6 CONTENTS. 



PAKT H. 



JOHN CHARLES FREMONT. 



PAOI 



CHAP. I. Fremont's Youth and First Expedition 151 



II. Incidents of Fremont's Second Expedition 174 



III. Col. Fremont's Third Expedition, and its Results 186 



IV. Col. Fremont's Fourth Exploring Expedition 203 



V. Col. Fremont's Fifth Expedition and Political Honors 229 



PART HI. 



JOHN LEDYARD. 



CHAP. I. Youth and Early Education of Ledyard 261 



II. Ledyard' s Voyage with Capt. Cook around the World 269 

 III. Adventures of Ledyard in France, Russia, and Siberia. 302 



IV. Further Adventures of Ledyard in Siberia 315 



V. Ledyard's Expedition to Central Africa 321 



PAET IV. 



CHARLES WILKES. 



CHAP. I. Purposes of the United States Exploring Expedition 330 



II. Explorations in the Southern Ocean and Chili 335 



III. Explorations in Peru and the Paumoto Group 341 



IV. Researches at Tahiti, and Discovery of the Antarctic 



Continent 352 



V. Termination of the Expedition Controversy with Col. 



Fremont 860 



