[12]In 1898.
[13]Together occupying the island Santo Domingo or Haiti.
LITERATURE
- Twelfth Census of the United States.
- British America. By several authors. Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., London, 1900.
- Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel. North America. Vol. i, Canada and Newfoundland, by S. E. Dawson. Vol. ii, The United States, by Henry Gannett; Central America and the West Indies, by A. H. Keane.
- Hill, R. T. Cuba, Porto Rico, and the other West India Islands. The Century Company, New York, 1899.
- Gannett, H. Boundaries of the United States. United States Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 171, second edition, Washington, 1900.
INDEX
- Aborigines, [355]-407.
- Adams, Mt., Wash., height of, [156].
- Adirondack Mountains, brief account of, [83]-84.
- Adobe used for bricks, [389].
- Agassiz, A., cited, [12], [21]. Work of, in Caribbean region, [16].
- Alaska, area and population of, [424].
- Alaska Commercial Company, [375].
- Albemarle Sound, origin of, [42].
- Aleutian Islands, topography of, [40].
- Aleutians, brief account of, [373]-376.
- Aleuts, brief account of, [373]-376.
- Algonkian system, [310].
- Allen, J. A., cited, [260], [290].
- Alpine flora, [254]-257.
- American governments, enumeration of, [424].
- Animal life, [258]-298.
- Anticlinal valleys, [78].
- Antillean Mountains, brief account of, [169]-171.
- Antiquity of the aborigines, [357]-363.
- Apatite, [350].
- Appalachian Mountains, description of, [74]-82.
- Map of, [74].
- Archean period, [308]-310.
- Arches in Maya houses, [392].
- Arctic climatic province, [203].
- Arctogæic life realm, [259].
- Areas of various governments, [424].
- Arkansas Plateau, brief account of, [109]-110.
- Asbestos, [349]-350.
- Astronomical boundaries, [409]-411.
- Atlantic coastal plain, [62]-64.
- Austral climatic provinces, [191]-197.
- Aves, orders of, [289].
- Aztecs, advancement of, [364].
- Badlands, brief account of, [110]-111.
- Bahama Islands, topography of, [19].
- Baker, Mt., Wash., height of, [156].
- Bald, Mt., N. B., height of, [85].
- Bancroft, George, reference to, [395].
- Barren grounds, absence of trees on, [253].
- Bartlett Deep, [20].
- Basement complex, [310].
- Bay of Fundy, tides in, [29].
- Bear, Polar, [266].
- Bears, brief account of, [279], [282]-284.
- Bell, R., exploration by, [88].
- Bermuda, area and population of, [424].
- "Bermuda Mountain," [4].
- Bering Sea, depth of, [2].
- Bighorn, brief account of, [272]-273.
- Big trees of California, [242]-246.
- Bird migrations, [292]-296.
- Birds, brief account of, [289]-298.
- Bison, brief account of, [275]-278.
- Map showing range of, [276].
- Blackfoot Indians, lodge of, [387].
- Black Hills of Dakota, [116]-119.
- Boreal climatic province, [201]-203.
- Forest, [235]-237.
- Boston, Mt., Mo., height of, [92].
- Boundaries, classification of, [408]-418.
- British Honduras, area and population of, [424].
- Brownson Deep, [20].
- Buffalo, brief account of, [275]-277.
- Cacti, [225]-226.
- California, boundary of, [416].
- Cambrian system, [310]-312.
- Canada, area and population of, [424].
- Canadian Coast Ranges, [168].
- Rockies, [167]-169.
- Cape Cod, map of, [37].
- Capulin, Mt., N. M., height of, [119].
- Carborundum, [351].
- Caribbean region, submarine topography of, [16]-23.
- Caribou, brief account of, [266]-269.
- Cascade Mountains, brief account of, [147]-158.
- Igneous rocks of, [316]-322.
- Castor canadensis, [279].
- Catlinite, [379], [380].
- Cats, brief account of, [284]-285.
- Cedar trees in Pacific forest, [240].
- Census of various nations, [424].
- Of aborigines, [406].
- Central America, Indians of, [403]-405.
- Chamberlin, T. C., cited, [316].
- Characeæ, lime secreted by, [335].
- Chart of geological history, [309].
- Chelan, Lake, Wash., [157]-158.
- Chesapeake Bay, origin of, [42].
- Chickasaw plum, [385].
- Chinook winds, [115], [204]-205.
- Classification of boundaries, [408]-418.
- Geological terranes, [308]-309.
- Clays, [345].
- Climate, [173]-214.
- Elements of, [173]-184.
- Climatic provinces, [184]-203.
- Coal, [336]-338.
- Fields, map of, [336].
- Coastal plains, [62]-69.
- Coast boundaries, [409].
- Columbia River lava, [319]-320.
- Commercial geology, [328]-353.
- Communal dwellings of Indians, [388]-389.
- Concentration of mineral substances, [328]-353.
- Consequent drainage, examples of, [118].
- Contact of aborigines with foreign people, [396]-406.
- Continental borer, description of, [89]-120.
- Shelf, [1]-16.
- Cope, E. D., cited, [260], [311], [312].
- Coral growths on continental shelf, [6].
- Reefs in the West Indies, [18].
- Corundum, [351].
- Costa Rica, area and population of, [424].
- Crater Lake, Ore., brief account of, [153]-155.
- Map of, [153].
- Cross, W., cited, [321].
- Cuba, area and population of, [424].
- Banks near, [20].
- Culture of the aborigines, [363]-365.
- Currents, ocean, [23]-27.
- Cyclones, [208]-212.
- Cypresses, [233].
- Dall, W. H., cited, [367], [373], [374].
- Dana, J. D., cited, [300].
- Davis, W. M., cited, [79].
- Dawson, J. W., cited, [312].
- Death Valley, Cal., [145].
- Débris forming continental shelf, [5]-8.
- "Deeps" of the West Indies, [20]-21.
- Deer, brief account of, [271]-272.
- Delaware, boundary of, [416].
- Deltas, [52]-55.
- Denmark, possessions of, [424].
- Dikes, [320].
- Diller, J. S., cited, [152], [153], [164].
- Dismal Swamp, brief account of, [63]-64.
- Divide boundaries, [414]-415.
- Dog, Eskimo, [266].
- Drowned river-valleys, [43], [48], [49].
- Dutton, C. E., cited, [134], [136], [153].
- Economic geology, [328]-352.
- Edwards Plateau, Tex., brief account of, [107]-108.
- El Llano Estacado, brief account of, [106]-109.
- Enhydra marina, [278].
- Eschscholtz Bay, Alaska, ice near, [68].
- Eskimo, meaning of the word, [356].
- Eskimos, brief account of, [365]-376.
- Census of, [406].
- Estuaries, [55]-58.
- Ethnological studies, [394]-396.
- Evaporation, [212]-213.
- Fall line in Atlantic coast rivers, [66].
- Ferns, [222].
- Fir trees in Pacific forest, [240].
- Flora, [215]-257.
- Florida, continental shelf bordering, [2].
- Fontaine, W. M., cited, [312].
- Food supply of Indians, [381]-387.
- Forests, description of, [217]-249.
- Map of, [215].
- Fossil floras, [256].
- France, possessions of, [419], [424].
- Fur-bearing animals, [278]-282.
- Galveston, Tex., destruction of, [38].
- Tides at, [27].
- Gardens of the Indians, [384]-387.
- Gas, natural, [340].
- Gaspé Peninsula, [84].
- Geographical distribution of animals, [258]-263.
- Geology, [299]-354.
- Gilbert, G. K., cited, [118], [131], [321].
- Glacial epoch, brief account of, [314]-316.
- Extent of glaciers during, [7]-8.
- Glacier Peak, Wash., height of, [156].
- Glass sand, [333].
- Glottoff, reference to, [374].
- Gold, [345]-346, [351]-352.
- Mountains, Canada, [168].
- Governor's palace, Uxmal, [393], [394].
- Grand Cañon of the Colorado, [134]-135.
- Sketch of, [135].
- Gray, A., cited, [389].
- Great Abaco, reference to, [18].
- Great Bahama Bank, brief account of, [18].
- "Greater St. Lawrence," [9].
- Growth of the continent, [300]-306.
- Guatemala, area and population of, [424].
- Gulf of California, [49].
- Haida Indians, [397].
- Haiti, area and population of, [424].
- Harbours, [53]-58.
- Harney Peak, S. D., elevation of, [116].
- Hawaiian Islands, [4].
- Hawaii, area and population of, [424].
- Hayden, F. V., cited, [113].
- Hayes, C. W., cited, [79].
- Heilprin, A., cited, [260].
- Henry Mountains, Utah, [131], [321].
- Henshaw, W. H., cited, [395].
- Hetch Hetchy Valley, Cal., [150].
- High plateaus, brief account of, [132]-134.
- Hill, R. T., cited, [22], [169], [220], [422].
- Map by, [17].
- Holland, possessions of, [424].
- Holmes, W. H., cited, [390], [392], [393], [394].
- Honduras, area and population of, [424].
- Hood, Mt., Ore., height of, [156].
- Hornaday, W. T., cited, [277].
- Horticulture by Indians, [384]-387.
- Houses of Indians, [387]-394.
- Innuits, [368]-369.
- Hudson River, submerged channel of, [8]-9, [43].
- Humboldt, A. von, cited, [12].
- Huxley, T. H., cited, [259].
- Hydrocarbons, [338]-342.
- Ice, changes in coasts due to, [50]-51.
- Igneous rocks, brief account of, [316]-326.
- Terranes, economic importance of, [331]-332.
- Impracticable boundaries, [417]-418.
- Indians, account of, [376]-406.
- Innuit, meaning of the term, [356].
- Innuits, brief account of, [366]-372.
- Intrusive sheets, [320]-321.
- Iron Mountain, Mo., [92].
- Iron ores, [342]-344.
- Iroquois, houses of, [387]-388.
- Irrigation practised by Indians, [386].
- Irving, W., reference to, [395].
- Islands, [30]-31.
- Isobars, [173].
- Isotherms, [173].
- Jackson, S., reference to, [269].
- Jamaica, terraces on, [22].
- James River, Va., submerged channel of, [42].
- Japan current, reference to, [25].
- Jeff Davis Peak, Nev., height of, [146].
- Jefferson, Mt., Ore., height of, [156].
- Johnson, W. D., cited, [109].
- Judas-tree, [233].
- Kamlayka, [370].
- Kara Sea, life in, [14].
- Katahdin, Mt., Me., height of, [85].
- Kayaks, [370]-371.
- Kittatinny peneplain, [80].
- Knowlton, F. H., cited, [312].
- Kowak River, Alaska, ice near, [68].
- Labrador, boundary of, [418].
- Topography of, [71]-72.
- Laccoliths, [131], [321].
- Lake plains, brief account of, [99]-101.
- Lakes, enclosed, [141].
- Languages, [359]-360.
- Language spoken in America, [421].
- Laurentian Highlands, brief account of, [87]-88.
- Lakes, [99].
- Leidy, J., cited, [313]-314.
- Lesquereux, L., cited, [312].
- Life on the continental shelf, [10]-16.
- Limestones, [334]-335.
- Little Bahama Bank, brief account of, [18].
- Llano Estacado, El, [106]-109.
- Lodge of Blackfoot Indians, [387].
- Logan, Mt., Yukon, height of, [166].
- Longhouse of Iroquois, [387]-388.
- Lookout Mountain, Tenn., section through, [78].
- Lost mountains, [143].
- Lower Austral climatic province, [191]-194.
- Luigi, Prince, ascent of Mt. St.
- Elias, [166].
- Lutra canadensis, [278].
- Mackenzie River, delta of, [52].
- McKinley, Mt., Alaska, height of, [166].
- Magnolia, [230].
- Maine, map of coast of, [45].
- Mammalian families peculiar to America, [287]-288.
- Mammals, classification of, [262]-264.
- Mansfield, Mt., N. H., height of, [83].
- Marcy, Mt., N. Y., height of, [84].
- Marl, [335].
- Marsh, O. C., cited, [312], [313], [314].
- Massachusetts, boundary of, [418].
- Mauvaises terres, [110].
- Maya houses, [392].
- Mayas, culture of, [364].
- Mazama, Mt., Ore., [153]-155.
- Height of, [156].
- Mazama, [273]-275.
- Mazamas, the, [273].
- Mephitis mephitica, [280].
- Merriam, C. H., cited, [185], [259], [260].
- Merrimac River, boundary near, [418].
- Metamorphic rocks, [323]-324.
- Terranes, economic importance of, [347]-353.
- Metamorphism, nature of, [324].
- Mexico, area and population of, [424].
- Mica, [350].
- Migration of birds, [292]-296.
- Miquelon, retained by France, [419].
- Mississippi Delta, map of, [53].
- River, delta of, [53]-55.
- Mobile Bay, [36].
- Monadnock, definition of, [70].
- Moose, brief account of, [269]-270.
- Morgan, L. H., cited, [388], [395].
- Mountain boundaries, [413]-414.
- Muir, John, cited, [151], [244].
- Musk-ox, [265]-266.
- Navidad Bank, reference to, [18].
- Neogæic life realm, [259].
- Neolithic, [364].
- Newark system, [320].
- Newberry, J. S., cited, [312].
- New Brunswick, mountains of, [84].
- Newcastle, Del., boundary in reference to, [416].
- New England, mountains of, [82]-83.
- Newfoundland, area and population of, [424].
- New Hampshire, boundary of, [418].
- New Jersey, boundary of, [411]-412.
- Subsidence of coast of, [63].
- New York, boundary of, [411]-412.
- Mountains of, [83].
- Nicaragua, area and population of, [424].
- Nordenskiöld cited, [15].
- Notogæic life realm, [259].
- Notre Dame Mountains, [84].
- Olympic Mountains, Wash., [165].
- Onyx marble, [335].
- Oomiak, [370].
- Ores, deposition of, [345].
- Origin of the aborigines, [356]-357.
- Otter, [278].
- Ouachita Mountains, [93].
- Ozark Uplift, description of, [91]-94.
- Pacific forest, [238]-249.
- Paleolithic, [364].
- Palms, [220]-224.
- Panama, area and population of, [424].
- Park Mountains, [127]-130.
- Parkies, [370].
- Peneplain, definition of, [69]-70.
- Pennsylvania, boundary of, [416].
- Perry, W. A., cited, [270].
- Petroleum, [338]-340.
- Physiographic divisions, map of, [61].
- Piedmont plateau, [64], [69]-70.
- Pines, [232]-233, [247]-249.
- Pitt, Mt., Ore., height of, [156].
- Planetary winds, [178]-179.
- Plant life, [215]-257.
- Plateaus, treeless, [252]-253.
- Platinum, [352].
- Playas, characteristics of, [253].
- Plutonic plug, [321].
- Point Barrow, Alaska, life in the sea near, [14].
- Tides at, [30].
- Polar bear, [266].
- Political control, [419]-424.
- Geography, [408]-426.
- Population of North America, [424].
- Porto Rico, area and population of, [424].
- Possessions held by European governments, [424].
- Potomac River, submerged channel of, [43].
- Pourtales, L. F., work of in Caribbean region, [16].
- Powell, J. W., cited, [90], [104], [124], [127], [251], [357], [359].
- Prairies, brief account of, [250], [253].
- Prairie plains, brief account of, [95]-99.
- Prescott, W. H., reference to, [395].
- Pteranodon, [313].
- Pueblo Indians, [390].
- Pueblos, [388].
- Puget Sound basin, [158]-161.
- Pyramid Lake, Nev., [140].
- Rainier, Mt., Wash., photograph of, [156].
- Height of, [156].
- Raton Mesa, N. M., [120].
- Redwood forests of California, [242]-246.
- Reindeer in Alaska, [269].
- Reptiles of the Mesozoic, [313].
- Republics, American, [420].
- Resources used by Indians, [379]-387.
- River deltas, [52]-55.
- Rocky Mountains, brief account of, [122]-136.
- Of Canada, [124].
- Rogers, H. D., cited, [312].
- Russian-American Company, [375].
- Houses, [369].
- St. Elias, Mt., Alaska, height of, [166].
- St. François Mountains, Mo., height of, [92].
- St. Helens, Mt., Wash., height of, [156].
- St. John, N. B., tides at, [30].
- St. Lawrence estuary, [55]-56.
- River, submerged channel of, [9].
- St. Pierre, retained by France, [419].
- Salt, [341]-342.
- Salvador, area and population of, [424].
- San Clemente Island, Cal., [10].
- San Domingo, area and population of, [424].
- San Francisco Bay, Cal., origin of, [49].
- San Juan Islands, Wash., [413].
- San Louis Park, Col., [128].
- Sand-hills, [112]-113.
- Sandstone, [332]-333.
- Santa Catalina Island, Cal., [10].
- Santa Cruz Island, Cal., [10].
- Santa Domingo, area and population of, [424].
- Santa Rosa Island, Cal., [10].
- Sargent, C. S., cited, [249].
- Schaffner, D. C., maps compiled by, [301].
- Schooley peneplain, [80]-81.
- Schools for Indians, [401]-402.
- Sclater, P. L., cited, [259].
- Scott, Mt., Ore., height of, [156].
- Seasons, [179]-182.
- Section through Black Hills of Dakota, [117].
- Lookout Mountain, Tenn., [78].
- Sedimentary rocks, brief account of, [306]-316.
- Terranes, economic importance of, [331]-346.
- Sequoia gigantea, [242], [244]-246.
- Sempervirens, [242]-244.
- Shenandoah peneplain, [81].
- Sierra Blanca, N. M., [129].
- Sierran epoch, mention of, [315].
- Sierra Nevada Mountains, Cal., brief account of, [147]-158.
- Sigsbee Deep, [20].
- Silver, [346].
- Pine, [248].
- Six Nations of New York, [405].
- Skunk, brief account of, [280]-282.
- Solóvioff, I. M., reference to, [374].
- Spain, former possessions of, [419].
- Sphagnum, [67].
- Spring-time music, [296]-298.
- Stony Mountains, [124]-127.
- Stream deposits, changes in coast-lines due to, [51]-55.
- Subarctic forest plains, [101]-102.
- Submerged river channels, [8]-10.
- Subsequent drainage, example of, [118].
- Subsidences of coasts, [62]-63.
- Subtuberant mountains, [322].
- Sugar-pine, [247].
- Superimposed drainage, example of, [118].
- Susquehanna River, submerged channel of, [43].
- Sutton, Mt., N. B., height of, [84].
- Synclinal mountains, [78].
- Tahoe Lake, Cal.—Nev., [140].
- Talc, [350].
- Tarr, R. S., map of co-tidal lines by, [28].
- Tepee of Indians, [387], [388].
- Terraces on islands of California coast, [10].
- Sea, [33]-34.
- Thomas, C, cited, [395].
- Thunder-storms, [206]-207.
- Tides, [27]-30.
- in rivers, [44].
- Timber-line, [254].
- Tlingit Indians, [397].
- Topography of coasts, [31]-55.
- Tornadoes, [207].
- Transition climatic province, [197]-201.
- Treaty of Ghent, reference to, [418].
- Treeless mountain tops, [254]-257.
- Plains, brief account of, [250]-253.
- Tropical climatic province, [186]-191.
- Forests, [219]-227.
- Tundra, brief account of, [67]-68.
- Turner, H. W., cited, [148].
- Tyrrell, J. B., cited, [66], [268].
- Union, Mt., Ore., height of, [156].
- United Kingdom, possessions of, [424].
- United States, area and population of, [424].
- Upper Austral climatic province, [194]-197.
- Uxmal, Yucatan, panorama of, [390].
- Vancouver, B. C., firs of, [241].
- Mountains, B. C., [165].
- Van Hise, C. R., cited, [310].
- "Vega," voyage of, [15].
- Veniaminoff, reference to, [375].
- Virginia creeper, [234].
- Volcanic mountains, [120]-121.
- Volcanoes, [317]-318.
- Wallace, A. R., cited, [30], [259].
- Wapiti, brief account of, [270]-271.
- Ward, L. F., cited, [312].
- Washington, Mt., N. H., height of, [83].
- Water boundaries, [411]-413.
- Mineral, [353].
- West Indian hurricanes, [210].
- West Indies, Danish, area and population of, [424].
- Whirlwinds, [203].
- White, D., cited, [312].
- White, I. C., cited, [312].
- White, Mt., Nev., height of, [146].
- White Mountains, N. H., forests of, [86].
- Whiteface, Mt., N. Y., height of, [84].
- Whitney, J. D., cited, [251].
- Whitney, Mt., Cal., height of, [149].
- Willis, Bailey, cited, [79].
- Winds, planetary, [178]-179.
- Winnemucca Lake, Nev., [140].
- Wolves, brief account of, [285]-287.
- Yellow pine, [248].
- Yosemite Valley, Cal., [150].
- Yucatan, continental shelf bordering, [2].
- Topography of, [19].
- Yukon River, delta of, [52].
- Zuñi, [389].
THE END