TABLE OF CONTENTS: Colonel Thompson's "Tour of Tropical Florida", by George R. Bentley -- The Indians and History of the Matecumbe Region, by John M. Goggin -- Army Surgeon Reports on Lower East Coast, 1838, by James F. Sunderman -- John Clayton Gifford: An Appreciation, by Henry Troetschel, Jr. -- Across South Central Florida in 1882; the Account of the First New Orleans Times-Democrat Exploring Expedition, by Morgan Dewey Peoples and Edwin Adams Davis -- Contributors -- Treasurer's Report -- Roster of Members.