My First Summer in the Sierra

by John Muir

INDEX

Abies concolor and magnifica. See Fir, silver.
Abronia, [228].
Adenostoma fasciculata, [14], [19], [20].
Adiantum Chilense, [17].
Alpenglow, [220].
Alvord, Gen. Benjamin, [183], [185], [186].
Animals, domestic, afraid of bears, [107], [108].
Animals, wild, in the Merced Valley, [43];
clean, [18], [79];
man-eaters, [211], [212].
Antone, Portuguese shepherd, [209], [210].
Ants, [8], [43]-[47];
bite of, [46].
Arctomys monax. See Woodchuck.
Arctostaphylos pungens. See Manzanita.
Avalanches, [216], [217].
Azalea, “sheep poison,” [22].
Azalea occidentalis, [20].
Baccharis, [20].
Beans, as food, [81].
Bear, cinnamon, adventure with, [134]-[37].
Bear-hunting, [28]-[30].
Bears, favorite feeding-grounds of, [28], [29];
fond of ants, [46];
fear of, [107], [108];
very shy in Sierra, [108];
raid sheep camps, [191], [192], [194], [207], [209], [210], [211].
Billy, Mr. Delaney’s shepherd, [6], [61], [62], [75], [80], [146], [147];
his everlasting clothing, [129], [130];
afraid of bears, [191], [193];
quarrels with Mr. Delaney, [205].
Birds, [68], [96];
in the Merced Valley, [50], [65]-[67];
water ouzel, [106], [107], [223];
wrens, [170];
on Mount Hoffman, [173]-[77];
sparrows on Cathedral Peak, [251].
Bloody Cañon, [214];
origin of name, [215].
Bluebottle fly, [139].
Borer, [169].
Boulders, in streams, [47]-[49];
near Tamarack Creek, [100], [101].
Bower Cascade, [224].
Bower Cave, a marble palace, [25], [26], [262], [263].
Bread, famine, [75]-[85];
effects of the want of, [76], [77];
sheep-camp, [82], [83].
Brodiæa, [20].
Brown, David, bear-hunter, [27]-[30].
Brown’s Flat, [25], [27], [262].
Bryanthus, purple-flowered, [151], [161], [218].
Buffalo berries, [226].
Butler, Henry, [189], [190].
Butler, Prof. J. D., strange experience of Muir with, [178]-[91].
Butterflies, [160].
Calochortus albus, [17].
Camping, in the foothills, [10], [11];
on the North Fork of the Merced, [32]-[74];
at Tamarack Flat, [99];
in the Yosemite, [122];
near Soda Springs, [201], [229];
alone, in Bloody Cañon, [220]-[22];
on the Tuolumne, [232]-[53].
Cañon Creek, [223].
Carlo, St. Bernard dog, with Muir in the Sierra, [5], [6], [43], [57], [59], [60],
[62], [123], [124], [154], [181], [192], [193];
afraid of bears, [116], [135];
runs away, [232], [233], [255].
Cascade Creek, [104], [259].
Cassiope, [244], [250].
Cathedral Peak, [154], [212], [231], [247], [250];
well named, [146];
a majestic temple, [198];
view from, [248];
height, [249].
Cedar, incense (Libocedrus decurrens), [20], [21], [93].
Chamæbatia foliolosa, [33], [34].
Chinaman, shepherd’s helper, [6], [9].
Chipmunk, in the Sierra, [171], [172].
Cleavage joints, [254].
Clouds, [56], [73], [147], [148], [242], [243];
sky mountains, [19], [37], [39], [61], [133], [144], [145].
Coffee, [82].
Corylus rostrata, [65].
Coulterville, [9], [17], [19].
Crane Flat, [90], [92], [93], [260].
Crows, [9], [248].
Crystals, radiant, [153], [250];
frost, [234], [236].
Daisy, blue arctic, [218].
Deer, black-tailed, [142].
Delaney, Mr., sheep-owner, [6], [12], [25], [27], [36], [83], [103], [104], [112]-[14], [194],
[206], [233], [238], [246], [254], [262];
engages Muir to go with his flock to the Sierra, [4], [5];
describes David Brown’s method of bear-hunting, [28]-[30];
talks of bears in general, [107], [108];
a big-hearted Irishman, [214].
Dendromecon rigidum, [39].
Devil’s slides, [150].
Dogwood, Nuttall’s flowering, [64].
Dome Creek, [121].
Don Quixote, nickname for Mr. Delaney, [6], [12].
Elymus (wild rye), [226].
Emerald Pool, [189].
Eskimo, [69].
Fawn, baby, [232].
Ferns, [40], [41].
Fir, silver, [90]-[93], [98], [105], [257];
cones, [91], [167], [168], [259];
size, [143], [161], [162], [166], [260];
age, [166], [167];
leaves, [167].
Fire, in woods, [19], [202], [203].
Fishes, none in high Sierra lakes, [200].
Flicker, [173].
Floods, [48].
Flowers, in Merced Valley, [33], [35], [36], [40], [58];
at Crane Flat, [92], [93], [94];
on Yosemite Creek, [109], [110];
on Hoffman Range, [151], [152], [158], [160], [196];
in Tuolumne Meadows, [199], [203];
in Bloody Cañon, [218], [224], [225], [228], [230].
Flowing, everything is, [236].
Food, of bears, [28], [29], [46], [192];
of squirrels, [18], [69], [74], [168];
of Indians, [12], [46], [70], [226]-[28].
Foothills, [3]-[31].
Frogs, in the highest lakes, [200].
Frost, crystals, [234], [236].
Gallflies, [170].
Glacial action, [101], [102], [196], [197], [200], [202], [203], [205], [208], [215], [216],
[224], [240], [248].
Glacier meadows, [229], [230].
Gold region, [55], [56];
mines near Mono Lake, [105].
Grasshopper, a queer fellow, [139]-[41].
Greeley’s Mill, [17], [20].
Grouse, blue or dusky, [175], [176].
Half-Dome, or South Dome, [117], [122], [129].
Hare, [9].
Hare, little chief, [154], [155].
Hazel, beaked, [65].
Hazel Creek, [89].
Hazel Green, [87], [261].
Heat, in the foothills, [8].
Hemlock, mountain (Tsuga Mertensiana), [151], [247].
Hogs, [108].
Horseshoe Bend, [13], [19].
House-fly, on North Dome, [138], [139];
on Mount Hoffman, [169].
Hutchings, Mrs., landlady, [182].
Illilouette, [189].
Indian Basin, [121].
Indian Cañon, [115], [122], [181], [186], [187].
Indian Creek, [208].
Indians, Digger, [12], [30], [31], [262];
shepherd’s helper with Muir, [6], [9], [10], [86], [90];
anteaters, [46];
their power of escaping observation, [53], [54], [58];
an old woman, [58], [59];
Chief Tenaya, [165];
a hunter, [205], [206];
food, [206], [226], [227];
a dirty band, [218], [219];
women gathering wild rye, [226].
Ivy, poison, [26].
Jack, the shepherd’s little dog, [62], [63].
Joe, Portuguese shepherd, [209], [210].
Juniper, Sierra (Juniperus occidentalis), [110], [163]-[65].
Lake Hoffman, [154].
Lake Tenaya, [153], [155], [165], [195]-[97], [257];
Indian name, [166].
Landscape, sculpture of, [14];
a glorious, [115], [116];
features harmonious, [240], [254].
Liberty Cap, [183].
Libocedrus decurrens. See Cedar, incense.
Lichens, [259].
Lightning, [15], [124], [125].
Lilies, [36], [37], [59], [60], [225].
Lilium pardalinum, [37].
Lilium parvum, [94], [95], [121].
Lily, twining, [50];
on poison ivy, [26].
Lily, Washington, [103].
Linosyris, [20].
Lizards, [8], [41]-[43], [65].
Magpies, [9].
Mammoth Mountain, [216], [242].
Manzanita (Arctostaphylos), [88], [89];
berries, [259].
Meadows, three kinds of, [158], [159];
glacier, [229], [230].
Merced River, [189];
North Fork of, [25];
camp on, [32]-[74].
Merced Valley, [13], [115].
Mono Desert, [226].
Mono Lake, [214], [226], [239];
flowers around, [228].
Mono Trail, [104], [109], [115], [195]-[213].
Moon, startling effect of, [221], [222].
Moraine Lake, [224], [225].
Moraines, [102], [216], [224], [240], [248].
Mosquitoes, Sierra, [169].
Mount Dana, [199], [230], [233], [234], [239], [242].
Mount Gibbs, [199], [242].
Mount Hoffman, [230];
height of, [149];
watershed, [150];
flowers, [151], [152], [158], [160];
hemlocks and pines, [151], [152];
crystals, [153];
strange dove-colored bird, [176].
Mount Lyell, [198], [253].
Mutton, exclusive diet of, [76].
Neotoma, [71]-[73].
Nevada Cañon, [182].
Nevada Fall, [187], [188], [207].
North Dome, [131], [134];
strange experience on, [178], [179].
Oak, blue (Quercus Douglasii), [8], [15].
Oak, California black (Quercus Californica), [15], [257].
Oak, dwarf (Quercus chrysolepis), [161].
Oak, goldcup, [50], [187], [257].
Oak, mountain live, [38].
Oak, poison, [26].
Oreortyx ricta, [174], [175].
Pictures, inadequate, [131].
Pika, [154], [155].
Pilot Peak Ridge, [32], [57], [65], [67], [84].
Pine, dwarf (Pinus albicaulis), [152], [248];
as fuel, [221].
Pine, mountain (Pinus monticola), [152].
Pine, Sabine, [12], [13], [263];
cones, [12].
Pine, silver, [52].
Pine, sugar, [17], [18], [51], [88], [90], [93];
cones, [50].
Pine, two-leaved or tamarack, [99], [110], [162], [163], [257], [258].
Pine, yellow, [15], [51], [52], [88], [93], [258];
cones, [17], [18].
Pino Blanco, [13].
Poppy, bush (Dendromecon rigidum), [39].
Porcupine Creek, [121], [206].
Portuguese shepherds, [206], [207], [208]-[10].
Pseudotsuga Douglasii, [93].
Pteris aquilina, [40], [41].
Quail, mountain (Oreortyx ricta), [174], [175].
Quails, [9].
Quercus Californica, [15], [257].
Quercus chrysolepis, [161].
Quercus Douglasii, [8], [15].
Rabbits, cottontail, [9], [227].
Raindrop, history of, [125]-[27].
Range of Light, [236], [264].
Rat, wood (Neotoma), [71]-[73].
Rattlesnakes, [9];
dog bitten by one, [63].
Rhus diversiloba. See Ivy, poison.
Robin, [173], [174], [218].
Rye, wild, [226].
Sandy, David Brown’s dog, [27], [28], [30].
Saxifrage, giant (Saxifraga peltata), [35].
Sedge, [34], [35].
Seeds, [68].
Sequoia gigantea, [93];
grove of, [260], [261].
Shadows, of leaves, [59];
substantial looking, [233].
Sheep, Mr. Delaney’s flock, [5], [8], [9], [11], [61], [64], [86], [87], [256], [263], [264];
rate of travel, [7];
camping, [10];
poisoned by azalea, [22];
profitable, [22];
hoofed locusts, [56], [86];
stray, [57];
destructiveness of, [97], [195];
crossing a creek, [111]-[14];
have poor brain stuff, [114];
raided by bears, [191], [192], [194];
afraid of getting wet, [201], [202], [255].
Shepherd, degrading life of the Californian, [23];
in Scotland, [24];
the oriental, [24];
bed and food, [80], [81].
Slate, metamorphic, [6], [8], [14], [34].
Smith’s Mill, [262].
Soda Springs, [201], [229], [253].
South Dome, [122], [129].
Sparrows, [251].
Spiders, [53].
Spruce, Douglas, [93].
Squirrel, California gray, [69], [70].
Squirrel, Douglas, [18], [68]-[70], [96], [168].
Stropholirion Californicum. See Lily, twining.
Sunrise, in the Yosemite, [124].
Sunset, [53].
Tamarack Creek, [100], [102], [106].
Tamarack Flat, [90], [259].
Tea, [80], [82].
Telepathy, strange case of, [178]-[91].
Tenaya, Yosemite chief, [165].
Tenaya Creek, [156].
Three Brothers, [207].
Thunder, in the mountains, [122], [123], [125].
Tissiack. See Half-Dome.
Tourists, [98], [104], [190].
Trees and storm, [144].
Tuolumne Camp, [232]-[53].
Tuolumne Meadows, [198], [199].
Vaccinium, dwarf, [218].
Veratrum Californicum, [93], [94].
Vernal Fall, [182], [183], [187], [188], [207].
Volcanic cones, [228].
Water, music of, [21], [49], [97], [106].
Waterfalls, [34], [36], [47], [106], [118]-[20], [132], [187], [188], [223], [224].
Water ouzel, [106], [107], [223].
Waycup, [173].
Weather, in the mountains, [36], [39], [56], [61], [67], [73], [235], [237], [241], [245].
Willow, dwarf, [217].
Wind, at night, [21], [220].
Woodchuck (Arctomys monax), [154], [172], [173].
Wrens, story of a pair, [170].
Yosemite Creek, [104], [107], [109], [118], [150], [154], [258].
Yosemite Valley, [102], [104], [106], [107], [115]-[48], [187];
a nerve-trying experience in, [118]-[20];
sunrise in, [124];
thunder storm, [124], [125];
grandeur, [132], [133], [190].
Zodiacal light, [257].

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Transcriber’s note:

In the original publication, page 190 in the list of illustrations appeared before page 154. This has been changed.

The following changes were made:
p. [156] Hoffman and Cathderal Park to Cathedral
p. [166] only curly currus wisps scarce to cirrus
p. [171] most of their acomplishments to accomplishments
p. [267] Adenostema fasciculata to Adenostoma
throughout text: chamœbatia to chamæbatia

Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained as it appears in the text for the following:

foothills and foot-hills
goldenrod and golden-rod
rootstocks and root-stocks
thunderstorm and thunder-storm
gristmill and grist-mill
lifelong and life-long
overleaning and over-leaning
snowstorm and snow-storm