May, 1803.] LOCALITIES VISITED BY THE EXPEDITION. 379 



Round Valley, Inyo County, Calif. 



A small meadow in the High Sierra, 2 miles (3 kilometers) south of Big Cotton 

 wood Meadows and about 12 miles (19 kilometers) south of Mount Whitney. 



Palmer, Fisher. 

 Saint George, Washington County, Utah. Altitude, 2,880 feet (877 meters). C, 17. 



A flourishing Mormon town near the junction of the Santa Clara and Virgin rivers 



in the extreme southwestern corner of Utah Merriam, Bailey. 



St. Joe, Lincoln County, Nev. Altitude, 1,050* feet or 503 meters (1,490 feet or 



454 meters, Powell). D, 16. 



A small Mormon settlement in the valley of the Muddy about 15 miles (24 kilo- 

 meters) northwest of St. Thomas Merriam, Bailey. 



St. Thomas, Lincoln County, Nov. Altitude, 1,450* feet or 442 meters (1,180 feet or 



360 meters, Powell). E, 16. 



A small Mormon settlement near the Virgin Kiver, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) 



northeast of the great bend of the Colorado Eiver Merriam, Bailey. 



Saline Valley, Inyo County, Calif. D, 9. 



A valley lying northeast of Owens Lake, between the Inyo Mountains and the 



northern extension of the Panamint Mountains Nelson. 



Salt Wells, Death Valley, California. 



(1) A spring of strongly alkaline water unfit for use, at the south end of Death 

 Valley near the entrance from Windy Gap and about 15 miles (24 kilometers) south 

 of Bennett Wells. Observations made by the U. S. Geological Survey show the 

 altitude of this spring to be 307 feet (93 meters) below sea level. 



Merriam, Palmer, Fisher, Bailey, Nelson. 



(2) A spring in Mesquite Valley (the northwestern arm of Death VaUey) opposite 

 the mouth of Cottonwood Canon. Altitude, about 150? feet or 45 meters (Wheeler). 



D, 10 Stephens, Nelson. 



Salt Wells Valley, California. F, 9. 



The name applied to that portion of the Mohave Desert lying south of the Coso 

 Mountains and west of the southern end of the Argus Mountains. 



Merriam, Palmer, Bailey, Fisher, Stephens. 

 San Bernardino Range, California (see also Sierra Madre). 



A high range of mountains between the Mohave Desert and the San Bernardino 

 Valley. The highest point, San Bernardino Peak, reaches an altitude of 11.600 feet 

 (3,535 meters). The name is frequently restricted to that part of the range east of the 



Cajon Pass Stephens. 



San Emigdio, Kern County, Calif. H, 6. 



A sheep ranch in the canon of the same name, about 10 or 15 miles (16 or 24 kilo- 

 meters) north of Mount Pinos .*. Nelson. 



San Francisquito Pass, Los Angeles County, Calif. Altitude, 3,718 feet (1,133 

 meters). H-I, 7-8. 



A pass in the Sierra Liebre leading north from the Santa Clara Valley to Elizabeth 

 Lake and the Mohave Desert Palmer. 



San G-orgonio Pass, California. Altitude, about 2,800 feet (850 meters). 



A pass leading from th&> San Bernardino Valley to the Colorado Desert, through 

 which runs the Southern Pacific Eailroad. It is on the boundary line between San 



Diego and San Bernardino counties Stephens. 



San Joaquin River, California. B — C, 6. 



This river rises near the summit of the Sierra Nevada, flows southwest to the 

 San Joaquin Valley, and turning northward empties into San Francisco Bay. The 

 stream referred to in the report is the head of the main river Nelson. 



