APPENDIX A 
DISTANCES AND ALTITUDES. 
FROM MARTINEZ TO THE WAGON ROAD LEADING TO THE MOUTH OF THE GILA. 
Prominent points and remarks. 
Martinez, on the straits of Carquines, opposite Benicia. 
Livermore’s rancho..------ 
Entrance of Livermore’s Pass......... 
Summit of Livermore’s Pass---- 
Elk Horn, at eastern base of Livermore’s Pass. The distance from summit is 
Intermediate 
Total distance 
Altitude. 
distances. 
from Martinez. 
40.42 
40. 42 
3. 84 
44. 26 
481 
3. 44 
47. 70 
686 
the wagon road, and circuitous...— ..... 
Grayson, a ferry on the San Joaquin river.... 
Davis’ ferry, Tuolumne river.. —.-... 
Merced river......... 
Bear creek........... 
Mariposa river............ 
Chowchilla river, sometimes known as the Big Mariposa_____ 
Fresno river........ 
Cotton-wood creek........ 
Fort Miller, on San Joaquin river, in foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada__ 
Slough of King’s river____ 
Pool’s ferry, King’s river_____ 
Crossing of St. John’s creek. This is the first of four streams crossed by the 
wagon road, into which the Pi-pi-yu-na divides itself after emerging from the 
Sierra. These streams are commonly known as the Four Creeks_ 
Kah-wee-ya river, the second and principal one of the Four Creeks_ 
Cameron creek, the third of the Four Creeks__ 
Deep creek, the fourth of the Four Creeks. 
Tule river............ 
Moore’s creek_______ 
White creek____....._.... 
Depot camp, on O-co-ya, or Pose creek ............._..... 
Po-sun-co-la, or Kern river, at the crossing_____ 
Depot camp in the Tejon___ 
Summit of the Tejon Pass_______...______ 
Eastern base of Sierra Nevada_..._....__ 
Summit of coast range in San Francisquito Pass___ 
Southeast fork of Santa Clara river_....____ 
Entrance to San Fernando Pass___... 
Summit of San Fernando Pass_...____ 
Mission of San Fernando_______ 
Cahuenga rancho, at crossing of a branch of Los Angeles river... 
Los Angeles............ 
Mission of San Gabriel_,_____ 
Crossing of San Gabriel river_.........___ 
Qui-qual-mun-go rancho_...___ 
Sycamore Grove......i_ 
San Bernardino, Mormon settlement___...._..._’.... 
Summit of San Gorgonio Pass .............. 
Eastern base of San Gorgonio Pass..... 
Hot Spring_.......__i_........ 
Deep Well....... 
Cohuilla village.............. 
Water in desert below point of rocks.... 
Salt creek, a very cjrcuitous route........ 
Point where the party struck the wagon road leading from the mouth of the 
Gila to San Diego......... 
6.90 
27.54 
28.85 
18.87 
18.33 
6. 03 
10. 39 
12.15 
7.72 
9.40 
25.73 
12.32 
28.13 
.89 
3.33 
.29 
22. 08 
5. 08 
14.91 
24. 35 
10.87 
31.08 
13.12 
6.71 
18. 00 
15.85 
3. 60 
3. 90 
5. 90 
10.75 
10. 21 
9. 00 
6. 79 
26. 64 
14. 00 
17. 69 
27.10 
18.29 
7.36 
10. 62 
15.82 
12. 60 
28. 94 
17. 62 
54. 
60 
89 
82. 
14 
110. 
99 
129. 
86 
148. 
19 
154. 
22 
164. 
61 
176. 
76 
184. 
48 
193. 
88 
402 
219. 
61 
231. 
93 
260. 
06 
260. 
95 
264. 
28 
264. 
57 
286. 
65 
291. 
73 
306. 
64 
330. 
99 
738 
341. 
86 
372. 
94 
1447 
386. 
06 
5364 
392. 
77 
3483 
410. 
77 
3437 
426. 
62 
430. 
22 
1286 
434. 
12 
1940 
440. 
02 
1048 
450. 
77 
460. 
98 
469. 
98 
476. 
77 
503. 
4! „ 
517. 
1982 
535. 
iff 
1118 
562. 
20 
2808 
580. 
,49 
587. 
,85 
572 
598. 
47 
160 
614. 
,29 
85 
626. 
,89 
655. 
,83 
—70 
673, 
,45 
312 
