War of Rebellion, 63. War with Mexico, 100. Washburn Expedition of 1870, history of, 75-84. organization of, 75-7. results of, 84. revives Park idea, 90. Washburn, General H. D., biographical sketch, 311. chief of Washburn Expedition, 75. "notes" of, upon Washburn Expedition, 83. quoted, 325. Washburn, Mt., 152, 260. an extinct volcano, 156. Washburn Range, 17,152. original name of, 152. on Colter's map, 26. _Wasp_, The, 48. Watchmen at Park hotels in winter, 194. Water-falls of Y. N. P., 151, 324. Wear, D. W., Fifth Superintendent Y. N. P., 137. Weed, W. H., quoted, 264. Weikert, A. J., member of Helena tourist party, 111. experience of, with Nez Percés, 123-6. We-Saw, Shoshone Indian, 15. West Shore geyser basin, 242. White Bird, Nez Percé chief, 113. White Elephant, 214. Wilkie, Leslie, member Helena tourist party, 112. Willow Park, 154, 217. Wingate, G. W., quoted, 190. Winter journeys through the Y. N. P., 108. Winter in the Y. N. P., 197, 198. Witch Creek, 243. Wyeth, Nathaniel J., 37. Wyoming, admission of, to Union, 282,347. Wyoming Territory attempts to protect Park, 134, 135. "Yancey's," 263. "Yellowstone," origin of name, 1-7. Spanish translation of, 5, note. _Yellowstone_, first steamboat at mouth of Y. River, 87. Yellowstone, discovery of the, 72. early knowledge of the, 40, 50, 60. fossil forests of the, 177-180, 263. gold-seekers on the, 101. Grand Cañon of, colors in, 6, 254. Third Cañon of the, 266. Upper, prospecting expeditions on the, 66-71. Upper, why so long unknown, 99, 101. Yellowstone Falls, compared with Niagara, 251, 254. Lower, 251, 254. measurement of heights, 80, 325-6. Upper, 261. Yellowstone Lake, 151, 240, 241. bays of, 333. boat ride on, 243. capes of, 336. compared with other lakes, 241. discovered, 24, 27, 80. first boat on, 337. form of, 240. islands of, 335. monument on shore of, 248. names of, 334. navigation of, 203. overhead sounds near, 246. reservoir possibilities of, 190. thumb, of, 241. trout of, 186. Yellowstone National Park, administration of, 206. administrative history of, 127-148. altitudes in, 154. area of, 148. Assistant Superintendents of, 135. atmosphere of, 210. autumn foliage of, 192. basaltic lava flows in, 157. birds, 185. boundaries of, 148, 278-280. buffalo of, 143, 184. buildings of, in 1880, 132. calcareous springs of, 173. camping in, 205. climate of, 189, 198. Congressional Reports on, 141. cost of visiting, 274. Cretaceous Period in, 156. danger to future existence of, 281. drainage areas of, 149.