ABANDONED HUT, NORTH-WEST COAST 133 HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY'S HOUSE, LONDON 135 HUDSON'S BAY SLED, LOADED 136 INDIAN MASK, WEST COAST 139 SEALS, ST. PAUL'S ISLAND 140 RUSSIAN CHURCH, ALASKA 141 SNOW SPECTACLES, ALASKA 144 INDIAN CARVING 144 INDIAN GRAVE, NORTH-WEST COAST 155 QUEEN ELIZABETH 148 FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY 151 INDIAN BURIAL SCAFFOLD 152 MAP, MOUTH OF COLUMBIA RIVER 157 MEDAL, SHIPS COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON 159 AN OREGON BELLE 161 A FLAT-BOAT 164 ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI 167 A LOUISIANA SUGAR-PLANTATION 176 FRENCH SETTLEMENTS: GERM OF ST. LOUIS 177 OLD CONVENT, NEW ORLEANS 179 MAP, ST. LOUIS AND VICINITY 180 CHOUTEAU'S POND, ST. LOUIS 181 ROCK TOWERS NEAR DUBUQUE 182 MOUNTAIN GOAT, OR BIG-HORN 185 INDIANS MOVING CAMP 186 A MANDAN 188 MANDAN SKIN BOATS 190 GATE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 193 CATCHING SALMON, COLUMBIA RIVER 196 MAP ILLUSTRATING LIEUT. PIKE'S EXPLORATIONS 199 INDIAN BURIAL-PLACE 200 PIKE'S PEAK 202 THE YUCCA-TREE; SPANISH BAYONET 205 CHURCH, SANTA FÉ, WITH FORT MARCY 207 AN EMIGRANT'S CAMP 217 MAP ILLUSTRATING LONG'S EXPLORATIONS 220 PRAIRIE-DOG VILLAGE 221 DIGGING IN THE RIVER FOR WATER 222 STATUE OF BENTON 229 FORT LARAMIE 235 AMOLE, OR SOAP-PLANT 237 SAN ANTONIO 242 THE ALAMO 244 SAMUEL HOUSTON 245 MEXICAN CART 249 MEXICAN ARASTRA, FOR GRINDING ORES 250 PUEBLO WOMAN GRINDING CORN 253 BOY AND DONKEYS 254 PUEBLO OF TAOS 255 BIG TREE 257 MAP SHOWING STATES AND TERRITORIES ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO 259 CALIFORNIA INDIANS AND TULE HUT 260 EL CAPITAN, YOSEMITE 262