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CONTENTS.

General view of the Continent- The Gulf Coast- The Eastern

Coast–The Pacific Coast–The shores of the Arctic Ocean

THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN SYSTEM.

General features—General geographical structure-White Mountains

-Green Mountains - The Adirondacks- The Alleghanies in

Pennsylvania—The Black Mountains of North Carolina–Vegeta-

tion of the Appalachian ranges — Geology of the Appalachian

region-Mineral resources of the Appalachian region—The Ap-

palachian coal-fields—The petroleum districts

THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

Extent-General features-Lake Itasca—Course of the Mississippi -

Secondary tributaries of the Mississippi—The Mississippi Basin

-The Prairies — Geology of the Mississippi Valley - Mineral

resources of the Mississippi Valley-Coal-fields of the Mississippi

Valley—Iron-Lead—The salt-mines of Louisiana—The Great

Lakes and the St. Lawrence River-Lake Superior—Lake Huron

- Lake Michigan - Niagara River and Falls — Geology of the

region of the Great Lakes

THE CORDILLERAN PLATEAU.

General geographical features—Climate of the Cordilleran Plateau-

Natural vegetation of the Cordilleran Plateau

THE GREAT PLAINS.

Their physical aspect—The Llano Estacado—The Plains in British

America— Bad lands—Vegetation — The Fauna — The buffalo-

Geology of the Great Plains

THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

General divisions of the Cordillera system—The northern section of

the Rocky Mountains in the United States—The Yellowstone

National Park-Geysers and hot springs—The White Mountain

Springs—The Geyser Basin on the Firehole River-Old Faithful

- The Beehive-Giantess — Castle – Grand Geyser - Turban

Geyser—Giant Geyser-Grotto Geyser-Lower Geyser Basin-

The Shoshone Geyser Basin-The Minute Man-Red Mountain

Springs–Gibbon Geysers—The Grand Cañon and Falls of the

Yellowstone — The Missouri Valley - The Grand Falls of the

Missouri — The Wind River and Yellowstone Ranges-Snake

River— The Snake River Plains— The Big Horn Mountains,

The Continental Watershed from South to Bridger's Pass—The

southern section of the Rocky Mountains— The Colorado or

Front Range—The Sangre de Cristo Range—The Parks—North

Park—The Laramie Plains — Middle Park-South Park - The

San Luis Valley—The Park Range— The Sawatch and Elk

Ranges—The San Juan Range—The Continental Divide

THE PLATEAU REGION OF THE COLORADO RIVER.

General view--The Cañons of the Colorado and Green-Running a

rapid-Fauna and Flora of the Plateau Region

THE GREAT BASIN.

Its general appearance—The Wahsatch Range-The Basin Ranges,

Great Salt Lake-Death Valley

THE PACIFIC RANGES.

In general — The Cascade Range - Results of the latest surveys-

Mount Rainier-Glaciers-Mount Shasta–The Sierra Nevada-

The Yosemite Valley—The Coast Ranges—The Sacramento and

San Joaquin Valley—The vegetation of the Sierra—The “Big

Trees "-Agricultural resources of the Cordilleran Region 110

GEOLOGY OF THE CORDILLERAN PLATEAU.

General review-Rocky Mountains—The Plateau Region—The Basin

Region - The Sierra Nevada, Coast, and Cascade Ranges--

Mineral resources of the Cordilleras — Gold— Methods of gold
mining-Silver—The Comstock lode and Virginia City-Utah,
Idaho, and Colorado-Leadville, Colorado-Coal

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HISTORICAL SURVEY.

General discovery and first settlement — Rise of the English and

French settlements—Spread of the English power-Democratic

and religious character of the early English settlements Politi-

cal enfranchisement and adoption of Republican principles

Federal Union-Progress of events—Spread of the Union to the

Pacific—The Civil War-Its causes and results-Reconstruction

EXTENT AND POPULATION.

Boundaries and extent-Population-Distribution of the population

- American cities New York City, Philadelphia — Baltimore,

the Monumental City-Washington—Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit,

Pittsburg, Cincinnati—St. Louis and Chicago-San Francisco . 179

THE POPULATION AND ITS VARIOUS ELEMENTS.

Statistics of the native and foreign elements-Native Americans-

The German element–The Irish element–The Whites of the

Southern States—The Negro—The Chinese in the States—Their

good qualities–Degraded habits and vices of the Celestials-

Social state of the Californian Chinese - The Japanese in

Statistics of the settled and nomad tribes—Pueblos-Moquis—The

nomadic tribes — Characteristic traits of the Indian - Are the

Indians dying out ?— The predatory tribes of the West Indian

Territory–Half-breeds—The unwritten history of America—The

Mound-Builders—Ruins in the South-Western Territories

SOCIAL RELATIONS.

Classes of society-Public instruction—The schools—Defects of the

system-Colleges and universities—Sectarian spirit of the private

scholastic foundations

The Christian religion-Eccentric forms of religious development-

The Shakers : their history and constitution—The Inspirationist,

Perfectionist, etc.—The Jehovah People—Mormonism—Joseph

Smith—"The Book of Mormon”–Nauvoo—Brigham Young,

"The Lion of the Lord "-Deseret—Polygamy-Constitution of

Mormonism-Schism-Prospects.

MATERIAL PROGRESS.

Agriculture—Maize, oats, potatoes, etc.—Wine and tobacco—The

plantations—Cotton and sugar—Cattle-breeding Farm stock-

Timber-Reckless destruction of the forest—Hunting and fishing

- Manufactures Mercantile interests—Decline of the American

carrying trade-Inland trade-Railways and canals-National

wealth and liabilities

POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION.

The Federal Constitution-Congress—The Executive–The President

-The Judiciary-Constitution of the States and Territories—The

Cabinet-Revenue and expenditure-Land and sea forces 270

THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA.

Physical aspect of the country-Inhabitants—Indians-Eskimos-

Agricultural prospects — Natural resources—The fur trade

Geology and mineral resources

THE DOMINION OF CANADA AND

Boundaries and area—The Atlantic Coast–The shores of Hudson Bay

-The Arctic Coast–The Pacific Coast–Queen Charlotte Islands 289

General features—The Acadian Highlands—The Shickshock, Notre

Dame, and Laurentide Mountains — Rocky Mountains — The

Cascades, Coast, and Gold Ranges of British Columbia

THE RIVERS AND LAKES.

General features and extent-The River St. Lawrence-Tributaries of

the St. Lawrence Lake Ontario-Lake Erie-Lake Huron and

Georgian Bay–Lake Superior-Lake Nipigon.

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