INDIANS OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY AND VICINITY

About this eBook

Author

Clark, Galen, 1814-1910

Title

Indians of the Yosemite valley and vicinity Their history, customs and traditions

Credits

Produced by David Starner, Jim Land and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Yosemite Valley (Calif.)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16572

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16572

Release Date

August 21, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.INDIANS
2. 2.AND VICINITY — Their History, Customs and Traditions — BY
3. 3.GALEN CLARK
4. 4.Contents
5. 5.List of Illustrations
6. 6.Introduction and Sketch of the Author
7. 7.INDIANS OF THE YOSEMITE
8. 8.Chapter One. — EARLY HISTORY. — ORIGIN OF THE YOSEMITE INDIANS. — OTHER TRIBES. — INDIAN WAR OF 1851. — AGGRESSIONS BY THE WHITE SETTLERS. — EARLY HISTORY. — RETALIATION. — BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES. — DISCOVERY OF YOSEMITE VALLEY.
9. 9.Chapter Two. — EFFECTS OF THE WAR. — LIFE ON THE RESERVATIONS. — DEATH OF TENEIYA. — RESTORED TO LIBERTY. — HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING.
10. 10.Chapter Three. — CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERISTICS. — DIVISION OF TERRITORY. — COMMERCE AMONG THE TRIBES. — COMMUNICATION. — DWELLINGS. — CLOTHING. — CHARACTERISTICS.
11. 11.Chapter Four. — SOURCES OF FOOD SUPPLY. — HUNTING. — FISHING. — ACORNS AS FOOD. — INDIAN DOGS. — NUTS AND BERRIES. — GRASSHOPPERS AND WORMS.
12. 12.Chapter Five — RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND BELIEFS. — DANCES. — FESTIVALS. — MARRIAGE. — MEDICINE MEN. — DISPOSING OF THE DEAD. — RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
13. 13.C hapter Six — NATIVE INDUSTRIES. — BASKETRY AND BEAD WORK. — BOWS AND ARROWS.
14. 14.Chapter Seven. — MYTHS AND LEGENDS. — LEGEND OF TO-TAU-KON-NU´-LA AND TIS-SA´-ACK. — ANOTHER LEGEND OF TIS-SA´-ACK. — LEGEND OF THE GRIZZLY BEAR. — LEGEND OF THE TUL-TOK´-A-NA. — LEGEND OF GROUSE LAKE. — LEGEND OF THE LOST ARROW.
15. 15.Appendix. — HINTS TO YOSEMITE VISITORS. — OFFICIAL TABLE OF DISTANCES AND LIVERY CHARGES. — CARRIAGES. — SADDLE HORSES. — SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE OF DISTANCES. — INTERPRETATION OF INDIAN NAMES. — HEIGHTS OF YOSEMITE'S WATER-FALLS. — YOSEMITE'S PEAKS AND DOMES. WITH ALTITUDES ABOVE FLOOR OF VALLEY. — NAMES OF INDIAN NUMERALS. — INDIAN WORDS IN COMMON USE. — NAMES OF THE INDIAN TRIBES PLACED ON THE FRESNO AND KINGS RIVER RESERVATIONS IN 1850 AND 1851.

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