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CONTENTS

 

 

PAGE

 

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

 


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