VI CONTENTS. 



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G 24. Report of an exploration from Fort Benton to the Flathead camp beyond the Muscle Shell river, and thcnco 

 by the southern Little Blackfoot river to the St. Mary s village, by Lieutenant John Mullan, U. S. A. 



Bitter Root Valley, January 20, 1854 301 



G 25. Report of an exploration from Cantonment Stevens to Fort Hall and back, by Lieutenant John Mullan, U. S. 

 A. : with his route up the St. Mary s, to and up the Jefferson fork of the Missouri. Bitter Root Valley, 



W. T., November 19,1853 319 



G 2G. Report of route from Cautonment Stevens to Fort Benton and back, by Lieutenant John Mullau, U. S. A. 



Bitter Root Valley, April 2, ia r &amp;gt;4 - 34!) 



II 27. Itinerary of the route from St. Paul to Fort Union 352 



H 2$. Itinerary of the route from Fort Union to Fort Benton 358 



II ^y. Itinerary of the route from Fort Benton to Cadotte s Puss, the Jocko river, and Clark s fork, to Wallah- 

 Wallah, with an estimate of the time, labor, and cost of making a practicable wagon-road 3GO 



II 30. Itinerary of the route from Hell Gate over the Coeur d Alene mountains to the Ctmr d Aleue mission, and 



thence to the intersection of the route given in H 29 365 



II 31. Itinerary of the route from Fort Benton, by the northern Blackfoot trail, to Fort Owen 369 



H 32. Itinerary of the route from Fort Owen, by the Jocko river, Flathead lake, and Marias Pass, to Fort Beiiton. .. 371 



H 33. Itinerary of the route from Fort Owen by the southern Nez Forces trail to Wallah-Wallah 374 



H 34 Itinerary of Captain McClellau s route LJ77 



I 35. Report of Lieutenant S. Mowry, U. S. A., to Captain G. B. McClellan, United States engineers, of the 



meteorology of the Cascades. Olympia, W. T., February 10, 1854 389 



I 36. Report of the meteorology of the route, taken by Lieutenant C. Grover, U. S. A., from Fort Beutou to Wallah- 

 Wallah 396 



^ I 37. Report of Mr. A. W. Tinkham of the snows of the Rocky mountains, in November ; of the Bitter Root, iu Decem 

 ber; and of the Cascades, in January. Washington, D. C., August 12, 1854 399 



j I 38. Letter of the Hon. H. M. Rice, and extracts from letters of Hon. H. H. Sibley and A. Culbertson, Esq., as to the 



winter climate of the region extending from the Mississippi to the Rocky mountains 400 



J 39. Report of Mr. George Gibbs to Captain McC lellan on the Indian tribes of the Territory of Washington. 



Olympia, W. T., March 4, 1854 402 



J 40. Report of Lieutenant John Mullan, U. S. A., on the Indian tribes in the eastern portion of Washington Territory. 



Bitter Root Valley, W. T., November 18, 1853 437 



- J 41. Reports of Mr. James Doty on the Indian tribes of the Blackfoot nation. Fort Bouton, December, 1853 441 



J 42. Report of Mr. J. M. Stanley s visit to the Piegan camp at the Cypress mountain. Washington, D. C., January 



19, 1854 447 



Letter of the Secretary of War to Governor I. I. Stevens. Washington, July 25, 1854 449 



, Letter of Governor I. I. Stevens to the Secretary of War, with statement of partial results of the exploration, latitudes 



and longitudes, and barometric and meteorological observations. Washington, D. C., August 4, 1854 450 



Report of George Gibbs on a reconnaissance of the country lying upon Shoal Water bay and Puget sound. Olympia, 



W T .T., March 1, 1854 465 



Report of George Gibbs upon the geology of the central portion of Washington Territory. Olympia, W. T., May 1, 



1854 473 



Final report of Lieutenant C. Grover of his examinations from Pike lake to Fort Union 486 



Final report of Lieutenant C. Grover of his survey of the Missouri from the Great Falls to the mouth of Milk river. .. 489 



Final report of Lieutenant C. Grover of his examinations on a trip from the headwaters of the Missouri to the Dalles 



of the Columbia 498 



Letter of Governor I. I. Stevens to the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of Lieutenant John Mullau, U. S. A. 



Olympia, W. T., January 3, 1855 515 



Report of Lieutenant John Mullan, U. S. A., of his examination of the country from the Bitter Root valley to the 



Flathead lake and Kootenay river. Bitter Root Valley, May 8, 1855 516 



Report of Lieutenant John Mullan, U. S. A., of his exploration from Cantonment Stevens to Fort Dalles through the 

 passes and lateral valleys of the Rocky mountains, including a pass over the Cueur d Alene mountains. Fort Van 

 couver, November 12, 1854 527 



Letter of Governor I. I. Stevens to the Secretary of War, advising the condition of the survey, and transmitting reports 



of Lieutenant John Mullan, U. S. A., and Mr. George W. Stevens. Olympia, W. T., January 3, 1855 537 



Report of Lieutenant John Mullau, U. S. A., on a pass in the Rocky mountains, and a pass through the Bitter 



Root mountains. Olympia, W. T., December 12, 1854 538 



Report of Mr. George W. Stevens submitting a plau and estimate for determining with accuracy the latitudes and longi 

 tudes of the principal stations on the route near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels. Olympia, W. T., De 

 cember 21, 1854 540 



Letter of Governor I. I. Stevens to the Secretary of War, transmitting two reports of Mr. James Doty. Olympia, W. 



T., April 20, 1855 542 



Report of Mr. James Doty of a survey from Fort Beuton, near the Great Fulls of the Missouri, along the eastern base 

 of the Rocky mountains, to latitude 49 3D N. Olympia, W. T., December 15, 1854 *543 



