Sands, Auriferous from Yakutat bay, 196, 197, 198 Schwatka, Lieutenant Frederick, explorations by, 72, 73 Serpentine on the Marvine glacier, 123 Seton-Karr, H. W., explorations of, 72, 73 Seward glacier, crevasses on, 133, 179, 180 -- -- crossing of, 142 -- -- description of, 177, 178, 179 Seward, Hon. W. H., Glacier named for, 129 Sitka, arrival at, 79 Snow crests, figures of, 143 -- line, description of Alpine glaciers above, 180 -- -- -- -- -- -- below, 183 Snow line, elevation of, 92, 111 -- on mountain crests, 182 Soundings in Disenchantment bay, 56 Stamy, Thomas, Member of expedition, 76 -- Work of, 137, 139, 144, 150, 153, 157, 158, 160 Stanley-Brown, J., Report on sands from Yakutat bay, 196, 197, 198 St. Elias described by La Pérouse, 59, 60 --, discovery of, by Bering, 58 --, first full view of, 135 --, view of, 91, 92 --, height and position of, 189, 190 -- -- -- -- --, by Tebenkof, 69 -- -- -- of, determined by La Pérouse, 60 -- -- -- -- -- Malaspina, 64, 65, 66 -- range, age of, 175 -- --, character of peaks of, 175 -- region, glaciers of, 176 -- schist, description of rocks of, 167, 173 --, suggested new route to, 163, 164 -- uplift, 190 Stein, Robert, translations by, 59, 64, 65, 66 Strait of Annan, 56 Structure, 174 Swiss guides in Alaskan exploration, 166 _Sulphur_, Mention of the, 69 Taku glacier, Mention of, 78 -- inlet, Visit to, 78 Tebenkof, Captain, Notes on Alaska by, 69, 70 Terrace on northern shore of Yakutat bay, 82, 85 -- point, Brief account of, 106 Thompson, Gilbert, Contribution to exploration fund by, 75 Tide-water glaciers defined, 101 Topographic work, Report on, 195 Topham, Edwin, Explorations by, 73, 74 Topham, W. H., explorations by, 73, 74 -- reference to map by, 177 Triangulation, Commencement of, 86 Tunnels in the ice, 184 Tyndall glacier, Named, 73 Tyndall, J., cited on marginal crevasses, 127 United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, explorations of, 70, 72 Vancouver, Captain George, Explorations by, 66, 68 _Veratrum viride_, Mention of, 114 Ward, Lester F., Report on fossil plants, 199, 200 White, Thomas, Member of expedition, 76 --, Work of, 158, 160 Willis, Baily, contribution to exploration fund by, 75 Williams, C. A., contribution to exploration fund by, 75 Williams, William, explorations by, 73, 74 Yakutat bay, Arrival at, 79 -- --, Base camp on Western shore of, 86, 89 -- --, Shores of described, 57 -- --, Synonomy of, 56 -- Indians, described by Dixon, 61 -- system, Description of rocks of, 167 -- -- named, 131 End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of An Expedition to Mount St. Elias, Alaska, by Israel Cook Russell