RUSSELL, I. C.; An Expedition to Mount St. Elias, 53 -- cited on Mount St. Elias, 39 --, Contribution to exploration fund by, 75 --, Height and Position of Mount St. Elias, 231 --, Proposed exploration by, 249 --, Record of communication by, vii, xi -- -- -- discussion by, vii, ix RUSSELL, THOMAS, Acknowledgments to, 62 -- cited on cyclones, 43 --, Reference to work of, 51 RUSSIAN Academy of Sciences, Quotation from records of, 212 "RUSSIAN OFFICER," Geographic work by the, 209 --, Identity of the, 222 --, Quotation from the, on de l'Isle's map, 215, 217 -- -- -- -- -- -- writings, 221 SALMON fishing, 162 SANDS, Auriferous, from Yakutat bay, 196 SAN FRANCISCO RIVER, Sketch of, 5 SANGAI, Active vulcanism of, 2 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 SHARP, BENJAMIN, Record of communication by, xiii SHENDUN, Field meeting at, ix, x SIEMENS, WERNER VON, cited on air currents, 45 SITKA, Arrival at, 79 SNOW crests, Figures of, 143 -- line, Description of Alpine glaciers above, 180 -- -- -- -- -- -- below, 183 -- --, Elevation of, 92, 111 -- on mountain crests, 182 SOUNDINGS in Disenchantment bay, 56 SOUTH AMERICA: Annual address by the President; Gardiner G. Hubbard, 1 SPRUNG, A., cited on air currents, 45 STAMY, THOMAS, Member of expedition, 76 --, Work of, 137, 139, 144, 150, 153, 157, 158, 160 STANLEY-BROWN, J., Record of communication by, vii --, Report on sands from Yakutat bay by, 196 {261} ST. ELIAS, Described by La Pérouse, 59, 60 --, Discovery of, by Bering, 58 -- expedition, Review of, 39 --, First full view of, 135 -- (Height and position of Mount); I. C. Russell, 231 -- -- -- -- -- 40, 189, 190 -- -- -- -- -- determined by La Pérouse, 60 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Tebenkof, 69 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Malaspina, 64, 65, 66 -- range, Age of, 175 -- --, Character of peaks of, 175 -- region, Glaciers of the, 176 -- schist, Description of rocks of, 167, 173 --, Suggested new route to, 163, 164 -- uplift, 190 STEIN, ROBERT, Translations by, 59, 64, 65, 66 STEPNIAK, SERGIUS, Record of address by, viii STRAIT OF ANNAN, 56 STRUCTURE, 174 STRUVE, CH., Acknowledgments to, 221 STRUVE, O., cited on manuscript records, 220 SWISS guides in Alaskan exploration, 166 SULPHUR, Mention of the, 69 TAKU GLACIER, Mention of, 78 TAKU INLET, Visit to, 78 TANGANYIKA, LAKE, Characteristics of, 241 TEBENKOF, CAPTAIN, Notes on Alaska by, 69, 70 TERRACE on northern shore of Yakutat bay, 82, 85 -- point, Brief account of, 106 THUNDERSTORMS, Relation of, to air-pressure, 44 THOMPSON, GILBERT, Contribution to exploration fund by, 75 TIBET, Note on the crossing of, 253 TIDE-WATER glaciers defined, 101 TOPOGRAPHIC work, Report on, 195 TOPHAM, EDWIN, Explorations by, 73, 74