Adams, James Capen, 301.
Altitude, not harmful, 331, 333, 349.
Altyn Lake, 149, 150.
Amethyst Mountain, petrified forests in, 45-50.
Andrews Glacier, 180, 187.
Anemone, Western, 124.
Antelope, 306.
Arapahoe Peak, 330.
Artist Point, Yosemite, 452.
Aspen, 290.
Asulkan Glacier, 412.
Athabasca River, 252.
Augusta Bridge, 237.
Avalanche Basin, 149.
Avalanche Lake, 149.
Ballou, Sidney, quoted, 228.
Bandelier National Monument, 411, 510.
Banff, 254, 255.
Basket Dome, 69, 452.
Bear, black, color and habits, 304;
a bluffer, 304, 305.
Bear, grizzly, 341;
a tame grizzly, 301, 302;
characteristics, 302, 303;
food, 303;
hibernation, 304;
color, 305.
Bears, disposition spoiled by improper feeding, 315.
Beaver, 307, 308.
Beaver Lake, Alberta, 413.
Bertha Lake, 413.
Bidwell, Gen. John, 110.
Bierstadt, Albert, 187.
Bierstadt Moraine, 187.
Big Hole Battlefield, 411, 510.
Big Thompson River, 176.
Big Tree (Sequoia gigantea), 77, 78, 99, 100;
size, 104, 105;
groves, 104, 105;
age, 105, 106;
flowering and fruiting, 106;
habit, 106, 107;
bark, 107;
roots, 107;
durability, 107-09;
the most impressive living object, 109;
area not diminishing, 109;
of ancient stock, 110;
discovery, 110;
habitat, 110, 111;
effect on persons, 112-15;
thoughts suggested by, 286;
table of dimensions in Mariposa Grove, 451;
dimensions in Sequoia Park, 457.
Big Tuolumne Cañon, 93.
Bighorn. See Sheep, mountain.
Bighorn Mountains, 404.
Birds, of Rocky Mountain National Park, 183, 184;
of the Grand Cañon, 197;
of the Olympic Mountains, 234, 235;
of the National Parks, 309-14;
mountain migration, 309, 310;
mating for life, 310, 311;
appear to desire human society, 313, 314.
Bison, 243, 261, 441, 519.
Blackfeet Glacier, 151, 157, 484, 485.
Blackfeet Indians, 15, 17-21, 157-59.
Boling, Capt. John, 94.
Bow River Valley, 412.
Bowman Lake, 149.
Brackenridge, Henry M., 22.
Bradbury, John, 22, 23.
Brett, Col. L. M., 58.
Bridal Veil Falls, 68, 85, 453.
Bridger, James, 24.
Bright Angel Cañon, 193.
Bright Angel Point, 193.
Bryant, William, 21.
Bryce, James (Lord Bryce), 122.
Buckwheat, wild, 124.
Buffalo, 243, 261, 441, 519.
Buffalo Park, 261, 413, 519.
Bunsen Peak, 440.
Burbank, Luther, quoted, 372, 373.
Cabrillo National Monument, 411, 510.
Cameron Falls, 413.
Camp-fire, the, 293, 294.
Canada, Dominion Parks of, description, 251-62;
creation and administration, 262, 263;
guide to, 515-20.
Canoe and the Saddle, The, quoted, 120, 121, 128, 358, 359.
Cañon de Chelly, 404.
Cañon of the Little Colorado, 193.
Cape Royal, 193.
Capulin National Monument, 409, 510.
Carbon Glacier, 133.
Caroline Bridge, 237.
Carter, T. H., 159, 160.
Casa Grande Ruin Reservation, description, 245, 246;
guide to, 508.
Cataract Cañon, 205.
Cathedral Lake, 92.
Cathedral Peak, 92.
Cathedral Rocks, 452.
Cathedral Spires, 68, 452.
Chaco Cañon, 405, 510.
Chasm Lake, 186.
Chittenden, Gen. Hiram M., 23, 37, 57;
quoted, 8.
Chouteau, Pierre, 21.
Cinder Cone, 216-18.
Clach-na-coodin Range, 412.
Claggett, William H., 5, 6.
Clark, Galen, 78, 96-98, 105.
Clark, William, 21, 22.
Clements, W. M., 159.
Cleveland Mountain, 150.
Cliff Cañon, 173.
Cliff dwellers, of Mesa Verde, 163-74.
Clothing, for rainy days, 335;
for use in the Parks, 431.
Clouds' Rest, 68, 452.
Cole, Cornelius, 6.
Colorado National Monument, 408, 511.
Colorado River, and the Grand Cañon, 199-209.
Colter, John, 12-24.
Colter's Hell, 23.
Columbia Rock, 452.
Columbia's Crest, 135, 467.
Continental Divide, 186, 187, 436.
Cook, C. W., 25.
Cook Forest, 268.
Crater Lake, first impressions, 137, 138;
origin, 138, 139;
description, 140-45;
discovery, 145, 146;
trout-fishing, 146.
Crater Lake National Park, 137-47;
founding, 146;
location and area, 146;
proposed additions, 147;
in table, 401;
guide to, 470-74.
Cut Bank Pass, 158.
Cut Bank River, 156.
Dana Mountain, 65, 92.
Daniels, Mark, 278, 279.
Dawes, Henry L., 6.
Death Valley, 102.
Deer Mountain, 188.
Desert, The, by John C. Van Dyke, quoted, 209, 210.
Devil Postpile, 410, 511.
Devil's Lake, 244, 245.
Devil's Tower, 405, 511.
Diamond Lake, 147.
Diller, Joseph S., quoted, 142, 143, 219.
Dinosaur National Monument, 408, 511.
Dipper, or water-ouzel, 313.
Doane, Lieut. Gustavus C., 25, 26.
Dock, white, 124.
Doty, James, 158.
Dunes, in Indiana, 268, 404.
Eagle Peak, Mt. Rainier, 464.
Eagle Peak, Yosemite, 88, 452.
Eagle Point, 137.
Echo Mountain, 180.
El Capitan, 68, 452.
El Morro National Monument, 405, 511.
El Tovar, 193.
Electric Peak, 357, 440, 441.
Electrical storm, 324-26.
Eliot, Charles W., 223;
quoted, 370.
Elk, 53, 305, 306.
Elk, Roosevelt, 234.
Elk Island Park, 261, 413, 520.
Emerald Lake, 257.
Emmons Glacier, 130, 131.
Equipment, 431, 432.
Erosion, in the Grand Cañon, 194, 198-206.
Estes Park, 176.
Eureka, Cal., 268.
Everts, Truman C., 58-64.
Fall River automobile road, 187.
Falls of the Yellowstone, 38, 41, 42.
Fern Lake, 187.
Fewkes, Dr. Jesse Walter, 171;
quoted, 167, 168, 268.
Fiddle Creek Cañon, 253.
Field, B. C., 258.
Firehole, 30.
Firehole River, 436.
Fisher, Walter L., 279, 280.
Fishing, 441-43, 454, 458, 469, 474, 486, 487, 493, 494, 501, 504, 516.
Flat-Top Mountain, 180, 187.
Flowers, of Yellowstone Park, 52;
of Yosemite Park, 79-83;
of Mt. Rainier, 122-30, 348;
of Rocky Mountain Park, 181, 182, 347;
of the Olympic Mts., 234;
of Rocky Mountains Park, Canada, 256;
of mountain-tops, 347, 348.
Folding Mountain, 253.
Folsom, David E., 25.
Forest, the, spirit of, 282-95. See also Trees.
Forest Cañon, 187.
Forest reservations, 272-76.
Forests, petrified, 45-50.
Fort Howe Park, 262, 413, 520.
Fort Manuel, 14, 15, 16, 20.
Fort Totten, 244.
Fossils, 258, 412.
Franklin Pass, 101.
Fuller, Miss Fay, 121.
Fusillade Mountain, 155.
Garfield Grove, 457.
Gem Lake, 180, 188.
General Grant National Park, 99, 100, 105;
in table, 401;
guide to, 459.
Geysers, of Yellowstone Park, 26, 28-35, 438, 439.
Ghost River, 255.
Giant Forest, 105.
Giant Forest Grove, 457.
Gibbs Mountain, 65.
Gila Cliff Dwellings, 409, 511.
Glaciation, 351-55;
in Yosemite Park, 70-76;
in Sequoia Park, 102, 103;
at Crater Lake, 141, 142;
in Glacier National Park, 152.
Glacier Gorge, 186.
Glacier National Park, lakes, 148-50, 154, 155;
mountains, 150, 151, 155, 156;
glaciers, 151, 152, 155, 156;
game, 152, 153;
place-names, 153;
wild flowers, 153;
streams, 156, 157;
history, 157-60;
motor road to Waterton Lakes Park, 259;
in table, 402;
guide to, 475-87.
Glacier Park, Canada, 412, 517.
Glacier Point, Yosemite, 68, 88, 452.
Glaciers, of Mt. Rainier, 117, 118, 130-34;
of Glacier National Park, 151, 152, 155, 156, 484, 485;
of Rocky Mountain Park, 180;
of Mt. McKinley, 249;
speed, 352;
formation, 352, 353.
Glen Cañon, 191, 197.
Goat, mountain, 306, 307.
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, 155, 358.
Gould Mountain, 150.
Gran Quivira, 407, 511.
Grand Cañon National Monument, 410.
Grand Cañon of the Colorado, proposed National Park, 190, 191;
first impressions, 191, 192;
views, 192, 193;
description, 193-95;
formation, 194, 198-206;
climate, 195, 196;
plant life, 196, 197;
animal life, 197;
history, 206-08;
books about, 209;
a land of form and of color, 210;
guide to, 495-99.
Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone, 38, 39, 41, 439, 440.
Grand Lake, 188.
Grand Mesa, 404.
Grand River, 188.
Grand Teton, 44, 266.
Grand View, 193.
Gray, Asa, quoted, 79.
Gray's Peak, 330.
Greeley, Horace, 112.
Grinnell, George Bird, and Yellowstone Park, 57;
and Glacier Park, 157-60;
quoted, 159, 160.
Grinnell Glacier, 150, 151.
Grinnell Lake, 150, 153.
Grinnell Mountain, 150.
Grizzly Giant, 77, 78, 104, 105, 451.
Grosvenor, Gilbert H., quoted, 100, 101.
Hague's Peak, 179.
Haleakala, 222, 227, 228, 503, 504.
Half Dome, 68, 452.
Hall, Harvey Monroe, and Carlotta Case Hall, A Yosemite Flora, quoted, 82, 83.
Hallet Glacier, 180, 188.
Harris, Capt. Moses, 57.
Hauser, Samuel T., 26.
Hawaii National Park, location and area, 221, 222;
volcanoes, 221-29;