CONTENTS

Introduction. Frank Heywood Hodder[11]
Biographical Memoir. Maria R. Audubon[21]
Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850
I.New York to Texas[41]
II.Disaster in the Valley of the Rio Grande[58]
III.Mexico from the Rio Grande to the Mountains[84]
IV.Across the Mexican Mountains to Altar[106]
V.Through Arizona to San Diego[146]
VI.California from San Diego to San Francisco[174]
VII.A Tour of the Gold-fields[199]
Appendix: List of Members of the OriginalCompany[241]
Index[245]