214 



National Geographic Magazine. 



Russell, I. C, cited on icebergs 49 



Malaspina glacier 47 



Saint Elias mountains 24 



volcanic asli 146 



— , Collections by 64, 68 



— , Explorations by vii 



— , Glacier named in Ironor of. 152 



— , quoted on Alaskan topography 131 



— , Surveys in Alaska by 128 



Russell, Mark, cited on Alaskan rivers.. 132 



— , Exploration by 119 



— , Prospecting by 143 



Russia, Acquisition of Alaska from 177 



— , Cooperation of, in meteorologic 

 vrork 91 



Sahara, Reference to flora of 166 



Saint Elias, Mount, Height of. viii 



Saint Elias MOUNTAINS, Age of 24 



— , Character of 129 



Salix arctica, Occurrence of 79 



— ovalifolia, Ocourvence of 79 



— 7'eiicMtaio, Occurrence of 79 



— sitchensis, Occurrence of 79 



— speciosa. Occurrence of 79 



Saussukite-diokite from Alaska 67 



Saxifbaga cestivalis, Occurrence of 79 



— davurica, Occurrence of 79 



— pseudo-burseriana, Occurrence of. 79 



— tricuspidata, Occurrence of. 79 



Seal fisheries, Alaskan 181 



Seal islands, Record of paper on xv 



Secretaries, Reports of the vii, xx 



Sedimentary rocks about Muir glacier... 67 



Sedimentation, Discussion of 168 



SEBVwi-hodiola, Occurrence of 79 



Selkirk, Surveys about 121 



Selwyn river. Surveys of 122 



Seymour, A. B., Acknowledgment to 162 



ScAPANiA albescens, Occurrence of 160 



Schwatka, Frederick, cited on volcanic 



ash 146 



— , Explorations by 128 



— , Organization of expedition by 118 



— , quoted on White river, Alaska 149 



— , Record of death of. xx 



— , Reference to work of 182 



Schweinfurth, G., Reference to work of. 153 



— cited on desert erosion 171 



SciDMORE, Eliza Ruhamah, Election of, 



as Secretary : xix 



— ; Fifth annual report of the Secreta- 



ries XX 



— , Photographs of Bluir glacier by 42 



Science, Definition of 86 



ScoLAi PASS, Description of 135 



Scotland, Cooperation of, in meteoro- 

 logic work 91 



Sickenbergek, , cited on desert var- 

 nish 171 



SiDON, Colonies of 2 



Siemens, Werner von, quoted on natural 



forces 18 



Signal service, Acknowledgment to the.. 80 



— , List of publications by 96 



— , Work of 91 



"Silt, White," in Alaska 156 



Simpson, Sir John, Reference to explo- 

 ration by 189 



Smith, Charles S., Record of lecture by., xiv 

 Smith, Captain Everett, Reference to 



surveys by 183 



Smith, Henry, Record of drowning of... viii 

 Smith, Middlbton, Report of, as Auditing 



Committee xii 



Snow, Camping in 195 



Snow cones. Description of 29 



SoLiDAGO humilis. Occurrence of. 79 



— multiradiata. Occurrence of 79 



Page 



Spain, Commerce and colonies of. 4 



— , Cooperation of in meteorologic work.. 91 



Sphagnum acutifolium, Occurrence of 160 



Sphearoeorus fiftobj/er MS, Occurrence of.. 161 



Spir^a jseciiraata, Occurrence of. 79 



Stanley-Brovi'n, Joseph, Record of ad- 

 dress by XV 



State surveys. Character and extent of.. 109 



Steam NAVIGATION, Influence of 15 



Stein, Robert, Translation by 153 



Stephenson, George, Opposition to Suez 



canal by 9 



Stockton, C. H., Arctic exploration by ... 198 



Stoney, , Reference to exploration 



by 187 



Storm, Arctic 195 



Strachan, R.. quoted on weather 88 



Streng, a., cited on crystalline rocks 68 



Streruwitz, W. H. von, Aclinowledg- 



ment to 163 



— , cited on Texas deserts 167,169, 170 



— , quoted on desert varnish 171 



Suez canal. Influence of, on commerce .. 9 



Summer, Character of arctic 187 



Survey of the Alaskan boundary 177 



— (Topographic) of Canada; H. M. Wil- 



son 201 



Surveying, military. Record of papers on xiv 

 Surveys in Alaska 119 



— of Muir glacier 53 



the United States 102 



Sweden, Cooperation of, in meteorologic 



work 91 



Switzerland, Cooperation of, in meteoro- 

 logic work 91 



Taku GLACIER, Character of 161 



— , Termination of. 47 



Taku river. Character of 131 



— , Surveys of 119 



Tebenkof, Captain M. D., Surveys of, 



cited 23 



Temperatures, Arctic 185, 197 



— on Muir glacier 52, si 



Teslin, Application of name 133 



Teslin river. Character of 133 



— , Survey of 119 



Tetraphis peiiucida. Occurrence of 160 



Texas, Deserts of 167 



Thamnolia vermicularis, Occurrence of.. 161 

 Thompson, Gilbert, Record of discussion 



by xviii 



paper by xiv 



Tidewater glaciers. Conditions of 47 



Topography of Canada 201 



interior Alaska 127 



Transportation, Modes of 14 



Treasurer's report x, xxii 



Tribes, Alaskan 193 



Trientalis europaca, Occurrence of 79 



Troctolite, Definition of, as rock species 68 



Tuff, Recent, in Alaska 146 



Turkey, Cooperation of, in meteorologic 



work 91 



Turner, J. Henry, Introduction of... 177, 180 



— , Record of paper by x v 



— ; The Alaskan boundary survey 189 



Tyre, Colonies of 2 



Underwood, L. M., Acknowledgment to.. 162 

 United States, Internal commerce of..... 11 



— , Mother maps of 101 



Utah, Deserts of 164 



Valeriana sitchensis, Occurrence of. 79 



Vancouver, Colonel George, Surveys by, 



cited 23, 178 



Vegetation of Yukon basin 136 



Venetz, J., cited on glaciers 39 



