in Cowlitz Glacier S. C. Smith 93
Crossing a precipitous slope on White Glacier A. W. Archer 94
*?Climbing Goat Peaks in the Cascades S. C. Smith 94
Looking up White Glacier to Little Tahoma Dr. F. A. Scott 95
The Mountain seen from top of Cascade Range S. C. Smith 96
Great Moraine built by Frying-Pan Glacier on "Goat Island" J. B. Flett 96
Coming around Frying-Pan Glacier, below Little Tahoma Dr. F. A. Scott 97
Sunrise above the clouds, Camp Curtis Asahel Curtis 97
Looking up from Snipe Lake, below Interglacier Dr. F. A. Scott 98
Passing a big Crevasse on Interglacier Asahel Curtis 98
View North from Mt. Ruth to Grand Park J. B. Flett 99
Camp on St. Elmo Pass, north side of the Wedge Asahel Curtis 100
East Face of Mountain, with route to summit Asahel Curtis 100
Admiral Peter Rainier 101
First picture of the Mountain, from Vancouver's "Voyage" 101
Climbers on St. Elmo Pass A. W. Archer 102
St. Elmo Pass, from north side A. W. Archer 102
Russell Peak, from Avalanche Camp Asahel Curtis 103
Avalanche Camp Asahel Curtis 103
Looking up Winthrop Glacier from Avalanche Camp Asahel Curtis 104
Looking across Winthrop Glacier to Steamboat Prow Asahel Curtis 104
View south from Sluiskin Mountains across Moraine Park Asahel Curtis 105
Part of Spray Park George Caesar 106
Climbing the s��racs on Winthrop Glacier Dr. F. A. Scott 107
Ice Pinnacles on the Carbon A. W. Archer 107
Among the Ice Bridges of Carbon Glacier Asahel Curtis 108
Building Tacoma's electric power plant on the Nisqually (3) George V. Caesar 111
Hydro-electric plant at Electron 112
Cutting canal to divert White River to Lake Tapps 112
Mystic Lake, in Moraine Park Asahel Curtis 113
Glacier Table on Winthrop Glacier Asahel Curtis 113
Carbon River and Mother Mountains Dr. F. A. Scott 114
*?Oldest and Youngest of the Climbers C. E. Cutter 115
*?P. B. Van Trump on his old Camp Ground E. S. Curtis 115
Lower Spray Park, with Mother Mountains beyond Asahel Curtis 116
*?John Muir, President of the Sierra Club J. Edward B. Greene 116
Coasting in Moraine Park Asahel Curtis 117
Sunset on Crater Lake George V. Caesar 117
*?Amphitheatre of Carbon Glacier Asahel Curtis 118
*?Avalanche falling on Willis Wall Photo, Lea Bronson; Copyright, P. V. Caesar 119 {p.012}
*?Birth of Carbon River A. H. Waite 120
The Mountaineers building trail on Carbon Moraine Asahel Curtis 121
The Mountaineers lunching in a crevasse Asahel Curtis 121
Looking southeast from Mt. Rose George V. Caesar 122
Looking south from Mt. Rose, across Crater Lake George V. Caesar 123
*?Looking up North Mowich Valley Asahel Curtis 124
*?Spray Falls Asahel Curtis 125
*?A Rescue from a Crevasse E. S. Curtis 126
Returning from the Summit Asahel Curtis 126
*?View across Moraine Park and Carbon Glacier to Mother Mountains Asahel Curtis 129
Senecio Mrs. Alexander Thompson 129
A 14-foot Fir, near Mineral Lake A. H. Barnes 130
Indian Pipe J. B. Flett 131
Floral Carpet in Indian Henry's Park A. H. Barnes 131
Mosses and Ferns in the Forest Reserve Charles Bedford 132
A Bank of White Heather Asahel Curtis 133
Hellebore Mrs. Alexander Thompson 133
Alpine Hemlock and Mountain Lilies Mrs. H. A. Towne 134
Mountain Asters A. H. Barnes 134
Studying the Phlox J. B. Flett 135
Squaw Grass, or Mountain Lily Miss Jessie Kershaw 135
Avalanche Lilies Asahel Curtis 136
*?Moraine Park, Sluiskin Mountains and Mystic Lake Asahel Curtis 136
Sunrise in Indian Henry's A. H. Barnes 137
Anemone Seed Pods Asahel Curtis 138
Wind-swept Trees on North Side George V. Caesar 139
Lupines Herbert W. Gleason 139
*?The Mountain, seen from Green River Hot Springs C. E. Cutter 140
Glacial debris on lower Winthrop Asahel Curtis 142
An Alpine Climbers' Cabin From Whymper's "Chamonix and Mt. Blanc" 144
[Illustration: White River Canyon, from the terminal moraine of White Glacier. A fine example of glacial sculpture. The river seen in the distance is 2,000 feet below the plateau through which the glacier has carved this valley.]
[Illustration {p.013}: Telephoto view from near Electron, 20 miles, showing vast summit plateau left when the Mountain blew its head off. 1. Crater Peak, built by the two small, modern craters. 2. South Peak, or Peak Success. 3. North Peak, or Liberty Cap. 4. North Tahoma Glacier. 5. Puyallup Glacier. 6. South Mowich Glacier. 7. North Mowich Glacier. 8. Snow Cap above Carbon Glacier. The summit peaks (1, 2 and 3) form a triangle, each side of which is two miles or more in length.]
[Illustration {p.014}: View of the Mountain from Fox Island, forty-two miles northwest, with part of Puget Sound in the foreground.]
{p.015} THE MOUNTAIN SPEAKS.
I am Tacoma, Monarch of the Coast! Uncounted ages heaped my shining snows; The sun by day, by night the starry host, Crown me with splendor; every breeze that blows Wafts incense to my altars; never wanes The glory my adoring children boast, For one with sun and sea Tacoma reigns.
Tacoma--the Great Snow Peak--mighty name My dusky tribes revered when time was young! Their god was I in avalanche and flame-- In grove and mead and songs my rivers sung, As blithe they ran to make the
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