The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

2i6 SWINGING AROUND THE CIRCLE
commencement exercises of the University of California,
where Mr. Roosevelt received the degree of Doctor of Laws;
went aboard the torpedo destroyer Paul Jones; laid the corner
stone for the Y. M. C. A. Club at Vallejo; inspected Mare
Island navy yards, and wound up the day with a banquet at
the Union League Club.
IN A SIERRAN SOLITUDE
Saturday the presidential party, occapying four wagons,
entered the Yosemite Valley; but the Chief Executive did not
accompany the party. The trail which the President followed
was not made public, but it developed later that he and three
companions encamped Saturday night near the bank of the
Merced in a grove of pines and firs, almost in the spray of the
beautiful Bridal Veil Falls.
"Just think where I was last night," said the President, the
following morning. "Up there, amid the pines and silver firs
in the Sierran solitude— in a snowstorm, too, and without a
tent. I passed one of the most pleasant nights of my life."
THROUGH NEVADA AND OREGON
From Sacramento the President set out on his journey for
Portland. His trip through Nevada was characterized by
time-honored Western hospitality. He made several stops,
and at Reno he met Mr. H. J. Barto, one of the Roosevelt
Rough Riders, who was with the President in the famous
charge up San Juan Hill. Ajc Salem, the capital of Oregon, a
stop of three hours was made, and the President delivered an
address at the capitol. During his visit to Salem the Execu-
tive noticed an invalid child lying upon a stretcher beside the
curbing. He stopped his carriage, alighted and kissed the
little girl. All along the route to Portland, crowds gathered
at stations and gave the President an enthusiastic welcome.