Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 42314-h.htm or 42314-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42314/42314-h/42314-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42314/42314-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/mountrainierreco00meanuoft Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). Subscripts in chemical formulas are indicated by an underscore followed by the subscripted number enclosed by curly brackets (example: SiO_{2} is the formula for silicon dioxide). In Chapter XII we were unable to resolve a discrepancy between H. H. McAlister and E. H. McAlister, so both were retained. MOUNT RAINIER * * * * * [Illustration] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO * * * * * [Illustration: FIRST PICTURE OF MOUNT RAINER. Drawn by W. Alexander from a sketch by J. Sykes, 1792. Engraved by J. Landseer for Vancouver's Journal.] MOUNT RAINIER A Record of Exploration Edited by EDMOND S. MEANY Professor of History in the University of Washington. President of The Mountaineers. Author of "Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound," "History of the State of Washington," etc. New York The Macmillan Company 1916 All rights reserved Copyright, 1916, By the Macmillan Company. Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1916. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. To GENERAL HAZARD STEVENS EARLY LOVER OF THE MOUNTAIN, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED PREFACE Mount Rainier National Park is visited annually by increasing thousands of tourists. Many of them seek information about the discoveries and explorations of the mountain and its environs. Much of the information sought, especially that about the origin of place names, has never been published. The annals of discovery and exploration, which have been published, have often appeared in books, pamphlets, or periodicals not easily accessible. It is the purpose of this work to gather the essential portions of the desired information within a compact, usable form.