CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PACK 



I. THE MOUNTAIN DISCOVERED AND NAMED, 1792 . i 

 By Captain George Vancouver, R.N. 



II. FIRST APPROACH TO THE MOUNTAIN, 1833 6 

 By Doctor William Fraser Tolmie. 



III. FIRST RECORDED TRIP THROUGH N ACHES PASS, 1841 13 



By Lieutenant Robert E. Johnson, U.S.N., of the 

 Wilkes Expedition. . 



IV. TACOMA AND THE INDIAN LEGEND OF HAMITCHOU . 34 



By Theodore Winthrop. 



V. FIRST ATTEMPTED ASCENT, 1857 .... 73 

 By Lieutenant A. V. Kautz, U.S.A. 



VI. FIRST SUCCESSFUL ASCENT, 1870 .... 94 

 By General Hazard Stevens. 



VII. INDIAN WARNING AGAINST DEMONS .... 132 

 By Sluiskin, Indian Guide. 



VIII. SECOND SUCCESSFUL ASCENT, 1870 .... 135 

 By S. F. Emmons. 



IX. EXPLORATIONS ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES, 1881-1883 142 

 By Bailey Willis. 



X. DISCOVERY OF CAMP MUIR, 1888 . . . .150 

 By Major E. S. Ingraham. 



XI. EXPLORING THE MOUNTAIN AND ITS GLACIERS, 1896 159 

 By Professor I. C. Russell. 



