208 GEOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



sissippi, 335 ; geographical explorations in the 

 Territories, 336 ; Yellowstone National Park, 

 336; examination of the four passes at the 

 head of Henry's Fork, 336; organization of 

 the United States Geological and Geographical 

 Survey of the Territories, 336 ; expeditions sent 

 out by the War Department, 336 ; expeditions 

 of Lieutenant Wheeler and Clarence King, 336, 

 337; expedition of Prof. Powell, 337; survey 

 of the Colorado River, 337 ; height of the prin- 

 cipal peaks in the Uintah Mountains, 337 ; de- 

 scription of the Rio Grande Valley, 337 ; im- 

 portant discovery concerning the November 

 atmospheric wave, 338 ; discovery in Mexico, 

 338 ; interoceanic canal between the Atlantic 

 and Pacific, 338 ; the West Indies, 339. III. 

 South America. Description of New Andalu- 

 sia, 339 ; exploration in Guiana, 339 ; in Brazil, 

 339 ; Argentine Republic, 340 ; in Paraguay, 

 340; in Chili, 340; in Bolivia, 340 ; in Peru, 340; 

 in Ecuador, 340. IV". Europe, 340; publica- 

 tion of the German census, 341 ; tunnel through 

 the St.-Gothard Mountain, 341. V. Asia. 

 Mr. Seward's travels around the world, 341 ; 

 labors of other travellers, 342 ; archaeological 

 explorations in Palestine, 342. VI. Africa. 

 Sir Samuel Baker's expedition, 342; expedi- 

 tion of Dr. Schweinf urth, 342 ; Stanley's ex- 

 pedition, 343 ; German expeditions, 343 ; ex- 

 ploration in Morocco, 343 ; in Madagascar, 343. 



XIII. Summary of the year, 308 ; deaths of 

 explorers, 309; literary contributions, 309; 

 deep-sea exploring expeditions, 309; Coast-Sur- 

 vey work, 310 ; arctic discoveries, 310 ; Green- 

 land, 311 ; British America, 311 ; United States, 

 311-313; South America, 314; Europe, 315; 

 Palestine, 315 ; Arabian Peninsula, 317; China, 

 317; ancient Troy, 317; Africa, 318; Austra- 

 lia and Polynesia, 318. 



XIV. Preliminary remarks, 336 ; decease of 

 explorers, 336, 337 ; chartography, 337 ; bibli- 

 ography, 337 ; noteworthy geographical pub- 

 lications, 338; arctic exploration, 339; Aus- 

 trian expeditions, 339; English do., 339; the 

 oceans, 340; soundings, 340; voyages of the 

 Challenger, 340 ; explorations in North Amer- 

 ica, 342; Alaska, 342; Western Territories, 

 343 ; New Mexico, 343 ; Hayden expedition, 

 343 ; expedition from Denver, 343 ; Colorado 

 Valley, 344; Bad Lands of Dakota, 344; Black 

 Hills expedition, 344 ; geysers in Montana, 345 ; 

 Yellowstone country, 345; South America, 

 345; Europe, 345; improvements in Greece, 



GEORGIA. 



345; excavations at Cyprus, 846; Corsica, 

 346 ; Asia, 346 ; explorations in Palestine, 346 ; 

 Phoenicia, 346 ; Persia, 346 ; Caspian Sea, 346; 

 Central Asia, 346; Kashgar, 347; China, 347; 

 Africa, 347 ; discoveries of Schweinfurth, 347 ; 

 German expedition, 348 ; pigmies, 348 ; Lib- 

 yan Desert, 348 ; search for Livingstone, 349 ; 

 further explorations, 349 ; Eastern Africa, 349 ; 

 colonies of South and West Australia, expedi- 

 tions in, 350. 



XV. Results of the past year, 827 ; necrol- 

 ogy, 828 ; bibliography and cartology, 328 ; 

 Paris Geographical Congress, 330; geograph- 

 ical societies, 331 ; arctic exploration, 331 ; 

 the oceans, 332 ; North America, 334 ; South 

 America, 336; Europe, 336; Palestine, 336; 

 Central and Eastern Asia, 837 ; Africa, 837 ; 

 New Guinea, 340 ; Sumatra, 841. 



GEORGIA. I. Her members of Congress re- 

 tire, 213 ; authorizes the Confederate Govern- 

 ment to occupy all the forts, etc., within her 

 limits, 130; also to control all military opera- 

 tions in the 'State, 130 ; message of the Gov- 

 ernor on extortion, 145. 



Its boundaries, 837; population, 837; gov- 

 ernment, 337 ; resolutions adopted in the As- 

 sembly of the Legislature, 337 ; rescinded, 337 ; 

 views of the Legislature, 337; address to the 

 people of the Southern States, 838; public 

 meetings of the citizens, 338; vote for dele- 

 gates to the State Convention, 338; meeting 

 of the convention, 338 ; ordinance of secession, 

 838 ; vote, 338 ; demonstrations on its passage, 

 339 ; other resolutions, 339 ; acts of the con- 

 vention, 339; adoption of the Confederate Con- 

 stitution, 340 ; new constitution of the State, 

 840; vote on, 340; effect of President Lin- 

 coln's proclamation, 840; Governor Brown 

 prohibits the payment of debts to Northern 

 creditors, 340 ; action of the agents for tho 

 cotton loan, 341; people urged not to ship cot- 

 ton during the blockade, 341 ; supply of arms 

 exhausted, 341 ; financial condition of the State, 

 341 ; extortions of provision-dealers, 341 ; ac- 

 tion of the Governor, 341 ; military force of 

 the State, 342; invasion of Georgia by the 

 Port Royal expedition, 342 ; vote of the State 

 in November, 1860, 342. 



II. Conscription act not enforced in north- 

 ern counties, 16; population, 493; census re- 

 turns, 493 ; destruction of the crops, 498 ; draft- 

 ing at Savannah, 493 ; excitement at Savannah 

 on the capture of Fort Pulaski, 493 ; abandon- 



