The Name "Mt. Rainier" 



THE NAME ''MT. RAINIER/' 



[The following communication is of such importance that its 

 publication is considered desirable. — Editor.] 



The Directors of the Sierra Club, San Francisco. 



Gentlemen: You have assigned to me the duty of 

 making a report for your consideration upon the subject 

 proposed by Mr. Charles F. Lummis; namely, to assist 

 in having the name of Mt. Rainier changed to Mt. 

 Tacoma. 



Mr. Lummis' letter of September 5, 1905, is addressed 

 from "The Landmarks Club," of which he is President; 

 he is also the Editor of the Out West magazine, and has 

 marked his opinions on the October and November num- 

 bers. In his letter he briefly asks the Sierra Club to 

 join with the Landmarks Club "in an attempt to secure 

 the restoration of the first name by which this noble peak 

 was first known to men." 



In the October number of the magazine, he writes 

 "that the Sierra Club . . . ought to frown upon this 

 historic impertinence, and ought to stand for the restora- 

 tion of the historic name" (page 368) ; and in the No- 

 vember number he again urges this club to act in the 

 matter of having "the inappropriate name of Mt. Rainier 

 changed back to its original form" (page 494). 



The subject is naturally one that interests the Sierra 

 Club, which has given its support for the retention of 

 the old Spanish names upon this coast, so far as seemed 

 feasible and proper. 



Some of you are aware that for the last half-century 

 I have used my best endeavors to identify and restore 

 old Spanish names to important locations along this 

 western coast from Cape San Lucas to Mt. St. Elias. 



The four editions of the Coast Pilot of California, 



