CONTENTS. VU. 



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

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

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

 they are less favorable to the whites than formerly. 171 



CHAPTER XXII. 



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

 Upper California. The Eastern Section. Great Salt Lake and circumjacent 

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

 Prevailing rock and minerals. Abundance of wUd 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. Mildness of climate, and its healthiness. 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. 182 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



3Iinerals. Western California. The Sacramento and contiguous regions. 

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

 Other Bays and Harbors. Description of the country ; territory northwest 

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

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

 and Tulare ; their extent, fertility, timber, and fruit ; wild grain and clover, 

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

 climate, rains, and dews ; geological and mineralogical character ; face of 

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

 horses, and sheep, their prices, &c. ; beasts of prey; the inhabitants, w^ho; 

 Indians, their character and condition ; Capital of the Province, with other 

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

 Mexicans ; Government ; its full military strength. Remarks. 189 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



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

 Indians ; some account of tliem. Amusements at rendezvous. Mysterious 

 city, and attempts at its exploration, — speculation relative to its inhabitants. 

 Leave for Fort Hall. Camp at Bear river. Boundary between the U. 

 States and Mexico. Green valleys, &c. Country en route. Brown's-hole. 

 Geological observations. Soda, Beer, and Steamboat springs ; their peculi- 

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

 dance of wild fruit. Buffalo berries. Superior advantages of this section. 

 Minei'al tar. 193 



CHAPTER XXV. 



Fort Hall ; its history, and locality. Information relative to Oregon. Bound- 



