Audubon's western journal: 1849-1850 / Being the MS. record of a trip from New York to Texas, and an overland journey through Mexico and Arizona to the gold-fields of California

by John Woodhouse Audubon

INDEX

• Abert, Lieut. James W., [142].
• Alamito, [95].
• Alamo River, [74], [76].
• Altar, [16], [143]-[145].
• American River, [233], [237].
• Angel's Diggings, [210].
• Aquafrio, [85].
• Arizona, [154]-[165].
• Audubon, Caroline Hall, [26].
• Audubon, John James, [21]-[28], [35], [41].
• Audubon, John Woodhouse, [12], [14]-[18], [241], [242];
  • memoir, [21]-[38];
  • Journal, [41]-[240].
• Audubon, Lucy, [26].
• Audubon, Lucy Bakewell, [21]-[25], [27].
• Audubon, Maria Bachman, [26].
• Audubon, Victor Gifford, [22], [25], [36].
• Ayres, Venancia, [169], [195], [242].
• Bachman, Jacob H., [75], [83], [85], [168], [169], [174], [199], [242].
• Bakewell, Howard, [61], [64], [65], [204].
• Bakewell, W. G., [46], [48].
• Baltimore, [14], [44].
• Barclay, William B., [70], [242].
• Barratt, ——, [119], [140].
• Bartlett, John Russell, [84], [168].
• Benson, Leffert L., [61], [70], [242].
• Benson, Robert, Jr., [58], [61], [70], [242].
• Berthoud, Nicholas, [22].
• Birds, [56], [86], [111], [146];
  • bald-pates, [175];
  • buzzards, [221];
  • Caracara eagles, [139];
  • chats, [239];
  • cliff swallow, [129];
  • finches, [202], [239];
  • fly catchers, [239];
  • gadwalls, [175];
  • geese, [183], [184], [185], [216];
  • hawk, [182];
  • heron, [111], [185];
  • jay, [182], [202], [239];
  • mallard, [224];
  • partridge, [159], [223];
  • plover, [224];
  • quail, [202];
  • raven, [203];
  • robin, [202], [239];
  • sandhill cranes, [183];
  • vulture, [176], [182], [221], [223], [224];
  • woodpecker, [128], [182], [202].
• "Birds of America," [23], [36]-[37].
• Black, John A., [106], [115], [195], [242].
• Bloomfield, John J., [75], [195], [197], [242].
• Boden, Hamilton J., [60], [61], [63], [116], [204], [242].
• Boggs, Biddle, [51], [138], [153], [187], [195].
• Brady, Henry, [61], [70], [242].
• Brady, John, [61], [70], [242].
• Brazos, [50], [51].
• Brice, Maj. Benjamin W., [52].
• Browning, Lieut., U. S. N., [34], [71], [77], [78], [79], [81], [85], [94], [102], [120], [125], [170], [171], [179], [193], [195], [197], [228].
• Brownsville, [15], [45], [51]-[55].
• Buena Vista, [16], [91].
• Cactus, [93], [136], [142], [157].
• Cairo (Illinois), [15], [46], [241].
• Calaveras, [207], [209], [229], [230].
• Caldwell, Lieut. James N., [69].
• California, [11], [13], [165]-[240].
• Camargo, [58].
• Camels, [12].
• Campbell, Dr., [63]-[66], [72], [73], [77].
• Camp Ringgold. See [Ringgold].
• Cararley, John, [242].
• Carrol, Frank, [85], [92], [106], [110], [111].
• Carson's Creek, [213].
• Cerralvo, [84].
• Cerro Gordo, [99]-[100].
• Cerro Prieto, [118].
• Chapman, Maj. Wm. Warren, [50], [55].
• China (Mexico), [58].
• Chinese Diggings, [200], [202], [203], [204], [209], [216], [217], [225].
• Cholera, [14]-[16], [50], [58]-[71], [74], [94], [105].
• Cincinnati, [45].
• Circus, [100], [102].
• Clement, James B., [29], [33], [51], [61], [70], [77], [140], [195], [199], [204], [242].
• Cole, Thomas, [138].
• Collier, Col. James, [165], [167].
• Coloma, [17], [237], [238], [239].
• Colorado River, [16], [163].
• Combs, Frederick S., [74], [75], [242].
• Concepcion, [113].
• Conchos River, [110].
• Cooke, Col. Philip St. George, [155]
• Cooke's Wells, [166].
• Couts, Cave Johnson, [161], [163], [164].
• Cowden, Henry, [70], [242].
• Coyote, [211], [212], [213].
• Cree, William J., [174], [195], [242].
• Creosote plant, [158].
• Cumberland, [14], [44].
• Damon, Luke, [75], [195], [242].
• Davis, Clay, [68], [69], [77], [78].
• Davis, Geradus T., [242].
• Davis's Rancho, [55], [59], [64], [71], [104].
• Delancy, John, [242].
• Don Pedro's Bar, [224].
• Doubleday, Ulysses, [83], [85], [242].
• Dry Creek, [230].
• Elmslie, James D., [70], [83], [85], [195], [242].
• El Pozo, [94].
• El Valle, [102].
• Ely, Justin, Jr., [61], [70], [242].
• Exchange Hotel, [187].
• Florida, Rio, [101].
• Follen, ——, [61], [70].
• Frejoles, [137].
• Fremont, John C., [142].
• French Camp, [187].
• French Creek, [227].
• Frenchtown, [44].
• Gabilana, [117].
• Gaines, Gen. Edmund Pendleton, [48].
• Gambling, [177], [188], [193], [196], [197], [206], [214].
• Georgetown, [17], [237], [239], [240].
• Gila valley, [155]-[163].
• Gold, discovery of, [11], [13].
• Gold-fields, [199]-[240].
• Graham, A. Clason, [242].
• Graham, A. Spencer, [242].
• Graham, Charles Montrose, [91]-[92], [242].
• Graham, Col. James D., [155].
• Grasshoppers, as food, [150].
• Green Springs, [223], [224].
• Hall, Thomas H., Jr., [242].
• Harrison, W. H., [59], [61], [64], [65], [67].
• Havens, Langdon H., [33], [62], [71], [111], [138], [165], [174], [193], [195], [242].
• Hawkins's Bar, [217], [218], [221], [223].
• Hays, Col. John C., [29], [75].
• Hewes, ——, [195].
• Hidalgo. See [Parral].
• Hinckley, Lyman T., [59], [105], [138], [195], [242].
• Horde, ——, [68], [71].
• "Hounds," [188].
• Howard, N., [223], [224], [228].
• Hudson, David, [62], [75], [127], [185], [187], [195], [199], [242].
• Hutchinson, William A., [195], [242].
• Independence (Missouri), [13], [14].
• Indian Bluff, [224].
• Islip's, [199].
• Jamestown, [215].
• Jesus Maria, [120]-[122].
• Kashon, Israel, [242].
• Kearney, John, M. D., [72], [242].
• Kearny, Gen. Stephen W., [13], [16].
• Kingsland, Daniel C. and Ambrose, [14], [31], [34].
• Labrador, [24].
• La Cadena, [97].
• Lambert, Edward A., [106], [195], [242].
• Lambert, John Booth, [58]-[59], [242].
• Lambert, John Robert, [195], [242].
• Lambert, John S., [106], [195], [242].
• Lambert, Joseph, [106], [195], [242].
• La Motte, Maj. Joseph H., [55], [67], [71].
• "Landmarks Club," [180].
• Laurel Hill, [45].
• Layton, Robert, [17], [130], [163], [195], [206], [217], [223], [224], [228], [229], [231], [237].
• La Zarca, [98].
• Lee, Augustus T., [174], [195], [242].
• Liscomb, Samuel H., [63], [66], [105], [110], [195], [242].
• Liscomb, William H., [61], [65], [242].
• Lizards, as food, [150].
• Los Angeles, [16], [178], [179], [218], [237].
• Luis Rey, [175]-[176].
• Maguey, [72], [89].
• Mallory, Henry C., [33], [82], [107], [108], [163], [179], [190], [193], [195], [242].
• Mammals:
  • Antelope, [98], [112], [183];
  • black-tailed deer, [181], [202];
  • California marmot, [112], [175], [202];
  • elk, [183], [184], [185];
  • grizzly bear, [202];
  • hare, black-tailed, [98], [112];
  • hare, California, [202], [224];
  • hare, small, [202];
  • pocket mouse, [149];
  • squirrels, [202];
  • wild horses, [185];
  • wolves, [185].
• Mapimi, [16], [96]-[97].
• Marcy, Gen. Randolph B., [168].
• Maricopa Indians, [156], [161], [213].
• Marin, [85].
• Matamoras, [51], [52].
• Maybury, ——, [108], [109].
• Maximilian, Prince of Wied, [51].
• Mazatlan, [88], [142].
• McCown, Capt. John Porter, [30], [71], [77], [80].
• McCusker, Peter, [195], [242].
• McGown, Andrew J., [195], [199], [242].
• McLea, ——, [193], [195].
• Mescal, [89].
• Mesquite, [54].
• Meteoric iron, [103].
• Mexico, [84]-[154].
• Mier, [82], [83].
• Mining at Jesus Maria, [121].
• Mining camps, [200].
• Mining, methods of, [221]-[223].
• Minniesland, [27].
• Missions, [17], [170]-[171], [175], [176], [177], [180].
• Mississippi River, [46]-[49].
• Mitchell, ——, [70], [79], [195].
• Mokelumne:
  • Hill, [208];
  • mines, [208];
  • "rich gulch," [208];
  • river, [230].
• Molinear, William D., [92], [242].
• Money, stolen, [66]-[68], [71], [73], [77], [78].
• Monterey, [16], [86]-[87], [195], [241].
• Mormon Gulch, [214].
• Murray, Lieut. Edward, [172], [173].
• Murphy's Diggings, [204], [211].
• Murphy's New Diggings, [210].
• Nevin, Andrew M., [242].
• New Orleans, [15], [48]-[49], [241].
• New York City, [14], [41]-[43].
• Number, in company, [241].
• Ord, Lieut. E. O. C., [172].
• Oregon trail, [13].
• Osgood, E. W., [142], [242].
• Papago Indians, [147]-[152].
• Paragarto, [129].
• Parral, [16], [102]-[106].
• Parras, [16], [91], [93].
• Paso Chapadaro, [116].
• Payote, [186], [208], [213].
• Pennypacker, ——, [106], [108], [152], [195].
• Peons, [89].
• Perry, Dr., [92], [174], [195].
• Philadelphia, [44], [241].
• Pima Indians, [16], [143], [155], [156], [161], [213].
• Pitochi, [118].
• Pittsburg, [15], [45].
• Plumb, John H., [142], [242].
• Popagallos, [85].
• Powell, Emmett, [243].
• Prices, [113], [189].
• Pulque, [89].
• "Quadrupeds of North America," [27], [30], [36]-[37].
• Ramos, [85].
• Rattlesnake, [147].
• Rhoades, ——, [117], [119], [181].
• Rinconada, [89].
• Rinconada Pass, [90].
• Ringgold, Camp, [55], [64], [67], [69], [82].
• Rio Florida, [101].
• Rio Grande City, [15], [55], [59], [62].
• Rio Grande (river), [15], [49]-[83].
• Robber's Rancho, [85].
• Rocky Mountains, [106]-[110].
• Rodgers, John Kearney, Jr., [47], [72], [243].
• Roma, [15], [61], [72].
• Routes to California, [13].
• Sacramento City, [17], [231], [233], [237].
• Salmon, [185].
• Saltillo, [16], [88], [90]-[91].
• San Antonio de Bexar, [178].
• San Diego, [16], [171], [174], [206].
• San Diego Mission, [170].
• San Felipe, [168].
• San Fernando, [180].
• San Francisco, [16], [17], [190], [193], [195].
• San Joaquin River, [16], [183], [184], [190], [221], [227].
• San Pedro, [178].
• Santa Borgia, [118].
• Santa Cruz, [110].
• Santa Fé trail, [13].
• Santa Maria, [170], [206].
• Santa Rosa, [135].
• Sherwood, James W., [243].
• Sherwood, Richard W., [243].
• Shipman, Aaron T., [61], [66], [70], [243].
• Sierra Nevada, [175], [176], [225].
• Simson, Robert, [33], [59], [61], [64], [65], [67], [68], [70], [77], [91], [95], [108], [179], [185], [195], [197], [228].
• Sloat, Lewis M., [138], [165], [174], [243].
• Sonora (Mexico), [16].
• Sonora Camp, [217].
• Soyopa, [137].
• Stampede, [95].
• Stanislaus River, [186], [199], [204], [212], [214], [227].
• Steele, George D., [169], [174], [195], [243].
• Stevens, John, [33], [61], [63], [64], [70], [163], [169], [174], [195], [197], [243].
• Stevenson, John, [195].
• Stevenson, Joseph, [128].
• Stille, Henry, [243].
• Stivers, Daniel A., [243].
• Stivers, William D., [243].
• Stockton, [16], [186], [187], [190], [195], [197], [199], [202], [206], [207], [225], [227]-[229], [238].
• Suisun Bay, [190].
• Sutter, Capt. John A., [239].
• Sutter's Fort, [232], [234].
• Sutter's Mills, [237].
• Table Mountain, [215].
• Tallman, Harmon, [61], [70], [243].
• Tarahumara Indians, [113], [114].
• Teller, ——, [105], [106].
• Texas, [11], [29], [41].
• Thorn, Capt. Herman, [161], [165].
• Tomochic, [115].
• Tone, Alice Walsh, [32].
• Tone, John H., [32], [33], [110], [195], [205], [243].
• Tonichi, [137].
• Trask, John B., M. D., [58], [60], [61], [62], [74], [85], [108], [112], [119], [158], [174], [195], [243].
• Trees:
  • Cedars, [239];
  • cottonwoods, [178], [181];
  • dogwood, [239];
  • elm, [239];
  • hemlocks, [240];
  • laurel, [206];
  • maples, [239];
  • mesquite, [54];
  • oaks, [178], [185], [206], [227], [230], [233], [238];
  • oak, live, [200], [230];
  • oak, post, [200], [201], [218], [223], [224];
  • oak, swamp, [200];
  • oak, white, [239];
  • pines, [201], [206], [210], [238], [239], [240];
  • redwoods, [196], [206];
  • sycamores, [178], [206].
• Trinidad, [133]-[134].
• Tulare valley, [16], [179], [182].
• Tuolumne, [202], [209], [217], [218], [224].
• Ures, [16], [139]-[141].
• Valentine, Charles, [243].
• Valentine, Matthias B., [243].
• Valentine, Thomas B., [243].
• Van Buren, George T., [195], [243].
• Walnut Springs, [85].
• Walsh, Nicholas J., [33], [59], [61], [66], [70], [126]-[127], [168], [169], [195], [204], [243].
• Warner, James, [243].
• Watkinson, Joseph S., [114], [174], [195], [243].
• Webb, Edward C., [243].
• Webb, Col. Henry L., [14], [15], [31], [42], [47], [48], [53], [55], [58], [60], [61], [73], [74], [76], [79], [80], [81], [82], [83], [203], [241].
• Webb, Watson, [243].
• Weed, George, [91], [157], [169], [195], [243].
• West, settlement of, [12].
• Whipple, Lieut. Amiel W., [162], [164].
• Whittlesey, Edward, [63].
• Whittlesey, Gilbert B., [243].
• Whittlesey, William, [243].
• Williamson, Isaac H., [243].
• Winthrop, Francis B., [243].
• Wislizenus, Dr. A., [84], [142].
• Wood's Creek, [214].
• Wood's Diggings, [210], [215], [216], [217].
• Yaqui River, [137].
• Yorktown, [215].
• Yuma Indians, [161], [162], [213].

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1849-1850

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