INDEX 



453 



Baird, S. F. Continued. 

 pedestrian habits, 147; anecdotes, 148; 

 relations with children, 148, 150; per- 

 sonal appearance, 149; liking for fiction, 

 149; Little Lord Fauntleroy, 149; Mrs. 

 S. F. Baird, 150; he begins researches 

 on fishes, 151; hours of teaching, 152; 

 receives letter from Dana urging him 

 to apply for the curatorship of the 

 Smithsonian Museum, 156; he makes 

 application, 157; anatomical studies, 

 164; visits Westport, N. Y., and Adiron- 

 dack woods, 169; ascends Mt. Marcy, 

 169; goes to Burlington, Vt., 169; to 

 Boston, 169; meets Agassiz, Desor, 

 Rufus Choate, Jeffries Wyman and 

 Dr. John Warren, 169; returns to 

 Carlisle, 169; his students, 170; offered 

 a professorship in the University of 

 Vermont, 176; a daughter born, 178; 

 explores Carlisle cave, 178; the 

 Churchills move to a new house, 179; 

 hunting salamanders, 179; salary in- 

 creased, 181; western collecting tour, 

 182; meets Professor Joseph Henry, 

 182; visits Dr. Kirtland, 182; Caleb 

 Atwater, 182; meeting of the American 

 Association, 183; projects of Prof. 

 Agassiz, 183; caves, 186; honorary 

 degree of M.D., 186; very ill in Virginia, 

 189; last lecture at Dickinson College, 

 210; elected assistant secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, 211; visits 

 Reading, Pa., 213; journey to Lake 

 Champlain, 213; collecting tour in 

 Canada, 214; meeting of American 

 Association, 214, 217; elected Perma- 

 nent Secretary of the Association, 214; 

 leaves Carlisle, 220; arrives in Wash- 

 ington, 220; goes to housekeeping, 227; 

 builds new house, 227; characteristics 



Baird, S. F. Continued. 



of Washington in 1850, 227; Smith- 

 sonian building, 228; the Capitol, 229; 

 negro service, 229; Mrs. Baird's anec- 

 dote, 229; hospitality, 229; students at 

 the Smithsonian, 230; effects of the 

 civil war, 232; economy, 233; Baird 

 deposits his collection at the Smith- 

 sonian, 235; organizes International 

 exchange of literature, 236; performs 

 much manual labor, 236; promotes 

 collecting by U. S. Surveys and Army 

 officers, 236; correspondence, 237; 

 inspires others, 238, 240; vacation 

 work, 239, 240; wide scientific knowl- 

 edge, 241 ; request of George W. Childs, 

 242; contributes to periodicals, 243; 

 the Harper Brothers, 244; Mrs. Baird's 

 cooperation, 244; inventiveness, 245; 

 economical in expenditures, 246; rela- 

 tions with subordinates, 247; relations 

 to Government expeditions, 248; Pacific 

 Railroad reports, 249; Cincinnati meet- 

 ing of American Association, 257; 

 Baird acts as treasurer, 257; visits New 

 York, 260; attends Commencement at 

 Dickinson College, 260; Regents ap- 

 prove his plans for International ex- 

 change of publications, 271; visits 

 Emerson and Thoreau, 272; he edits 

 book on bayonet exercises by George 

 B. McClellan, U. S. A., 271; visits Mrs. 

 Biddle, 271; salary raised, 271; journey 

 through New England, 272; studies 

 reptiles, 272; trouble with delinquents, 

 278; Wisconsin expedition, 285; attends 

 Cleveland meeting of American Asso- 

 ciation, 286; hopes for a National 

 Museum, 305; makes will, 306; sum- 

 mers at Beesley's Point, N. J., 326; 

 summers at Elizabethtown, N. Y., 326; 



