INDEX 



385 



Olla, 29, 73, 82, 100, 174, 233. 

 Olneya tesota, 47, 165, 342. 

 Onate, Juan de, 322. 

 Opuntia basilaris, 58, 229. 

 Opuntia bigelovii, 55, 79, 218. 

 Opuntia echinocarpa, 56. 

 Opuntia ramosissima, 57. 

 Oriole, 86. 

 Owl, 52, 314. 



Painted Canon, 169, 258. 



Palen Mountains, 343. 



Palm Cafion, 36, 219. 



Palm Springs village, 17, 27, 35, 

 80, 357. 



Palms, 15, 18, 21, 28, 32, 33, 34, 

 35, 36, 38, 79, 93, 96, 98. loi, 

 102, 107, 110, 117, 198, 230, 



347. 

 Palo fierro, 47, 165, 342. 

 Palo verde, Cercidium torreya- 



num, 43, 79. 

 Pcilo Verde, settlement, 327. 

 Palo Verde Valley, 328. 

 Palomar Mountain, 70, 

 Parosela emoryi, 67, 89. 

 Parosela spinosa, see Smoke-tree. 

 Peg-Leg Mine, 206. 

 Peg-Leg Smith, 206. 

 Pelicans, 180, 184. 

 Petalonyx thurberi, 67. 

 Phacelia, 66. 

 Phainopepla, 31, 39. 

 Phoradendron californicum, see 



Mistletoe. 

 Phragmites communis, 76. 

 Picacho Mine, 318. 

 Picacho Peak, 307, 317, 340. 

 Pilot Knob, 300. 

 Pincushion cactus, 59. 

 Pines, 7, 12, 100, 203, 230, 247. 

 Pinon, 140. 

 Pinon-jay, 31. 

 Piiion Well, 142. 

 Pinto Mountains, 147, 153, 160. 

 Plant shapes, 18, 60, 62, 89, 91. 



Pluchea sericea, see Arrowweeds. 



Poison springs, 138, 362. 



Polhamus, Capt. Isaac, 305. 



Potholes, village, 312. 



Powell, Major J. W., 322. 



Prosopis glandulosa, see Mescjuit. 



Prosopis pubescens, see Screw- 

 bean. 



Prospectors, 16, 99, 138, 150, 206, 

 224, 250, 254, 340. 



Prunus eriogyna, 80, 230. 



Puerta de San Felipe, 245. 



Puerto de la Concepcion, 303. 



Quail, 22, 42, 119, 145, 323, 336. 

 Quail-bush, 60, 74. 



Rabbits, 40. 

 Ranchita Mine, 243. 

 Rannells, "town," 329. 

 Rattlesnake, 33, 133, 183, 326. 

 Raven, 31, 72, 113, 259. 

 Red Cloud Mine, 348. 

 Rhus ovata, 81, 82, 230. 

 Roadrunner, 153, 210. 

 Rock-color, 7, 9. 

 Rock-mosaic, 10, 153, 342, 346. 



Sacaton Spring, 197. 



Saguaro, Cereus giganteus, 51, 76, 



79, 310, 313. 

 Sahara compared, 11. 

 Salt-bush, Atriplex canescens, 61. 

 Salton Sea, 16, 64, 118, 167, 178, 



186, 194, 261, 351. 

 Salvia carduacea, 77. 

 Salvia columbarice, 77. 

 San Bernardino Mountain, 8, 100. 

 San Felipe City, 263. 

 San Felipe Creek, 203. 

 San Felipe Ranch, 242. 

 San Felipe Valley, 241, 245. 

 San Gorgonio Mountain, 34, 72, 



102, 118, 126, 142, 166, 168, 

 San Gorgonio Pass, 5, 17, 90, 100, 



120. 



