48, note; on the spruce tree, quoted, 75; about the digging of a
canal, quoted, 270, 271.
Spruce, the, 104; Indian words for black and white, 209; difference
between black and white, 225.
Spruce beer, a draught of, 30.
Squaw Mountain, 183.
Squirrel, the red, 241.
Stars known to Indian, 247.
Stillwater (Me.), 4, 167.
Sugar Island, 101, 183, 194; near Olamon River, 324.
Sunday, an Indian’s, 201, 202, 214, 215, 223, 229.
Sunkhaze, the, 8, 325, 326.
“Swampers,” 242.
“Sweet cakes,” 12.
Tea, varieties of forest, 227; hemlock, 312.
Telasinis Lake, 267.
Telos Lake, 235, 245, 264; Indian name for, 267; 270, 274, 281, 290,
299.
Tent, description of, 196, 197.
Thistle, the Canada, 96.
Thoreau, Henry David, leaves Concord for Maine, 31 Aug. 1846, 3;
starts “up river” from Bangor, 4; strikes into the wilderness, 15;
starts for summit of Ktaadn, 61, 62; begins descent, 72; leaves Boston
by steamer for Bangor, 13 Sept. 1853, 93; takes Moosehead Lake steamer
for return home, 159; starts on third excursion to Maine Woods, 20
July, 1857, 174; reaches farthest northern point, 259; lands at
Oldtown, the journey finished, 326.
Thrush, wood, Indian word for, 186.
Thunder-storm, violent, 261, 262.
Timber, 18; land, best in Maine, 235.
Tomhegan Stream, 203.
Traps, a find of steel, 302.
Tree, fall of a, at night, 115; a dangerous, 221.
Trees, varieties of, 22, 116; along the Penobscot, 107, 120; about
camp on the Caucomgomoc, 223; along the Umbazookskus, 231; on island
in Heron Lake, farthest northern point, 259; on East Branch, 302.
Tree-tops, a walk over, 67; appearance of various, 121.
Trout, true and cousin-, 59.
Trout Stream, 235, 269; Indian name for, 295.
Umbazookskus, the, 219, 222; Much Meadow River, 229; 230, 232.
Umbazookskus Lake, 233, 238.
Usnea lichen, Indian word for, 186.
Veazie’s mills, 166.
Voyageurs, Canadian, 6.
Waite’s farm, 23.
“Warping up,” 57.
Washing in a lake, 249.
Wassataquoik River, the, 3, 312.
Water-troughs, 97.
Wayfarer’s-tree or hobble-bush, 96.
Webster, Daniel, Joe Polis’s call upon, 279.
Webster Pond, 270, 273; Indian name for, 273.
Webster Stream, 161, 264; Indian name for, 273; 275, 289, 297, 299,
300.
West Branch, tramp up the, 17; 20, 31, 32, 291, 316.
Whetstone Falls, 313.
White Mountains, the, 4.
Whitehead Island, 94.
Woods, wetness of the, 22; characteristics of Maine, and uses of all,
167-173; destruction of the, 252-254.
Woodstock (N. B.), 256.
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Transcriber’s note:
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have
been preserved. In particular, numerous spelling differences between
the text and the Appendices were noted and retained.
On page 240, “Rides lacustre” possibly should be “Ribes lacustre.”
On page 259, “margaraticea” possibly should be “margaritacea.”
On page 319, “bonhommie” possibly should be “bonhomie.”
On page 330, “New Hamphsire” was corrected to “New Hampshire.”
On page 333, “Virbirnum” possibly should be “Viburnum.”
On page 351, “Mt. Pemadene” possibly should be “Mt. Pemadenée.”
On page 354, “Allegash” possibly should be “Allagash.”
On page 355, a symbol, circle with up arrow, is denoted by [Symbol].