CONTENTS. 



Diggers ; misery of tlieir situation, strange mode of lying, with a sketch of 

 their character. The Navijos ; their civilization, hostility to Spaniards, 

 ludicrous barbarity, hraver^^ &c., with a sketch of their country, and why 

 they are less favorable to the whites than formerly. 221 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Uintah trade. Snake Indians ; their country and character. Description of 

 Upper California. The Ea.«tern Section. Great Salt Lake and circumjacent 

 country. Desert. Digger country, and regions south. Fertility of soil. / 

 Prevailing rock and inineraJs. Abundance of wild fruit, grain, and game.*^ 

 Valley of the Colorado. Magnificent scenery. Valleys of the Uintah and 

 other rivers. Vicinity of the Gila. Face of the country, soil &c. Sweet 

 spots. 3Iildness of chraate, and its healthines.s. The natives. Sparsity of 

 inhabitants. No government. All about the Colorado and Gila rivers. 

 Abundance of fish. Trade in pearl oyster-shells. Practicable routes from 

 the United States. 232 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



{ffinerala. Western California. The Sacramento and contiguous regions. 

 Principal rivers. Fish. Commercial advantages. Bay of San Francisco. 

 Other Bays and Harbors. Description of the countiy ; tei-ritory northwest 

 of the Sacramento ; llamath Mountains ; California range and its vicinity ; 

 southern parts ; timber, river-bottoms ; Valleys of Sacramento, del Plumas, 

 and ItJare ; their extent, fertility, timber, and fruit ; wild grahi and clover, 

 spontaneous; wonderful fecundity of soil, and its products ; the productions, 

 climate, luins, and dews ; geological and minei-alogical character ; face of 

 the country ; its water ; its healtliiness ; game ; superabundance of cattle, 

 horses, and sheep, their prices, &c.; beasts of prey; the inhabitants, who; 

 Indians, theix character and condition ; Capital of the Province, v.ith other 

 tovras ; advantages of San Francisco ; inland settlements ; foreigners and 

 McfxieaM ; Government ; its full military strength. Remarks. 239 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



VitdtoTs at Uintah. Adventures of a trapping party. The Munchies, or white 

 Indians ; some accomit of Ihem. Amusements at rendezvous. Mysterious 

 city, and attempts at its eiploration,— speculation relative to its inhabitants, 

 I^ave for Fort liail. Camp at Bear river. Boundary between the U. 

 States and Mexico. Green valleys, &c. Comitry en route. Brown's-hde. 

 Geological observations. Suda, Beer, and SteamJ3oat springs ; their peculi- 

 arities. Minerals. Valley of Bear river ; it^ fertility, timber, and abun- 

 dance of wild fruit. Bufialo berries. Superior advantages^ of tliis section 

 ACneral tar. 250 



CHAPTER XXV. 



yipit HaQ ; iti histoiT, and locality. Information relatlv* to Owgom, Booad^ 



