APPENDIX TO EEPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 105 



LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT EXPLORATIONS AND EX- 

 PEDITIONS, THE COLLECTIONS OF WHICH HAVE CONSTI- 

 TUTED THE PRINCIPAL SOURCES OP SUPPLY TO THE 

 NATIONAL MUSEUM, WITH INDICATION OP THE DEPART- 

 MENT OF THE GOVERNMENT UNDER WHICH PROSE- 

 CUTED. 



[Where no department is mentioned it is to be understood that the collections were 

 made more especially at the request and under the direction of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution and to a greater or less degree at its expense.] 



Prior to 1§50. 



1. Captain WilJces, U. 8. N'. The coasts of South America, Western 



North America, Polynesia, etc. 1838-1842. United States Navy 

 Department. 



2. Rev. Br. Gurley. West Africa. 1816-1857. 



3. Eev. G. W. Dennison. British Guiana. 1842-1857. 



1§50. 



4. Dr. D. B. Oicen. United States Geological Survey made in Iowa, 



Illinois, and Minnesota. 1850-1857. United States General Land 

 Oface. 



5. Capts. L. Sit greaves and J. C. Woodruff, U. S. A. The survey of the 



Creek boundary. War Department. 



6. Br. J. Evans. United States Geological Survey of Oregon and 



Washington Territories. Land Office. 



7. Br. Charles T. JacTcson. United States Geological Survey of Lake 



Superior. Land Office. 



8. Messrs. J. W. Foster and J. B. Whitney. United States Geological 



Survey of Lake Superior. Land Office. 



9. W. Stiinpson. The New England coast. 



10. Thaddeus Culbertson. Upper Missouri. 



11. Col. J. B. Graham and Maj. W. H. Emory, TJ. 8. A. United States 



and Mexican Boundary Survey. 1851-1855. Interior Department. 



12. Capt. L. 8itgreaves, U. 8. A. Zuni and Colorado Rivers. War De- 



partment. 



13. Capt. Hoicard Stanshury, TJ. 8. A. The Valley of the Great Salt 



Lake, Utah. War Department. 



1§52. 



14. Lieut. J. M. Oilliss, U. 8. JV. United States Astronomical Expedi- 



tion to Chili. 1849-1852. Navy Department. 



15. Lieut. TV". L. Herndon, TJ. 8. N. The Amazon and its tributaries. 



Navy Department. 



16. Capt. E. B. Marcy and Capt. George B. BIcClellan, TJ. 8. A. The Red 



River. War Department. 



