Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean: Vol. 2, Pt. 4
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INDEX. Thoirne's wells.......................n......... 30 Timber Between 32d and 34th parallels................- 5 32d parallel, near Guadalutpe mountains........ 7, 8 Valley of the Pecos.................... ----— 8,29 Valley of Red river.......................... 9, 24, 25 Valley of the Brazos.**....* —........9, 26-27, 40, 88 Country drained by tributaries of Red river.... 10 Between Arkansas and Rio Grande valley...... 10 33d parallel................................ 22 Colorado valley............................. 22,27,28 East face of Guadalupe mountains -....-........ 11,44 West face of Guadalupe mountains............. 11 Trinity River valley.... —..... —.. —...... 26 Llano Estacado... -..... —---------------------......28,41-42 Between Red river and base of Llano Estacado. 40-41 Between Pecos river and Rio Grande.......... 42-45 (See Wood.) Tonkawa Indians................................ 17 Trinity river and valley.................... 26 Tephrosia...................................... 162 Teucrium..................................... 169 Thelesperma................................... 167 Tiquilia............................. 171 Tornio......................................... 163 Townsendia.................................... 166 Tradescantia................................... 176 Tragia......................................... 174 Tripsacu a..................................... 176 Scirpus........................................ Screw-bean*-........e.......o*._...u...._....*.T eScrew-tree..................................... Scrophulariace,e................................ Scutellaria..................................... Selenia........................................ Senecio......... Sieydium.................................... Silene...e.-.*.........*.*.*.*............ Simsia......................................... Sisymbrium.................................... Sisyrinchium................................... Smilaceve....................................... Smilax........................................ Solanacese..................................... Solanum....................................... Solidago....................................... Sophora....................................... Sphaeralcea.................................... Stegnocarpus................................... Stenandriuml..................... Stellingia........* **......................n.... S t r e p t a n t h u s --—.......e —--------------------- Strombocarpa —.....-................ —-------- Stylosanthes.,................................... Sueda......................................... T abl es Cost, length, &c., of road.................... Ascents and descents............. Upper Cross Timbers...............-...... 926, Utah Indians-................................... Umbellifer-...................................., Ungnadia....-......................... Urticacee3..................................... Analyses of soils........................... 95, 96, 97 Analyses of mineral waters..................- 97 Camping places on line of survey.............. 98-99 Meteorological observation s.................. 100-103 Latitude, longitude, and magnetic declinations.. 104 Altitude of stations above sea-level............ 105-107 Observations for determining profile from E1 Paso to Preston........................... 108-110 Observations for determining profile from Emi grant Crossing of the Pecos to Big Springs of Colorado................ V........... 1 Observations for determining profile through San Augustine Pass of the Organ mountains. ----—... 111 Astronomical observations................... 112-156 Tanks Alamos.................................... Cornudos, or Thorne's wells..................ae Hueco..................................... (See Springs.) Taplin, Captain C. L. Charge of geological collection............... Detail of....-.-. —------------------------- Instructions to for examining the Llano Estacado Report.................................... Terminus (eastern) of the road................... Texas Grant of land by............................ Settlement of........n....-.e.............e. Waco Indians.................................. 17 Water Between 32d and 34th parallels........ —------------- 5 Between valley of Rio Grande and Red river.. 6 Between valley of Rio Grande and Pecos river. 6, 42-45 Between Arkansas and Rio Grande valley...... 10 Along the route -.........11-12, 21, 98-99 In Llano Estacado............... 11,21,28-29,35-38 Route from La Vaca bay to Dona Ana.........23 Valley of Delaware creek.................... 23,29-30 Jornada del Muerto.. ——.. —---—.... —----------—. 24 Between Red river and Llano Estacado........ 40-41 I I 184 P age. 176 163 163 1.68 169 160,177 167 164 160 166 159 176 176 176 172 172 166 163 161 169,178 168, 177 174 159 163 163 173 Page. 30 i I T. 45 46 U. Nat-Liral history collection.................... 94 40, 90 17 1 165 162 175 V. Valerianacece.................................... Verbena....................................... Verbenace.T.................................... Veronica...................................... Vesicaria...................................... Vicia.......................................... Vitacem....................................... Vitia........................................... 166 169 169 168 159,160 162 162 162 W. 11, 30 31, 30 7,11, 30 3 52 60 73 49 . 50 48
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