

Rockhill, William Woodville. Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892. 1894. (413 pp. 8° pap. ills. (Smiths. inst. General publication 975.))

Tidball, John C, Maj., U. S. A., and Ludington, E. H., Major., U. S. A.

Report upon the condition resources, and prosepects of the Territory of Alaska. 1870. (32 pp. 8° (42d Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 5, in v. 1.)) Contains (pp. 13-25) a census of Sitka, Oct. 24, 1870.

Todd, James Edward.

The moraines of the Missouri Coteau and their attendant deposits. 1896. (71 pp. 21 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 144.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 36.)

Townsend, Charles Haskins.

Condition of seal life on the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands, 1893-5. (97 pp. maps. pls. 8° atlas obl. 8° (Treas. Dept. Rpts. . . . in relation to the condition of seal life on rookeries of the Priblilof Islands.))

Notes on the natural history and ethnology of northern Alaska. 1885. (22 pp. 4° col. pls. in: Healey. Cruise of the U. S. revenue steamer Corwin in the Arctic ocean in 1885. pp. 81-102.)

Townshend, Charles Hervey.

Notes on an early chart of Long Island Sound and its approaches. [1700?-20.] (Coast and Geodetic Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1890. App. 20, pp. 775-77.)

—Same. (51st Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs., v. 30.)

Transcontinental Railroad.

Mills, R. [Report on a] railroad from the Mississippi Valley to the ports of San Diego, Monterey, and San Francisco; also the connection of this road with those of the Atlantic States leading west as far as the valley of the Mississippi. (n. d. (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpt. 145, v. 2. pp. 62-9.))

Rockwell, J. A. Report from the House select committee in response to J. R. 42 [30th, 2d], to authorize the survey of certain routes or canals between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Feb. 20, 1849. (678 pp. 8° 16 maps. (30th Cong., 2d sess., House Rpt. 145, in v. 2.)) This report is accompanied by several voluminous monographs of historical value. See Goldsborough, H. A., Lloyd, J. A., Panama.

Trinidad.

Wall, G. P., and Sawkins, Jas. Report of the progress from Aug. 25, 1856, to Feb. 24, 1857, of the survey of the economic geology of Trinidad. (Smiths. inst. ann. Rpt., 1856. pp. 281-88.)

Tulare Valley, California.

Derby, Lieut. George H. Report of a reconnaissance of the Tulare Valley, California. 1850. (17 pp. 8° 1 map. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 110, in v. 10))

Map:
Tulare Valley. Scale 12 m. =1 in. 14 x 17 1/2 in.

Turner, Henry W.

Further contributions to the geology of the Sierra Nevada. (Geol. Survey. 17 Rpt. 1896. pt. 1, pp. 521-762, pls.)

Turner, Lucien M.

Contributions to the natural history of Alaska; results of investigations made chiefly in the Yukon district and the Aleutian Islands. [1874-81.] 1886. (226 pp. 26 pls. 4° cl. Arctic ser., no. 2. (Signal office.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 155, in v. 8.)

Contents:
General description. pp. 1-16. Meteorology. pp. 17-59. Plants. pp. 61-85. Fishes. pp. 87-113, 15 pls. Birds. pp. 115-96, 11 col. pls. Mammals. pp. 197-226.

Ethnology of the Ungava district, Hudson Bay territory.(Ethnology Bureau. 11 Rpt. 1889-90. pp. 159-350, pls. 36-43.)

Tusayan Indians.

Fewkes, Jesse Walter. Tusayan snake ceremonies. (Ethnology Bureau. 16 Rpt. 1894-5. pp. 273-312. ills.)

—Tusayan katcinas. (Ethnology Bureau. 15 Rpt. 1893-4. pp. 245-313, pls. 104-111 col'd.)

Twining, W. J.

Report of Capt. W. J. Twining, chief astronomer, U. S. Northern Boundary Commission, 1877. (49 pp. 8° (44th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 41, in v. 2.))

Joint author. See Campbell, Archibald.

Tyson, Philip T.

Report upon the geology and topography of California, 1850. (2 pts. pt. 1, 127 pp., 10 maps; pt. 2, 37 pp., 3 maps. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. no. 47, in v. 10.))

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Ucayali River.
Map of.

See Amazon River.

Uhler, P. R.

List of hemiptera of the region west of the Mississippi River, including those collected during the Hayden explorations of 1873. (n. t. p. (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 5, pp. 269-361, 3 pls.))

Uinta Mountains.

Jones, W. A., Capt., U. S. A. Survey and exploration in the Uintah Mountains, Utah, 1871. (Chief Engineer's Ann. Rpt., 1872. App. A A. pp. 1108-18.)

Powell, John W. Geology of the eastern portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto. 1876. (218 pp. ills. 4° atlas f° (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R.))

Unalaklik River, Alaska.
Map of.

See Alaska.

Unalaska.

Davidson, George. Resources and the coast features of Alaska Territory. (3 maps. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1867. App. 18, pp. 187-328.))

—Same. (40th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc., v. 18.)

Contents:
App. A. List of geographical positions. pp. 265-74.
App. B. Aids necessary to navigation in Sitka Sound. pp. 274-6.
App. C. Same, for approaches to harbor of St. Paul. pp. 277-9.
App. D. Same, to Unalaska Bay. pp. 279-80.
App. E. Blake, T. A. General topographical and geological features of the northwestern coast of America, from the straits of Juan de Fuca to the parallel of 60° north latitude. pp. 281-290.
App. F. Harford, W. G. W. List of collection made in various departments in natual history. pp. 290-2.
App. G. Vocabulary of the natives of Kadiak, Unalaska, Kenai, and Sitka. pp. 293-8.
App. H. Meteorological tables. pp. 299-317.
App. L. Kellogg, A. Report on the botany of Alaska. pp. 318-21.
App. M. Plants collected by the coast survey reconnaissance. pp. 322-4.
App. N. Comparative vocabulary. pp. 325-9.

Maps:
No. 21. Sitka Harbor, Alaska. Scale 1/2 n. m. = 1 in. 11 1/2 x 9 in.
No. 22. St. Paul Harbour, Kadiak Island. Scale 1 n. m. = 15/16 in. 9 x 11 in.
No. 23. Illionliouk and Captains harbors, Unalaska Island. Scale 1 n. m. =1 in. 8 3/4 x 11 in.

United States Treasury Department. Reports. . . in relation to the condition of seal life on the rookeries of the Pribliof Island, and to pelagic sealing in Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, in the years 1893-1895. 1896. (2 pts. 8° and atlas, obl. 8°)

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 137, in v. 22.)

United States.

Kohl, J. G. History of discovery and exploration on the coasts of the United States. [982-1847.] (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1884. App. 19, pp. 495-617.)

—Same. (48th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs. v. 22.)

United States. Atlantic Coast.

Kohl, J. G. Abstract of an historical memoir concerning the progress of exploration on the Atlantic coast of the United States, from its discovery to the present time. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1856. App. 65, pp. 319-322.)

—Same. (34th Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. docs., v. 15; House ex. docs., v. 4.)

Shaler, Nathaniel S. Preliminary report on sea-coast swamps of the eastern United States. (Geol. Survey. 6 Rpt. 1885. pp. 353-398.)

United States. Pacific Coast.

Cope, Edward D. Review of the vertebrata of the cretaceous period found west of the Mississippi River. (n. t. p. 62 pp. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 1.))

Coues, Elliott. Birds of the Northwest: A handbook of the ornithology of the region drained by the Missouri River and its tributaries. 1874. (xi, 791 pp. 8° (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Misc. pub. 3.))

United States. Pacific Coast, Continued.

Davidson, George. An examination of some of the early voyages of discovery and exploration on the northwest coast of America, from 1539-1603. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1886. App. 7, pp. 155- 253.)

Map:
Chart of the landfalls of Cabrillo and Ferrelo on the Pacific coast, from the Gulf of California to laitude 42° 30'. 1886. Scale 1:5,000,000. 20 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.

Greenhow, Robert. Memoir, historical and political, on the northwest coast of North America, and adjacent territories; illustrated by a map and a geographical view of those countries. [1493-1838.] 1840. (228 pp. 8° (26th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 174, in v. 4.))

Kohl, J. G. Abstract of a complete historical account of the progress of discovery on the western cost of the United States from the earliest period. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1855. App. 64, pp. 374-5.)

—On the method, scope, and completion of a history of maritime discovery and exploration on the western coast of the United States. (Coast Survey. Ann. Rpt., 1857. App. 52, pp. 414-433.)

Powell, John W. Lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. 1878. (xv, 195 pp. ills. 4° 3 maps in pocket. (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R.))

Maps:
No. 1. Utah Territory, representing extent of irrigable, timber, and pasture lands. 37°-42° lat. x 109°-114° long. 34 1/2 x 28 in.
No. 2. Exhibint grants of lands made by the General Government to aid in the construction of railroads and wagon roads. 21°-47° lat. x 65°-131° long. 19 x 27 3/4 in.
No. 3. Rain chart of United States. 21°-47° lat. x 65°-131° long. 19 x 27 3/4 in.

—Same. (45th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 73, in v. 13.)

—Same. Ed. 2. 1879.

Uhler, Philip R. List of hemiptera of the region west of the Mississippi River, including those collected during the Hayden explorations of 1873. (n. t. p. (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R. Bulls. 1874-5. no. 5, pp. 269-361, 3 pls.))

United States. Columbia River Military Post Committee. Report of the select committee to whom was referred "so much of the message of the President of the United States as respects the establishment of a military post at the mouth of the Columbia River, and the expediency of providing for the more perfect exploring of the northwest coast of America. " Jan. 16, 1826. (26 pp. 8° (19th Cong., 1st sess., Hose Rpt. 35, in v. 1.))

See also Alaska, Bering Sea, California, Lower California, Oregon, Washington and Yukon River.

United States Astronomical Expedition.

Gilliss, J. M. The United States Astronomical Expedition to the southern hemisphere during the years 1849-50-51-52. (6 vols. 4° (Navy Dept.))

—Same. (33d Cong., 1st sess., House ex. docs., v. 15, 6 pts.)

United States Geological Survey of the Territories.

Hayden, F. V. First annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing Nebraska. 1867. (General Land office. Ann. Rpt., 1867. pp. 128-81. Interior Dept.)

—Same. (40th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 3, pp. 152-205.)

—Same. (Reprinted 1873, together with 2d and 3d reports, in one volume. 263 pp. 8° cl.)

—Second annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing Wyoming. 1868. (General Land office. Ann. Rpt. pp. 220-55. Interior Dept.)

—Same. (40th Cong, 3d sess., House ex. docs., v. 2.)

—Same. (Reprinted 1873, together with 1st and 3d reports, in one volume. 263 pp. 8° cl.)

—Preliminary field report of the United States Geological Survey [being the third annual report] of Colorado and New Mexico. 1869. (155 pp. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. (Reprinted 1873, together with 1st and 2d reports, in one volume. 263 pp. 8° cl.)

—Preliminary report of the Unites States Geological Survey of Wyoming and portions of contiguous territories [1870-71] (being a second annual report of progress) [and foruth annual report of the Survey]. 1871. (511 pp. 8° cl. ills. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. 1872. (511 pp. 8° cl. ills.)

United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Continued.

Hayden, F. V. Preliminary report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana and portions of adjacent territories, 1871 [being the fifth annual report of the Survey.] 1872. (538 pp. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Sixth annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah; being a report of progress of the exploration for the year 1872. 1873. (xi, 844 pp. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Seventh annual report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, embracing Colorado; being a report of progress of the exploration for the year 1873. (1874. ) (xii, 718 pp. pls. ills. and maps. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—[Eighth] annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing Colorado and parts of adjacent Territories; being a report of progress of the exploration for the year 1874. 1876. (ix, 515 pp. pls. ills. and maps. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Ninth annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing Colorado and parts of adjacent Territories, being a report of progress for the year 1875. 1877. (vii, 827 pp. pls. ills. and maps. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Tenth annual report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, embracing Colorado and parts of adjecent Territories; being a report of progress for the year 1876. 1878. (xxix, 546 pp. lxxix pls. ills. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Eleventh annual report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, embracing Idaho and Wyoming; being a report of progress of the exploration for the year 1877. 1879. (xxviii, 720 pp 10, lxxvi pls. maps. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. Preliminary report of the Territories for the season of 1877. (35 pp. 8° pap.)

—Same. (Rpt. Secy. Interior, 1877. pp. 775-87.)

—Same. (45th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs., v. 8.)

—Twelfth annual report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories; a report of progress of the exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the year 1878. 1883. (2 v. 8° cl. Maps in separate cover.)

—Same. (47th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 21, 22.)

—Same. Preliminary report of the Territories for the season of 1878. 1878. (29 pp. 8°)

—Same. (Rpt. Secy. Interior, 1878. pp. 951-77.)

—Same. (45th Cong., 3d sess., House ex. docs., v. 9.)

United States Treasury Department.

Reports. . . in relation to the condition of seal life on the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands, and to pelagic sealing in Bering Sea nd the North Pacific Ocean, in the years 1893-1895.1896. (2 pts. 8° and atlas, obl. 8°.)

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 137, in v. 5,6.)

Seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska and general resources of Alaska. 1898. (4 pts. 8° maps. pls.)

—Same. (55th Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 92, in v. 6-9.)

Upham, Warren.

The glacial lake Agassiz. 1895. (xxiv, 658 pp. 38 pls. 4° (Geol. Survey. Monograph. v. 25.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House docs., v. 63.)

The upper beaches and deltas of the glacial lake Agassiz. 1887. (84 pp. 1 pl. (Geol. Survey. Bull. 39.))

Uruguay.

American Republics Bureau. Handbook of Uruguay. 1892. (Rev. to Sept. 1, 1893. 347 pp. 8° ills. 1 map. (Bull. 61.))

Map:
Carta geografica de la Republica oriental del Uruguay. Scale 1:978,161-95. 30 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. 10233, 6

Utah.

Beckwith, E. G. Report of explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad by Capt. J. W. Gunnison, near the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth parallels of north latitude, from the mouth of the Kansas River, Mo., to the Sevier Lake in the Great Basin. [1853.] (13 cl. pls. 128 pp. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

—Report of exploration for a route for the Pacific Railroad, on the line of forty-first parallel of north latitude, 1853. 1854. (132 pp. 4° 14 pls. (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 2.))

Dutton, Clarence E. Report on the geology of the high plateaus of Utah. 1880. (xxxii, 307 pp. pls. 4° atlas f° (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R.))

Powell, John W. Lands of the arid region fo the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of the Utah. 1878. (xv, 195 pp. ills. 3 maps in pocket. 4° (Geogr., and Geol. Survey R. M. R.)

Maps:
No. 1. Utah Territory, representing extent of irrigable, timber, and pasture lands. 37°-42° lat. x 109°-114° long. 34 1/2 x28 in.
No. 2. Exhibiting grants of land made by the General Government to aid in the construction of railroads and wagon roads. 21°-47° lat. x 65°-131° long. 19 x 27 3/4 in.
No. 3. Rain chart of the United States. 21°-47° lat. x 65°-131° long. 19 x 27 3/4 in.

—Same. (45th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 73, in v. 13.)

—Same. (Ed. 2. 1879.)

Simpson, J. H. Capt., U. S. A. Report of explorations across the great basin of the Territory of Utah for a direct wagon route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859. 1876. (518 pp. 8 maps. 17 pls. 4° cl. (Engineer Bureau.)

Contents:
History of the exploration in the Great Basin from the time of Father Esclante, in 1776, to the present period. pp. 13-38. Report and Journal, pp. 39-148.

Appendixes A-H:
App. H. Astronomical observations, etc. pp. 151-241.
App. I. Report on the geology of the country between Fort Leavenworth and the Sierra Nevada, by Henry Engelmann. pp. 243-336.
App. J. Report on the paleontological collections of the expedition, by F. B. Meek. pp. 337-73, 5 pls.
App. K. Ornithology; a list of birds, by S. F. Baird. pp. 375-81.
App. L. Report on ichthyology, by Theo. Gill. pp. 383-431, 9 pls.
App. M. Report on botany, by George Engelmann. pp. 433-47, 3 pls.
App. N. Population and resources of the Territory of Utah, by C. R. collins. pp. 465-74.
App. O. Indians of Utah. Garland Hurt. pp. 457-64.
App. P. Report on the languages of the different tribes of Indians inhabiting the Territory of Utah, by C. R. Collins. pp. 465-74.
App. Q. Journal of Mr. Edward M. Kern of an exploration of Marys or Humboldt River, Carson Lake, and Owens River and Lake in 1845. pp. 475-86.
App. R. Journeyings of Father Escalante from Santa Fe to Utah Lake and the Moqui villages in 1776, by Philip Harry. pp. 487-95.

Maps:
Map of route explored an opened by Capt. J. H. Simpson across the Great Basin in 1859. Scale 1:1,000,000. Plates A-F. Barometric, etc. ; diagrams. Plate G.
Map of routes of Father Escalante from Santa Fe to Lake Utah and back, by way of Oraybe, Zuni, and Acoma, in 1776-7; to face p. 489.

Spurr, J. E. Economic geology of the Mercur mining district, Utah; with an introduction on the Oquirrh Mountains, by Samuel Franklin Emmons. (Geol. Survey. 16 Rpt. pt. 2. 1895. pp. 343- 455, 7 pls. 3 maps.)

U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories, Hayden, F. V. Sixth annual report of U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah; being a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1872. 1873. (xi, 844 pp. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

Yarrow, Henry C., and Henshaw, H. W. Report upon and list of birds [of Utah and Nevada] collected by the expedition for explorations west of the one hundredth meridian in 1872. 1874. (148 pp. 8° (Engineer Bureau.))

See also Bear River, Great Salt Lake, Henry Mountains, Jones, W. A., Jordan, D. S., Macomb, J. N., Pacific Wagon Roads, Stansbury, H., Watson, S. and White, C. A.

Ute Indians.

Barber, Edwin A. Language and utensils of the northern Utes. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 2, pp. 71-6.)

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Vancouver Island.

Meek, F. B. Descriptions and illustrations of fossils from Vancouver and Lucia islands and other northwestern localities.(Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. Bulls. v. 2, pp. 351-74, vi pls.)

Van Hise, Charles Richard, and Bayley, William Shirley.

Preliminary report on the Marquette iron-bearing district of Michigan. (Geol. Survey. 15 Rpt. 1894. p. 477-650, pls. 13-26.)

Vaughn, T. Wayland.

A brief contribution to the geology and paleontology of northwestern Louisiana. 1896. (65 pp. 4 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 142.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 35.)

Joint author. See Hill, Robert T.

Vermont.

Dale, T. Nelson. On the structure of the ridge between Taconic and Green Mountain ranges in Vermont. (Geol. Survey. 14 Rpt. 1893. pp. 525-49, pls. 66-70.)

Virginia.

Fontaine, William M. Contributions to the knowledge of the older mesozoic flora of Virgina. 1883. (xi, 144 pp. 54 pls. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 6.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 14.)

—The Potomac formation in Virginia. 1896. (149 pp. figs. 1 map. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 145.))

Map:
Portions of Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia, showing distribution of the Potomac formation. . . from data furnished by N. H. Darton. Scale 1:500,000. 18 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.

—Same. (54th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 36.)

Phillips, P. Lee. Virginia cartography, a bibliographical description. 1896. (85 pp. 8° pap. (Smiths. inst. Misc. coll. No. 1039, in v. 37.))

See also Campbell, M. R., Dismal Swamp, Luray Cavern.

Vivian, Thomas L.

The commercial, industrial, agricultural, transportation, and other Interests of California, being a report on that State for 1890, made to S. G. Brock, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. 1891. (1174 pp. tables. 1 map. 8° (Statistics Bureau.))

Maps:
Showing the transportation lines of Pacific coast.

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Walcott, Charles Doolittle.

Paleontology of the Eureka district. 1884. (xiii, 298 pp. 16 pls. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 8.))

Same. (48th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 38.)

Pre-Cambrian igneous rocks of the Unkar terrane, Grand Canon of the Colorado, Arizona. (Geol. Survey. 14 Rpt. 1893. pp. 497-524, pls. 60-65.)

Wall, G. P., and Sawkins, Jas.

Report of progress from Aug. 25, 1856, to Feb. 24, 1857, of the survey of the economic geology of Trinidad. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1856. pp. 281-88.)

—Same. (34th Cong., 3d sess., Senate misc. doc. 54 and house misc. doc. 55.)

Ward, Lester F.

Synopsis of the flora of the Laramie group. (Geol. Survey. 6 Rpt. pp. 399-557, pls. 31-65.)

Warren, Lieut. Gouverneur Kemble.

Essay concerning important physical features exhibited in the valley of the Minnesota River, and upon their signification. 1874. (22 pp. diagr. maps. 8° (Engineer Bureau.))

Exploration in the Dacota country in the year 1855. 1856. (79, vi pp. 8° 2 maps. (34th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 76, in v. 13.))

Memoir to accompnay the map of th territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, giving a brief account of the exploring expeditions since A. D. 1800, with a detailed description of the method adopted in compiling the general map. 1859. (115 pp. 4 pls. Reduced copies of early maps. (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 11.))

Preliminary report of explorations in Nebraska and Dakota. 1855-7. (v. p. 8° (War Dept. Ann. Rpt., 1858. pp. 620-747.))

Washington.

Pierce, Henry H., Lieut., U. S. A. Report of an expedition from Fort Colville to Puget Sound, Washington Territory, by way of Lake Chelan and Skagit River, during the months of Aug. and Sept., 1882. 1883. (25 pp. 8° pap. 1 map. (Adjutant-General's office.))

Map:
Map of the Indian trial from old Fort Colville to the Skagit River, W. T. Scale 4 m. = 1 in. 12 x 54 in.

Russell, I. C. A geological reconnaissance in central Washington.1893. (108 pp. 12 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 108.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 26.)

Stevens, I. I. Report of explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad, near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallals of north latitude, from St. Paul to Puget Sound. 1855. (651 pp. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 1.))

Swan, James G. The Indians of Cape Flattery, at the entrance to the Strait of Fuca, Washington Territory, Mar. 1870. (108 pp. 4° ills. (Smith inst. General pub. 220.))

—Same. (in: Smiths. Contr. to Knowledge. v. 16.)

See also Abbot, Henry L., Brown, W. C., Gibbs, G., Olympic Mountains, Rainier, Mount, Symons, T. W, U. S. Pacific Coast.

Washita River.

See Lewis and Clarke and Louisiana.

Watson, Sereno.

List of plants collected in Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, upon Lieut. G. M. Wheeler's survey, in 1871 and 1872. 1874. (62 pp. 8° With Rothrock (J. T.). Preliminary report on the botany of central Colorado; and an enumeration of plants collected in central Colorado by Prof. John Wolf. 1873. pp. 21-62. (Engineer Bureau.))

Webster, J. D., Lieut., U. S. A.

Report of a survey of the Gulf coast at the mouth of the Rio Grande, 1848. (12 pp. 1 map. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 65, in v. 14.))

Map:
Map of the country adjacent to the left bank of the Rio Grande below Matamoros. Scale 1 m. = 1 in. 24 1/2 x 18 in.

Weed, Walter Harvey.

Glaciation of the Yellowstone Valley north of the Park. 1893. (41 pp. 4 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 104.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 26.)

The Laramie and the overlying Livingston formation in Montana; with report on flora, by Frank Hall Knowlton. 1893. (68 pp. 6 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 105.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 26.)

Weed, Walter Harvey, and Pirsson, Louis Valentine.

Geology of the Castle Mountain mining district, Montana. 1896. (164 pp. 17 pls. 8° (U. S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 139.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 2d sess., House docs., v. 35.)

Weeks, Joseph D.

The Potomac and Roaring Creek coal fields in West Virginia.(Geol. Survey. 14 Rpt., 1893. pp. 567-590. pls. 73-74.)

West Virginia.

Weeks, Joseph D. The Potomac and Roaring Creek coal fields in West Virginia. (Geol. Survey. 14 Rpts., 1893. pp. 567-590, pls. 73-74.)

Weyprecht, Lieut. C.

The second Austrian-Hungarian North Polar Expedition, 1872-4. (in: Sixth Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. pp. 13-26. Apr., 1875. 32 pp. 4° pap. (Hydrographic office.))

Weyprecht, Lieut. C., and Payer, Lieut. J. von.

The Austrian North Polar Expedition, 1872-4. Dec., 1874. (16 pp. 4° pap. 1 map. Fifth Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. (Hydrographic office.))

Map:
Preliminary sketch of Franz Joseph Land. 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.

Preliminary report of the expedition for the exploration of the Nova Zembla Sea (the sea between Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla). First Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. Jan. 1, 1872. (18 pp. 4° pap. (Hydrographic office.))

Wheeler, George M., Lieut., U. S. A.

Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. 1877-89. (7 v. 4° cl. (Engineer Bureau.))
V. 1. Geographical report. 1889. 780 pp. 38 pls. 3 maps.

Maps:
I. Map showing routes of parties exploring Grand Canon of the Colorado. Scale 6 m. = 1 in. opp. p. 170. 14 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.
II. Sketch indicating advancement of public land, military and geographical surveys west of Mississippi River. Scale 1: 3,000,000. opp. p. 412. 31 1/2 x 43 1/2 in.
III. Sketch indicating distribution of United States into convenient districts for Government topographic surveys. opp. p. 436. 19 x 27 3/4 in.

V. 2. Astronomy and barometric hypsometry. 1877. xiii, 571 pp. 22 pls.
V. 3. Geology. 1875. 681 pp. 13 pls. 171 wdcts.

Contents:
Reports upon the geology of portions of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, acc. by 13 geological atlas sheets. V. 3. Geology. Supplement. 1881. 420, xxxviii, pp. 4 pls. 3 maps. 49 ills.

Contents:
Report upon geological examinations in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico during the years 1878 and 1879, by John J. Stevenson, with an appendix upon the Carboniferous invertebrate fossils of New Mexico, by C. A. White.

Maps:
I. Parts of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. Scale 4 m. = 1 in.
II. Parts of central New Mexico. Scale 4 m. = 1 in.
III. Parts of southern Colorado and northern and central New Mexico. Scale 4 m. = 1 in.

V. 4. Paleontology. 1877. 2 pts. in 1 v. pt. 1. xv, 219 pp. 21 pls.
Report upon the invertebrate fossils collected in portions of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona by parties of the expedition of 1871-4, by Charles A. White. pt. 2. 370 pp. pls. 22. 83.
Report upon the extinct vertebrata obtained in New Mexico by parties of the expedition of 1874, by E. D. Cope.
V. 6. Botany. 1878. xx, 404 pp. 30 pls.
V. 7. Archaeology. 1879. xxi, 497 pp. frtsp. 20 pls. 135 ill. 2 pts. in 1 v.

Contents:
I. Archeological and ethnological collections from vicinity of Santa Barbara, Cal., and from ruined pueblos of Arizona and New Mexico, and certain Interior tribes, by Frederick W. Putnam. App. transl. from the Spanish of the account by the pilot, Ferrel, of the voyage of Caberillo along the west coast of North America in 1542. pp. 1-314.
II. the pueblo ruins and Interior tribes, by Frederick W. Putnam. pp. 315-485

Memoir upon the voyages, discoveries, exploration and surveys to and at the west coast of North America and Interior of the United States west of the Mississippi River from 1500 to 1880, with notes on certain old maps and later bibliographical and other references, etc. (Appendix F. U. S. Geogr. Surveys west of the 100th Meridian. v. 1.)

Preliminary report of the progress of the engineer exploration of the public domain in Nevada and Arizona. [1871.] (94pp. 8° 1 map. (42d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 65, in v. 2.))

Map:
Preliminary topographical map, embracing in skeleton a portion only of the notes from surveys made in accordance with special order 109, War Dept., 1871. [Shows portions of Cal., Nev., and Ariz.] Scale 24 m. =1 in. 26. 5 x 21 in.

Preliminary report of explorations in Nevada and Arizona, 1872. (94 pp. 8° (42d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 65, in v. 2.)) Acc. by preliminary topographical map. Scale 24 m. =1 in.

Wheeler, George M., Lieut., U. S. A., and Lockwood, D. W.

Preliminary report upon a reconnaissance through southern and southeastern Nevada, made in 1869. 1875. (72 pp. 4° (Engineer Bureau.))

Whipple, A. W., Lieut., U. S. A.

Extract of a journal of an expedition from San Diego, Cal., to the Rio Colorado, from Sept. 11 to Dec. 11, 1849. (28 pp. 8° (31st Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 19, in v. 3.)) Contains a vocabulary of about 250 words in Yuma and English.

Whipple, A. W., Lieut., U. S. A., and Ives, Lieut. J. C.

Report of explorations for a railway route, near the thirty-fifth parallel of north latitude, from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. 1855-6. (v. p. 31 pls. 4° 4 pts. (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 3 and 4.))

White, Charles Abiathar.

The Bear River formation and its characteristic fauna. 1895. (108 pp. 11 pls. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 28.))

—Same. (54th Cong., 1st sess., House docs., v. 77.)

On new cretaceous fossils from California. 1885. (25 pp. 5 pls. (Geol. Survey. Bull. 22.))

—Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 1.)

White, Charles Abiathar, Continued.

On the geology and physiography of a portion of northwestern Colorado and adjacent parts of Utah and Wyoming. (Geol. Survey. 9 Rpt., 1888. pp. 677-712, pl. 88.)

On the mesozoic and cenozoic paleontology of California. 1885. (33 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 15.))

Same. (49th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 1.)

Whiting, Lieut. W. H. C.

Report of a reconnaissance of the western frontier of Texas, 1849. (in: Johnston, J. E., and others. Reconnaissances of routes from San Antonio to El Paso. pp. 235-250. (31st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 64, in v. 14.))

Whitney, Josiah D., joint author.

See Foster, John W.

Whitney, Milton, and Means, Thos. H.

The alkali soils of the Yellowstone Valley . . . 1898. (39 pp. 17 pls. 8° (Soils Division. Bull. 14.))

Wilkes, Charles, Rear-Admiral, U. S. N.

United States exploring expedition, during the years 1838-42, under command of Charles Wilkes. (20 v. 4° Philadelphia, C. Sherman. 1844-74.)

Contents:

Baird, S. F., and Girard, Charles. Herpetology. xv, 492 pp. 4° atlas 10 1. 32 col. pls. fol. 1858. v. 20.

Brackenridge, W. D. Botany. Cryptogamia: Filicies, including lycopodiaceae and hydropterides. viii, 357 pp. 4° Atlas 1 p. 1. 7 pp. 46 pl. fol. 1854-56. v. 16.

Cassin, J. Mammalogy and ornithology. viii, 466 pp. 4° Atlas 2 1. 53 col. pl. fol. 1858. v. 8.
Dana, J. D. Crustacea. iv, in 2 pts. viii, 1618 pp. 4° Atlas 27 pp. 96 pl. fol. 1852-55. v. 13-14.
—Geology. xii, 9-756 pp. Atlas 6 pp. 21 pl. 1849. v. 10.,
—Zoophytes. 740 oo,4° Atlas 12 pp. 61 ok, fik, 1846-49. v. 7.
Gould, A. A. Mollusca and shells. xv, 510 pp. 4° Atlas 16 pp. 52 col. pl. fol. 1852. v. 12.
Gray, A. Botany. Phanerogamia. 2 p. l. 777 pp. 4° Atlas 4 pp. 100 pl. fol. 1854-56. v. 15.,
—editor Botany. Cryptogamia and phanerogamia. 1 p. 1. 514 pp. 4° 1874. v. 17.
Hale, H. Ethnography and philology. xii, 666 pp. 2 maps. 4° 1846. v. 6.
Pickering, C. the races of man (etc.). 447 pp. 1 map. 12 col. pl. 4° 1848. v. 9.
Wilkes, C. Narrative of the expedition. v. 5,4° Atlas 21. 5 maps 4° 1844. v. 1-5.
—Hydrography. 2 p. l. 514 pp. 5 maps 4° 1861. Atlas iv in 2. 106 charts. fol. 1858.
Meterology. 1 viii, pp. 1 col. map. 24 pl. 4° 1851. v. 11.

Note.—the publication of the work has not been completed. v. 18 was to contain Botany, by Asa Gray; v. 19, Geographical distribution of animals and plants, by C. Pickering; v. 21-22, Ichthyology, by L. Agassiz; v. 24, Physics, by C. Wilkes. (From MS. catalogue of Library of Congress.)

Williams, George Huntington.

The greenstone schist areas of the Menominee and Marquette regions of Michigan . . . with an introduction by Roland D. Irving. 1890. (241 pp. 16 pls. 8° (U. S. Geol. Survey. Bull. 62.))

—Same. (51st Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 15.)

Williams, S. G.

Notes on the geology of some localities near Canon City, Fremont County, Colo. (n. t. p. (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R. Bulls., 1974-5. no. 5. pp. 249-51.))

Williamson, R. S., Lieut., U. S. A.

Report of explorations in California for railroad routes to connect with the routes near the thirty-fifth and thirty-second parallels of north latitude. 1853. (370 pp. 12 pls. 4° (Pacific Railroad Surveys. v. 4.))

See also Abbot, Henry L.

Wilson, A. D.

Means of communication between Denver and the San Juan mines. (n. t. p. (Geogr. and Geol. Survey R. M. R. Bulls., 1874-5. no. 3, pp. 145-49. 1 map.))

Wiltscheck,,—.

Expedition to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla in 1872. (pp. 39-46. in: Fourth Supplement to the Papers on the eastern and northern extension of the Gulf Stream. Nov., 1873. 46 pp. 4° pap. (Hydrographic office.))

Winship, George Parker.

The Coronado expedition, 1540-2, with bibliography. (Ethnology Bureau. 14 Rpt. 1892-3. pp. 329-613. pls. 38-81.)

—Same. Separate.

Wisconsin.

Burt, William A., and Hubbard, Bela. Reports relative to the character and condition of the mineral regions in the Lake Superior country in the State of Michigan and Territory of Wisconsin. 1845. (29 pp. 8° (29th Cong., 1st sess., Senate doc. 357, in v. 7.))

Wisconsin, Continued.

Featherstonhaugh, George William. Report of a geological reconnaissance made in 1835 from the seat of government, by the way of Green Bay and Wisconsin Territory, to the Coteau de Prairie, an elevated ridge dividing the Missouri from the St. Peters River. 1836. (168 pp. 8° (24th Cong., 2d sess., Senate doc. 333, in v. 4.))

Irving, Roland D., and Van Hise, Charles R. The Penokee iron-bearing series of northern Wisconsin and Michigan. 1892. (534 pp. 37 pls. (Geol. Survey. Monographs. v. 19.))

—Same. (52d Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 52.)

Owen, David Dale. Report of a geological exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, made under instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury in the autumn of the year 1839. (161 pp. 8° (26th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 239, in v. 6.))

—Same. 1844. (191 pp. 8° chts. and pls. (28th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 407, in v. 7.))

—Same. (161 pp. chts. and pls. [Appears as 28th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 168, in v. 4, pt. 2, though bearing the number 26th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 239.])

—Report of a geological reconnoissance of the Chippewa land district of Wisconsin, and incidentally of a portion of the Kickagpoo country, and of a part of Iowa and of the Minnesota [sic] Territory, made under instructions from the United States Treasury Department. [1847-8.] (134 pp. 8° 23 pls. 14 chts. 1 map. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 57, in v. 7.)

Map:
Provisional geological map of the Chippewa land district of Wisconsin, with parts of Iowa and Minneasota Territory. Scale 10 m. = 1 in. 33 x 24 in.

—Report of a geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota; and incidentally of a portion of Nebraska Territory. Phila., 1852. (638 pp. 4° cl. 25 pls. ills. maps.) One large geological map in covers accompanies this report.

Schoolcraft, Henry R. Report of an expedition among the northwest Indians, dated Dec. 3, 1832. (16 pp. 8° (22d Cong., 2d sess., House doc. 125, in v. 3.))

—Report of an expedition into the Indian country, 1831. (20 pp. 8° (22d Cong., 1st sess., House doc. 152, in v. 4.))

Wislizenus, A.

Memoir of a tour to northern Mexico, connected with Col. Doniphan's expedition, in 1846 and 1847. 1848. (141 pp. 8° 3 maps. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Senate misc. doc. 26.))

Woodruff, J. C., joint author.

See Sitgreaves, L.

Woods, S., Major, U. S. A.

Report of expedition to Pembina settlement, or to the Red River of the North, and the condition of affairs on the northwestern frontier of the Territory of Minnesota, 1849. (55 pp. 8° (31st Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 51, in v. 8.))

Wrangel, Alaska.

Colyer, Vincent. So much of the report of Vincent Colyer, Special Indian Commissioner, as relates to the Indian village of Wrangel, Alaska, showing the condition of that village previous to its recent bombardment by the United States troops, Mar. 22, 1870. (23 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 68, in v. 2.))

Wyoming.

Barlow, J. W., and Heap, D. P. Report of a reconnaissance in Wyoming and Montana Territories [during July and Aug., 1871, for the purpose of examining the sources of the Yellowstone, Missouri, and Snake rivers, and the valley of the Yellowstone Lake.] (43 pp. 8° 1 map. (42d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 66, in v. 2.))

Map:
Sketch of the Yellowstone Lake, and the valley of the Upper Yellowstone River. Scale 1:300,000. 25 7/8 x 10 6/8 in.

Campbell, A. H. Report of the superintendent and engineer on the Fort Ridgeley [Minn. terr.] and South Pass (Wyo.) wagon roads. 1857-9. (125 pp. (32d Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 108, in v. 9.))

Wyoming, Continued.

Culbertson, T. A. Journal of an expedition to the mauvaises terres and the Upper Missouri in 1850 [with a list of plants collected, list of birds and mammalia found on the Missouri River from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Union, at the mouth of the Yellowstone River, by Edward Harris; a tabular view of the Indian tribes of the Upper Missouri in 1850.] (Ann. Rpt. Smiths. institution. 1850. App. iv, pp. 84-145.)

—Same. (32d Cong., sepec. sess., Senate docs., v. 1.)

Eldridge, G. H. A geological reconnaissance in northwest Wyoming. 1894. (72 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 119.))

—Same. (53d Cong., 3d sess., House misc. docs., v. 9.)

Jones, W. A. Report upon the reconnaissance of northwestern Wyoming, made in the summer of 1873. 1874. (210 pp. 51 maps. 26 figs. 8° (43d Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 285, in v. 17.))

Contents:
General report. pp. 1-81.
Astronomical report. S. E. Blunt. pp. 81-4.
Geological report. T. B. Comstock. pp. 85-184.
Report on mineral and thermal waters. C. L. Heizmann. pp. 185-99.
Botanical report. C. C. Parry. pp. 200-6.
Entomological report. J. D. Putnam. pp. 207-10.

Nelson, Owen. The red desert of Wyoming and its forage resources. 1898. (72 pp. 8° ills. (Agrostology Divsion. Bull. 13.))

United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Hayden, F. V. Second annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing Wyoming. 1868. (General Land office. Ann. Rpt. pp. 220-55. Interior Dept.)

—Same. (40th Cong., 3d sess., House ex. docs., v. 2.)

—Same. (Reprinted 1873, together with 1st and 3d reports, in one volume. 263 pp. 8° cl.)

—Preliminary report of the United States Geological Survey of Wyoming and of portions of contiguous territories, 1870 (begin a second annual report of progess) [and the fourth annual report of the Survey]. 1871. (511 pp. 8° cl. ills. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. 1872. (511 pp. 8° cl. ills.)

—Sixth annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah; begin a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1872. 1873. (xi, 844 pp. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Eleventh annual report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, embracing Idaho and Wyoming; being a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1877. 1879. (xxviii, 720 pp. 10, lxxvi pls. maps. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. Preliminary report of the Territories for the season of 1877. (35 pp. 8° pap.)

—Same. (Rpt. Secy. Interior. 1877. pp. 775-87.)

—Same. (45th Cong., 2d sess., House ex. docs., v. 8.)

—Twelfth annual report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories; a report of progress of the exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the year 1878. 1883. (2 v. 8° cl. Maps in separate cover.)

—Same. (47th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 21, 22.)

—Same. Preliminary report of the Territories for the season of 1878. 1878. (29 pp. 8°.)

—Same. (Rpt. Secy. Interior. 1878. pp. 951-77.)

—Same. (45th Cong., 3d sess., House ex. docs., v. 9.)

See also Bear River, Big Horn Mountains, Hayden, F. V., Pacific Wagon Roads, Sheridan, P. H., White, C. A., Yellowstone National Park and Yellowstone River.

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Yarrow, Henry Crecy.

Operations of a special party for making ethnological researches in the vicinity of Santa Barbara, Cal., with an historical account of the region explored. (Ann. Rpt. Gegr. Survey w. of 100th Meridian. pp. 312-21. App. J J. Ann. Rpt. Chief Engrs., 1876.)

Yarrow, Henry Crecy, and Henshaw, H. W.

Report upon and list of birds [of Utah and Nevada] collected by the expedition for explorations west of the 100th meridian in 1872. 1874. (148 pp. 8° (Engineer Bureau.))

Yellowstone Lake.

See Barlow and Heap.

Yellowstone National Park.

Doane, G. C., Lieut., U. S. A. [Report in the form of a journal] upon the so-called Yellowstone Expedition of 1870. Aug. 22-Sept. 24, 1870. (40 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 3d sess., Senate ex. doc. 51, in v. 1.))

Forbes, S. A. A preliminary report on the aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and of the Flathead region of Montana. (Fish Comm. Bulls., v. 11, 1891. pp. 207-258, pls. 37-42.)

Gooch, Frank A., and Whitfield, James E. Analyses of waters of the Yellowstone National Park, with an account of the methods of analysis employed. 1888. (84 pp. 8° (Geol. Survey. Bull. 47.))

—Same. (50th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 11.)

Hayden, F. V. Twelfth annual report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. (v. 2. xxv, 503 pp. col. pls. maps. ills. 8° cl. (Interior Dept.))

—Same. (47th Cong., 1st sess., House misc. docs., v. 22.)

Iddings, Joseph P. The eruptive rocks of Electric Peak and Sepulcher Mountain, Yellowstone National Park. (Geol. Survey. 12 Rpt., 1891. pp. 569-664, pls. 46-53.)

—Obsidian cliff, Yellowstone National Park. (Geol. Survey. 7 Rpt., 1886. pp. 249-95, pls. 9-18.)

Jones, William A. A reconnaissance of northwestern Wyoming, including Yellowstone National Park, made in the summer of 1873. (With appendix. 1875 vi, 331 pp. 8° 57 pls. and maps. (Engineer Bureau.))

Contents:
General report, pp. 1-81; Astronomical report, by S. E. Blunt, pp. 81-4; Geological report, by T. B. Comstock, pp. 85-291; Report on mineral and thermal waters, by C. L. Heizmann, pp. 293-307; Botanical report, by C. C. Parry, pp. 308-14; Entomological report, by I. D. Putnam, pp. 315-18.

Maps:
Map of western Wyoming, showing region traversed. Scale 1:600,000. 49 trail maps, showing detailed topograhy. Geological map (colored). Scale 1:600,000.

Jordan, David S. A reconnaissance of the streams and lakes of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, in the Interest of the United States Fish Commission. (Fish Comm. Bulls., v. 9. 1889. pp. 41-63, pls. 6-22.)

—Same. Spearate.
Map to accompany above. Lat. 44°-45° n. x long. 110°-111° w. 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.

Peale, A. C. The thermal springs of Yellowstone National Park. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terrs. 12 Ann. Rpt. pp. 63-454.)

Sheridan, Philip H., Lieut. Gen., U. S. A. Report dated Sept. 20, 1881, of his expedition through the Big Horn Mountains, Yellowstone National Park, etc., togther with reports of Lieut. J. F. Gregory, Surgeon W. H. Forwood, and Capt. S. C. Kellogg. 1882. (39 pp. 8° pap. (Adjutant-General's office.)) Two maps of route through portions of Idaho and Wyoming.

Whitney, Milton, and Means, Thos. H. The alkali soils of the Yellowstone Valley. 1898. (39 pp. 17 pls. 8° (Soils Division. Bull. 14.))

Yellowstone River.

Forsyth, James W., and Grant, F. D. Report of an expedition up the Yellowstone River, made in 1875. 1875. (17 pp. pls. 1 map. (Engineer Bureau.))

Map:
Sketch of the Yellowstone River from the mouth of the Powder River to the head of navigation. Scale 10 m. =2 1/4 in. 26 1/2 x 22 in.

Hayden, F. V. Notes descriptive of some geological sections of the country about the head waters of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. (Geol. and Geogr. Survey Terr. Bulls. v. 2, pp. 197-209.)

Raynolds, W. F., Bvt. Brig. Gen., U. S. A. Report on exploration of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers in 1859-60. 1868. (174 pp. 8° cl. 1 map. (War Dept.))

—Same. (40th Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 77, in v. 2.)

Map:
Map of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers and their tributaries. Scale 1:1,200,000. Long. 99°-113° w. x lat. 42°-48° n. 26 1/2 x 40 3/4 in.

See also Barlow and Heap, Culbertson, T. A., Hare, L. R., Hidatsa Indians, Long, A. F., Ludlow, W., Maguire, E.

Yezo.

Hitchcock, Romyn. The Ainos of Yezo, Japan. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1890. pp. 429-502.)

—Same. (51st Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v . 11.)

—The ancient pit dwellers of Yezo. (National Museum. Ann. Rpt., 1890 pp. 417-427.)

—Same. (51st Cong., 2d sess., House misc. docs., v. 11.)

Yucatan.

Bean, Tarleton H. Notes on the fishes collected at Cozumel, Yucatan, by the U. S. Fish Commission, with description of new species. (Fish Comm. Bulls. v. 8, 1888, pp. 193-206, pls. 28-29.)

Yukon River.

Kirby, W. W. A journey to the Youcan, Russian America [1860?]. (Smiths. inst. Ann. Rpt., 1864. pp. 416-420.)

—Same. (38th Cong., 2d sess., House misc. doc. 55, in v. 2.)

Raymond, Charles W., Capt., U. S. A. Report of a reconnaissance of the Yukon River, Alaska Territory. July to Sept., 1869. 1871. (112 pp. (41st Cong., 1st sess., Senate ex. doc. 12.))

—Report on the Youkon River and the islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska [1869]. 1870. (18 pp. 8° (41st Cong., 2d sess., House ex. doc. 112, in v. 6.))

Spurr, Josiah E. Geology of the Yukon gold district, Alaska; with an introductory chapter on the history and condition of the district to 1897, by Harold Beach Goodrich. (Geol. survey. 18 Rpt. 1898. pp. 87-392, pls. 32-51.)

—Same. Separate.

See also Alaska, Turner, L. M., U. S. Pacific Coast.

Yuma, Fort, Wagon Road.

See California.

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Zuni Indians.

Cushing, Frank H. A study of Pueblo pottery as illustrative of Zuni culture and growth. (Ethnology Bureau. 4 Rpt. 1882-3. pp. 467-521, figs. 490-564.)

—Zuni creation myths. (Ethnology Bureau. 13 Rpt. 1891-2. pp. 321-447.)

—Zuni fetiches. (Ethnology Bureau. 2 Rpt. 1880-1. pp. 3-45, pls. 1-11.)

Stevenson, James. Illustrated catalogue of the collections obtained from the pueblos of Zuni, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881. (Ethnology Bureau. 3 Rpt. 1881-2. pp. 511-94, pls. 40-4.)

Stevenson, Mrs. Tilly E. The religious life of the Zuni child. (Ethnology Bureau. 5 Rpt. 1883-4. pp. 533-55, pls. 20-3.)

Zuni River.

See Sitgreaves, L.

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Mistakes in Original Source

1. Reports of a survey of the northern and western boundary of the Creek country, during the summer of 1850. 1858. (35th Cong., 1st sess., House ex. doc. 104, in v. 12 (not 13).) Serial Set volume number is 958.