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VINCENNES at San Francisco, 82.
VIRGINIA and other cities of Nevada,
547.

VIRGINIA, first settlement in, 36.
VISCAYNO, Spanish explorer, on the coast
of California, 36. Reaches San Diego,
43-44; and Monterey, 44-45, 65.
VOLCANIC eruptions and indications, 220-
235.

VOYAGES and explorations on the Pacific
coast, 64-80.

WALKING, how the Chinese do, 439.
WALLAMET valley and its resources, 537-
539.

WALLAMET falls, Oregon, 530.

WALLAMET river and its navigation, 531-
532.

WALNUTS, fruits, and berries, 330-332.
WAR in California, 89–106. Between the
United States and Mexico, 110. Of
Queen Anne and Louis XIV, 113-114.
With the Mormons, 584-585.
WARM springs, 208.
WASHINGTON Territory, Hudson Bay Com-
pany in, 74-75. Wilkes visits wreck of
Japanese junk in, 80-82. Gold product
of, 267. Rainfall, 300. Ship-building
in, 370. Chinese in, 423. Newspapers
in, 465. Area, climate, soil, mountains,
rivers, harbors, forests, mines, fish, pop-
ulation, resources, railroads, &c., 613.
Population, Chinese, &c., 631.

WHITE Sulphur springs, 208. Soda springs,

209.

WIDOWS restrained from marrying, 438.
WIFE'S separate property, 416.
WILD oats in California, 169, 323.
WILD game in Oregon, 536.
WILKES', Commodore, expedition to the
Pacific coast, 80-82.

WILLIS in the Pacific ocean, 36.
WINE and grapes, 332-334. Shipment of,
381.

WIVES of the "Saints," 594-600.

WOMAN among the Mormons, her con-
dition, &c., 554.

WOOL in California, 154. In Oregon, 538.
WORSHIP of the Chinese, 433-435.

XIMINES explores Lower California, 41.

YANKEE revolution in California, 60-61.
Still bothersome, 62-63. Enterprise on
the Pacific coast, 66-87. Merchant in
the mines, 131-132.
YELLOWSTONE valley, its geysers, beauties,
and wonders, 628.

YELLOWSTONE national park, the largest
in the world, 628.

YERBA Buena, first settlement at, 117.
YERBA Buena, or Goat island, 196.
YOLO County, area, soil, climate, resources,

population, &c., 481-482.

YOSEMITE valley and falls, 158, 214-220.
Location of, &c., 507.

Waterfalls, Yosemite, and others, 214-❘ YOUNG, Brigham, converted to Mormonism:

220. Wallamet, Oregon, 530.
WEST Indies, Coolyism in the, 440.
WHALES in the Pacific, 245.

WHEAT in California, 154-305. Product
of the State of California, 320. In the
several counties, 443-523. In Oregon,
537. In Nevada, Oregon, and other
places, 544.

his birth and eventful career, 576-600.
YUKON river, its extent, &c., 648.

YUBA County, area, soil, climate, resources,
population, &c., 480–481.

YUBA river, 182.

"ZION, which never shall be moved,” 575.
ZOOLOGY of California, 236–247.

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