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].

MAP TO ILLUSTRATE AUDUBON'S WESTERN JOURNAL
1849-1850

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] An experiment with camels was tried and proved a failure.

[2] John Porter McCown resigned his commission in 1861 to join the Confederate army, in which he served through the war as a major general.—F. H. H.

[3] Frenchtown was the western terminus of the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad, one of the first railroads built in the United States and a part of the early route between the East and the West. With the passing of the road, the town entirely disappeared. It was located at the head of the Elk River branch of Chesapeake Bay, below the present site of Elkton.