CONTENTS. M- 



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

 their character. Tiie Navijos; their civilizuiion, hostility to Spaniards, 

 ludicrous harbarityy bravery, &c., with a sketch of their country, and why 

 they are less favorable to the wlxites than formerly. 221 



CHAPTER XXII. 



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

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

 country. Desert. Digger country, and rcgi-jns soutli. FertLlity of soil. 

 Prevailing rock and rainerals. Abundanc f wild fruit, grain, and game. 

 Valley of the Colorado. Magnificent scei •;- . Valleys of the Uintah and 

 other rivers. Vicinity of the Gila. Faco oi liie country, soil &c. Sweet 

 spots. Mildness of climate, and its health iocs, ^i'he naiivcs. Spar.-ity of 

 inhabitants. No government. All abos:. i.,^, Colorado and Gila rivers. 

 Abundance offish. Trade in pearl oystt-: Ue Ik. Practicable routes from 

 the United States. 232 



CHAPTER XXiII. 



Blinerals. "Western California. The Sacr;; uro and contiguous regions. 

 Principal rivers. Fish. Commercial ad\ • ges. Buy of San Francisco. 

 Other Bays and Harbors. Description oi country ; territory northwest 



of the Sacramento ; Tiamalh Moujitains ; .iiornia range and its vicinity ; 

 southern parts; timber, river- bottoms ; V. ",'s4 of Sacramento, del Plmuas, 

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

 spontaneous; wonderful fecundity of toil. . ■• .fs products ; the productions, 

 climate, rains, and dews ; geological and .....iiL-.-alcgical character ; face of 

 the country; its water ; its healthiness ; gioio ; f:uperabundance of cattle, 

 horses, and sheep, their prices, <i;c. ; bea^: i prey; the inhabitants, who; 

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

 towuo; advantages of ban Francisco; liiKc.id ;^ettiements; foreigners and 

 - j\Iexican> ; Government ; it.s luii nnUtary Si,. ?./igih. llemarks. 239 



CHAPTER XXiY. 



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

 Indian.-J ; some account of them. Anm^eme;its at rendezvous. 3Iysteriot"»s 

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

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

 States and Mexico. Green valleys, d:c. ("ountry en route. Provvn's-hole. 

 Geological observadoiit.. Soda, Peer, and Steamboat springs ; tlieir peculi- 

 arities. Minerals. Valley of Bear river; its lertility, limber, and abun- 

 dance oi wild friut. liui^alo berries, bupeiior advantages of tliis section, 

 inline ral tar. 250 



CHAPTER XXV. 



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Fort Hall; its history, and locality. lnfonnati(;n relative to Oregon. Bound- 



