PREFACE 



The reader will notice that several writers in referring to 

 the mountain use some 1 form of the name Tacoma. The 

 editor has not hesitated to publish such names as were used 

 in the original articles here reproduced. In all other cases 

 he has used the name Mount Rainier, approved by the 

 United States Geographic Board. 



In the separate chapters it will be noticed that the height 

 of the mountain has been placed at varying figures. The 

 United States Geological Survey has spoken on this sub- 

 ject with apparent official finality, giving the altitude as 

 14,408 feet above sea level. How this height was deter- 

 mined is told in the official announcement reproduced in 

 Chapter XVIII of the text, with comment thereon by 

 F. E. Matthes, one of the engineers of the United States 

 Geological Survey. 



The place names within the Park have been derived 

 from such varied sources that it is well-nigh impossible 

 to ascertain the origin and meaning of all of them. For 

 the first time they are here (Chapter XIX) gathered into 

 a complete alphabetical arrangement with as full informa- 

 tion as is now available. The writer would welcome further 

 facts about any of the names. 



In the introductory paragraphs before each chapter, the 

 editor has sought to express his acknowledgment for assist- 

 ance rendered by others in the compilation of the work. 

 For fear some may have been omitted he wishes here to 

 express gratitude for all such help and to mention especially 

 Professor J. Franklin Jameson, Director of the Depart- 

 ment of Historical Research of the Carnegie Institution 

 of Washington, for his assistance in securing photostat 

 reproductions of a number of rare items found in the 

 Library of Congress. 



The editor also acknowledges the assistance rendered by 

 Victor J. Farrar, research assistant in the University of 

 Washington. 



EDMOND S. MEANY. 



UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, 

 Seattle, August, 1916. 



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