' WHAT 'S IN A NAME ? ' 5 



their treatment of the Indian is without a parallel 

 for inhumanity contrary as day is to night to what 

 is inculcated by the religion in which they profess to 

 believe. 



6 What 's in a name V is a question very often 

 asked. To such a query our reply would be, that 

 there is great value in an appropriate appellation. 

 Thus, for example, in Montana there is both poetry 

 and music; and he who proposed its adoption 

 deserves to be handed down to posterity. The 

 enunciation of it pictures to the mind the very place 

 which it designates, by conjuring up views of steep 

 mountains, secluded valleys, and sparkling streams. 

 Perhaps it was the name that first attracted my at- 

 tention : in fact, I believe it was ; for when I learned 

 that here a secluded life could be enjoyed in per- 

 fection that I could reside in this remote region 

 cut off from the selfish outer world that it was a 

 place where I might contemplate some of the wildest 

 and most beautiful scenes of nature, undefiled by the 

 brand of man's handiwork I determined to avail 

 myself of the first chance to visit it. The coveted 

 opportunity at last arrived, and I now propose to 

 give a description of my existence in a place so little 

 known to the majority of readers ; with the observa- 

 tions I made on its climate, zoology, and botany, 

 during my residence in its sierras, and on my home- 

 ward journey from them. 



Less than four years since, if the peruser of these 



