Title:
Letter from [John Muir] to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, [ca. 1895 Jan].
Creator:
[John Muir]
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Date:
[ca. 1895 Jan]
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir08_0788-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[place unknown]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Ca gan 1895 Reid's map is far the best that has been publishedI make's few changes in it. Reid has named, I' see, some of
the tributaries of the Muir Glacier. The word Glacier of the Carroll Glacier runs down the main trunk of the Muir, which is
confusing. Therefore I have turned it down towards the Carroll Inlet. But worse still, the name Cushing -Glacier is placed
right in the middle of the main trunk of the Muir Glacier. Therefore I have moved it back to where (if anywhere) it belongs.
Print this name in small type. Also I have written in the name Howling Valley .alongside of Reid's Endieott Valley. Professor
Reid never explored this valley, nor set foot in it. I did thoroughly and have the right to name it. I'll send you some sketches
of it for the next article in which it is mentioned. It is a favori te haunt of shaggy, long-legged, black and grey wolves?
and their howls are the longest and dismalest I ever heard--hence the name. Illegible BANCROFT LIBRARY Illegible Jume
1895