The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery / Tourist's Edition

by Samuel Adams Drake

Distance from the stage-road to the road-way in Warren, 8 miles. A permanent camp has been built half-way on Hubbard Brook.

A trail has been spotted from a point in the path about 1 mile north of the camp to the summit of Kineo.

INDEX.

Refer to a mountain, lake, or river, under its proper name, thus: Washington (Mount); Squam (Lake); Saco (River).

The abbreviations in parentheses show that the town or village is on the line of a railway: (E. R.R.) stands for Eastern; (P. & O.), Portland and Ogdensburg; (B., C., & M.), Boston, Concord, and Montreal; (G. T. R.), Grand Trunk; (Pass.), Passumpsic.

[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [R], [S], [T], [V], [W].

Adams, Mount, from North Conway, [55];
from Thorn Hill, [122];
from Wildcat Valley, [133];
from Carter Dome, [142];
from the Glen House, [145];
from Mount Washington carriage-road, [181];
ascent by King’s Ravine, [298];
ascent from Mount Washington, [312-315];
the apex, [315];
view from, [316].
Adirondacks, from Moosehillock, [273].
Agassiz, Mount, from Profile House Road, [249], [276].
Agiochook, or Agiockochook (Indian name for the White Mountains), [120].
Amherst, Sir Jeffrey (Gen.), in the French War, [259].
Ammonoosuc, Falls of, [304].
Ammonoosuc River, source of, [179].
Ammonoosuc Valley, from Mount Clinton, [98];
at Bethlehem, [277];
at Fabyan’s, [300].
Androscoggin River, at Gorham, [170];
at Berlin, [174];
at Shelburne, [176];
at Bethel, [177].
Appalachian Mountain Club, [62], [221].
Artists’ Falls (North Conway), [46], [47].
Autumn foliage, [66], [67].
[B]aker’s River (branch of Pemigewasset, branch of the Merrimack), [210];
falls on, [269].
Bald Mountain, an inferior summit of Chocorua, [26].
Ball, B. L., lost on Mount Washington, [186].
Bartlett Bowlder, [58].
Bartlett (P. & O. R.R.), mountains surrounding, [61], [62];
ascent of Mount Carrigain from, [62-65].
Basin (Franconia Pass), [231].
Beecher’s Cascade (near Crawford House), [89].
Belknap, Jeremy, D.D. (historian of New Hampshire), quoted, [69].
Belknap, Mount (Lake Winnipiseogee), [8].
Bemis, Dr. Samuel A., home of, [69], [70].
Berlin (G. T. R.), [172];
the Falls, [174], [175].
Bethel, Maine (G. T. R.), [177].
Bethlehem (B., C., & M. R.R.), [276];
admirable position of as a centre, [277];
Bethlehem Street, [278], [279];
fine views from, [280], [281];
a sunset from the “Maplewood,” [282-284];
White Mountains from, [284];
the Hermit, [286];
the peddler, [288].
Bigelow’s Lawn (Mount Washington), [198].
Black Mountain (Sandwich Dome), from West Campton, [216];
Noon Peak, [220];
from Waterville (Greeley’s), [221].
Boott’s Spur (Mount Washington), [146];
from the plateau, [198].
Bourne, Lizzie, death of, on Mount Washington, [310].
Bridal Veil Falls (Mount Kinsman), [255].
Brown, George L. (painter), referred to, [253].
Buck-board wagon described, [273].
[C]ampton, [211];
Campton Hollow, [214];
West Campton, and view from, [215];
Sanborn’s, [216];
annals of Campton, [216].
Campton Village (Pemigewasset Valley), [218].
Cannon (or Profile) Mountain, from West Campton, [215];
from the clearing below the Profile, [231];
remarkable profile on, [232];
from Franconia, [252].
Carrigain, Mount, from Chocorua, [30];
from Bartlett, [62];
ascent from Bartlett, [62-64];
view from summit, [64], [65].
Carrigain Notch, from Mount Chocorua, [30];
from Mount Carrigain, [64].
Carter Dome, [133];
the Pulpit, [136];
ascent of, and view from, [140], [141].
Carter Mountains, from Gorham, [170].
Carter Notch, from Chocorua, [31];
from North Conway, [40];
from Thorn Hill, [122], [132];
way into, from Jackson, [132];
impressive desolation of the interior, [137];
the Giants’ Barricade, [137], [138];
the lakes, [139];
way out to Glen House, [143].
Castellated Ridge (Mount Jefferson), [314].
Cathedral (North Conway), [46].
Cathedral Ledge (North Conway), [41], [42].
Cathedral Woods (North Conway), [55].
Centre Harbor, approach to, by Lake Winnipiseogee, [8-10];
settled, [10];
route by stage to West Ossipee via Sandwich and Tamworth, [18-21].
Chandler, Benjamin, lost on Mount Washington, [186].
Cherry Mountain (Valley of Israel’s River), [291];
Owl’s Head, [292];
road to Fabyan’s, [300].
Chocorua, Lake, from the mountain, [29], [31], [32].
Chocorua (Sho’kor’ua), Mount, from Lake Winnipiseogee, [9];
from Red Hill, [16];
legend of, [21];
ascent from Tamworth, [25-28];
landscapes from, [29-31];
from Mount Willard, [92].
Clay, Mount (next north of Washington), [169];
ascent of, [312].
Clinton, Mount (near Crawford House), [97];
view from summit, [100]. (First mountain ascended by Crawford Path.)
Connecticut Ox-Bow, [256-258].
Conway, or Conway Corner (E. R.R.), superb view of the great chain from, [33].
Copp Farm (view-point for seeing “The Imp”), [165].
Copp, Nathaniel, his adventurous deer-hunt, [167].
Copper-mine Brook (branch of Gale River), [255].
Crawford, Abel, described, [70-72].
Crawford, Ethan Allen, [71], [72];
his burial-place, [302].
Crawford bridle-path, opened, [89];
march to the summit (see Chapter X.);
Mount Clinton first, [117];
the crystal forests, [98];
Liliputian wood, [99];
fine view from summit, [100];
frost-work, [100];
Mount Pleasant next, [102];
in a snow-storm, [102];
crossing the ridge, [103];
Oakes’s Gulf, [103];
Mount Franklin next, [103];
(water here) weird objects by the way, [104];
Mount Monroe next (two peaks, with shallow ponds near the path);
the plateau, [105];
base of the cone reached, [105];
ascent of the cone, [107];
the stone corral, [107];
the summit, [108].
Crawford Glen (Saco Valley), [69].
Crawford House (summit of Crawford Notch), its surroundings, [87-94].
Crawford, Mount (Saco Valley, east side), [69];
Davis Path to Mount Washington, [73];
view of from Frankenstein Bridge, [74].
Crawford Notch (see Great Notch of the White Mountains).
Crawford, T. J., opens a bridle-path to the summit, [89].
Crystal Cascade (Pinkham Notch), [149], [150].
[D]artmouth, see Jefferson.
Davis Path (to Mount Washington), [73];
junction with Crawford Path, [198].
Deception, Mount (near Fabyan’s), [300].
Destruction of mountain forests, [172].
Devil’s Den (North Conway), [45], [46].
Diana’s Baths (North Conway ), [46].
Douglass, William, M.D., quoted, on the origin of the name White Mountains, [121], note.
Dwight, Timothy, L.L.D., 71 (see his “Travels in New England,” and journeys through the mountains).
[E]agle Cliff (Franconia Pass), from Flume House, [225];
from Profile House, [238], [239];
ascent by the bridle-path, [243];
from Franconia, [254].
Eagle Lakes (Mount Lafayette), [244]. (Also called Cloud Lakes.)
Eagle Mountain (Eagle Mountain House), Wildcat Valley, Jackson, [133].
Early settlements by white people, [216], [217], [293].
Echo Lake (Franconia Pass), [239].
Echo Lake (North Conway), [45].
Elephant’s Head (Crawford Notch), [87].
Ellis River (branch of the Saco; rises in Pinkham Notch), see Goodrich Falls, [125];
Glen Ellis Falls, [151];
incident connected with, [153].
Emerald Pool (near Glen House, Pinkham Notch), [147], [148].
Endicott Rock, a surveyor’s monument at the outlet of Lake Winnipiseogee, [10].
[F]abyan’s (B., C., & M. and P. & O. R.R.), view at, [300];
Mount Washington Railway, [301];
Eleazer Rosebrook and E. A. Crawford, [302], [303].
Fall of a Thousand Streams, [162].
Farmer, John (historian), quoted, [210].
Field, Darby, makes the first ascent of Mount Washington, [116-119];
second ascent, [119], see note.
Flume (Franconia Pass), way to and description of, [226-228].
Flume Cascade, see description by Dr. T. Dwight, in his “Travels in New England.”
Flume House (Franconia Pass), [224].
Franconia Mountains, from West Campton, [215];
from Bethlehem, [280];
from Jefferson, [292].
Franconia Pass (Chapters II. and III., Third Journey), Flume House, [224];
the Pool, [225];
the Flume, [226];
the Basin, [231];
Mounts Cannon and Lafayette, [231], [232];
the “Old Man,” [232];
Profile Lake, [232];
Profile House, [237];
Eagle Cliff, [238];
Echo Lake, [239];
sunset in the pass, [240];
from Bethlehem heights, [279].
Franconia village (Iron Works), from Mount Lafayette, [243];
general view of, [251];
fine views in, [253], [254].
Frankenstein Cliff (Saco Valley), named, [73];
appearance of, from the valley, [73], [74];
the bridge, [74].
Fryeburg, Maine (P. & O. R.R.), [33-38].
[G]ale River (branch of the Ammonoosuc, branch of the Connecticut), [243].
Garfield, Mount (see Haystack), [284].
Giant’s Stairs (Saco Valley, east side), [73];
from Jackson, [123], [129].
Gibbs’s Falls (near Crawford House), [97].
Glen Ellis Falls, [151], [152]; legend of, [152].
Glen House, way to, by Jackson and Carter Notch, [131];
its surroundings, [144];
carriage-road to the summit, [144];
Mount Washington from, [144], [145];
Emerald Pool, [147], [148];
Thompson’s Falls, [146];
Crystal Cascade, [149];
Glen Ellis Falls, [151];
Tuckerman’s Ravine, [155];
The Imp, [165];
to or from Gorham, [165], [170];
from Mount Washington carriage-road, [181].
Goodenow’s, see Sugar Hill.
Goodrich Falls (Ellis River), [125].
Gorham (G. T. R.), its situation, [169].
Grand Monadnock, from Red Hill, [17];
from Mount Washington, [192].
Great Gulf, from Glen House, [165];
from Mount Washington carriage-road, [181], [185];
from Mount Clay, [313].
Great Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch), from Mount Chocorua, [31];
from Mount Carrigain, [64], [65];
approach to, by the Saco Valley, [76];
the mountains forming it, [77];
Willey, or Notch House, [77];
landslip of 1826, [79], [80];
the Cascades, [84], [85], [89], [97];
Gate of the Notch, [86];
summit of the Notch (Crawford House), [86];
Elephant’s Head, [87];
discovery of the Pass, [88], [89];
the Notch from Mount Willard, [91];
from Mount Clinton, [100].
Greeley’s, see Waterville.
Green Mountains, from Mount Washington, [190];
from Moosehillock, [273].
Gyles, John (Capt.), quoted on the Indian name for the White Mountains, [120].
Hancock, Mount, from the Ellsworth road (Campton), [216];
from Moosehillock, [272].
Hart’s Ledge (Saco Valley, east side, near Bartlett), [62].
Haverhill (B., C., & M. R.R.), [257].
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, origin of his story of “The Great Carbuncle,” [119];
death of, [209];
legend of “The Great Stone Face,” [235].
Hayes, Mount (Gorham, New Hampshire), [169-171].
Haystack, Mount (now Mount Garfield), [254].
Hermit Lake (Tuckerman’s Ravine, Mount Washington), [159].
Hitchcock, C. H. (geologist), [197].
Humphrey’s Ledge (near Glen Station), [41].
Hunter, Harry W., lost on Mount Washington, [199], note.
Huntington’s Ravine, from Carter Dome, [142].
Idlewild (near Crawford House), [89].
Imp, The (rock profile near Glen House), [166].
Indians, customs of mountain tribes, [10];
Sokokis, or Pigwackets, or Pequawkets, destruction of by Love-well, [34-38];
Indian names, [24], [25], note;
superstitions regarding the high summits, traditions, etc. (see Chapter I., Second Journey);
attack Shelburne, [177];
at Plymouth, [210];
attack Dartmouth (Jefferson), [294].
Intervale (North Conway, E. R.R. and P. & O. R.R.), superb panorama from, [55-57];
see art. North Conway.
Israel’s River (branch of the Connecticut), [291].
Jackson (see Chapters II. and III., Second Journey), [122-143];
how to get there from North Conway, [122];
its topography, [123];
Jackson Falls (on Wildcat River), [124];
Fernald’s Farm, [130];
Wildcat Valley, [133];
to Carter Notch, [133-140].
Jackson, C. T. (geologist), quoted, [197], note.
Jackson Falls (Wildcat River), [124].
Jefferson, Mount, from Jefferson Hill, [293];
Ravine of the Cascades, [297];
ascent from Mount Washington, [312];
Ravine of the Castles, [313];
Castellated Ridge, [314].
Jefferson (branch R.R. from Whitefield), [291];
Jefferson Hill, [292];
antecedents of, [293];
Indian attack on, [294];
East Jefferson, [295];
to Randolph Hill, [297];
to Fabyan’s, [300].
Jockey Cap (Fryeburg, Maine), [34].
Josselyn, John (author of “New England’s Rarities”), ascends Mount Washington, [119].
Kearsarge, Mount, from North Conway, [39], [40], [41];
winter ascent of, [47-54];
view from summit, [51], [52];
from Bartlett, [62];
from Carter Dome, [141].
King, Thomas Starr, tribute to, [294], [295].
King’s Ravine (Mount Adams), from Randolph Hill, [298];
from Mount Adams, [317].
Kinsman, Mount (next south of Cannon, Franconia group), [244], [252].
Lafayette, Mount, from West Campton, [215];
see Chapter III., Third Journey;
Eagle Cliff, [238], [239];
from Echo Lake, [240];
ascent from the Profile House, [243-247];
the Notch, [243];
the ravines, [243-254];
Eagle Lakes, [244];
summit and view, [246], [247];
from Franconia Iron Works, [252];
from Newbury, Vermont, [258];
from Bethlehem heights, [279].
Lake of the Clouds (Mount Washington), [198].
Lary’s (Gorham, New Hampshire), [171].
Lead Mine Bridge (Shelburne, G. T. R.), grand view from, [175], [176].
Legends of General Hampton and the Devil, [11-14];
of Mount Chocorua, [21-24];
of Passaconnaway, [24], [25], note;
Indian tradition of the Deluge, [114];
the Indian’s heaven, [115];
the Great Carbuncle, [115];
the war party and its prisoners, [127], [128];
the youthful lovers, [128];
of Glen Ellis Falls, [152];
of the Silver Image, [263].
Lion’s Head (Tuckerman’s Ravine), [142], [146], [159].
Lisbon (B., C., & M. R.R.), discovery of gold ores in, [251].
Littleton (B., C., & M. R.R.), from Bethlehem, [279].
Livermore (P. & O. R.R.), Saco Valley, logging hamlet of, [63];
way to the Pemigewasset, [221].
Livermore Falls (Pemigewasset River), [212].
Logging on the Androscoggin, [173], [174].
Lonesome Lake (Mount Kinsman), [244].
Long Island, Lake Winnipiseogee, east shore, [9].
Lovewell, John (captain of colonial rangers), battle with the Sokokis, [34-38].
Lovewell’s Pond (scene of Lovewell’s fight), [34].
Lowell, Mount (Saco Valley), slide on, [64].
[M]ad River and Valley (branch of Pemigewasset), [218].
Madison, Mount (next north of Adams), [165].
Marsh, Sylvester, projector of Mount Washington railway, [301].
Merrimack River, source of, [65].
Moat Range, position of, [39];
cliffs of, [40], [41], [44];
the ascent, [47];
from Jackson Falls, [124].
Monroe, Mount, from Tuckerman’s Ravine, [160].
Moose River (branch of Androscoggin), [171].
Moosehillock, or Moosilauke, from Lake Winnipiseogee, [10];
from Chocorua, [30];
from Pemigewasset Valley, [223];
from Newbury, Vermont, [258];
see Chapter VII., Third Journey, [269-275];
how to reach the mountain, [269];
the mountain’s top, [271];
view from, [273];
from Bethlehem, [279].
Moriah, Mount (Carter Chain, near Gorham), [169].
Mountain Butterfly, [202].
[N]ancy’s Brook (Saco Valley), story of, [67-69].
Newbury, Vermont (Pass. R.R.), [257].
Nineteen Mile Brook (branch of the Peabody River, a branch of the Androscoggin; rises in Carter Notch), [143].
North Conway (E. R.R. and P. & O. R.R.), topographical features of, [39-41];
excursions from, [57];
see Intervale, White Horse Ledge, Cathedral Ledge, Humphrey’s Ledge, Echo Lake, Diana’s Baths, Artists’ Falls, Kearsarge and Moat Mountains, etc.
[O]ake’s Gulf (in great range), [103].
Old Man of the Mountain (Franconia Pass), [231-236];
legends of, [235].
Ossipee Mountains, from Lake Winnipiseogee, [8].
Owl’s Head (Lake Memphremagog), from Moosehillock, [273];
Cherry Mountain, [292].
[P]eabody River (branch of the Androscoggin; rises in Pinkham Notch), [144], [154], note.
Pemigewasset River, branch of Merrimack, [210];
Livermore Falls, [211];
East Branch, [223].
Pemigewasset, Mount (near Flume House), ascent and view, [229].
Pemigewasset Valley (Chapter I., Third Journey), [210-223];

villages of, [212].
Pemigewasset Wilderness, way through, [221], [229].
Percy Peaks, [280], note.
Perkins Notch, position of, [133].
Pilot Mountains from Gorham, [170];
origin of name, [170], [171].
Pine Mountain (Gorham, New Hampshire), [170].
Pinkham Notch from Thorn Hill, [122];
from the road between Jackson and Glen House, [129];
from Glen House, [144];
see Thompson’s Falls, Emerald Pool, Crystal Cascade, Tuckerman’s Ravine, Glen Ellis Falls, etc., [144-164].
Pleasant, Mount, from Fabyan’s, [300].
Plymouth (B., C., & M. R.R.), [209];
routes through the mountains, [211].
Pool, The (Franconia Pass), [225].
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad, passage of the White Mountains Notch, [93].
Prime, W. C., referred to, [244].
Profile House (Franconia Pass), its attractions, [237-240];
see Old Man, Profile Lake, Mounts Cannon and Lafayette, Eagle Cliff, Echo Lake, etc.;
to Bethlehem by the old highway via Franconia, [248];
by rail, [248].
Profile Lake (Franconia Pass), [232].
Prospect, Mount (Holderness), [214].
[R]andolph Hill, drive to, and view from, [297], [298].
Ravine of the Castles (Mount Jefferson), [313].
Raymond’s Cataract, from Carter Dome, [142];
from Pinkham Notch, [147];
see Tuckerman’s Ravine.
Red Hill from Lake Winnipiseogee, [10];
ascent of, from Centre Harbor, and view from summit, [14-17].
Ripley Falls (on Cow Brook, Saco Valley), [89].
Rogers’s, Robert (Major), account of the White Mountains, [119], [121], note;
destroys St. Francis, [259];
see Chapter VI., Third Journey.
Rosebrook, Eleazer, sketch of, [302], [303].
[S]aco Valley (Chapters IV. to IX., inclusive), from Mount Chocorua, [31];
at Fryeburg (Maine), [33];
at North Conway, [39];
at Bartlett, [61-65];
from Mount Carrigain, [64], [65];
source of the Saco, [88];
historical incident, [153].
Sandwich Mountains from Lake Winnipiseogee, [8];
from Sandwich Centre, [19];
from Tamworth (Nickerson’s), [24].
Sandwich (town of), mountains near, [19].
Sandwich Notch, position of, [218].
Sawyer’s River (branch of the Saco), valley of, [62], [63].
Sawyer’s Rock (Saco Valley, west side, near Bartlett), [62].
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, quoted on the Indian name for the White Mountains, [120].
Silver Cascade (Crawford Notch), [85].
Snow Arch (Tuckerman’s Ravine), [161], [162].
Spencer, Jabez (General), settles Campton, [216].
Squam Lake from Red Hill, [16].
St. Francis de Sales, sacked by Rogers, [259];
see Chapter VI., Third Journey.
Star Lake (Mount Adams), [317].
Stark, John (General), captured by Indians, [210], [211].
Stark, William, [210], [211].
Starr King Mountain, [291].
Storm Lake (between Madison and Adams), [317].
Sugar Hill, from Profile House road, [249];
view from, [252], [253].
Sullivan, James (Governor of Massachusetts), his authority for the story of “The Great Carbuncle,” [116];
quoted, [153].
Swift River (branch of the Saco), from Mount Chocorua, [30].
[T]amworth Iron Works (point from which Chocorua is usually ascended), [21], [25].
Thompson’s Falls (near Glen House), [146].
Thorn Mountain, from North Conway, [40];
walk over Thorn Hill (lower spur of Thorn Mountain) to Jackson, [122], [132].
Tripyramid Mountain, from Mad River Valley, [219];
slide on, [221].
Trout-breeding, State establishment at Plymouth, [212].
Trout-fishing begins in New Hampshire May [1], [213].
Trumbull, J. Hammond, LL.D., quoted on the Indian names for the White Mountains, [120], note.
Tuckerman’s Ravine from Mount Kearsarge, [51];
from Carter Dome, [142];
from Thompson’s Falls, [146];
way into from Glen House, [156];
appearance from Glen House, [156];
Hermit Lake and Lion’s Head Crag, [159];
Snow Arch, [161];
head wall, [162];
out by the path to Crystal Cascade, [164].
[V]iews, from Red Hill, [14-17];
from Chocorua, [29-31];
from Jockey Cap, [34];
from Conway Corner, [33];
from North Conway, [40];
from Mount Kearsarge, [51];
from the Intervale (North Conway), [55-57];
from Mount Carrigain, [64], [65];
from above Bemis’s, [74];
from Mount Willard, [91];
from Mount Clinton, [100];
from Carter Dome, [141];
from Glen House, [145];
from Gorham, [169];
from Berlin, [172], [175];
from Shelburne (Lead Mine Bridge), [176];
from Mount Washington carriage-road, [181], [185];
from the summit, [189-192];
from West Campton, [215];
from the Ellsworth road (Pemigewasset valley), [216];
from Mount Pemigewasset (Flume House), [229];
from Mount Lafayette, [246];
from Sugar Hill, [252];
from the foot of Bethlehem heights (Gale River valley), [254];
from Moosehillock, [272];
from Bethlehem, [280], [281];
from Jefferson Hill, [292];
from East Jefferson, [295];
from Randolph Hill, [297];
from Mount Adams, [316].
[W]arren (B., C., & M. R.R.), point from which to ascend Moosehillock, [269].
Washington, Mount, River (formerly Dry River), grand view of the high summits up this valley from P. & O. R.R., [74];
the valley from Mount Clinton, [100].
Washington, Mount, carriage-road, [178];
Half-way House and the Ledge, [180];
Great Gulf, [181];
accident on, [183];
Willis’s Seat, and the view [185];
Cow Pasture, [186];
Dr. Ball’s adventure, [186];
fate of a climber, [186];
up the pinnacle, [186];
United States Meteorological Station, [187];
the summit, [188].
Washington, Mount, from Lake Winnipiseogee, [9];
from Mount Chocorua, [31];
from Conway, [33];
from North Conway, [40];
from Mount Kearsarge, [51];
from Mount Carrigain, [65];
first path to, [71];
Davis path, [73];
view near Bemis’s (P. & O. R.R.), [74];
Crawford bridle-path opened, [89];
from Mount Willard, [93];
from Mount Clinton, [100];
first ascension, [116-119];
Indian traditions of, see Chapter I., Second Journey;
from Thorn Hill, [122];
from the Wildcat Valley, [133];
from Carter Dome, [142];
from Glen House, [144];
from the Glen House and Gorham road, [168];
carriage-road, see Chapter VII., Second Journey;
the Signal Station, [187], [196];
a winter tornado on the summit, [192-194];
shadow of the mountain, [195];
the plateau—its floral and entomological treasures, [197], [198];
transported bowlders on, [197];
Lake of the Clouds, [198];
from Mount Lafayette, [246];
travellers lost on, [186], [199], [310];
from Moosehillock, [270];
from Bethlehem, [281], [282];
from Fabyan’s, [300];
railway to summit, [301-306];
moonlight on the summit, [311];
sunrise, [312];
sunset, [318].
Washington, Mount, Railway, from Fabyan’s, [301];
to the base, [304];
its mechanism, [305];
Jacob’s Ladder, [305];
up the mountain, [306], [307];
the Summit Hotel, [307].
Waterville (Mad River valley), the neighborhood, [219];
path to Livermore, [221].
Webster, Daniel, at Fryeburg, Maine, [33].
Webster, Mount, approach to, [75];
from Mount Willard, [92].
Weirs (B., C., & M. R.R.), Lake Winnipiseogee, west shore, [10], see note.
Welch Mountain (Pemigewasset valley), [218].
Whipple, Joseph (Colonel), settles at Jefferson, [294].
White Horse Ledge (North Conway), [41].
White Mountains, general view of, from Conway, [33];
from North Conway, [40];
from Mount Carrigain (in mass), [65];
legends of, see Chapter [1]., Second Journey;
first ascensions, [116-119];
how named, [119], [120];
appearance from the coast, [120], [121];
from Mount Lafayette, [246];
from Bethlehem, [281];
from Fabyan’s, [300].
Wildcat River (branch of the Ellis, a branch of the Saco; rises in Carter Notch), Jackson Falls on, [124];
disappearance of, [136].
Wildcat Mountain (one of Carter Notch and Pinkham Notch Mountains), position of, [123];
avalanche of bowlders, [136];
appearance from Carter Notch, [141];
from Glen House, [145].
Wildcat Valley (Jackson to Carter Notch), [133-140].
Willard, Mount, [77];
ascent of, from Crawford House, [91].
Willey family, burial-place of, [55];
destruction of, by a landslip, [77-80].
Willey, Mount, from Carrigain, [65];
approach to by the valley, [75];
from Mount Willard, [92].
Winnipiseogee, Lake, sail up, from Wolfborough to Centre Harbor, [8-10];
Indian occupation and customs, [10];
sunset view of, from Red Hill. [16], [17].
Winnipiseogee River (outlet of the lake), Indian remains on, [10];
Endicott Rock in, [10], note.
Wolfborough ( E. R.R. branch ), Lake Winnipiseogee, [8].