Pinnacle pass cliffs, account of, 132, 137 -- -- --, height of, 137 -- -- --, view from, 132 -- --, description of, 130, 132 -- -- named, 130 -- system, description of rocks of, 167, 170 -- -- named, 131 _Pinta_, mention of the, 79, 81 Phipps, C. J., Port Mulgrave named for, 60 Plants on Blossom island, 114 Point Esperanza, Camp at, 82, 84, 85 -- Glorious, named, 137 -- Riou, Mention of, 69 Port Mulgrave, 56 -- -- named by Dixon, 60 Powell, J. W., Contribution to exploration fund by, 75 Powell, William B., Contribution to exploration fund by, 75 Puerto del Desengaño, Mention of, 56 Puget, Peter, Explorations of, 66, 68 Pyramid harbor, Mention of, 78 _Queen Charlotte_, Mention of the, 60 --, voyage on the, 78, 79 Rations, 164 Report on sands from Yakutat bay by J. Stanley-Brown, 196, 197, 198 Rivers, Glacial, 183 Rope cliff, named, 149 Route (new), suggested, 163, 164 Russell, Israel C., Contribution to exploration fund by, 75 Salmon (and trout) fishing, 162 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
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