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by Galen Clark

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Title: Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity
Their History, Customs and Traditions

Author: Galen Clark

Release Date: August 21, 2005 [EBook #16572]

Language: English

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[Illustration: _Photograph by Taber_.]

[Signature: Galen Clark]

INDIANS
OF
THE YOSEMITE VALLEY
AND VICINITY

Their History, Customs and Traditions

BY
GALEN CLARK

Author of "Big Trees of California," Discoverer of the Mariposa
Grove of Big Trees, and for many years Guardian
of the Yosemite Valley.

With an Appendix
of
Useful Information for Yosemite Visitors

ILLUSTRATED BY
CHRIS. JORGENSEN
AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

GALEN CLARK

1907

Copyright 1904, by Galen Clark

TO MY FRIEND
CHARLES HOWARD BURNETT

Contents

INTRODUCTION AND SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR ix

CHAPTER
I. EARLY HISTORY 1
II. EFFECTS OF THE WAR 14
III. CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERISTICS 21
IV. SOURCES OF FOOD SUPPLY 31
V. RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND BELIEFS 49
VI. NATIVE INDUSTRIES 67
VII. MYTHS AND LEGENDS 76

APPENDIX:
Hints to Yosemite Visitors 101
Official Table of Distances and Livery
Charges 105
Supplementary Table of Distances 107
Interpretation of Indian Names 107
Tables of Altitudes 110
Names of Indian Numerals 111
Indian Words in Common Use 111
Tribes Placed on Reservations in 1850-51 112

List of Illustrations

COVER DESIGN Mrs. Jorgensen
FRONTISPIECE, GALEN CLARK Taber

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