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Herewith 1 hani you t brief article on the recent occurence of the Buffalo in ncrti eastern O&liforr.is. which I assume you will ^e willins to make room for in the Journal.

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Pour years £gc I ^vr^^hed t.' .:, ^.tln^'. record of the Buffalo in the "^SJ^kxiLSfifiii^" of Califoniia in 1343. explaining that in those days California extended far enough e£8t to include not only threat Salt Lake, Uteh. but also Green Eirer Besir, Wycming-bcth of ;jhich localities sere well known to be within the none el range of the Buffalo."^

The purpose of tha:J; note was to show thn prior to 1650 the term •Zf.stem California' ususiiy neant or w^^v$ni iirgfnins. and that at the dft^; cf my note (19££) there ^«s no definite record for any locality west of eastern

^en-pollen's Sierra Ke^ads memorandmn being without localit'» as hereinafter shown.

/ The followine year (iSlS) Yernon Bailey recorded Buffalo skulls from several placec in eastern Oregon, including llalhejr Lake and Yalley, ard called attention to the previously overiooksd reuor,^ of the noted trapoer end explorer leter Skenl Ogden, viio discovered Htniey Lake eii found Buffalo heads there in 1826— just 100 years £■ go,'

The late Dr. j. A. Alleia, writing 50 years ago. said thPt it was tl'.en "probably not vet half a centuiy since it :th8 Buffalo] ranged westward to the Blue Mountains of Oreaon

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an. th. Sierra «.«da fountain, of California.*^ Th, Oregon „:ord ,ae fr» Itof. 0. 0. M^rsi. .ho in 1873 fo^d re»xne .n Mllo, OreeV in the easte. foct.iUs of the Blue Uoun -na L Sierra reco:. ^, oMained ., Br. Ulen in .alt U.-J^lley

..' ff D Mectem. ^o in 1871 told him that he from 8 hunter nemea B. D. kieortm,

had seen weathered Buffalo ekulls as far .est as the oierre Bavada. ftie .as oonfir.ad b, «v,r.l other.persons .ho. Br Allen .«t in oalt LakeTalley. But nnfortunatelj no in- fection whtever «s gi.en as to the -locality or localities to ,hich these ohser^ations relate. an4. suhsoiuent anthers have

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In my early ^rk amone. the Indians of California it

A *« .n« tc incuire about tAe Buffalo, hut more re- neyer occured to me to intiaire bd^^u

cent field ^rk has hro^ht to light the important fact that the Pit mver trihes (AiiifilieJmil stock) a.^. the Korthem Fiute (3^^^^^,^,^ stock) ku.. the animal well and had much to say of its fo..er range in their country. From them I have secured ehsclutely t^st.rthy records for m.a.y of the open s^ni-desert v^leys of Kodoc and Lassen Counties, namely: surprise .a.ey. Uturr^ valley. Hot Springs Yalley. Madeline Plains. Horse La.e valley. Eagle I.ke Velley the valley of Pine Creek on the

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To complete the record it should be added that several of the Pit River trihes-the At-Wim'-^ of Big Valley, the aaarinafc^ of South Pork Pit Biver. and the io-,co^rn,V5. of Duie am 3a&le Lake Valleys-as well as the Northern Piute of Surprise Valley, tell me that the Buffalo were not pennanent residents of their country hut that small herds came in from time to time, coming from the north-nat the east-and ranging southerly mid southwesterly over the valleys mentioned. The "" older Indians of several tribes say that their fathers hunted and killed Buffalo in Iheir own territory, and the Ap-woo'-ro-J^ believe that a small detached band lived pennenently in Pine Creek Valley.

The Northem Piute nsme for Buffalo, as well known, is (K>ft-choQ. ox QgpV-tsoa. The Pit River trib;s liad no inde- pendent narr.e of their om but adopted the Piute name-thus in- dicating that they were well aware of the fact that the animal cane from Piute country,''

Evidencft of another kind that the Buffalo was well- k.no»i in the country along the boundary between nortlieastem Cslifcrnia and northwestern Nevada is afforded by certain a^nar-aphic names on early and prssent-day maps. Thus *Buffa1p

IJOg', on the west side of STrolre Greek iesert. 20 miles north of Pyrardd Lake, appears on maps 3 and 4 (1855) of the region in northern liev^it, bet-.veen the HuB.boldt Mountains and Mud Lake, published in tha Pacific Railroad Reports, rnd occurs also on' recent maps.

' laltfrn'^-U^p-^iLT-K^' ^''^^ ''^ ^* different ti.-es by the .Ur-ioo^roiLfcMLMiu?:''r''f'*-'^,'«« «^'^ Han-mahlwe;ii£^

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• *^ii/f8lo Salt Works' on the western Tjorder of liud Plat (now known as Smclce Creek Desert) is engraved on the Wheeler Survey map of the California-lJevada houndary region north of Leie Tahoe (1376-1377); end 'faifff^lo ^?aPa' s little farther ^est (longitude 119 55") and only a few miles east of the California line is located on the same map.

tg^jfffllo Jreek*. entering Smoke Creek uesert from the west, 20 miles north of Pyremid lake, is shown on various maps, including the Lend Office Maps of Nevada of 1886 end 1914.

•23lff£lP_M£SiioaS.' , on Buffalo Creek 20 miles alove its mouth on the -.vest side of Smoke Creek i)esert, is shown on

the seme maps.

All of the ahove mentioned localities lie between

Smoke v^reek Desert in northwestem Nevada and the adjacent northeastern "boundary of California.

Allen's large nap of the distrihution of the Buffalo (in his Memoir on the American Bisons, 1376^ shows its supposed range west of Great Salt Lake by means of a broad colored band which passes gfittitle.t£l y BroniTl ^^ n.^^iL^^^sLMiU^^ and spreads thence westerly over the eastem half of northern Kevade. But his text fails to justify any pert of this distribution, his only records for the region west of the Wasatch Mountains being confined to the extre^r.e eastern border of Salt lake Basin. There i^. no recoil at all for any part of western Utah or for the

state of Nevada.

Homaday's map of 188.9 is based on Allen's end naturally

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?or the benefit of persons unfamiliar with this region it may be worth while to call attention to the ciix^un^tance that Allen's colored band on the west side of the great lake covers the deadly expense of salt and clay that fonn. the flat bed of this terrible lifeless desert-at one time a. part of ancient lalie Bonneville.

There is ample evidence that the animals did not push westward abound the south end of Salt Lake. The most southerly point in Utah from which there is any recorf is Utah Lake.from which bones were recorded by Henry W. Henshaw fAiu^.,,,). and where Buffalo were seen in August 1826 by the famous explorer and fur hunter Jedediah Smith-the first man to accomplish the overland journey from the Rocky Mountains to California. They could not have gone many miles farther west before encountering the im- passible obstacle of the Great Salt i^esert- now (1S25) for the first time traversed by a road— the Wendover Cutoff.

The natural and only practicable route was around the nortii end of Salt Lake, on or near the Utah-Idaho boundary, which appears to have been near the southern limit of their passage westerly and northwesterly across Idaho on the way to Oregon.

This northern route is substantiated by the joumil of Zenas Leonard, a member of the Joseph Walker expedition of beaver trappers sent to California by Bonneville in 1833. Leav- ing the Green Hiver country on July 24, the party reached the noyth end of Salt Lake on August 4i^ Here. Leonard states.

.cT^te given by Leonard as Sect .4 on o.l49,but on d.177 corrected ^ to Aug. 4. --Narrative of the Adventures o^ Senas Leonard IJ^ittSn by himself .Clearfield.Pa.. 1339 rp.l49 of WagSer's rS?Snta904'?.

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«We killed our lest buffalo on the flest side of tha Salt Lake", adding. "We still continued along the margin of the I*.ke.with the intention of leaving it when we got to the extreme west side of if-whic* they did on the 13th. Whether the exact spot where the 'last huffalC was killed was near the locality now known as Monument (where the shore dips to the .outhwest) or at one of the two other places between Honument andKelton where the shore turns southward, may never he known and is in fact .

of little corae^uence.

Thi. muol. of a degression tee 8e6ir,ed neo.ese:? i" »«" to eataUleh ee«rf important tact.. mmAj: (1) that the

Buffalo did not pueh -esterl, ^^^^^^ J^':t^J^ '''j lake- (81 that there ie no record of ite occ«ence.,in the raUey of H^loldt Pi„r. or anywhere in the vaat desert region between Sreat Salt Ul.e and Oalifon-.ia; and-Ol that it entered Oalifom.a _8M probabl, a.0 a narrow atrip along the e,tre« ...tern horder of northen. Hevada_Ml fro., tl.e eaet but from the north.

Mining south from Oregon.

Vlith these facts in mind, the eiteMion of the Buffalo int. the ooen«U.ye of northeastern Oalifornia. carrying it. „„.. at least £50 .il.s south,est of Peter Ogden'. record, mark. another step in the tao.ledg. of the distribution of thl. great .„i™l an ani«.l that stands alone.Aether »iewed from the atrnd- ^^Vf^h: "oJ. Clothing, and shelter it afforded he or.g.nal L^bitants. or from Ua influe- ^

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Mr. Ansel ?. Hell Ghairman.Bcsrd of Trustees .

957 Regal Road,Berkeley,Celiicr^..c

Deer Ur. Uell:

Tour letter of Ipril 7, Ecoonteniea by the irticles of

Associfcticn cf the

..agcciEtion. ?.itircsso5

to me 8t Le.3unitas. has just erriyed.

In reading the ic^^etA I « iEpres.ed in different ^eys.

some fevor2bl3» some unfcvcrable.

In the first piece, it strides re cs too lonr..too com- plicated erd too detailed. In the course :f sore than half a cen- tary's intirr^te experience .ith the .c.errin, bcerds of various societies. I heve .c,ulred . dec-ply rooted realize tior that the activities cf m associstior. are often handicapi.ed V; too nuch detail in its constitution or by-lew.

And thiis ieeds me to est whether you heve ccn«aited Ih e 3t8t-ates of Oaliforni. in reference tc the ffiusL^-ildlsi oj ""^^^^ i^^ the cx-au:^-8tion of er tsscciation vdiich mj becc-ne incorp.-sted? The laws of the dtates ^ith which 1 am f^^niliar specify certr-dn definite requirements tc which it ie -Leeirable tc co.fcT,r. in the beginning in order to forestaH trcuUe.

You demand that the Truste- not only ,1 el-- ther^el-res to develop and enlarge th. Yos«.ite ^..e-^^ but al^o "to establish sub- sidiary units, su.h «s the " : cie^ ?«int IcoKont and br.-.h.s of similar nature". To this I object nest emphatically. I am very

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strongly opposed to the wastefulness cf money and effort in the establi3h....t cf subsidiax,- urdts hu^,mmL.,:^M^XiJ^^,s^it^^ where .. is highly probable that ^s out of every 100 persons visit- ine the Park visit both places.

lou pledge the TiT^stees "to contribute in every way possible to the development of the educational activities of the Zcamite Nature Guide Service". Does it not occur to you that the clause "iri.£2^ixJS£J_..5,g5Jj^n .^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ .^ .^

likely to le.d to dereliction of duty or perjury on the part of the Trus tees?

In vJecticn 5 en page 2 is not the word »

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connection with i^opular interest unnec to einbarrassraent?

ease ry and possibly subject

Cn the Ic^r part of page 4 it is decreed that "the Direc tor cf the Association mlibeJheJar]^Neturali.st". while on the bottom line of the same pag,e it is stated that the Director will report monthly to the Superintendent of Yosemite National Parkjnd the_Chief_Katuralist. Does this not mean that he must report to hiB^eif? Cr are there^JjLO. Chief Naturalist., one the Park Natural- ist, ^bservient to .t4» Chief NaturslistT-seemingly a most extra- ordiruvry division of authority.

The financial control of the funds of the organization seems to oe a little unusual. It is stated that "all out of pocket expenses incurred by the Tmstees" and "all out of pocket expenses incurred by the Director" shall be .reimbursed.-wi thout in either cose settir^ any limit, or providii^ any mthorization therefor.

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In the some^at -niureroug orgenizatione on whose Bocrdfs of Directors (or Trustees) I have served during the past 50 odd years it has been custoi3£:ry to provide for the authorisation of expendi- tures, either hy an annual budget or by the approval of e^tiin&tes submitted by the President or ottier officer* Nothing of the kini appears in the present document but in its place are unrestricted provisions for th^e repayment of unlimited expenditures incurred without specific authority, and without regard, v^o far as appears, to the state of the treasuiy*

The Director is empowered to handle ell funds not in the possession of the Trustees, but there appears to be no specific statement as to how such ft^nds should come into his hands without specific action by the Trustees. Is this not in conflict with the statement on page 6 that "title to all the property, funds and assets of the Association shall at all times be and remain vested in said Trustees'*.

On page 7 it is stated that t>:.e interest from the Endow- ment Fund "will be credited anriually by the Trustees to the Admixi- istrative 4coount". This is contrary to the usual policy, which is

th^^t endowment funds, including fees from life m^bershins and ofjtrons, ^^row by accrued interest and shall

sHall^be held as a separate fund, wholly distinct ^rom the ordinary administrative fund, to be applied by authority of the Trustees to special subjects that may arise from time to time, such as specific investigations or the publication in permanent form of the results of investigations. Personally, I am stix)ngly opposed to the tura-- irg over of income from an Endowiiient Fund to the administrative or other fund used to meet the ordinal^ expenses of an organi:iotion.

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I re^-ret very much the necessity of criticizing so many points in the document you have subnitted. end wish to assure you

thst none of the ehove criticisms heve been made in a captious spirit bat in the ixj tare jrt of the general welfare of the Associe- tioc -nd else for the purpose of safeguarding the Director md Trusteea-thus forestslling difficulties end criticisra sure to come sooner or later.

'Very truly yours,

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April 161526

Ool. Geo^ fl» Stewart Tisalia, Cali&mifl

Dear Col* Stdwert:

On receipt of the pactege of dust i*iich you sent m^ from holes in the granite rock near Sequoia National Perk, I took the peckepe to Dr. Gee. Otis 3mi1ii» Director of the Geolog- ical Surrej md he went with ire to show it to Dr. IfeTxi enhall and Dr* M£tthes4 Dr. Smith thought it likely to he volcanic ash and it was turned over to Dr* C. 3. Ross for er-alysis. This morning I heve received a letter froin Dr. Matthes oonfinning Dr. Smith's identification as voloenic ash. Dr. Katthes will write you direct, so that there seeins to he nothing more forme to «ay in this connect ion except to express my interest in the discovery, C9 it proves that the holes were in existence before the eruption from which this ash came. And furthermote the it emphasizes the deeire-tility of locating the source of the est, as I am not aware of any volcanic activity in this region

during historic times.

fhe subject of these holes is certtinly of more tlicn ordinary interest, end in vie* of your ftmilitrity with them and rdth tiie aid of Dr* Uatthes' photographs and meaeurernents 1 an sure you are in a poeition to contribute on important article on the subject. 1 trust that you will do this in the * near future.

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4"pUy Of the=e curious s^boZs o„ t., cliff, ,t We Uk. .tod, Of the, f„, ,i„.„„, ^,., „, ^^^ J^ •

"'"*'• *•» '»"* "OOW "an. to b. wortliAil,.

t.r..t ■ '^° """" ^"8»*"«"»' JO- =»t is of ,p«ial i„. W .n ..u„«tio„ .ith *at ,o„ tell ., of e.. In,i.„ ^,.,

,t ' °' "' "" "='°' *"""^' »-* «■" i. w.n tao™ to ■

>.» P.CP10 en ^u teU „e the .™. and loosUt, of hi. trib„,

"'""1 "*l>or species „, SmmhL. and one cr t« of led ,e„s. have red iuioe. a„a .„e of tW >„.o^s„ „^,: nas b«en used as a dye.

Thank, also for t^ a=c.„t of t» a Ha^eth Bi„r Mi« .ad, a„ arro.head by , »thod which i, ., „e. to .. a. "ws,to,o». I a. .e,7 gl«i to ha.e this i„,o„,tion. Jl„, ree. » on th. lo«r Kla™th in the territory of .he miUsi r.b.. often called X^. b„. 30 .ilea higher up .,^t put it in gexQjr territory.

Very truly ycxirs.

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April 26, 1926

The diief of Engineers Wer Deperlmerit Vfeshington

Dear Sir:

I chall be obliged if you will

kirjily inform me as to whether the Celietop.a 'iuadrenple of the Engineer Corps fete of CalifoiT.ia h£s b«en printed; snd if not, whether it is likely to be completed in the near future. It oovere a very interesting end importent erea end I am most fttxioua to secure it,

Yei7 truly youre.

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Jii's„ Hers. E. Kichola

/•pril B, 1926

ily deer krs. Nichols:

Pleese perdon me if ] have not already aclc- ncwledeed your letter of ^areh 1 .i.ing .e the ani..l nanB3 I h.d asked you for. I thought I had .rittep you b.t find your letter ie not marked ae answered.

I was very glad to have the n...mes. The n^ne m,^^^ for the Beaver is not a Bi. V.ll.y name -- - rne n...e of the Beaver in the ko-d..U. j,^^, /ro« Big Send Pit Biver to Mcnt.c.ery Creek! ^^ u tfce regular ^fiJiMSm name for the Silver i^'ox. But IftdfiaHlka lor I0..,wg ^'^) is the Pisher. a valuable fur bearing animal, as long as a Pox but not so large.

I Bu. myself interested in Indian basketry and have the .oat mthentic collection in existence-most of the collections, even in inuseums. lacking the names of the. tribes or the Iccali ties wtere made.

I expect to visit lookout again during the corai/i^ s.jmnier and shall of. course look you up. "

igain thanking you for the trouble you have taken in answering my questions.

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Mr. Colin 0. Sand'born

Piold Museum of Natural History

Ohicago, Illinois

liy dear lir. Sandborn:

hany thanks for your interesting pamphlet on the MEmmels of the Chicego erea received recently.

The plain English descriptions in conraction with a large number of illustrations make it easy for anyone of ordinary intelligenoe to identify most of the Kaimals of the area treated, and set? an excellent example ^ich mi^t well be followed by naturalists in other regions*

Very traly yours.

If Dr. W. K, Osnood is in Chicago, please give him my kind regards.

April 16, 1926

Bausch & Lomb o32 Paul St. Rochester, N.Y.

Dear Sirs:

At what price do you supply your binocular magnifier es advertised in Science?

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M7 dear Doctor lietthesi

Many thanks for your letter of yesterday just received. 1 air. very gled to know the result of the analysis of the rock dust from the Indian pits of the Sequoia Forest region and am glad that you are writing Colo Stewart direct.

The fact that the material is volcanic aah definitely proves, of course, that the i)it9 were in wistence before the eruption depositing the ash. I em not aware thst any volcanic activity has been observed in this re,gion within historic times. It would be of much interest to knew the location of the volcano.

With best sishes,

Very truly yours.

^pril 16. 1926

^h-,\- ^' Warren loil Wood ive.

Colorado Springs, Colo. Dear Mr. Warren:

fieplying to your inquiry cf the 9th instant, would sey that D. ]). s. ,^o contributed notes to the imericen «niiT-1irt in and about 1868 was p, 3. Stanley. J re- member his note en the Prairie i)og but do not recall anything in regard to him.

I am glad thst your report on the le Ho TO tone Beaver is soon to be published and arait its receipt with nuch interest.

With kind regnrds,

7ery truly yours.

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April 19. l^K^'

April Iv, 1926

The iVenoh Bookstcre Berkeley^Oeiiforaia

Dear Sirs:

A recent review refers to a

f roDQunc 1 1} g Pi c t lone rx , qLO^UMlm.

pmes . in Scglish uid Sx^anish. by

kertha Le'becu L>.r-'nall, published by

you. If you will kindly send me a

copy with bill 1 shall he obliged and

?.'ill reritst orce.

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Very t.Tily yours »

University Press Berkeley. Celif.

Dear Sirs:

I have just seen a notice of s Pictoriel History of Cclifomic by Professor Oi^ren C. Coy, and shell be obliged if you will kindly send me a copy with bill for s^srx*

Yery truly yours,

A..^.

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April IS, 1926

Editor, The Yale Peview Rew Heven, Conn.

Dear Sir;

1 have recently seen mention

of £ paper by Williem Kent entitled

In the Mounteins of Mendocino Gciinty.

referred tc ea published in the Y^le

Revi^ew of October 1925. I shsll be

obliged if you .vill kindly send me a

copy with bill*

levy truly yours .

ra:ȣh, Oi:lift..-nia

ipril IS 1S26

3c6r Mr. ICiiighh

Cir^; to grMt f„,in,re of ether matters I !,„,, no. ,oe. tho 0!..ir^„ of the .c„ittee o. I„ai« ,«,;„ since

Lt . .^ '°*°'"* ''' '"^ '''' '"= ^-^ I "« -t

. .».r deo.s.„ i„ .,,,,, ,, ,,, OoUett-B.,er Bin. k.t T'ilx know ir. s few dr.ye.

lively to receive t.ror^n, consideration.

Ho. is To„ Co..r,r of Hoplsnd? H, had had a str„ko -* was ,e^ .oorl, ,hsn I l.„t visited .he Indi.n settle™.*.

rou „^ ^, ,hle to help .e in ensuring several .juestions »hich at present are not clear.

.hat si.ila'?*LSi:HK„f,the riv|r^etUr.^a„ ani.*l ,c=..

Wbet does 5iUiala£ nefln? What does Sljajtoi f^ean?

little v.lL'^s*;n^!>u3^-ir^fpi^tl,%t'^^^ to live in

Ivd1i5-v°^-^fi4 'Copland £)eoDte onm .^OT *cr ??i?o« l^(^^E^ as kin!lil}L_J;io chr.7n.fBii_ or. the south? * ^^® ^"e-Ci^verdel

definite io^f UlJt^oCof Co'?resl/ ^''™ ^^^^^^^g ">»"

7ery truly yours.

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April 19, 1926 Dear Doctor Stephens;

27er since the reooipt of Krs. Stophens^ last letter i?e have hed a pleasant hope for she intiF^ted that you end Stevart might he in Kentuclcy about the first of June, This en- courages us in the hope that you ^ill join Krs. Stephens at our houee for a little visit.

It is now painfully evident that we ai-e not liliely to be refidy to leave Washington before the middle of June, so that there will be plenty of time to close the house after your visito

Spring is fairly opening here in the city but not in the turrounding forests. The maples ^nd elms along the streets are now in full flowr and the tulip trees and lilac bushes have leaves nearly en inch long. The sinrA^-^lossom cherries around the ;B83in in Potomac Park passed their prime several days ago and the Japanese cherries will probably be out in about a i?eek unless the present cold smap continues.

Congress does not appear to be willing to smile on our

tj^liibrnia Indians this year*

With love to you all,

is ever,

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Dr* T* K. O^e-^nut Barc^au of ^mistrj Dtpt* of Agriculture,

iWar Dr, Shesnut;

5vory new ant? than I t^jrn to your monumontal end iDOst valunble -'er>r on ^Icrts n^eA by the Indirns of I'acdocino

Your Hete IS, ^\yyrt Z, f^c-- ^^ ZIZ shows ar^

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Iniim Ttomt gathering pinole sead. As the text gites ihe 'iclde, I tssucc- fhei the iffOffian vas a Ember of the Zokia tribe/^ 'ig"^-^^^ thia oorreot? Pigjre 72 shc-^Ts e wcmaii gathering fresh clorer. 49 it oooarsa in t«xt in #iich the TuJce name is given, I asauae fr.at th« wofflEn ir ^u«sticr is a Bound Valley Yuke. Is this cor- rect? ^ J

3>ao years eeo you wers kind enough to s^nd ne a

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picture of a Tokia Indic^n woman making a basket* She is sitting iaj front of ^ board house nth a basket in fant of her so that her face is /ertly hidden by v^rtioel atrEcdf, Do you rerneirber :?h^re ycu to&k this cloture? fhere is soinethinp curious cibout the bi^ekr^t inasiriuch as the finished ^^p^t is obviously coiled, i*iile the ifstanding strendc apoeer to be those cf a twinelbtsket— a curious ^mbinatioru

With "best wishej,

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April 24, 1926.

Lr. H. Ee Anthony

Aineric?n thieeum of Natural IU?torv

Kew York City. ^

Deer i!r. Anthony:

Thanks for your letter of the 22nd inst::,rit. The seuerates referred to were sent me "by someone in your office during! your abnence, for which I arc very much oblijjed. •

No., I sb£ll net be able to attend the neeting of the Mammalogists next week, which I very much regret. I am recovering from b recent attcck of the ,?rippe and am under pressure of accumulated vork. The program con* ttins mtny titles of interest and I wish you special joy in your introductory remarks on »Vhat constitutes Species rnd Subspecies.*

With best wishes,

Tery truly yours ^

^^pril 24, 1926.

^itnf'f^y H. T. Jackson

N^tion^l^-!''''''^^ ^^ Mammalogy r^etional ..useum, lYashingto^

Dear Dr. Jfackscn;

Keplj^ine to your letter of the 17th inetant I

re5rett..tIstair.,tbe.WetoattendthecoMi„g' ' ...ting ot tne ^a..aosist, i. Ke, Yori. I .„ tr.ir. to

reco7er fron a recent sib-ck cf f?.« • , * *"

sit.ck cf tne cnpps end am under

pressure of accumulated work.

-The program contains a surprisingly lar.e num- ber ot titles of papers that promise to be of .ore than -ual interest, some of „h>ch I 3h.ad be glad to discuss. With best wishes for a successful meeting.

Verj truly yours.

Of course you will send me proof of my Buffalo article. II It could come before my departure for Cali,brnia. J.on- delay mipht be avoided.

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Hon. Wm# ?f. Seymour Tacoma Building Tecoma, Washington.

My dear ViT. Seymour:

Very manj'' thanks for your thoivihtfulness and kindnessi in writing me in regard to your forthcoming Glacial P^ak Trip<. Both my daurhter and I appreciate your 5?ar;ge8tion and wuld be glad to join you were I youns^r and v?ere ray California fie\d wrk completed^

For some years pest i have t reveled ,from five to six thousand miles in field wrk in Qalifornia, and last season my dea7!iter end I drove our oar 7^500 miles in field work — and still Id not get to finish the job.

We ejcpect to drive from here to our Oalifornia home in June and are likely to be in the field moet of the tlirJe until November*

With best wishes to you and Mri. Seymour for a success- fal m& enjoyable trip^

Very truly youm^

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Deer Oolonal Mertin:

/. book' catelogae received today aclvsrtis*-« some irisps '.vhich if not aLv^t-dy in your irs;^;! collection yen may find of interocL. DJctices scciossd herewith,]

Very tm !y jxuxfl,

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/.pril £7, 1926

fbgpard Ec;o> Ocmrany 403 3. Sttte 3t/ Bait Lalce Oity.Uteh

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ThprilLG for your Catalogue 173. In it 1 find r book entitled ' l-NlP-E-(;^j^T.

?.-.-Qri;?Z-Ilt?_JnduTn_of the ITintr^ha: of M.^-> by "Ross Lyndon, 1920, crice §2,. 50. I shall be obliged if yea ^n'll sond ire this book if not alrssdy sold,

it whsfc price oen ycu supply a co.:y of ieter G: ttfredscci's tiiiMLMilM&~ iiXin-d.lt:. Utisii?

Very tnilv vour^'.

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April 29, 1926

Mr* C. P. Lerriam 52 H&rlev House Lojadcn, K.W.I

Uy deer Sir;-

Ysry many thanks for your courtesy in sending me s

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cpjj^ of yoiir Sn^lish Herrii^m Bool:, which has reached me in good oondition*

I heve long wished to possess a copy of this beck or;d am placing it in 3iy library alongside of Pope's Genealogy of tiie Kerricrr tribe published in 1906.

It strikes me as a curious circumstance thet elthough 1 scan each year bet:i^een 100 and 200 secondhand bock catalogues 1 here never yet seen a copy of either your book or Pope's listed for sale. ^

Tou and I are descended from different brothers. Judge Nathaniel Kerriam, whose portrait faces pge 115 o? the Pope Genealogy^ was my greatgrandfather, and General Jle Merriaa (portrait facing page 136) my grandfather. Hy father was Olintpn Levi iLerriam. Kis portrait faces page 3£1 and his home in northern New York, where 1 was brought up, feces page 32Z. The notice about my uncle, James oheldon Merriam, is on page 3; facing his portrait. My own biography is on pp. 419 and 4£0.

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Tteiiks for your invitation to come -and see you if I visit Sngland. But I fe«r this is improbeble es all of rcy time ir required in finishing work on Oalifoinia Indians end en North imerican ItasmBls— on both of which I /iRve been engaged for many years. I still spend about half of eech yeer in field work in Gelifomia arf expect to drive across the continent to California in a few weeks.

With best wishe.s,

Very truly yours.

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Kajcr D. 0. Elliott

Kngineer .Production Plant feahiacton Btrracks.D. C.

Dear Sir:

Thanks for ycur note of the 23rd instent telling me thet the Calistoga 5aadrsr{;;le mil le evEilT^tle about July 1* This is good news end I sh^ll te very glad if you will kindly mfiil me three copies as early as possible^ ad- dres?ed to ray stinmer base, lagtmitas, Calif omia.

I shall be oblip^ed else if you will send me, liddressed 151S 16th 3t* |Wasbington,T).C, , t^o copies each of the following Quadrcnglee:

ilbion 19* S 111-^i

Hojplecd 20-N-^ll-I^^

HullTille 30-S-l-li-

Lakeport 3C-S-in-Wi •

fcmo 19^S 11 3i

Tery trulj yours.

jjr. 3>. siman Crosby Kanab, Utah

April 2t, 1926

Dear 3ir:

On Pebrusry 18 you wm te me that your father, iir. Jacob Croeby. would write me later in reference to the approximate location of the boundary between the Southern Piute of the Kanab region and the Utes of the region farther north.

Not having heard from hitn, I am taking the lib- erty of trcublirg you again.

I am anxious to know also *st the Piute of your region call themselves. I mean their own tribel name for themselves c

I am enclosing also a list of words which I shall be very' glad to get the words for in the Piute language of your region. Please don't wait to fill this entire list but send it on when you get the vvords that may be easily obtained.

Very truly yours ,

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l>r. Joseph ^Jriunell UufiQius Yar'tobrate .''oology University of Calif ornia* Berkeley. Celifomia

Dear Doctor Grinnell:

Many tbEiiks for severe! iiitereating papers received a few days ego. Tvro of these I have looked o/er enough to ehov their value, namely: The Pacific Coast Browti Towheee by yourself and owarth, and Raymond Hall's pa^er on Growth of the Sbill of OtoBpermophilus beecheyi. Both contain fidl page plateS|&i:d the plates in both cases ere absolutely devoid of inforr^acive keys or legends, notwithstanding the fact that there is plenty of room on the plate itself^ This may be an editorial over- sight. But do you not agree thr.t it is a little hard on a busy man to have to hunt thiDugh a nujrber of pages to find the simple explanation that ought to be on the plate itself or at farthest on a facing. page?

I notice that Hall treats beecheyi as a subspecies cf grammurns. Do you supi^osfi he could tell us ^ere intermedLfc-tos are to be found?

In your paper on the Towhoes I have had difficulty in finding a definite statemant as to the type locality of c^isfiliis, but am aware that it is usually recorded as Sac Prwci^co or Monterey Bay. In order to reco^^nizo certain teixiencies of oolor- etioL slong this part of the coast I see ttet you have rather

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^t U,terey Uy\. B„t never ,i„.. i aid not set o„tT^ Tet;?- ? "°'*°'°^ °' '" ''^' ""' -*"' -- '0 -

" "^X "'--'"" ^^^ ™eJ>t eesil, ,e given on

the plate itself. .

Your continued productiveness and that of some of

your associates is alwpTO » r^c+4. /.

always a matter of gratification as well as surprise.

With best .vishee to you all.

very truly yours,

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April 29, 1926

Th^ United 3teel & Vir^ Co. Battle Creeir, Ifioh.

Dear 31r^:

Referring to your oirculer recently received I ehall be glad to heire jou senS me one of your Nugget Camp Kite end in addition one eoch of your osmp foiis, for all of ^hioh my check of ^.S5 is endloeed hereifith. Plesge ship to 1915? I6th 3 1.. Trashing ton.

Yery truly yoiat?.

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kay 1. 1525 llr N. W. Dorsey. Accountent Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.

Deer I'.r Dorsoy:

Herewith I am handing you my expense account for month of Ajril, amounting to ^75. 61 and vouchers as follow:

N.H.Ktnt, Photo work M.A.Xewe, Photo work Z.L4ft>crm,Asst l]Jdays !!lla Wllbome,3t6no^

:?47.38 38.20 44.00

125.00

which kindlj^ pay as usual from the Harriman Fund.

Very truly yours.

Am mounting in albums a set cf my Indian photographs taken during the pest 35 years* Dozens of the people and c a number of the tribes have disappeared from the face of the earth.., ^

C. Hart Merrian

1S19 16th St., Washington

Expense Account for Ipril 1926 1926

April Durham Garage, San Anselmo.Celif. 4 mos storape on

Calif, car ^$5. ^

2 Livingston Stationery Co. 1000 pace cooy hook 1

Thomas Barbour .Eeptiles and Amphibiana

i §ar?Crl?l{lfia'L^'?^GlJ^Trai^f^ fe1?§o"!^ii : I I §

9 Virginia Paper Co. J ream green paper cut 3x5 4

13 Allen's Press Clippings. Indians, for March 5

22 3. Kann oons. 6 blank pnoto/^.rapn albums — 6

24 Yah Review for October -•-- 7

28 Wissler,Eelation of Nature to llan

29 Virginia Paper Co. 125 sheets green paper out 3x5 8 W8gn.3as Light Co.. Gas karch 2o-ipril 26 $9.20

[173 9,20 3.07] ---«------------ 9

Electric*current!t[arch 20-April 19 $6.86

L-^-yS 6.86 2.2oJ ---•---.-•----- — - 10 Florence Johnson. cle an inp office rms month of April 11

Stampt envelops & postage, April -

Cotton thread & ruober erasers - — —

Bus tokens for assts on errands —

Photo fcdbum strips .25; corners for mounting photos^. 60

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20 00 6 50 3 50

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Washington Gas Light Co. 419 Tenth St . .Washington

Dear Sirs:

Tour advert isement of the Ruud Water Heater has just arrived with my gas bill.

I note that you offer to install a Ruud Water Heater for $5 dom and $5 per month. -♦.t'' I never buy anything on the instsllmont plan, but always pay cash.

! #:all be ollined if you will answer two auestione: (l) It what price, cash down, will you install the heater, allowing for the old Pittsburg Heater and connections which have been in place in the basenient for years? A large gas pipe leads directly from the outside main to the Pittsburg Heater. The new heater is to stand on the same spot. (2) Are these Ruud Water Heaters the latest model?

Tery truly yours,

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Professor J. H. McGregor Columbia University Hew York City

My dear Professor MoGregor:

7ery many thanks for the separates you were good enough to send me of your im- portant article entitled I^ecent 5tn(!ies on the Skull and Brain of

I am particularly pleased to he able to add this paper to my file on the poesihle ancestors of primitive man. It is a great sestisfaction to have so comjplete a publication to refer to.

With best wishes,

Very truly yours,

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Col. Lsiwrence tlartiE Chief , Division of iisps Library of Congress

Deer Colonel liar tin:

Thanks for your letter of the first instant enclosing a memorandum relfitinr to the pul^li cation of a list of maps of Oalifornia.

Such a list v^oald be of rrtuch value to students of history arfd exploration and also to zoologists and botanists and do:;btless rnany others 7*10 are frequently confronted with the time-killing task of locating early geographic names.

It is a calamity to the progress of knowledge that means of publication in this country ere so inede'^nr^te.

It occurs to me thai light on the subject night be obtained by addressing the Ol'iHirDaan of the Research Council, National academy of sciences, and the ?res»d<^nL of the Carnegie institution, both in this city.

With best ^ishts,

7ery truly yours, C2 ><K ,\- \,^

May 3, 19E6

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Dscir Sir;

L recent bock catalogue issued by the Dawson Book Shop contains a full page notice of a celebration to be held next fall in honor of Jedidiah 3. Smithy the first Mn to clroas western ilmerica from the Eocky fountains to Califcrniao I am glad tc -mow about this and shall be greatly oblir^ed if you will keep me infomed as to any pub- lications th.^t may eppear on the subject.

In another envelop I ajn sending; you by, same mail three of my publications concerning Jedidieh Sniith and his route to Soutueni California and also across the Sierra. H<=» was a greet man.

Very truly yours.

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liay 3, 1926

-bouxfe

Daweon's Bock Shop 627iGr8Qd Avenue * Los Angeles, Celif,

Deer Sirs:

Your recent catalogue contains

the follctr.nty tltle^-

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Breazi-^lc {J.^.] The Vln^ and His Basket.illustrated* ISmo*. original, cloth, uncut.Mew Tucson, 1923, $2.00

If the "book is not already sold I shall "be ©"bli^ed if jou will send it to me with Mil and 1 will remit at onC(5,

Very truly yours,

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alitor Publications- ^^^ ^' ^^^^

Museum of 2colcgy University of WLchigaa Ann iroor, Michigan

Dear Sir;

Snclosed is $1 for vhich please send me several copies of yonr Museum Puhlication No. 166: Kctes on Pacific Gogg^ Haobits end Pic/^8 by I. H. Dice. ..

The oHer a man grows the more deeply he is impressed with the necessity of placing technical papers where they may be found witii the least expenditure of timeo

VUth this end in view it has been my practice for the past 35 or 4C^ years to file author's separates both under authcr and iind#j? subject treated; end in the case of Mamma] papers I have endeavored to secure enough copies to file under generic

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headings all matter relating to the genus in question. And when- ever practicable I have endeav9red to secure enough cooies to file one under the geographic area to which the observations

relate^

If I have only a M ngle copy of a paper, as in the case of Dicers LiLt^^j^J^ggific Coast Babbits and ric?g, I would feel obliged to file it under the general heading Rabbits and therefore mi^t easily overlook the matter it contains on the Rooir Oonies eti. the Hehc Pigmy Babbit.

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Col. Geo^ ff. Stewart Yisalie, California

Dear Colonel citewart;

Thanks for your letter cf April 27 btA the package of £i^nf:T)t from cones of the Giant Sequoia,

1 am transrdtting it to Dr. C.A.Brown, Chief of the Bureau of Oheinistry, Department of Agriculture, and iiill let you know promptly ±at hB says sbout it*

It strikes me as remarkable that the subs tanoe—whfit ever it is— should be so completely soluble in water as to mke such 8 smooth flowing ink 83 your letter would indicate.

Very truly yours,

ure

May 3, 1926

Dr. C. A. Brown

Oh5^ef .Bureau of Chemistry

U.S. Department of igricult

2iy dear Sir:

Herewith ! am sending you a quantity of fi curious :.;;t8rial from the cones of the Giant Sequoia collected in i*equoia National Park, California, by Wpltor ?ry, Park Commissioner, and sent me a few days ago by Colonol Ueo. W. Stewart of Visalia.

A little cf this niaterial dissolved in water makes a very fair brownish^ red jnk*

I shell be obliged if you will kindly tell me what it is, and whether or not it is known to possess any quality of value.

Very truly yours.

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Shepsrd Book Co. 408 So » Stste St. 3£lt Lake Oity, luah.

Dear Sirs;

Bte Wlan of tne 'JirtA,.' tcetl.sr ,Uh the .t<:t=«.-.V *;t ;=; c« ^ppU P^*" Uottfrea.on-s .India. O^prcac- tims- in ntdi' for »4,0O, l« s just co.« to htnd. . « enclcsin.o herewith ..y check for ....X m ,.u,nnent

V 1 .' .vn be very pliid to receive the Gottiredscn, bocks Bna snaii ^le vciy tx<-^

1 hop^' the latter mil contsii. the^3ue_?l?nier>t u- u o T.f.r is-^ued 8S a stnfill aamphlet favlng a Uto

which 'iBS later Iboaea t*3 c. . .

voceliulary

Yer? tral^^ yours.

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Dear Dr, Shipley:

lyinA to ycur Istter of April 30, just recei7ed, would say thet you are hereby authorized tt; attach My name to the circalar letter outlining the objects of the Scioncie League.

I am mortified to fiml that, owin^ to i,recsii«'a of various kinls, I had -nislsid your former lotter.

y/ith best wishes.

Very truly yours.

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Mr. John Collier

•Indian Defense A3soci£ition ' .

Muns ey Bldg . ,T/a s hing t on

Dear Ur. Collier:

Thenks for cerbon of your letter of Mxiy 8 to Kr* I^o. ' But the cerbon mentioned tc Captain Bonnin m-B not in the en- velope. Anyhow. I cannot imagine w'hj yon sijp^goetcd amendrerts to the Collett-Baker Bill,

You are too flattering in your references to my di?&- jointed and ill- expressed tcstimoriy. If I bed he If your mental slertnes? and facility of 9>:pres5ion I could do vastly l'viter«

In this connection I wish to express ny appreciation of end adniraticn for your mimeoi^rraphed statement of the 8th instant entitled IhnLndii^n Affairs Outloo}^. It is a renarVa^l^ document and I wish it ira^jht h8V»3 wide circulation. It is a sad fact thst there seem to be no dinnified nei^s^aners or •hop- azines that take much interest in Indian affairs.

The analysis of tb^ Sighteen Califoralr Treaty "tribes''

which Mr. Letts asked me tc prepare for the Gornmittee on Ird.an

Affairs has proved even more serious undertaking tten I h^c. ex^

pectod al'.hourh 1 knew it would be no smsU job. I have now worked on it for five da^ and em net yet c^uite finished. Mill send you a car'bon of my letter to Kr. Letts 8s soon ^^3. it is delivered fprob^*^bly in a day or two;.

In ansvar to a phone incj^ii';;; Kir. Hart t^^Ols me that our testimony is not yet ready. I am anxious to go over mine ae eorly

as prectic«eble. ^

Very traly yours, •

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Kr. k. Jo Peterson I*; Fiioenix Bldg. Duluth, Minn.

Door Sir:

In 3cpteTr:ber 19L0 1 purchased from you an iv-topack whidi hxs been in use in camping trips ever since and has given great satisfaction.

If you are still making this Autopack I should be nledi to purchase another, and shell be obliged if ycu .vill send me your circular or price list of the several sizes and styles.

Vqtj truly yours.

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Loconohile Go. of America Bridgeport, Conn*

Dear Sirs:

For some iDonths uast I hsve "been interefited in jcur Junior-8, specimens of which I have examined in San Francisco, Cambridge^ aid Washington.

I am thinking of it in comiection with a trip across the continent from this city to California, and also with refer- ence to field woric in the mountains of California.

'liy wife and daughter prefer the Sedan, but the tonneau is so small that there is no pl^ce in which to carry our camp outfit. The Touring Car has more room but those I have seen have no pockets, merely a cloth flap for a women's handkerchief. We need rood capacious pockets, strong enough to hold tools and other camp necessities.

1 shall appreciate the favor if you will tell me frankly whether or not this car is likely to prove gtronp; enough for field use in .rough country, and whether you supply cars with real pockets.

2 have not seen an exposed chassis but from the view through the hcod. 1 em suspicious of the exposed clutch-drive ^h^el, whidi looks to Ts^e as if it might easily become packed ^th mud.

Tery truly yours.

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May 12. ;S26

Co']. VieOc ff. 3tfiW6rt ViBslio, Califomia

Bftftr Ccionsl Stewart:-

Dr. 0. A, Bro-roe, Ohief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, in reply to ray letter of Kay 3 transmitting the materiel you sent from csones of the Giant Sequoia, states:

"This material, which we vinderstand is a by-prcduct of the preparation of Sequoia cone? tor piantine, is as a tastter cf fr-ct e hidi- prade,i^tural dry tanning extract, some eamples SI ^'''^25, ^® "^"'■® exeuii-'ied nmning fcs hiph as 7^ or ?3 per cent of eotail tannin absorbed bv

hidft iinwriftr Tf if move i^'kf .-.■;« «^ VI - ^^ *

I have just written him again asking if the dye and ink c^iElity which the material seems to possess is the result of the enormous percentage of tannin.

Very truly yours.

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Kay 12. 1926

Dr. 0» A, Browne

Oh i©f, Bureau of Chen ia try

flapt. of Agriculture

Ky Seer Dr. Browne : .

Very many thariks for your letter of the 6th instent in reply to my inquiry about the mterial from Sequoia cooeSj transmitted to you at the same time.

It is interestinc to know that tMs materiel contains such an extraordinary percentage (72 or 73) of tanain. Bat is it the tannin ttet gives it the quality of an ink or dye?

Tery truly yours.

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Dear Mrs. Trout:

Very msny thanks for your kind- ness and the trouble you took in sending me thfi manuscript vocc'culery of the Cheyenne leneuagc as written l>j your fether in 1399. 1 am very j^lad to add it to my seriea of '/ocebulariss.

Very truly yours,

Krs, 2. B. Trout 2713 Ontario Road Wflshinf^ton

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May 13, 19^6

Miss P^ena Wheli^n

82 Liberty St.

San Jrencisco, Calif.

My dear Mies Whelan:

The enncijiic €fn etit

for 19E6 dues dated

May 6 has just arri'Ted and in canplieoce there- with I aa enclosing ay check for $9 in payiiiant of dues forkrs. Msrriam^ iJenoids, .and myself.

We have not heard from Laganitas in a long time and do not know whether you have had a wet or a drjr spring.

le ?;hall Tse dreadfully late in get- ting off this yeer. Wa expect to drive across and ere not likely to arrive much tefore the end of June.

Ilith "best wishes to you all »

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Hon. ?• Dickinson Letts

Chairman SubcoTmnittee on Indian Affairs

House of fiepresentctiv8S,Washington

My dear Mr. Letts:

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careful examination of the socelled 'Urihal names** enumerated ^ in the Eighteen Califory^ia Treaties of 1651 and 185g,rmbligh8d by the Senate in January 1905 f32nd Congress, 1st Session).

The total number of the alleged 'tribes' listed in the Eighteen Treaties appears, to be 125. Half a dozen of these are unidentifiable* Of the others, some are duplicated under different spellings, in some cases v/ith different initia] let- ters (resulting probebly from illegible handwriting).

And a surprisingly large number are not tribal names at all but names of rancherias or villages. Thus, in the Treaty of Camp Oolus, Sept* 9, 1351, the folic ^ing are emimerated as 'tribes' : Colus, Willays, Oo-ha-na, Tat«nah, Cha, Doc-duc, Cham-net-co, Too-de. Of these 8 Pf^mes, % are villages fCc— ha-na, Tat-nah, Oha, Boo-due. Toc-de, and Cham-net-co), leaving only 2 as tribes.

Another example is the Treaty of Oct. 6, lc?/i. with

tha Upper Klamath, ohasta, and Scott Eiver Indians, of which

6 tribes or bands are mentioned, ns follow: 0-de-i-lah, I-kf^-ruck,

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Ko-se-tah, I«d£-kar-i-waka-ha, Wet-sa-he-wa, and 2-eh. One of these, I-da-kar-i-waka-ba, was a small band named for a local chief, vhile t7/o, I-ka-ruck at Hamburg and Ko-se-tah at Yreka, were viained for the locality — and so on. Not one has any tribal

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It appears therefore that the great majority of so- caUed 'tribes' enumerated in the Eighteen Treatieg^ are nothing mere tlian local b*'n:ls or villages — not more than 56 of the 126 being tribes!

On the 0 tiler h?:nd, in checking the Treaty names against the names of the known Oiili^crniH tribes it aopears that more than 175 tribes are not inc] i;deu in tJ^t- Eighteen Treaties.

In other words, it is obvious that the Treaty Commission- ers in attempting to list the tribes of California not only in- cluded a large number of villages > but — and this is far more im- ocrtant— mentioned less than a tliird of the actual tribes of the

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State. This, as I stated before your Committee, is yjYnt would be expected, for not one in throe of the California tribes were known ?;o the Americcns or Spanish-Mexicans in 1651.

The Baker Bill therefore specifically limits its benefits to one third of the tribes of the Sttte, leaving two^ thirds un- providedfqr?

And in the event of a deoit-ion in favor of the Indians, fiodci and eveiT iniividuol must prove descent from one of the 18 Treaty tribes--in many cases an extrmely difficult procedure.

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And finally, the Raker Bill is silent 'as to lifi£ any Indians are to "benefit if the suit is won— the Bill failing to provide for ^idminiBtration of the ftind<.

The K;a^p Bi^l on the other band [irrespeotivo of the emount finelly appropriated] provides for ima^diali.e relief from present pitiful conditions.

Moreover, the Kahn Bi^ll is conBtructive. outlining a definite policy under en unsalaried Oomission (to be appointed by the Federal Government and the Governor of Celif ornia) with authority to begin at gnce by [when necessary] purchasing land, providing convenient water supplies—one of the most fundamental re^^uirements of civilisation—and in ofcer ways assisting Indians in building sanitary homes and in establishing themselves on a stable self-supporting basis in agriculture or other Industry so that they may become actual and self respecting citizens.

Tery truly yours »

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Vr. Robert A, Norton e/p Jewell & Spencer n*7 Ta/^ Avenue TJflw York City.

IJenr Robert:

Your letter if yesterday arrived prorr^jtly this morning.

The preaaure rrteehanlam Zenalda told you about hea not^'r?* to do with the oil burner apparatus ercopt t*iat it does not operate unlesia the burner i3 go^ns. When the burner is turned off tne fre'iau re gauge reedo tibxit 56. After the burner is turned on the vreasure risea in u fer ft'inutea to 90, thus greutly accelerating the flou of hot water throij^ the radiators. I think it ia a jflnderfully eff'^ient apraratus. It coat a^ \it $60 installed, and is ea'^lly worth t*^at amount 'r- ^.:el aavfne z>^i ^Aqo in the cor^ort of hentinr the houae in half t"^ time t'lat would <>therwi3e be re-

"^^ ' Wv»ovi ^'^e ^'Mm^^r is tamed off the preas^ire gaugd

pr^ft^tly r^*"urrj| to a^mt 55 an«l the waterAj5y3t6cn coaaoti to circu- late# M least this fs ry opinion, for the radiat'^r* stay hot ap* parently m\xd^ lonc^r t^mn the water 5n the furnace*

Unfortunately, I do not know the narie of the afjaratus. >),,*% It cmaiata of thr&e cylindrical iron affuira about 2 inches in c^i«)eterhy 4 in heic'Tt--2 aliVe and one different, all painted yad. .The red paint, of eoume^li hirh/y lamortant as red stands for

heat**

The f\imace man who installed the afft;ir said that it waa not a merc^io^ pre^aur^, hut could nat e^lain Just how It worked* It does the husineas mi that is enou-h for ine. It ia attached to the hot water pipe -oins frorc the furnace to the mdiatoiB ujid of sourae has nothing whatever to do with the oil burner, and would work equally well with ooal.

No, we -nave not yet decided on the car t^t is to carry us to California. We all favor the Junior El^H and would decide on it but for the suspicion that when in hir^ It locVs power on grades, so that it wouM he necessary to chancre f^ears oftener than we would enjoy. And there appears to be one other difficulty, nairely. *n t^© tumlrp; radius. When in Carhridse. Henry Abbot and I felt sure that the t-jmlps radius was unusually short, but our experience with the ear rocently here in ra^hlngton is luite the contrary, so that I ar not sure that it would make some of our hair- pin turns on the mountain tirades of California.

While not addicted to the Studebaker, we have nevertheless ridden 5n a Studebalcer Standard Six und wei* much surprised at its ^jietreis, pow«r,and eaey rfding quality, alt^ourh t>!e wheel base i«,,113 inches. Shall be Pjlad of any Coirf wta that may occur to you.

With best wishes from us all to yourself and Barbara,

Vety truly yours,

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Ilr. Robert A, Norton e/o Jewell & Spenaer

Hew York City*

Denr Robert:

Tour letter if yesterday arrived ^rorrjptly this morning.

The pressure mechanism Zenalda told you about has not^'*r!*t to do with the oil burner apparatus except t*^at it does not operate unless the bamer i3 goir^* Vhen the burner is turned off tne pressure gauge reads ab^t 56* After the burner is turned on the pressure rises in a few minutes to 80. thus great Ij^ acoeleratiqg the flow of hot water throuHh the radiators, I think it is a wonderfully efficient aprarattis. It cost ah\it $50 installed, and is eas!ly worth t*>at arrount in fuel savfr^ e.ni also in the cofffort of heating the house in half the time that would Otherwise he re- quired.

Wh^^ the h!imer is turned off the pressure gauge

pr^wtly rft*"um8 to ah-xit 55 and the waterAjsystert ceases to cireii* late# At least this f s r!y opinion, for the radiators stay hot ap- parentiy much lon^^r than the TO.ter in the furnace*

Unfortunately » I do not know the naine of the apparatus, butt it consists of three cylindrical iron affairs about 2 inches in c^^ioreeter by 4 in helGht—2 alike aoid one differetit, all p-ainted red. ,3^^ f^ paint, of course^ itf high.^y iaportant as red stwnds for

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The flimace man who installed the afftiir said that it vaa Rot a merwiy pressure, bit could mt explain just how It worked. It doea th» buaineaa and that ia ennarh for ire. It i« attac^ied to the hot water pipe going frotti the furnace to the mdiatow and of course haa nothlne whatever to do with the oil bumer.and would wox* equally well with coal.

No, we ^ve not yet decided on the car that le to carry U8 to California. We all favor the .Tun -for Eight and would decide an it but for the suspicion that when in hirh It lacks power on grades, so that it wouM he necessary to change gears oftener than we would enjoy, And there appears to be one other difficulty, nwely. ^n t^e tumlr^ radius. When in Cartridge. Henr/ Abbot and t felt sure that the tujnins radliw was unusually short, but our experience with the ear recently here in R'a^hlnston is luite the eontraiy, so that I an not sure that it would make some of our hair- pin tunw on the mountain grades of California.

•hile not addicted to the Studebaker. we have nevertheless ridden !n a Studebaker Standard Six and weiv much surprised at its ^pietneis, pow«r,and easy riding quality, althoa^ih the i^eel base Is^llS inches. Shall be glad of any Comrats that may oocur to you.

With best wishes from us all to yourself and Barbara,

Very truly yours,

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Eeur Wr. lartinelli:

T^.^s ^^ttfn^ lit^a Ard W4f are no*, likely tg be «felt to star^ f^r California ><5fr>rc An^t^^r i^^rth. H il r^3-:lt, I feitt t*-iat 7ena.icfei*a oi^ffhajrtl arl herr' jutch fsill drr uf .like th^dyi'd laat year, ^Oforo cur arrirvl*

We 3''Tull bo ,^ro'iMy oMl^^ed. t^eref^re, if jniu ulltl Vir>ily ta^e ^^ '^acMi trj^ hole '^Uj -)rt'"ie :5roodb')u«d wr ^ir^Gtf Cl irhlnk I lefi them in t^e T^rt^} i^Pdt 5w tnat ^iwn^;^ wattj> !i^^ ^^ io'ne to Itec^ thin^tf In jrryer corr^itior^

T can^t jw;«t7^.er •^het^'^er ^r not I oufe 7^ th# Jtey tc the Tarac-. -^^J \'^fBrom «r enc^oelngj r;^ ^^rgvitkl kay herwibhi

We 'la^e n-ii heard arr.i>h?ng ftaa our ::art of CaliTomia fcr i3«4 ©orjth« and do mt Icnotnf «he Ser •^r r^t ^rr^^ juln fell iurl'^G *^t wf>*er and i^rlr^ te •^a-e ju3t hed « f^»^e xti!n ^ere, wSfi^ {a worth a ^rsat deal to '^d fti,n?ierf*

With boat w* 3^68 f r>r al t of Ul 1» ^W 4Ur

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May 20, 1926

Manager ^ , . . „

Allen ^s Press Cliopme Bureau Ssn Prencisco, Califcrnia

Dear Sir:

I \)£tch of clippinr^s just received contains

fire long clii)pin,^isfherewith enclosed) relating to the

numerous and varied matters discussed at meetings of

iicmen^s clubs, in the course of which the words

Undian welfare' occur without any infoimation. 3uch

references ere utterly worthless to lae and take a lot

of velu£»ble tine because I have to lock throueh the

tedioiisly long stuff in each cli^pinp, to see if there

is anything of any interest in connection with my work.

I hrve been annoyed by this sane sort of matorial for

E year or more and shrll be ^T^etly obliged if you

will kindly abstain from sending me any more.

Besides these, I cm prclcsing s clip^.ing, en- titled 'The Springville Club has Indian program ^ which is pasted on the reference so thet the date cannot be

ascertained.

Yery trul^^ yours,

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Kr. J£'.mes 3. 3iir,DSon Red Eock ?anc a, Wyoming

Dear Sir;

Your letter of April 9 addressed tc the omthsonlan Institution, hes recently beer, referred to me for reply.

1 am elwsvs glad to obtain skulls of Grif-Kly Messrs, particularly those of old males, and durin. the past 35 ye.rs have brought together sborA 2,000 in oar National idufHeum. I Isck funds wherewith to purcr,?jse skins, bnt for complete skulls of Grizzly Bears in goo^ -ondition, with teeth, cnn x^^J vlO or in some C£50S $1£ esCii. Per Teaalos end young not more then half that einount. In case you secare any which you are willing to dispose of et tho^e prices, pleese attach r "fehel tc e^ch -^uri giving the locality and dete w^iere killed and your cv-t. r-^ ^ - ' ship by 3xpress, charges collect, carefully peokeri to prevent breakage in transit, ftddressed tc U.S. Biclcpiccl Survey » Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, B. C. /^d don't fail to write ycur own naise and address legibly on the outside cf ^-^ ^ -^ckr^-^ ?s well a^ OX) each Icbel or the inside.

In case expre«^^3£^e is toe expensive .r Uic5nvenienl,

skulls mav be shirroed Parcel Post, but i:-^ thrr or-«^ ^r jy ^ust bo wrapped very cereTully with e;fGelsior r «"- othir .i ^ - kin^ over the teeth and on" the sidei;* of • he ^^ull to ^rp" :.t breaka^^tJ of the cheek bones.

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/ery trvxy vourB ,

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Jierksley' OclH.

Boar Doctor GrinnslI:

■Ttante fcf ,cnr letter cf the 5t>, i„.ta„t in .hie* you E^iposr to agree ilth mo=t rf m. • , letter to ,Mq1, it was <, replj. ^

Itf "ork i, getting along fairly ^n but .uffer,

EKiy uitorrui-tions. For lnat-r,.« > k

»eefc. i. • / "''-n'^''. 1 bsve just spent t«, mi

« ets =n p ep.r.ng „ request = etst^ent for the Houee Oo.- -t.ee on Indie n «f Mrs relating to California Indians.

01, V , -, t'™" '^° ' "" ' ™««'i «="* " the Sierra - Snelisn an, Spanish, b, ^rth. le.e» Xarah^ll. recorded

«cte thxs bookstore, but the letter ,a. returned witt the Hate.«t th..t there i, „o etore of t,.t n«s in BerWey. If jou .,ep.r to ten. b, *o» this Pronouncing m=tionar, .a,

^ «.1I kindly fomrd the enclosed Utter. I shall

^9 vr^ ... 3h obU.-,d. . . nail

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Very truly yours.

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i)r. Y, K. Chesnut Bureau of Oiemistry Dept. of I.(jriculture

Deer Doctor Chesnut:

0^ April 22 lest 1 wrote jou csking for certain date for the jjliotogrephe you published in ycur .^reet paper on the food of Porno Indienso Ton started to tell roe soTriethim ebout this v?hen vie met et the aesfcin^ of fha Ketional i.cederr,y^ but just st that moment 1 w^3 interrupted and unel^le to .jet in touch with you e^'ain. I shell he the nkful .there fore, if JOU Till Virdly furnish bs nruch of the needed infonrttion 85 practicable et this late day.

With best liahes.

Very truly yours,

Jir. Jose0i Kfiilllard IcadecT of Sciences cue ifrEncisoo^Oalir.

Dear Jlr. MEillierd:

Kay 21, lSii6

lour interesting article on the fall song of the To-^- seud Soliteire, published in the Key number cf fifi QonlQtJ^gt re- ceived, reminds me of similar incidents in my own expeHenoe.

The birds as you know nearly el^ys 3rift into the cedar belt in the fell of the ye.r. V/e found them emons the junipers elonr the efist base of Srn Prencisco klt..Ari«)na, in the middle part cf iepterrber. 1389. (lUliulam.*«o.2.10UlSc.O).

In mj report on a Biological Surrer ^ Kt, Shaefa I slzSe that in Shasta t^lley "i sew dozens feedltv on the juniper berrie* end singing freely. 5ept.29Md9d {]UI!l^lssasJ''C.5^S3^S^9).

In the fall of 1890 I found them in the Pehsimeroi toui^tains in ^ptember.and on October 10 saw one amonc scattered juiUper^ m thr Ut8 canyon* of Sr^ke Pirer near Shoshone Falls. f]jj,^,-»fet:?^ yc .5*108 ,1891^ .

Uet fall in early October X saw end heard one in the jo«lper«V^t east oi ntrJne-et the base of the fottsted moun- telB riae. thrt separate. ?sll Kij.r r.lle. f^. ^i€/elley.^_^

It ieTocl to s^'M. ,^ «te so ecti.e in your omxtfeo-

iMloal work. 1 ccn*'Tntulate you.

With Vlnde^t rer-arfi. to r^r siet^a, ycur brother, and your BBBoclotes it thf Ayai»"'y»

Veiy truly yours,

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Er- CO. J^'bdt, Acting S«c* iiithaonlftt Institution.

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Eejlyin:: to your let/.rr aaVirg for aug- ,^e^t3or3 for tVe C#t)eral Aj^rencUx to the Sr.ith- sorian Report for 1926. I rejT^t to say that I do not think of ar.y articles that aeerr: to t)e sultuhle*

▼ery truly youirs.

'&y n-i, 1926.

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Vright Howes

ll-^ So. »;ichij>n /.re/.

Chicac-o, Illinois.

Teur Sira:

Ih^nks for your Oiitaiog^ just recaived*

i jhall be obliged if ycu will sejxi cie

Carrinston CF. C.) 'My Army Life and the Tort Phil

TCeti.rr:ey Magaacre of 1P£6*— $2.50, check for which

herewrfth enclosed*

Veiy truly yours,

mniel H. !Tewha!l

1701 Per3h:!v- Sui;ure El:l-.

Hew Tork City. *

If n)t already oold, pleiise send r.e your No. 84, •Indian Basket Weavirg by t,he Kavajo School of Indian Ba3lcotrj^*'—$2. 50.

7er}^ truly yours,

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Dear Mrs. Armer:

isy 25, 1926 •

^^J 25. 1926.

I am heertbroken. Ycur paintings have arrived and are so fflr from the Indian conception of the subjects that I could not pes- sihly use them. This fills me with sadness •

Evidently your overlooked my very special and urgent re- queF^t that the pictures he ricde of sinall size (not more than dcuhle the si^.e cf the paf^>? on which they are to he reproduced) and that they fulfil the Indians' conception of the First Pecpl^Q, which must he a compromise het^veon the humar fonn and the arimals into which the First People were finally transforined.

It is a sad hloxv to me. I have been .vaitirf, all winter, as ycu knoT?, in the hope cf receiving, a sa.ngle picture or two so thot I mipht get the beck' in press before returnirg to California." This dreadful delay has made it iT,r;oJ='sible to bring the book out this season and has prevented me from getting other illustrations.

On the cth^r hand you hnve spent a great deal of tim-? tiid thought ir makirr; these painting, and looked at -g j^ictur^.g, vdthout regard to the ^ur^.ose for which they are intended, they are adaiireKy executed and interesting—so I feel greatly embarrassed.

I have just retiu-ned then by express, prepaid and insured, and sm enclosing $E5.00 to reimburse you for the packing, cartage, and expresaage.

Mrs. Laura A, ^mer 12£9 Arch Street Berkeley, California.

Tifith best wishos,

Very truly yours,

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|h©pard Book Co. Sail Ltike City, Utah.

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•T oirs;

Please send me, as advertised in your

recent bock catalog thp ? ^«n« •

«>.aiog, me c folQowins publications,

both in wrappers (unbound), at ^.75 each:

(1) The fountain Lc-adow llcssacre by Josiah Gibbs

(2) Eri sham's Destroying .^ngel. Disclosures .f Bill llickflian.

Check for ?1.50 enclooed. ^^r^ truly yours.

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C&shier *. »., „ , Orocker 1st lat'l Bank

San ?ranoisoo, Oalif.

Deer Sir:

Enclosed is my check on the HEtional

lletropolitsn Bank of this city for I2CO.00

v*ich kindly credit to "ly account end oblige

Verj truly yours.

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Mr* 6ob«rt A. Norton C/o Hewaai & Spancer . ^. »7 Park AT«..l(ew York Oily

Doar Bobert: . * .

Tory «any thoaks for your letter of tho 18th iiataiit lo ivhioli yoa knock out th« Stadebakor Standard Six AtA roooanend the Dodga irith the Graham standard gear shift. 1 did not know imtil the receipt of your letter that thia ohange «as poasihle. Tha Ooige agent here telle »e that he idll sake the chaoge for |?5, so noting on your reoomendation 1 hare ordered the ear.

Ihile adTertiaed as tullj e^iulppad, I find the Dodge short of aeTeral iaportsnt acoeasorl&a* for iastanoe, it has to troAle light and no socket for one, and a»ong other thinga the Botoaeter is an extra. And several other things— the robe rod for ins tan'Jij— look aighty cheap. My main objection te the car is that it is a four instead of a Six. However it looks strong, and the all steel body of the Sedan appeals strongly to ths other

■eabers of ay f sally.

I hare no donbt ttiat the car will carry us to California

ooafortably and enable us to accoaplish n lot of field work after

m get there*

But I anst adalt that so far as appearance anS perfora^ anoe of » new ear are concemed I greatly prefer the Studebaker

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Standard Six— not knowing until receipt of your letter that th# ear is any mora oheaply aade than the Dodge^or any of the other present day aiddla prieed ear8»

Thanking you for the trouble you have taksii in writit^ ■e 80 fwlly and for putting ae wise on these iaportsnt aattffw, and with love to Barbara in which all onr fnily join,

Texy truly yours.

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Vmj 27. 1926

Lo<M»obil« (k>mp«nr 1517 CennMticat Ive* WaabingtoD, D. C.

Pear Sin:

Herewitli I an retutniof; the copy you loaned »• of the Oimer'i Befertttce Book for the Junior 2i^t.

Ibile iBpressed by th e aauy exooUect features of th« J«nior Bi^t, «e fear that as at preseut hailt it is not ^uite fitted for the kind of nngh field sork «d hsTe for a car. Riarefom se hare decided not to get one this year; but if certain changes are aade «e nay pnrohase one later on.

f hanking you for your rarioua courtesies,

Tory truly yours.

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Dr, Maynard Shiplsy ^ ,

President .Soienoe leage of Aaerioa

630 Maxksi 8t«, San franeisoo Osir Doctor Shiplsy:

Beplying to your letter of the 12th instant SDuld 999 that I should protest aost Tigerously against ttis rsadii« of any version of the £ible in the pshli<^ schools. It would be a aixing up of religion and ed- ucation and offensive to a large proportion of iaerican oitisens. It seems to ne.in Ties of the purposes of the league, a mate of ti«e to refer the matter to the

«nti«e AdTisoxy Board.

1 fsar «e shall not readt tagnnitas until

the first weak in July.

Tety truly yours.

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Dr. ?• £• Chesnut Bureau of Chemistry Department of jigricnlt

Dear Doctor Chesnut:

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Very many thanks for your letter of the 26th instant, just received, giving me the askad-for dcts in regard to certain photographs of lokiah and Yuke Indians published by you in 1902* I » mighty glad tc got the correct dats for these illjistrations.

You say you wuld liice to hear from me if 1 get into Mendocino County again • Why^ I »ork in Men- docino County every year and usually visit th^ county at least ten times during each scagou — and expect to for some time to come. So if you have any pleasant messages to send into that part of the state I 3hflll be happy to place them as you may direct. We are ex- pecting to drive fi^in Washington to Califomi.n next month to resume our field wrk a?rong the California Indians •

With best wishes and many thanks^

Tery truly yours,

cJ.\Ws>-!q-\

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Mr. L* J. Heynos •^I'lice of PuolxoatioEB

Departaient of Agriculture Dear Sir:

Oen yoa send ire tv?o copies of a Department pufclioetion eotitled 'CoRtributions from ths U. 3. Nstional Eorbariiiir' Tol.r, No. Z, Ullacts.Used by tMjndias of Mendocino County, California', by V. K. Chesnut, 1902? If so I shall be greatly obliged

This publication has a distinct and rather aniqua value to both botanists and ethnologista.

Very truly yours.

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Hall and Mrs. Hall:

U.t .».t.r «.rl, la ?.*r«i7..t .bent tb. t«. *.»

„, of .« north.™ I«ll«. bHl" '0 '"1 *"• P^ " ""^'^ „d «.. «.lr.t for coff«. i ..nt th. »0 you «r. «na «o^b t, gi« « to *. .toro k..,.r at Uokout in Big T.U„. and

X — A*t tft a »erv Old Indian mermen whcia

atkad him to apply it «« » o^'^" *<> * ^•'^ ^ ,^ ^ ,^^

. in r^ftim 0«Keal« I also wit>te the schoolteacher

toe Indiana call lottle 0 Seal-

tJ.t the pres«.t was f^. you, and ehe .rote .e that I.tt.. wa. reoeiTi^ th. good, and was «o.t grateful therefor. X 3ee that the UU. Z reoeipt for which you will noteia dated l^y S and .«3

_-x A -*.««, that the store keeper hnd the good sens* only juat arriwed. shows that «ie swrs v

s - ««^t- « nariod 80 that they would not to di strlbttte the goods over quite a perioo

be wasted or consumed in a few days. _

, , . . t,-,- -,ia>, as showing the kind of tnicgs

The bill is interesting aiao a» biiv"*"6

^ «. k— ^h4i Mans. Doubtless she had some ad- Indians buy wh« ttey hate the weans . iwnu

wioe fioa the store keeper. loomis.

Mrs- 1. B. Stephens and her daughter Bli^abeth from

.*u fk«« .mV The? expect to return to Calif cmia Alameda are with us this week. Tney «xpw»

1 hate iust ordered a Dodge car, with the gear shift chsn,,ed

. ^1 V ««-«f fe Arire to Lagunitas the latter part to standard, in whi««i we expect to driTS \q x^^

of June.

fith best wishes from all of us*

*7 28, 1926

Dr.and Hrs.Harrey k.Ball SarkelsffCaXifomia

As eter yo'^ra .

5f«H..H.T. Jackson Bxelogical Surrey

Dept . of Agricttlfure Dear Doctor Jackson:

The enclosed carbon of a letter I hate just written A.B.Howll erplaina itself.

By thfl way, can you tell me about whn first proof of my Buffalo article «li be ready? It iwuld be a misfortune if it did i->ct m^.e until after my departure for California the latter part cf June, as in that ease there «oald be no tellir^ when it would reach me.

Veiy truly yon re.

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Dr. 0«o« Otis OBith 2X37 Bnoroft Flaec ffaahi^gton, 0. C.

My daar Oootor &i1ii:

On Hay 6 jott nara kind anottgh to wrltd m« a very irx- lemtlng latter aDout the finmoea of the Cwmoa Club and th« daalrabiUty. frc« the atandpoint of ita fonndera and acientifio mm gwerally. of Mlntaining ita character "aa a »odaat home- like club noted for the intalleotual atanding of its tte»bera rather than the elegance of ita bttildi«g8"-to all of idiich I

aaid Imen*

lou alao hinted ft a plan for continuing ao»e of the

sore ancient «a«ber« "with reaiaalon of duea but without cur- tailing the Olnb revenuea**.

In accordance with your auggeatlon I attended the a»ating-th« fi»t. I bellete. in 25 or 30 yeara-end liat^wd witti great Intereat to your presentation of the matter. I was Itttereated to aee how you would proride for r^ch a claaa idthoat curtailing the Club reTimuea. but you made it plain that by fill- ing the racanoiea left in the regular aemberahip list (by lassna of tranefera ta a apecial liat) there would be no finenclal loaa to the Club. Thia ia an excelltfit point and was wsjry cleverly Btated. la a poaaible beneficiary under thia arra^gaiaonl. I wiah

to tender you wy appreciative thanks.

Tory truly youra.

Mayas. 1926 Mr. A. B. Howell

4J;0 Belle Fontaine St. Pasadena, Callfomia

Soar Mr. Bowell:

When you were here the other day you apoke of a new aeriea of publicatlona to be iasued by tha Umml Sooiety. ?or the aeriea. if I m not aiataken. you uaed the tam Tbn«t4»,- thia atruck ae harahly and I naant to apeak of it but waa aid». tracked by the aattera that iiouediately fallowed.

The tern BnUetifi to mj »ind indioetee an anoounowmt, or soiDe. sort of a brief statenent about auething. Therefore, if I am oorrect. it wnld be a aoat unfit tea for an elaborate pub- lication of fiiv kind, auoh aa Mat aocietiea include ia their Pro- ceedings. Transactiona. or Mwoirs. 1 oay have been aiatakNi in that ycu said, but ev«r since you left I have been suffering fron a sort of ni^taare over the poaaibility of tha uae of auoh a aan- ifeatly unfit tera for a aeriea of papem of peraanent ralna.

Wabatsr'a Mctioaaty definea'balletin aa "A brief or con- densed steteaent Df newa to the publicf and ao on.

Trusting that you are having a good trip acrosa and with best wishea froa all tha Xerriaaa of 1S19 16th St. and lagonitaa.

Teiy truly yours,

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June 1, 1926

Dear Mr, Applegate:

Thanks for your lettsr of tha 9th inatant. I not* thet the Indiam you bare consulted don't knot anything about the Buffalo. But I haye just found i t in Gatsohet'B DietioBary gf th«* giflnipth Tun eugl' Gatachet girea Buffalo a« Yn.hfll

▼eiy truly yours.

Hon. Hiraa Johnson ,

n. 3. Sena to .Washington

Dear Sir:

I shall be ebli^^ed if you will kindly send me half a dosen copies of the lea modification of the Baker Bill in be- half of California Indiana, introdnoed by you,! am told. a few days ago.

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My imx Vr^ iy^i^r^i^r:

fh'* Sien-^a Club'o aixct^acein^Lt ;5f the puhllcatioa of yiyur riacc JJames of tha Uigh Sierra arrived UAej and I have jg!:4t oHorici p "cotUid copy for pewftuant rrfgrijnce* 1 ooagrat* ?U3 ve you on knrg ^he "?)thtjr of so impcrtftct a booko

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The French Bookstore 324 Stockton St. San Prsncisco.Cfiiii.

Dear 3irs:

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£2taUJsWia. forvbiA I vnxiU seme tiais ago, addressing yoti erroneously at Berkeley instead of San Francisco Cl-etter prcbably forwarded to you by Dr. Joseph Grinnsll of Berkeley].

I 8« glad to have the document and am enclosing herewith .50 in ptyaient therefcro

Tery truly yours,

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Deer Cclone'l Martin:

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My dear Xrs« Smith:

Your letter of the 4th instant, forwerded fros; Laguttitas, has just reached me*

I am delighted to know that you are vsrHting a pap#^r on the San Bofael Mission, concerning ^hioii sc little seems to be known* But fear I can not help you in the iMtter of illustrations*

Years ago viusTi i^^jjking ??ith the reinnert of thisfhxavi tribe, then living on Tcmales Bey, I was not able to obtain photographs, greatly to my sorrow. So fares 1 kaow^the tribe is now extinct with the cixception of a man ifdiom 1 h«ve fc^en unable to find during the pest few years, I sa^ him last 21 years ago and was told last suciticr by scmo mixed Portu^^juese and Indians that he was still ali?o.

The Qloaipali of whom you sjeak were a division of the same tribe— the !lQo^^ko-/-kc7 but have been extinct for a

long time.

I kcow nothing of the history of the picture you

mention in

We are very late in starting for Cali to fnla this year owing to various irtorraptione in my woA. ij^hief of '-^h.U/n

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hi»T. been s.ver.l Hoaringa on Oeliforrda Indian matters before Coiigr.ssicnal Comittees. We expect to lea^e about the end of this ?„onth acd to irivs across. We should be delighted to Sfte ycu et Lagunitas at any time when we are there.

ffith best wishes to yourself and Dr. Perrin Smith, erui regret! .5t my inability to help you,

^BTj truly youre.

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Mr* I< A* Barrett

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Dear Mr. Barrttt:

The House Bearing on the Baker and Kahn Billa cae off on May 5 and the Hearing has jnst been printed.

Fron the enclosed copy yon vill doubtleae note eev- oral points of interest. In the first place, yea may note that the fifeker Bill was rerised hy Mr. Lea and Mr. Collett ifiaediatelj after the Bearing in order to aroid the point of ny critioiaa that the original Bill if passed would "recompense only the sur- TiTors of the Eighteen Treaty tribes, lesTing the renaining Indians of Caliibrnia inprvYided for** Cp*S2 of theMeariqg).

lott BBy note also that Collett attenpted to deceive the Ooomittee as to the langaage of the First Clause of the Baker Bill as pointed out by ne on page S3.

lou will obserre fnrther that Collett stated frankly <p.50), In regard to the Kahn Bill; that he was "aftt in fator of tho bill .... chiefly because it does not hate any just baais

for settlement**

You may also note a statrunent by Oollett begicniiig 00 paga 73 and submitted after the Hearing. He 8ia>aitted still

another stateu»nt covering two or three pages of type, pitohing into Collier and me. but using only Collier »e naas. This state, aent, after it had been set vp in galley pjoof , was cat out by the Covmittee and does not appear in the present dooiaunt.

In your letter of ipril 9 you promised to send me a copy of your reaarks before the Indian meeting of the OoMnn* wealth Club. I shall be mighty glad to see this.

Sorry to learn from the newspapers that forest fires have begun again in California.

ith best wishes.

Veiy truly yours ,

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Mr. Chauncey S, Goodrich

no Mill» Building

San PEBUcisco, California

Uy dear Mr. Goodrich:

The Hearing on the Raker end Kshn Bills before a Suh-coauni t tee of the House Ooinmittee on Indian /f fairs 'has just been printed* I mailed yT)u 8 copy this tnoniing but forgot to note on ppge 31 that the revised Bill s\ig* gested by Mr* Lea was subjxiitted sey?r8l„dsy& after the Hearing end was modifier to aroid m criticisni of the orig- inal. The amended Bill wa? introdizoed in the S^natc^ by Uv. Johnson on Kay 10 (3*4326) s copy of which i^ herewith

enclosed.

You will observe that in attempting to £»7oid the restriction to the Eighteen Treaty tribes {Section i) a new clause (Section 6) has been introduced ^ich, to my unl^jgtU mind, is a contradiction of Section 1^

Yery truly yourt3.

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Mr. Bfcoort Ri^ris

M'izi , Oeli&rnia "

My dear Sir:

This has been a very bu«y winter here in Washington in rogcrd to Indian Affairs. John Collier of the Indian Defense AaFcciauon end myralf here testified at screral Hearings in Congress, before both Houp© end Senate Committees on Indian Affi>ii-s. Most of these Hearings have not been published, but the ore on iiay 5 has Just besn printed and I era enclosing a copy hers with.

Ycu will see that Collier and I stacd^ firmly behind the Kahn Bill which projjiises 30 much for California Indians. Jcu will r:lso see (p.50) thst Oollett is opposed to the Kahn Bill r,nd says that "it does not heve any jxist basis for settlement "l We feel that it is the r:pst just Bill erer proposed for California Inih-ns, and.sij you con see' for yourself by reading the Bill (U.R.Syl97,pp.2-5 of the Hearing) it prorides for all of the Indianc of Galifomia and for the oonplete administration of the fund, while the Raker Bill p^7ideo only for a lawuit which woild probably go on foreTsr and even if wen leares the matter up in the eir. S'iikut' no provision whatever for the administration of imy reffdrc". thet might be raede.

With kind rogardg to yourself and ell your people.

Very truly yours,

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Jxme 11, 1926

My dear Mrs. Armer:

The Annikadel manuscript has arrired se that

there was no need of my telegram. Very nan'/ thaaka.

I appreciate your continued kind interest in the natter and am scrry that you retamed my little check. I cannot however rest witti e clear cor^sciecce i*ile you are actually cut of pocket on »y accotint. 1 beg therefore that you will deposit the check ecolceed wWolr is *«*^ ^^ '^^'®^ "^^^ ^ figure to hare be«a your expenditure for postage and expresasge.

With best wishes »

7eiy truly ycurs.

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Mr, 3i dney irmer 4a7 Montgoaeiy St. bm Francis CO, Calif.

My deer Jir. Araer:

You were very kipd and thoughtful

to send me that airplane letter containing

suggestions in regard to poseihle illua-

tretors for the Annikadel myth.

I have tried both Maynard Dixon and 3. W. Deming and hare s ncnber of their pictures on hand. Both have done good work bl^t they are not sufficiently familiar with the nental attitude end eoriceptions of our California Indians.

I appreciate your saggeetione and ea thankful that both you and Mrs. Armer bi»ve jcaintained sucii e kindly sympathetic attitude*

With best wishes,

Vai7 truly yours,

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«go, litro «»«ia*d ^ «• y^^t-rt-y "* ^^ **^ "*^ lat«^ and Tain.. One I. a yotmg-adidt «la. the othar M ivatara f«Mla, both from Hinchinbrook lalana .Alaata , .M tepotjpw of my 5w«uaflWt . So far aa taonn to ^•j ara tka o«U aiiating sloilla of t1»t «pa«ia8 in •diitlon to tha t»a. art ara Int.reatlBg aa subatantiatinfi tha tooth olwrtotara of tha tpaoiaa.

lart tliaaa alralk a praaant from Dr. Ohaaa or am

I ttiipoaad to paj for tham?

feiy truly youra, •

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Mr, i. H. Howell Biological Sttrray Washington , D. K

Dear Ir, Howall:

Wian at tha MMam yaatarday 1 «aa ao atimulatod hy tha aaqoJaltion of tha two topotypa akulls of Vmnm t>i»<yt|f^jr racantly r«. caitad from Dr. W. H. Chaae of CortoTa,ilaBkB. that I forgot to raeord tha auKban of tha akuUa and athar data on the labala. I ahaU be greetlj obliged if yon win Wadly drop a line oorariQg thla information.

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Xy dMT Sir:

I abftll 1)f greatly obliged If you irill ttad «ie itlh bill for sane one copy of Toluiio 17t Part (t of tha Bulletin of the Amerioao XoaeiaB latetal Hiatoty. entitled Ttifl g^n^^lgton Californife ^^jpAi t^>.^i|iidi ShAgi^a, by BoZand B« JDiiion« pagee aSMSe. July 1907.

If i knaa ttie prioe I would endoae check » but uill nmit on receipt of bill p

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Teiy M17 thanbi for ycur pro.pti»«i in a«od, i«g - the Santa Boea Q««4n«»gle.Celilb«l.. for .hid, I wrof a few da^ ago. But th. two eopla. in.t r^cai^, iara tha foraatad ar.aa Indioated in graan a«d th^x^f^^ ar^ not auitaW. for platti,^ tha di.trihitlon of Indl« tribaa in wat.roolar. I oan «aa H^. to adnntaga }^^ «d abaU b. atlU ftirthar indabtad if yon .iU ki«Uy ••od >a two oepiae wittout tha color .OTar;ij.

▼•»y truly yonrt ,

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la fxawining the results of sooie of ay field work on >f«^ Ri70r and SalHon Rifer Indians, in cdapariaon witii jour pablishoc rasuitH, I fiad myself perplexed on sereral points. Por instance, practically erery void of your ♦Saafladia' fooaW- 2ery as puUinh^d i-a the Bulletin of the American UaBerm (pp.497. mam) differ* radlc^^lly from the wrd for the aa»e object de- tained by jr.o froa different membera of the trfba in different yoara, ILia l«ada Die to awp^ot that the words giyen you as *K£i;MUai' were really in the language of yoar »e» Rirer tribe. -aj two oewA to "be transposed.

In your paper on the 3h£8ta-AohoE8wi-A Kew Unguiatic ?tr.cl: fim,.Ant.hrcpologiat Jol.7.Ko.2.1905) you record seyen words <e ^^6* Hivor, but do not aay where or from whom they were ob- tiiasi. In your lat«^r paper { Bui .Iro.Mus.. 1907) you sake no nan- tvm cf the New Kiver Inalma except en tho small map. What is to be iMorred from this?

Very truly yours.

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U.S. Hatioiwl Moseom

D«ar Mrs. Snyder:

Tott aeked ae the other dny about tho location of the plioa for ibieh yoa had apellings MitfghiM and ftUiiuA. I find tha locality to l>a on tha narthaaat coaat of Baranof leland a f9W miUn north of Sitka. It ia knom on Ooaat Surrey Chartf aod in the Alaaka Dictionary aa

Uktttiaai £liugli li^ioh aeparatea Halleck laland froB Baranof laland.

▼eiy truly yours.

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June 14, 19S6

Mr. Stephen Knight Dkiah, California

Dear Mr. Kni^t:

It has been soae time since I hare written you, but I hare been enonnonaly busy. Hare now h»d four Hearicga ir. behalf of Califomia Indiana before Coi^reseional Comitteee— two in the House and two in the Senate. The Hearing of Feb- ruary 6 has not yet been published, and I hare both asked and written in the hope of finding out whether or not it will be published.

The Hearing of May 5 on the ^ker^and Eahn Bills was printed three or four days ago and 1 at once mailed you a copy without waiting to write. I hope you receiye it all right.

ipparently no action will be taken during the present Session unless it be on the socalled Johnson-Swing Bill,wfci(* proTides that the GoTemment Ipprcpriatiom for Health and Bd- uoation be turned o^pr to the California State Boards of Health and Jducation for disbursement. This will be a good beginuing.

After you hare read the Hearing of Jfey 5 you raay have soae quBstiona to ask.

In regard to the names I wrote you about, would say that th« word Otot-ffl occurs in connection with the people of oertein localities farther south, for instance in Bah..ti]c'.^;^ kah*-le ohow«we.

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which is the came the Sebastepol people call themselTes. I know that Bah=likrlsJtal^d& it the Elderberry tree, but don't know what ohow-we meana.

the word duairffli or innfeii. occurs as the tendnal part of several names, as M'^t^^jg. slijj^Lai for the Healdsburg people, fcishfitt IJlBtmi for the Rockpile people, and so en. Both these words (aiifijB^ and cham'-n|0 would seem to indicate tribe or band. But th«y do not seen to be in the lokiah dialect.

Owing to Tarioua delays, mainly the result of Congressional Hearings and accompanying inreatigations, I ao dreadfully behindhand in my woric, and fear we shaU not be able to start for Califomia till near the end of the month. With best wishes to you aU,

Very truly yours.

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J«s» 14. 1926

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1^ imr Mr. Halt^:

i disy or two ago I ««iit yon • wpj «f th« HMriag »f Ibj 5 Iwfort til* Hwsft 0<nnlttt« on Indian if fair* in nlntiaB to tba Biter Bill and tha lahn Bill. If jou will ha?a aoaaana read partt of it t« jou, apteiallj Mr. Oollett'a ataftwtot an paga 50 that ha ia bsI ^n fitvor of ttat Uhn Bill* •al af Tiii%a (p«gaa 50 t« 63) mi aijpaeially wj ooapariaon of tka tao BiUi on tha loaar part of paga 59 ani the top of page dO, 1 think joa will he ahla to Jadga aa to iriiioli Bill JOB praf ar.

ihuring the peat vintfr aad aprisg I have tahtn part la foar or five Oongraaaional Hearlaga in behalf of Califbmia ladiaaa. Thia haa taken a good deal of tiite and I aa ao behind' haai ia w^ regular aozk that I will not ha able to atart for Oaiiforaia vntil aboat tha and of the preaeot aonth. I hope to aaa yoa at soae tiaa daring the aeaaon.

lith kindaat rogaria to /otiraelf mi. lira* Hulaejvin ibNh Ira. Marriaa and ay dan^tar Zeoaida join.

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Ur. ffilliaa Wiley ColvMa, Oalifwnia

Ify dear Mr. Wiley:

^ todaj^ aail I aa aaeding jon a oopy of tha Haarii^ of May 5 before the Honae Ooaaittee on Indian Affairs in rateiiaa to tha Baker Bill end the Kahn Bill. If yon aill read or parts of it oarefully, eapecially Mr. CoUatt'a atataaoit page 50 that he ia not in faror of tha Krtm Bi^. and i^ r«arfca (pages 50 to 63), and eapeoially ay oomparieon of the t«a HUi on tha lover part of page 59 and the top of page dO, I thialt yan aill be able to jaige as to iriiidi Bill yon prefer*

Boring the paat ainter and sprii^ I haro tAm part ia four or fire Coqgrtaaional Hearings in behalf of California Indiana. Thia haa taken a good deal of tia« and I m ao bahiado hand ia ay regalar aork that I will not be able to atart for California until about the end of the preaaat aontli. I hope to aee you at soae tins dari:^ the aeaaon*

lith kind regards ,

Teiy twly yours.

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llf iMtr Mr. Urrynni

J|y todty'i wiil I «« ••ndlug jon a copy of th* Htar- IM ot thy 5 t>at«re tha Eewe Cowilttee on Indian Iff a Ira in rtlation to th» tekar Bill and the Kahn Bill. If you till raad «f»r mm partt of It carafnlly, aapacially Mr. CollattU atata-

Mit M paga 50 <fh^ *t *■ «<>^ <^ ^«^^^ <>^ ^^' ^^^ ^^^' "* «y raiMrka (pagaa 50 to 63), and aapacially ay oo»pariaon of tha |«4 Sim on tha loaar part of page 59 and tha top of paga 60, I think |on •ill ba abla to Jwdga aa to *i* Bill you prafar.

Oarii« tha paat wlntar and apriag I hara takan part it ftovr »r flta Coi^raasional Haaringa in bahalf of CalifDmia Indians. Thia haa taton a good daal of ti» and I 8» to hahind- haitd in «y ra^iUr aotk that I will not ha ahla to atart for OaUfomia until about tU and of tha praaant awnth. I hopa to taa yott at aoaa tias dnrii« tha saaaon.

fitfa kindaat ragiarde,

Taiy txuly your**

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Mto lewie Jem^w l6doga» Califs

My daar Mr* Jaftoe:

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- By today*a nil I an aandiqg you a oapy of tha Saarilf of May 5 hafora tha Honaa Oonittaa on Indian iffairt in ralation to tha Rakar Bill and tha Kahn Bill. If you alll raad ovar aoM porta of it oarafully, aapacially Mr. Oollatt'a statoB^t on P*e* 50 that ha ia not in fator of th^ r«i.>. w^^i, an^ ^ r«*aA» (pagaa 50 to 63), and aapacially my compariaon of tlM two BiUi on tha lowar part of paga 59 and tha top of paga 60, I think yoo viU ba ahla to Judge at to idtloh Bill you jraf ar.

Duriqg the paat winter and aprii« I hara takaa part in four or fire Ooi^raasional Haaringa in hahalf of California Indiana, Thia baa takan a good daal of tiaa and I am ao bahlad- haod in a^ regular work that I will not ha abla to atart for California until about the end of the preaant aonth, I hopa to 9%6 yoa at aoaa tiaa duriz^ the aaaaon.

With kindaat ragarda,

Tory truly youra.

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Ur* Will Jan. Moody Ifontgoinery Creek Shasta Countj, Calif.

My dear Mr* Moody:

^ today's mail I am sending you a copy of the Hear- ing of May 5 before the House Coramittee on Indian iff airs ir relation to tho Hake r Bill and the Kahn Bill. If you will read over some parts of it carefully* espeoislly Mr. Ccllett*8 stete- ment on page 50 that he i3 not in favor of the Kahn Bill, and »y remarks (page-s 50 to 63), and especially my comparison of the two Bills on the lower pert cf page 59 and tht- top of page 60. I think you till be able to judge as to rtiich Bill you prefer.

Durirg the past winter and spring I have taken part in four or fire Coi^reasional Hearings in behalf cf Califcrnia Indians. This has taken a good deal of time and I am so behini- hand in my regulur work that I will not be able to sti^rt fcr California until about the end of the present month. I hcpd to tea you at some time during the season.

Very truly yours.

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June 14, 1926

«ir. g. N. Lafonso Chlio, California

% dear Mr. Lafonso:

1 day or two ago I sent you a copy of the Hearing cf May 5 befort the Hou3e CoBmittee on Indian Affairs in relation to tbb Raker Bill and the Kahn Bill. If you will read over soae parts of it carefully, especially Mr. Collett»s statement on page 50 that he is not in faror of the Kahn Bill, and my reaarks (pcges 50 to 63), and af?p«ciaHy my comparison of the UiQ Bills on the lower part of page 59 and the top of page 60, 1 think you will be able to judge as to which Bill you prefer.

Buring the past winter and spring I have taken part in four or five Ccngresgional Hearings in behalf of California Indians, This has taken a good deal of time and I am so be- hindhand in ay regular a?ork that I will not be able to start for California until about the end of the present aonth. I hope to B*?e ycu at sone time daring the season.

With kindest regards to yourself and Mrs. Lafonso, in Dphiafc Urtc Merriam and my da»jghter Zeneida join.

Very truly yours.

M'J

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Mr. lllUai mijr Scttltlqnrill*. OaXif.

^f d««r Mr. Fuller:

1 day or t«o ago I 8«nt you a copy of the Bearing of Waj 5 before the Hoose Qonaittee on Indian Affairs in relaUon to the Baker Bill and the Kahn Bill. If you will read ever teae parts of it carefully, especially Mr. Collett»B atateacnt on page 50 ttot he is not in favor of the Kahn Bill, ani mj remrks (pages 50 to 63) and especially ny conpariaon of the tm Billa on the lower pert of page 59 and the top of page 60, I think you will he ahle to judge as to which Bill

yott prefer.

During the past winter and apripg I hare taken part in four or five Coi^resaional Hearings in behalf of Oaliforaia Indlena. This haa taken a good deal of tiae and I am so be- hindhand in ^y regular woA that I will not be able to ttart foi California until about the end of the present nonth. I hope to •ee you at aooe tine duriqg the aeaaon.

With kindest regards to yourself and Mrs. Puller, in whioh Mrs. Merrias and ay daughter Zsnaida Join,

Tery truly yours.

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June 14, 1926

Mtc Sam Spring Cbuby, Calif oxuia

ify dear Mre 3|»riqg:

A day or two ago I sent yoa a oopy of tha Haaring of May 5 before the Uouaa Comittee on Indian Affair a in relation to the Baker Bill and the Kahn Bill« If you will read o?er aone parte of it oarefuXly, eapecially Mr# Collet t^a statement on page 50 that he ie not in faror of the Kahn Billt and mj renarka (pagee 50 to 63) and espeoially ^y ooBpariaaa of tha two Billa on tfhe lover pert of pcge 59 and the top of page 60, I think yon will be able to judge as to idiioh Bill you prefert

During the paat winter and apriqg I have taton part in four or fire Congreaaional Hearmga in behalf of California Indiana* Tbia haa taken a good deal of tine and I an ao bt« hindhand in ay regular wozi that I will net be able to atart f«r Califoroia until about the end of the present Bonth# I hope to aee you at aome tiine during the aeaaon.

Tory truly youra.

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ahi«f 3an Piego SioBjrfbrd, Oelif.

Mr dMr Ohief $»n Diego:

^ today** nail I aa atnding you a copy of tbe Heer- Ing of Hay 6 before the House Comaittee on Indian Affairs in relation to the Baker Bill and the Xahn BiU. If you wiU read OTer soae jparta of it carefully, eapecially Mr, Collett's stataaent on page 50 that he is not in fawr of tha gahn ^il^. and mf roMrks (pagee 60 to 63). aad eapecially ny ooarparison af the two Bills on the lower part of page 59 and the top of page «>, I think you will U aUe to judge aa to which Bill you prefer.

Jhiring the past winter and spring I hare taken part in four or fire Congressional Hearings in bAalf of OaUfbmie Indians. This has taken a good deal of Uae and I a« so behind band in ^y regular woric that I will not be able to start for

until about the end of the present nonth. I hope to aee you at aooe tine durii^ the seaaon.

kind regards,

Tex7 truly yours,

Mrtie Margaret Beurelot Sebastopol, Oalifomia

Ify dear Mrs. Baufalot:

By today'a mail I am aending you a oopy of the Hear- ing of May 5 before the Houae Connittee on Indian Affaire in relation to the Haker Bill and the Kahn Bill. If you will read orer some parts of it carefully, especially Hx, Oollett'a atatem«nt on page 50 that he ie cot in fator of the Kahn Bii:^, and mj remarks (pages 50 to 63), and especially vj comparison of the two Bills on the lower pert of page 59 and the top of page 60, I think you will be able to judge aa to which Bill you prefer.

During the pest winter and spring I hare taken part in four or five Oongreasional Hearings in behalf of California Indiana. This has taken a good deal of time and I am so behind- hand in my regular work that I will not be able to start for Oalifomia until about the end of the preaent month*

Very truly yours.

ESI

Jtm« 14, 12C6

lira John Sonmenrille Big Pine, California

My dear Mr* Somiaerville:

'Bj today's mail I am sanding you a copy of the Rever- ing of May 5 bafora the Houae Conmittee on Indian Affairs in relation to the Raker Bill and the Kahn Bill* If ycu will read over some parts of it oarefully, especially Mro Ooilett's statement on page 50 that ho is not in faTor of the Kahn Bill, and my remarks (pages 60 to 63), and especially my comparison of the two Bills on the lower part of page 59 and the top of page 60, I think you will be able tc judge as to which Bill you prefer 0

During the pest winter snd spring I have taken part in four or fire Congressional Hearings in behalf of CalifomiH IndianSo This has taken a good deal of time and I am so behind hand in my regular work that I will not be able to «tart for California until about the end of the present montha

Very truly yours.

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June 14, 1926

K^c Jack Will I Sins fa.U HiTer Mills i.>hcsta Go., Calif,

Mj dear Mr. Sillisma:

Bj today's mail I an sending ycu a copy of the Hear- ing of May 5 before the House CcBanittee on Indian iffaira in relation tc the flaker Bill and the Kahn Bill. If you will rea^ over seme parts of it carefully, eepeoielly Mr. Collett's etatewent on page 50 that he ia not i-- f.,^^.. .r the Kahn Bill, and my rer»rks (pages 50 to 63). and especially ay camparison of the tw Bills en the lower pert of pi»ge 59 and the top of pass «>. I think you wiU be able to judge as to which Bill you prefer.

i)uring the past winter and spring I hare taken part in four or five Oongreasicnal Heariiigs in behalf of California Indians. This has taker a good deal of time ani I am so behind- hand in my regular work tlat I will not be able to start for Califcruia until about the end of tte present month.

Tery truly yours.

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% *^j'»B -.wil'l 'J aK apnti^T^g -you & ,^rrpj :x!T the Hscr-

relitiom ±o 'fee •:Brikra- JBill e?M ^the iffehr'. mil . "1^ :.pm will. .yaad OTar fLvrn'O j^rin ..%T 'il rtercfvfqy,. j^wpa^isOl j :its» Dcllatf'g ^tm^mmi or jm^ 'K :te:l Lt .is rr<t In ^tct tr ^bn mt; .BlTj^. ana :By I'fsaaiHcs '^peeao .^^u^ 2E),, .-anfi a jj^ -Si any «iy iirisf&sia^xi xff tth« tiro Bi'3.E -on <!*:»- :ia«er jart ,t^ pege '55 ana f.iti Itov i^f

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^r. C. .1, Billy .-'cpj-and, Cfiiliftrni

% fl^ar iire Billy:

By today's sseil 1 aTn sard lag you a copy of the Hear- ing of fey 5 hetois tho House Ccmsiittfte on Indian Affairs in rfiletioii to the Raker Bill eiA the Kahn Bill. If you will read ovsr uom parts of it carefally, sspacially Mr. Collett^s stfet«!ier.t on page 50 that he is not in favor of the Kahn Bill, and my rarjark? (pegea 5C ta 63), and espeoially ay oomperiaon of the t.w Ei lis on th^ lower part of page 59 and the top of paj^b 60 J I think you will he able to judge as to which Bill you prefer.

During the past wintar and spring I hare taken part in four or five Cor^ressional Heerir.ga in behalf of California Ijidit^s. Thiis has taken a good deal of time and I am so behind- ZiOiQ in JBJ regular work t}»at I will not be able to start for Cc;liforr.ifl until about the end of the present month. I hope to •ee yott «t soitw tim durirf the seaaon.

T<jry truly yours,

To

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Mr. Chjirlfa 21y,,- Oiysflirrillo, Calif.

Uj 4«ar Ur. BXy;

By today's tf^il I em sending you a copy cf th« !!?flr-

ing of May 5 before the Ho-^e Oonmittas en Indjan Affairs iu relation to tho Palter Biii and the Kahn Bill. Jf y<'« *il' ~<^''*^^ ever some parts of it carefully, egpecially Kr. OoUett'a 3t£-t.- ment on page 50 ltoL.h5J^iy5li^-.t§I2X.-Pi-Ji^J-§^c ^^^

my remsrka (peges 50 to 63), and especisliy my ccmv. orison of the two Bills en tha Ic-jrer i^rt of iO^ge 59 aiid the top of page 50. I think you will be able to juflg^ as to nsfeieh Bill you prefer,

D;iring the pest winter and spring I hs^c taken p&rt in four or fire Cocgressionel Kearincfi in behalf of Califoniia Indians. This has taken a good deal of tinie and 1 aic so behind- hand in ray regular 7»rk that I wili'nct be able to start for California until about the end of the prasert sivnth. I hope to see you at oor* tice 'J-^riug the seas en.

With kirA regerdw.

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M'^ ilb'irt Wil.l«r Urisens, Caiifotnl

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Uy dear Uto 'VUd^rs

. By today's mail I aai sending you a copy of the Hear- ice of May 5 before" the House Committee on Indian Affairs in relation fc the Rater Bill ani the Kahn Bill. If you will • read orer coir.e parts of it car-fully, especially Mr. Collett's stat«.e.t on j«ge 50 thal.hUsjiat.. in Jayor ^ the Xabn Bin. and«y remarks (page. 50 to 63). eai especially my comparison of the two Bills on the lower part of page 59 and the top of page 60, I thxrJi you ^iU be able to jw3gg as to which Bill you prftf^r*

During the past sinter and sprii^ 1 hay© taken pert ia four or five Congressional Hearings in behalf of CaUforr.ia InJlms. This has taten a g^oi deal of tim^* end l am so behind iifcnd in uiy regular wcrk tymt 1 will not be able to start for Oaii.fon.ta i,ntil about the end of the present aonth. I hope to ffee you at nom^ time durir,; the seepon,

Tery truly yours.

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aidth Blt«. Obllf . 1^ d«»r Mr* Lafp»s:

df WftT*! «il I aa SM&iqg you a oopj of tb« Hear* ii^ «f Ibqf S Won tta Hove Ce«iitt«« on laiim Affairs In ftlfttkv to tbf Stker Bill and Uto Kafan Bill. If jroo will faad Of or aow ferta of it oarafolljrf eapeoially Mr. Collett'a «tat««t tn Ilea 90 \ptt p^ ia aot in f^vor of yif Kaho Bill. mI^I 9«axka ((igas 50 te 63), and aapaoially 17 oM^arisoi of tiia tw Bllla a« Vm lP«»r ^rt otpkgt f9 asA tb« top of pag% e>, I eUnk yon idU Va aUa to Ji4ga at to ititk Bill

/on jflTtfar*

Paring tt^a paat airtar and spring I hara takon part in fov Ot tif9 Coqgraaaioaal Soarings in l»fli»alf of Oalifomia Indiana. Ihia baa takon a good daal of tiat and I aa ao Wbind- tend in sy rapOar lork tl»t I vfil not 1% abla to atart for CaliftxBia until about tbo wd of ths proaent aonth*

mtb kind Mgarda to yonraolf and nifo*

Ttiy truly yoftrs.

SdoretflTy, Oregon flistorioal Socioty fortiacd, Oregon

Dear Sir:

Can you send m^ th^ Quarterly of the Oregun Histcrioal Society, Yolo II,yco33 (Septaaber 1910) enlitlad Petar SVere C^deR fciX^JiraiLar witli bill for naaie? i «ul(! r«ii.lt herewith if I ki^e^? tha price*

i prompt replj will oblige as I am exr ^otlr^ to gq to Celifomia ©botit thi^ end of tYjQ inontho

Yery tmly yours >

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June 13, 1936

Dit H» ri» T, Jaokfsoc 2dltor,Jounifil of Msnanalogy Biological Survey .Yiashing ten

D«ftr doctor Jeck*ioa:

Mswj hbfiiiks for the proof of my Buffalo erticla It ia rwarka'bly excelier.t procf and i? returned herewith with aliicst no corrections*

I notice that you regard Buffalo es a singular Twrord nnt add aa 'a' for the p3.urel. I am wondering if you piTSue the seme course in the words f ifih , quail, antelope p 5?heep, hear, and deer.

ir 1 r?hail he tre^elir:g in Califomia at the tine the oeparafcos are printed I have taker the liherty to ask thf t they be sent to you at the Biological Surrey. Z ycu cen ?sr'erti;in the oc9t befoi^ 1 leave I will send fif\^ s ahock for lb* amount at once.

Ihsu'^ing you for having this material set up so

1-rompt'lyi

Vety truly yours ,

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Juiie 23, 1926

Mrs. Geo. N. Miclcel Aoericen Red Cross Madera. California

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My dear Mrs. Mick el;

1 copy of your letter of June 5 addressed to Miss Garden has been referred to me with e request that I write you in regard to the activities of Bev. P. Go Oollett. This is a veiy delicate subject and one on ^Ich I do not care to ex- press my mind fully* Yen know of course that he was the cause of the Govemor^s veto of the tx bills passed by the California Legislature appropriating $12^,000 for the help of suffering * California Indians. If I had known nothlqg about him before, this act alone was sufficient to cttiase loss of ^respect*

You know also doubtless that for a number of years he has been soliciting and obtaining money from Indians in var-

icus parts of the State.

If you will read idiat CoUett says on x>sge SO of the Hearing of May 5 before the House Comrrdttee on Indian if fairs {copy 84ii« you) ycu will see that he opposes the Kahn Bill— the best Bill* ever introduced in Congress on behalf of California

Indians •

If you will turn to the lower part of page 59 and the

' upper part of ^age 60 of the same document you will find the

contrasting point of view#

I dislike to oppose any person who is working for California Indians, but I camot refrain frc» expressing the feeling that I do not approve either his methods or his point of viewo Chapters might be written on thia subject •

Verj^ truly yours.

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SOUROS CF THE KAMS SHASTI Op Hart Marriam

IJT. t. f • Oifford ^ , . ^ BditortiMrioan inthippologxst Barkeltj, Callfornxa

Dear Doctor Oifford:

Bart^with I am endosing a oanu- •oript entitled Soiiroe pf the Hame Shaata for pobllcation in the fathropologiat. if you can rake room for it«

Heese send pmof to Lagunltas which will be mj headqaartera fron the middle of July i^ntil fall.

Tety truly your^.

The source of the name Shaete aeems to have been long overlooked, Stephen Powers failed to learn anything about it, and was equally unsuccessful in his ettonpt to aeoertain the oanje by liiich the Shasta Indians designate their own tribe.

Roland Dixon, in hia valuable work on the Shasta (1907) Sfiys of the name, that its origin and meaning ••are both obscure^^t and even suggests that it may h.^re be* derived from the name of an eld mu ••whose personal name was Shastika (Susttka)." it the same time Dixon was aware that the name was ••in use by both Ac^ointiwi, an) ^tsugewi^^^ but for some unknown reason concluded that ••it is not a term for the Indicns of this stock CShastan] in the languages of the surrounding stocks.** Nevertheless Gatschet, in hie Klamath Dictionara, published^? yodrc bcfcre li3cn*e p«p**^, specifically states thpt the Klamath name for the

Sbdste is g^ii^iii (alternate Sasti). and adds that ••the usual

3

form Shasta is a corruption cf a^sti^*." And as well known.

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Powers, Tribes of California, po243, 1877,

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n, Holand B«*-The Huntington Califoniia Sxpedition. 5ha8taa->Bull.Am.t&iBoNat>Hist,yoia7>Part 5,po384,July 1907.

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Gatechet, Ao3> .Dictionary of '

Gatsohet gives the forms Qaqll

adding that the Klsjrwth iStepeo

Shasti tribe Sastiair meklekso the name ^iveo ma fbr the Shaste

by the Pit River IScmawe is Sqs-te^^oJ^^y teltemate 3haa->te->chft^

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Source of nome Shaate Z

the Klamath triT^e (Lutuane) adjoin, the Shaate ^n the ^e^t.

But Dijrofi'e paper was publiahsd three years before the publication of Peter Skene Ogden^s 'Snake Sxpedition Jcumal' of 1826-1827 in which the matter is aettleij once for aJl. Pf^ter Ogden, one of the most indcinitable and determined of the re- markable series of leaders of the ajjdscn Bay Pur CcTP.pany^s ex-- plorers and trsppcrs, spent a coaple of wont hf? in th's pursviit of beaver in the Klamath Lakes country, after which he !ao\red westerly or northwesterly to the upper waters cf Sogue Eiver, where, under date of Feb. 10, IB?-?, his Joamal contain-? the followJjQg entry: ••Here ve are «nor4g the Sastiae. Oourse this day wept* The stream we aro on [Rogue Rivftr] has nc connection with the Claxsnitte Hiyer Eklamsth]; it flows south then west to a large riyen These Indians know nothing of the o?^ai\«"^

Four days later ho writes: *•! have na^ied this river Sastise Biver. There is a ;K»untQin ejual in heic>t tc Stounl Hood or Tancouyer, I hey^ nemed Mt. Sastise CMt^Pi tt,wc£:L it t .- main Kltmath Lake]* I haye giyen thes^ naiLes from th^ lrU>ef of Indians. •• V

Under date of March S he spells the nme. 5ji2ii> oaying ^'At early hour with aid of 2 small canoes crossed oyer Sasty Riyer. all safe oyer by 4 P.M*** And again, on th« 13th: ''K« left the Sasty Porks in our rear#" 7

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? Journal of Peter Sicene Ogrler.: Crsako Eipevliticn.lSSfi-lSS?, (A copied by Kiss Agoos C. Leu t in 1905 from Ongical in HudacD's Bay Co.Hou8a,lonaon,2nglaid.)— Quarterly, Oregon Historicel Soc, Vol.Xl,Kc.2.p.213. June 1910. 6 Ibid,p.£14

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Origin nare Sbaste

*Ae earliest r^ppearance cf the nair!e in print, so far as kfi-'^n^ is in Arrct/sanith's -KEp of British North America' puhilehed in 183?: (2^ Sd^ 1634^in J.Arrcwsrcith^s London Atlas)* l*h.is -oiap shews 'Sbasty Pjyer' well north of the^filfljasl' CKlainath]^ occupying th*? course of the turbulent stream now known as Rogue Filler. Chr.rlA3 Viilkes in his Map of the Oregon Territory, 1841, follows ^rroiiS£iith in adopting Ogden's name Sasty (but spelling it Shs$te^ fcr Bogue P^yer. The seme is true cf Gallatin's 'IthnograpLlcijl Map of Oregon' [1348] } from fcle 's 'Ethnology cf ih^ liierican Diilkes] Ibfploring Expedition '• ^

T. Oa Blliott, in an editorial footnote on page 213 of C^^den's Journals, mistakes the Shesty Hiyer of Ogden and Wilkes twhi':jh ih -n OrMgon) for Pit Riyer (incorrectly spelled Pitt) ^hidi is in California.

Thtot the upper part of Bogue Biver is the Sestise (or Saat> ) Biyer cf Ogden is obyious not only from Ogden's own account nf his aoyements Vat rise froKi the maps cf Arrowsmith (133^' HoA 1834),.Wilke3 (1841), and Gallatin (1848), this part of C!ich ia ayowedly based on info aaat ion from Ogden*

In 1335. Kichel La Framboise, a Prench-Canaii an trappev and iiitcr^r^ter. gay^^ !5r> Gelrdner, then stationed at Port Yan- ccuyer, a list of Inlinn tribes ?*iich includes both 'Olamet ' ana 'Saaix'" *^^ ^« location of the latter he says, "On a riyer

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Origin n^ame Shaste

of the same teme to the west of No*30. CNo,3C ip the ^CxamotM^ Xa Premboise, in conraon v?ith othnr Hudson Bay trappers of the time, was of course familiar with Ogden^s names.

Prior to 1851 much ocnfusion existed in relation i^ the courses of the rirers of southwestern Oregon and northern California* Bonneville's Mcp of 1837, sntilled *The Tbrritory West of the Hocky Mountains/ puts the name rglayniouth^ on Bogus Hiver for its entire courae--tdn years after it had leen named Sasty or Sastise hy Peter Ogden.

Several maps issued in the forties srrf early fifties show the upper reaches of Klamath Hiver in appro xiFiStely tl-e correct position, but following Bonneville, Hale and others iu deflecting the middle coarse to tba north^^est, iLaking it a ^butar/ of Rogue Biver. But B. ?. Butler •s 'Map of the State ^f California* showing the Gold Region, publi:-fhed in Son Francisco in 1851, reverses the usurI practice by sho??in£ th^ upper perl of Klamath Eiver as risirig from the western sicpr! of Mt. Pitt in Oregon, thus confusing it with the Sasty Biver of Ogden [Bogue River], v*fch is made to fI/)# sDuthw6.^t**rl5 [across the Siskiyou Mountains!] to re^ch the pr^^per lofer course of Klamath River ia Hcrthern Oalifornia; wbH« tha actual upper part of Klaoeth River is labeled Shaste Rlv^rf

Notes on t^e Geographv of the Coln.v,"bv^ Rivt-r by tho late

dr. Gairdner.--Joum,Royal Geog.5oc. London ,Tol.Il, p*E5t.I341

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Origin na'jx- Siisate

TiMi •J5rri«8t loap I hsre examined in niich the name Shestb BWtir appears oo the stream noif known b^- that name— a trlbat.*j7 tc Klajtifith I^irer from the south— is a manuscript 'aketoh ifep of the Northwest part of California', drawn by George 3ibba iz 1851 (photostat ia »y possession from original in Isdien 0ffiG9)o

It hee been sho^jm that the word Saste is the Kianath (lutuacf) r-isne for the tribe wl;ich since th'a publication of Ha: i*s BtbiJogTfiphy eO years ago hii« been comirionly knowi as Ssste (Shaste, ct 3h4<8ta), It is kncvn .als-; that Peter Skene Cgden afte^ wpendiqg two months among the Klamath Indians in tha ^-nter of 1625-1827, and consequently familiar with their name for the adjoining tribe on the wesi; , entered the territory of that tribo aT>d deliberately gave its name to the river on whicsli he fouiid th!?>ii [nc^ knc:;i:i as B^ue Hver], and to the great rrount^iin f.t it::; head [now knoyfn as Mt-, Pitt], It is one of the trrigsuiec of geographic nomenclature ♦ttot these names, by reason of a break in the cortlnuity of local knowledge of the region, !u?e boen Ifiinsferred to features remote from those upon irhich th-^y %brB /liginally bestowed* Still, it is something tc be thsnlcful for— from the standpc^int of Anthropology— that both tt:*^ t^Tf^nt u.uo/itain and the river tc #:iich the name was trans- UvT^A are still m thin or bordering on the territory of the Shcbl. tribe.

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Ihile the niicii} cf thc' tri^be ia noi^ firaly sctablish^c! as ^Q?^.s ^or Siieai&)a it should bo Irerpt in iD'nd tlis:t this ia not tk< name ty which they call themselves. Their nitj*, for the ins el yes is Ge'-kahtft or Ke>katch (once given :\ib r^ 3 l^^.x^k*ilit^' • PiOl^id Dixon get it in thp form Kiy^taik.

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Juae 24, 1926

Oregon 3iatorioal Society Portland, Oregon

D3£r 3irs:

Tery nier.y tbenks for your iorop:ptness in seeding me e copy of ths Quarterly of the Oregcp Histor- ical Sodsty, Vol.11, tlo.3, in com- pliaac* with my rrq-jeat. Ky checli for the omcunt ($1.5C) ia herewith eficlosed.

Very tnily ycurs.

June 2«, 1SZ6

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Ur. K% V» SorasTi Aoooimtant 3aiithsojaian last xtut Ion

Hdr«with I icclom UU of |I224«80 frox the Saieiuts Jlctor Ocmpsry for a new Dodge oai; to l5e dri^eD froa here to California aid there u^ed in field work. ?he oar we delir-

ered todaj acd aeens to be in excellent con^

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B7 purchasing it here instead of in Callfcrnia ^e sare nearly $400 Irt cost of car not to mention nj railroad fare and sleeper*

1 shall be obliged if yoti will kindly smd check direct tc the Seomes CQapany»6harging saw to the Itarrimat Fond*

tery tmly yours*

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June 22 » 1926

Kisc Slid TKelbora ?if tit irenue Hospital Ko*f lork Citj ^

Mj deer Xiss Voltern:

7e27 aorry to leani t!at you wro ill and trust that a brief treatiaent at tha hospital will prora all tbit ie oecassary.^

To vihat address nhall I forward ycur Jtana pay check?

Ifith beat wiahee,

Tery traly yours.

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Oarr Orgg do. MoBoie, ISdlans

Dear Sira:

boloatid i« a dollar for ibloh

pleaao a«ed na to aboTO addraaa ita equiv-

alaat in Br. Binkla'a Hsk Oaaoara Pilla

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Mo«3« Kindly p«ok in tvo containers #

▼•ly traly yours.

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Jml; 3, 1926

Hto Homrd Truslow

Sforetary^ Ligimitas lapioTeu»ot Club

Lagmitas, Karin Ootrntx^ Califs

Vj daar Sir:

la raaponaa to notification aig^iod jointly ^7 Hr* lataon ttid jonraelf I harawith analoaa mj ohaok of $3* in pajyaont cC Sma in the lagonitaa ImproT«ant Olul) to July 1926.

I hopa that the prosiaad woxk on the upper road ha a been done*

Tory tiuly youra*

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Jalj 3, 1526

Mro N. ^* DoTsey, Iccotmtant Smiths onidn Inslitution

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Dear )Lto Doreey:

Htrewith is my expense account for the month of June^ amount ing to $52^32. together with the Touchers enumerated below, all of which kindly pay from the Harriman ?und and oblige

Yery truly youre,

Zenaida Merriao assistant $90, f. L. Harriett map colorist $56. Blla WelTwrn stenog^asat $125.

Bead S. Bakar. Fhoto dareloping, printing arid enlarge- ments $22.60

C. Hart Mei'riam

1919 16th St. , Washington

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Szpense Account for June 1926

3 GeOoPolittth Co* water color paints for meps 1

8 NaP«»Morrison,Dixon'8 ShfiiijarrAeMMLli — ' 2

10 illen's Press Clippings forlfey 3

U N.14.Minnix ICO manlla guides 4

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25 Taubman Auto Supply Co., trouble light $1.; tire chain

2nd Ic-jk $2.;fire gage $1*50; rubber cloth $3.38

26 Smersor Co. > small camp axe ^ •-, —

30 DoK.Tfalfcrd. set tent pins, $l*;8et running board

strapt^ $2*50 — — - --^

Banning board reck $1^50 -.«..

Postage and stamped envelops --

Ploreice Johnson, cleaning office rooms month cf June 7 Xlectric current May 19-June 19 $3.78 11/3 of ^3.78*

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i7 dt ax- i^r^ Geriner;

Wift sndoeed bill for la^uni tas water r«r.t until .•^>n« I«a? baa Ijceu forwarded, as you ae*. I am »Mlosing sy f3h«>ck l;h^'r«*or herewith.

It has l.<?cr5 a arr,edf-al aissppointaie-nt to ua that we wurf r-t abla to go to Celifornlr^ before this. But I L3d i piece nf wcrit to finish whidi h&i to bo dene and J*ict is n.>w practlaany out cf t>* wey, so that 9re hope t:; start :Iri thr*«6 or foor days.

T hare p'in?ha«ed £ Dodge Sedsii for the trip, aad 3fr3. nrrian gnd ^sci-^ide hff73 been s^uippi^ it with various nftotjssitifts for the field.

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Hcpinji to aes jcxl ebout tb« first of ii^st. and kindest Towards frcir. all of us to ?;11 of your family,

Very truly youra,

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ftanko for your Caapolog recently r.^cd.

I em in trou1)l6 eliout ruaniog^arcl tf^nkt or Canteone* I ha^e a Dodge Sedan ^ich I am al>out to dri^e to C California » The doors laaTe only 6 inches abore tha running- l^oardp 80 a tan incb tank is impoffsibla unless it can go in front of th« door. Tour 112^ 1* inches leng^may just wori^ tut 1 am not aura* Floasa sand a^ one by ox|>i*e88 at onca^aa I aspect to atart on Friday of tbia iiaalc# I am anolosing my check for $5.95 (aa per your catal). But if It vont go on without blocking the door, I'll return it.

tary truly ycurs.

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July 12, 1926

m

Publisher

ooi enoe . ' ' • -

Lancaster, Pa.

Deer ^ir:

Kindly chsuge my mailing address

for the purrter, "beginning now^ from •,191£

§i?te^^t^ 3treel,_%shii}gtcnx.D-_C5j to •Jiagiinites, L'erin County, California*, re- turning to the old address the 1st of No- vember •

Teiy truly yours.

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Similar letter to:

American Pore8try,1523 L 3t..T?ashinctoD, D. C.

c^^iV^o f^J^'i^^'^J^^ BIdfi..l?th g Pe.Aye./TaahirPton Calif. Cuc-of-Poors.TaniQlpsTs Conaenratlcn Clul,317Tlood ^ Bide. .San Pranei«;en. Gilif. * ^awwu

ooientinc Monthly. Lencaater, Pa.

Sunset Maga-'.ine. 460 Ponrfh 3t., Ssn Pranoisco. Calif.

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JttXy 14, 1926 ^Ac ''•.^"97#. Accountant

peer Cr Bowey:

1 axpect \o start for CaliforcU In the ne« !)odge en Friday or Saturday of thia week and sball be oUig^d if yott will kindly send ire an adranoe of fire hundred dolUrs from the Herriman fund for field expanses, aa usual.

Ttry truly youra^

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July 15. 1526

Hon. Scott Leavitt tfr^^ft.

House of BepreaentttiTQS.^ashirston

Uy dear Mr. Leevitt:

?ery many thanks for the Heerines hefore yo-ar CoaiP.ittee of Feb. 13 to May 20, received this

motning.

I rr very glad to have this document god

hell he creatly ohligea if you c&n send ir.e a couple

of dozen copies.

I om leoTins for Celifcmia in the Doming

and shall he glad if you will kindly send these to my surner home. lei^v^taB^_^V^^9:?^^Z^^^^ This will T-e TT addresp until sometime in Novemher.

tery truly years.

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July 16, 1926

Dear Doctor Bunnell:

For the past two or threr months we here been hoping to finish up so that we couH start for CaLifomie. but as you see we ore still here. He expect tc leave :n the morning in our new Dodge car and ho^e to arrive at Legunites on or shortly efter iugust 1.

i few days ago I came across the enclosed photographs which I took in IS^l of John Muir aid family. Thought you rright like tc h.ive them.

With kindest regrrds from us all tc your wife and yourself, both of whom we hope tc see in the not distant future.

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July 15, 1925

Deer Doctcn: Ste^phens:

Doul)tle8F. you hars leen thinking of us as on the road for aone time past, but alas wc are still

here.

Ky manuscript on the Pit mver Indians just

firished.was tcceptcd for puhlication hy the Smith- sonian yesterday, f nd the acccmpanying map mil he made hy the Geological Survey.

Klizaheth has done a really recarTcshle joh in the ^ay cf making various covers and auto packs for the new Dodge sedan and if all goes well we hope to hit the trail tomcrrow. Barring unforseen delays we should reach lagunitas very early in August.

lith lore to you all.

Dr. '. Barclay Stephens 1250 Bay ^treet , Alf»medr., California

July 16. 1926

Mto Pompec Martinelli LagunitfiS, California '

Dear Kr. Martinelli:

Wti3n ! ;vrot« you last I thought we would get off ir. the next fe» days , hut various matters have detained us, sc that we are still here. We expect tc start on our long drive in the rooming and hope to arrive at Lagunitas ahcut the first of August

With "best wishes to ycu all, Very truly yours,

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1919 Sixteenth Street Washinptor.. t). C. July 17, 1§26

Dear Julia:

Here is a letter recently arrived fcr »ycTi.

Wit have had a rather intense heat wave for some dev'B «hich "broice with s terrific storm twc or three days ego. The stom gave us a deluge cf water and tore dovn a large numher of trees, including two cr three in the iiranediate neif.hborhood of cur hcnse . One on Judge Ytn Devantor's sidorralk was twisted off and throim across the etreet to our side, an ashing tl.$ front of an autonohile parted ageinst our sidewalk.

But it is clear and relatively cool now end we hope to set cut for Ctilifornic in the Komir.g. T7e ere two months or more Itite, which is greatly to be regretted but cannot be helps'. We have bought a new Dodge car for our field work in Califcmis and Elizabeth n«s done a wonderful job in ffislnr.g packs cf V£.rictis sort: for the equipment.

Our address as always ir summer will be Lagunitas until some tine in Rovewber.

With love fron us fll,

Mrs.C.L.Merriam IOCS Washingtcr. ^t. Watertown, rJ3w York

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July 15, 1926

Dear Sheldon:

We £re still her«. as you

hopes of pulling out tomo for Lagunitts.

' see, but we have strong rrcw in our new Do-ige car. bound

Yesterday my article on the Pit Piver tribes of California w.s accepted for publication by the SMthsonian to app,*r-Tn-their Miscellaneous Collection, during the late sunnner. They ;yant me to pay the cost of publlcaMcn f $200) which on^t,p of the colored .ap the Geological Suway is ..king UZ33^) cuts ,uite a^ch^Tout ^of t1:; Harridan Fund.

In looking for scr« old letters in my copy book for 1913 I came acrocg the enclosed to Roosevelt which I thought might interest you.

Doubtless you mi Mrs. Sheldon and. the children are having your nsual run of outdoor exercise end interests, which will of course do you .11 a lot cf gad. I only wish that California was not too far for your su^er outings, so that we m^t have a chance to show you some of the many attractive forests and canyons of the State.

With Icve to you all from all of us.

Kr. Oharle, Sheldon ^"^ '"'j ''""■

f^oye Scotia

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July 17. 1926

Crocker First llfitional Bank San Prancisco, California

Dear Sir:

Herewith I em enclosir^j check of

$4Dw> on the NatiorEl Metrcpoliten Bank of this city, drawn to your order, Aich kindly. credit to my eccount.

1 em just sterting for Celifornia, so that my address until late in the fell will he.bs usual. lagunitas, Marin_Oogntx>

Very truly yours.

esi

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July 18, 1926

Ur. N. W, Dorsey, Accountant 3aiithsoni8n Insixtuticn

Dear Mr. Dorsey:

Herewith is my Expense Account for July 1--17 amounting to $35.76,which kindly pay from the Harritian

Fund es usual.

At the end of the month pleas^^ sord pay vouchers

to my two essistant-stencgrsphors for the month of July at the usual rate of $1£5 per if.onth, after which there ^ill bs no further payment. The addresses to which these vouch- ers should be sent are:

Miss Miriam HoLnes. 2426 19th St.. Washington.D.C. Kiss l!iirgaret CarvelL, 16 Charles St..?!ewTork City, Care, N. Eaymond, Apt. 40.

I am DOW setting out to drive to Celifomia end hope to arrive at li-gunites on or about August 2. leguni tt-s will be my address until late in Kcvemliyir.

With best wishes,

Yery truly ycurs,

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July 18, 1926

Mr. H. 'ff. Dorsev, Ch. Smithsonitn Institut

Chief Clerk ion

Deer Mr. Dorsay:

Thanks for your letter of the 15th instant telling me

thi^t my pcper on the Classification snd Distribution of the Pit River Trihee of Califcrnie has been accepted for puhlication in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.

I accept your suggestion that the cost of printing ($200.) be paid from the Harriman ?und so that the nace. B.H.Harrii-an ?und wj appear or. the title page in similar manner

to that of the sample sent me.

I ar seriing the manuscript to Kr. True todey.

The accompanying map in ten colors is in the hands of Mr. Koehel. in charge of map fin^rsving, U.S.Geclcgical Surrey. Itr. Koebel estimates the cost at about $230. which T expect to •pay from the Hcrrimsn Fund. Mr. Koebel tells rre that it will be necessary to heve a letter of authorisation from the Smith- sonian addressed to the Director of the Geological Survey, re- questing the Survey tc engrave and print 2000 copies of this map. The 200 copies over anJ above the 1300 necessary for the edition of the Kisca'lleneo^is Collsctions please hold until my return. Please write necessary letter to Geological Survey

as

My summer address until sotnetirae .In !?ovember will be usual Legunitas» Marir. Co-onty, Caxifomia.

Very truly ycurs,

July 18, 1926

bmithsonian Institution Ky dear Mr. True:

Herewith T m sending you the manuscript cf my article entitled C]^sifica_ti>_a^dJDijtjlbu- Uo_nj>f_^eHXmin.T|lbes_of_CaliJb^^ far pub- lication in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous 'collections. I ha^e just written Mr. H. W. Dcrsey accepting his su^esticn that the Harriman ?und pay $;:00. estimated cost of publication.

I regret thct the necessity for my imrrediate departure for California does not admit of giving the desirable editorial attention tc the manuscript. I Should be gl.d to receiv. any suggestions from you be- fere the paper goes to press. My address from Aug^ast 1 .until late in November will be J^E^m^l^^M^irin^uxit^^ California.

Very trail yours,

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Potomac Electric Poster v^c. Fourteenth fccd C Sts. TIashirsgton, B. C.

Deer Sirs:

Today I am closing iry house— 1919 Sixteenth Street-for the secson. r?nd do not expect to retum until Noveffiher.

I have tu-ned off the electric current et the inf-in s-.vitch in the base-ent ^onder the stone steps at the front of the house, ^rA no current should he used until

my return.

Respectfully,

164

July , 1926

Water BepartMnt Municipsl Building Yiashington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

I have today closed mj house— 191? Sixteenth StrGot--fcr the remainder of the summer, and have turned off the wstcr where it erters the house. Nc water should be user^ in the house until my return in Ko7 ember.

Respectfully,

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July i'^ ,1S£6

Citv Postmaster TittsuingtoQ. I>.C.

Dear 3ir;

I ea cloeing my hcu8« and lesting for Oelifonis tonorrcvt, after which plesso hate wy letter sail fcnsrded until further notice to l»om\tam, Marin Oounty. Osliforrla. I do not exj>»ct to return until Ncvembor.

Thft iirters of my feaiily to whoni meil should b» fcwcrded are Urs. Merriam end r^yself EndMi=? ITennida yerrJam.

Tery truly yours,

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July , 1926

Chief of Police nashingtcn, D. C.

Deer Sir:

Today I au closing my house— 1^19 Sixteenth Street— for the season, ad do not expect to return until seme tiire in SoveK^er. I shell be obliged if you lyiH kirdly here your patrolffien keep an eye on the hou«5 froa time to tim« aa they rjfiss.

Should anything occur to ro^uire atleiition, plesee rctify Kr. or Krs. Temoe Bailej, 1834 Kalorana Ho«=d, cr Mrs. Marian Baker. 1905 Sixteer.th Street, cr If thej are «T»ay. Ur. A. K. Pisher. Biological Survey.

l^y eddrece until October will be lagunitaa, Marin ffonnfy, ^^Tifftrnijn.

Hesfootfully,

T8I

July !'i , 1926

ChwBftpefiVe tn^ Totcmac Telephone Co. Uiisrhi^igtot. D. C.

Deer 3inr;

We ere closing our house— 1919 Sixteenth. Street— today, and do not expect it to "be reoccu^ied before fovember.

I shall he obliged, therefore, !f you ;»ill discontinue the phone until further

notice.

Hsspectfully,

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^uly . ,1926

Washington, B. «, 2ear Sirs:

Today I m closings^ house- 191? Sixteenth Street-fcr the season ard do not expect to retum until »07 ember.

I heve turned off the ges. wh^rt it conee In fro^ the .treat, just before reaching the r,eter. No g^e ehould be used in the house until my return.

Hespectfully,

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TisBkc far roar letter cf Julj21, reoeire^ oi> tha

mOTBixs^ after our arrival, ^w#;a»l !• .

^ tgree to the oisiwiiOBS «agg«ted on pages 5, 6, 7, «M 8 of »iy MBiuBeript ©TtVrilt sxm Indians , and ait rfjtam- inf her«»ltli tho iatr9fiaetoi^^e«efryoa

. le left tlasMngf writ "SUr ii« 0«rS5.

Jalr IS Mid arrired gnrorliaguiu tan hume the^TettiRgi>f-ABg«gt thOB^csfipletiBg the traaaooBtinental trip.i»-t3drteen.anA a hal

>-,^i»^^ ■>.. ■■ II t^

i» 191 ri we were :31 days ia eresaing; in 1914, a daya. •Kiif aeana.that tlie roade aw jtre_ real roads for ^ way,

tKongh there still '•^•i^'^o^ *^"!^®* ^^ el*y«y ^^ »^°^* '®*^ «tnf?er«>a«ly alippery when wet. ie passed over several such in the raia, all tsars siippingaoa'sriling^from side to side, some taming crosswise and Viwe^geln^'otef fhe 'Baif.

the reaBOTlidlllsstStTryoirths whole introdnotion - ^iJMi i took tilt amiit lanrt Hr^-ytmr^ ef H^ i^^ it was not then written, though i ^ww^gmther i ng t2xe jiaterial for it,

aitiJieaLiiislifi^ . , — : — —

Very trulf yours, „__ ..

^k W'f -.

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i» O.tf.ibhot, iotlBg secretary g^thMaian institailen

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Augast 3,1926

Drar Uoctor Abbct:

Thanicc for yoar letter cf JulySl, recoived ot' tha

aoTEit-^, after our arrival , A'jp^st 1. ,

J. tgree to tlic cnissiocs suggested on pa-*09 5, S, 7, %nd e of tiy manassript cti t>9 lit Axver Indians, ana est retam- ine here»itli tho iiiir^ductory paces' you sent.

• le left washingten il diir new Uodf»e car about noon on JuTv I'j and arrived St our Lagrnntas home +^ evening of August 1, thae O'juipleting tbe traa9<i0BtiBentBl trip in thirteen and a half_

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in 191 r-j we were 31 days in crossing: in 1914, ZL daya._

i-his sieans that the roads nware^ real roads for muoh of the way, though there still remain long atretcfees of clayey o^adohe road^ «len?8r&u8ly slippery when wet. ae passed over several such^i^ the rain, all cars sHppin? and 'sliding from side to side, some turning crosswise and some goiu", over the bank.

i'he reason 1 did not ,?;ive you the whole introdnotitm - when 1 took the nain part to your offioe is that it was not then written, though i waa gathering the material for it, _

•^ith hest wishes ,

Very truly yours.

\xc 0.'i.it:bot, Acting becretary DHitlieo^aian institutioB

Retake of Preceding Frame

August 5 , 1926

jir nUliam 0. Mart .- . Committee on iBdian Aftaira House of Hepresentatiyes

ueai »r Hart:

Very many thanks for your kindness and trottWe

in sending me 25 copies of the Hearings on H. ^. 7826. they were wrapped hy someone who knows how and came in perfect con- dition. They will be appreciated by a number of our leading

ualifornia Indians.

iou B^ be interested to know that i laft Wash- ington with Hff wife and daughter the day you wrote me aiid drot. t^'onr California home at bagunitas in just 13i days. My first trip across (l« 1913; took 31 days; ay second, ZL days.

lith best wishes.

Very truly yours.

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August 8,1926

Hon. Ghaunoer b. (ioodrioh Idld Mills J^ag.ban irraneisoo

mj d«ar oir:

un ijriday the 6th i called at your otiice and saw the notice on the door that you would return at 3, but as my boat left at 2.15 i was obliged to iefer seeing you until mj next risit to the city.

lias sorry to miss mIss uowler as she wanted to see me before going north, but was delayed in getting away from Washington and the auto trip across took 13i days.

Very truly yours.

August 8,1926

Miss Alida G. Bowler „ , 1010 Mills Bldg, San Franoxsoo

Ky dear Miss Bowler:

Too bad i did not arrive in time to see you before your departure for the north. Our auto trip from Wash- ington took 13i days, i went to the city on Friday the 6th but found a notice on ur Goodrich's door saying that he would be back at 3, aild since my boat left at 2.15 1 could not wait.

is soon as i can get away i m going on a field trip to the northeastern part of the state, after which we shall be glad to see you here at Lagunitas and learn of the outcome

of your trip.

V ery truly yours ,

S'vl

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August 9. 1926

lirH. W. ^ors«y . AocouBtant Smithsonian institution

T)ear Mr Dorsey: - »

Htewitli is my expense account for Utter Half

., *« siifi 80 and Toucher for Zenaida Merriam.as- Julv amounting to |14e.w, ano t«>*«

juiy, an ^ ,„ v«v T^^l»llfle nav from tie Harrinan fond

sistant, July 1-18.^2, which please pay iro

■^ ''''''^* «• mad. the trip without accident in 13* days, the

only trouhle hein. ^ippery roads during and i^edi at ely after r^ns

.^h. «penses of the trip compared with railroad and

liM. Show a no«t satisfactory string.

i^Tj truly yours.

1926 July 9

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Lagunitas. Marin CId., California

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iu^ost 10, 1926

Mrs Helen 0. *ifr otter 5314 Shaft er Avenue Oakland^ California

My dear Mrs trotter:

^ Having recently arrived from Washington for the .

ttsual season's field work 1 ac wondering if yoa are yet available for the position of ste&o.<;raplMr-a8sittant» which I spoke to you about last year.

Mm now settint^ out oa a trip likaly to taice about ten days, after whioft X expect to be at La^unitas for a

Very truly yours.

August 10,1926

Mrs Leslie Qtmjaxi tiarwn of Occupations uniTersity of Calif oraia.

1^ dear Mrs (iatvyard:

Just BOW X «B in need of a young woman for the

position of stenographer-assistant. She. must have a good

general education and a good measure of common sense-no frills or paint.

At the start X usually pay 425 per month, with, a fair chance of promotion if satisfactory, it is possible that the right person mi»ht become my permanent secretary. "'

My work is mainly in anthropology, field aoology ■»d botany: «n interest in any of these would be helpful.

Am just now about setting out on a field trip,, to return to lagunitaa in about t«i days,

unfortunately, the person with the training and disposition l need is usually not a 8tenographer*typi«t.

Very truly yours,

2TI

August 10,1926

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Prof, flilliam S. Cooper University of Minnesota

Dear Professor Cooper:

Tour letter of July 28 isat liand. ' It was written while i was'^ still struggling with the roads in Nevada on ay third Auto-trip from Washington to California*

iour plan for an intensive study of the Ulaoier Bay region with relation to the glaciers and the animal and plart life appeals to me strongly, but i doubt very nuch if it would appeal to Mrs aarrircan. ahe likes to see prompt publication of results, but the studies you contemplate, like my own, require years of patient hard work before anything final is ready for

the press.

negrettlng that i do not know of any individual or institution likely at this time to finance such an undertaking, and with best wishes.

Very truly yours.

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August 13, 1926

Semmes Motor Co. Dodge Cars Washington, J).0.

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Dear Sirs:

In applying for my California License for the

Dodge Sedan i purchased from you(thro^agh your ^^r Hichewjin late June, i am told that 1 must file a Washington certificate or Bill of Sale to prove legal ownership, before i can get a California license. 1 have nothing of the kind with me and shall be greatly obliged if you will kindly send on* to my California address, Lagunitas, Marin County.

lou may be interested to know that i made the trip with my family in 13i days from Washington, and without

serious trouble.

Very truly yours.

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iay dear ur Louie: ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^

On retaminp, irom a tieia trx? ^

• -..,;t-»\ tftllia? me tlia* you. are «- .Mffnra (ia response to an xnquiry) teiiixxs 9r t,lffora Ua res? ^^^^^^^

♦ *n *aitor of tlie Ar.tLropolof,ist and t^t ,oa Btill editor ^^ ^ ^^ sotnetite

» tlie name ^hastetor Shasta, and expect to p

^"^ '^^* . vn4«v U tM» -ear i shakl be obliged

If you cannot publish it tWS ,^^

\ f>« manuscrxpt to me addressed to Lagunitas. if 70U Will return tho manuscrxpv

,-;•;- I will remit postas^e. ,srin uoanty. ualifomia. 1 ''ii^

^ery truly yours.

181

iiifyuat 30, 1926

the Trident

U.S# Kaval Aoadeirnr

iimapolie^ llarjlaiid

JPlease send ne, addressed to Lagunitas, Marin liounty, Oalifomia.'^a cor^s; of the •J^KI^SNT for Jtme of the present year (Vol

2, So4j.

'jfhlB number, which i have just seen, opens with an

article by n.W.Anderson, entitled *A Midahipnan of '56'.

it 80 happens that the liidshipman in question, vjustavus

J". Iterrimilater Major, U.S. Army daring Civil »<a»)wa8 an uncle of

mine. ti» was killed by a street oar in Los Angeles three or four

years ago.

Can you tell me how his youthful journal happened to fall into the hands of t^e TRIDENT? i shoiild he glad to possess the original if its present oTOer is willing to part with it.

Im enclosing 50 conte for/oopy of June Trident & postage. Very truly yours.

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Ohief, Mt. of JSngraving

ti.t. deological Surrey

Dear ui Kubel:

Daring a recent auto-trip of 1008 miles to and through

tba Ht Klrer oovmtry in HE Oalifomla i got fron Indiana a rather laportant correction for my inap of the rit HiTor tribes. 1 find that the |i?m-«ah>e tribe did not extend far enough south to take in ttorae Leke falley, but .topped at the south end of Madeline rlai their Sli comer being the north peak of t>.e Fredonyer .^ange. rheir SE boundary is a line running aW frcn the suiffldt of McDonald reak to the north peak of rredonyer iit8.(»Ji of jsagle Lake).

Another, tTiough less important correction is an extensic of the territory of the iP-fP^ro^- to corer the lAole of -illo«

Ureek Galley SX of Jtagle Lake.

unfortunately l hare no copy of the photographic maps I gwe yea just before Tearing eashington. the Jiurr^y photographer h«ring s«it «e only a single jn-int of each siie. ao the best i wn do is to send you a tracing of the area in question from ths i,orest ssrrtcs map from which my original mas made. 'iJhis is en- elosed herwith. On it 1 h«re Indicated by blue pencil the line

<boandeErT) to be corrected.

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bill against my amithsonian fund.

with best wishes, very truly yours.

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Or C. ti. Al)T>ot lotlBg becrotarr. SmithBOoian instituti

D«ar i/octoT Abbot:

After opening our house at bagunitaa Mrs Merrian. and

1 aroTe to tve rlt riiTer country in the northeastern comer of California in order to checlc my manuscript with members of the sereral tribes for corrections and additions. (Round trip 1008 Mies; much of it over lava rocks/

. Obtained one important and several minor corrections. «d a considerable number of ranoheria and tribal names not in th. manuscript. i can fix these in the galley proof, but it would be much less expenaiv. to attend to them in the manuscript if it ha. not yet been set up. if not set. kindly return and 1 ^11 make the necessary corrections and additions at once.

very truly yours.

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bept 4. 1926

Mr B. i> iiorsey, Aooountant Smithsonian Institution iasMngton, i>.v/.

vear wr uorsey:

Herewith 1 m enclosing sty expense account for August.

amounting to 4,175 . which kindly pay from the narriman rand as usufd.

nad a great trip to the northeastern comer of ualif<>rnia and got what i went for-correotions and additions to my paper on the rit ttivor tribes, nuch of the way was over hare lara rocks.

iirore 1008 miles in ten days besides working with seven tribes. While the Oodge is not a fast car. it is so much faster than the old 'Uaby urand' that 1 am always surprised at the distance we go

in a day.

lou would have enjoyed the welcome we got at a lonely

cattle ranch ia Dixie Valley-one of the most remote and most inacces- sible valleys of the state. isolated folks are always glad to see people from -the outside".

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with best wishes.

Very truly yours,

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0. Hart Merriam

Lagonitas, Marin uounty, ualif.

isxpense Account for August 1926

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Auer 1 wadsworth, hevada: itoom ^

uold iiun^ Ualif. Tire vulcanized Auburn: 9 gals gas w23i 4)2.12; grease. 30 ijapa: 8 gals gas w 22 i|)1.76; meals en route •4>2.50

3 ban iiafael: Sparrow oros btap light switch

12 gals gas ii22 ;j)2.64; lunch .50

4 Allen's l^ess clippinsrs for July 2 Am rty JSxpresstDhest of Vocabs, fcSb, admaps from aashnS

M « I'runk o: pkg from Washington ;627.7d 1/3 4

6 it'are san jaafssanjrran ret 60; street cars 40; meals 1.75 ban iiaf,ii .A.Nichols :Oil .labor & cleaning car 5

13 Fare aan riaf-oan jcran ret .60; streetcars 40; meals 1.75 Crocker btationery oo; Notebooks and pads Neal-otratford Co: Journal 1.05; mending tape .35 6

8 gals gas 1.76; hubs greased .50 t. -i ok

14 Healdsburg 5 gals gas 1.15; grease 25; meals 1.35

15 ukiah: Palace Hotel, iioom a bath 7 Car storage 50; iieals 2.25 , ^ , - ,„

Williams: rire vulcanized 1;5 gals gas 1.18 wed Bluff: 4 gals gas 98; work on car 50

16 Coming: Hotel Maywood, room cc bath o

Gar storage 5©; greasing « repairs 2;bkfst & lunchl.50

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uar storage 50; 7 gals gas 1.61; neals 2.

ban nafael: 7 gals gas w 22 * ,_

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Sept .7,1926

Mr R. S. Ford b«BBi«8 Uotor Uo Washiagton.D.C.

My dear nr Ford:

Many thanks for your letter of August 20

enclosing certified copy of JJill of Sale for the Dodge

Sedan you sold me on June 24 last.

On presenting it to the Ualifomia Itotor Vehicle Department I was immediately given a windshield paster per- mitting me to drive in the state till Deo.31— at which date i expect to be back in Washington.

Thanking you for your courtesy and promptness

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Very truly yours.

Sept. 7,1926

Mr E. W. Ammerman ban Bafael Dist.Mgr. Ualif .Automobile Assoc.

My dear ur Anme?rman:

Please pardon my delay in acknowledging your

court esey in furnishing a Mon-resident i-ermit for my Dodge

sedan on August 28.

i at once pasted the Permit on the lower right

hand corner of the inside of the windshield, according to your directions.

At date of expiration of i'ermit (Dec. 31) 1 ex- pect to be back in Washington, U.G.

with thanks for your kindness in the matter,

very truly yours.

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ur nobert u. iiowie jsditor, im. AntluropologlBt oerkelej, Oalifornia

Mj d«ar Dr Loivia:

rhanks for your latter of September 1 ami vj manasoript on the nane obaste.

it is good to know that T!>e inthropol^et baa so nacli material ahead for publication. JLnotlier g^ood t^iag voold be a li'beral publication fund.

»ery truly youra.

Jfosta^e and registration fea enclosed.

tiept.8. 1926

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Has Atmes xShMM isoard of Mitors iaalm Aoad Sciaaoea Dtot. Agriflaltare MmOAi^m, U.C. .

My aaar idaa Cliaaa:

iiarewitli 1 m encloaing an article on the

SoanM of tlie aase Sfeaata. wMcb it occurs to me you might i^m m for jattiaation in the Journal of tbe iiaahingtoa ioaaasy of Scianoaa. If praoticable, it should appear ^fore the end of the currant year.

If accepted, pleaae have galley proof sent t» M at Lagunitas. aarin County. California, wbere 1 expect to remain nntil late in Borember.

very truly yours.

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tttpt.e, 1926

1010 Mills Building Smx fmoiMo, Ualif.

Jty dMT Mr (}oo4ricli:

In compliasoe with jour rvqamt 1 will giTt • britf and ir«ry informal talk at the loach naatiBg of t>e Indian aectioB of tbo uoomonweal th ulab on ttaptaabar 23. it willharo to ba noat inforaal as i axpact to ba in tba fiald until joat btfort tim Boeting.

i on glad to know that idaa Boidar will apaak all and trust thora will be a general diseosaioa^

»ery truly yo6ra.

ser

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Ptof .0. !»• tiomburg 1618 ttrand iTtnue, Piedmont, Utlif.

Detr ProfeBsof Thornbarg

Staan in tbirtMB and » lialf ««y»-

t. aMiii M vraotioftbl* after opening the bofttie. Mrs.

north eaatem corner of the atate^ worcxBg wivn

tribe* of Indiana.

««.«*vM* I MB aettiwr oat for the Trinity and Klamath

ViJlflJt J5; S'oS'i*^ rSjeStTo'be '"•home for i few dafJ.^oSnJ «• late « i« neeeaaary for me to pttrtnylRrtd JSrFaa rapidly aa po«iible.

lith beat wiahoa,

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Mr U. a. (irant, Librarian natural History ifciseum Balboa I'ark, aan Diego Oalifomia

My dear nr Grant:

lour request for separates of papers on

liattiral History subjects, and for information as to how to procure old volumes of the Proceedings of the uioloRical Society of Washington reached ;ne atter a roundebout journey.

1 motored from washiar.ton to Ualifomia this summer and expect to be engaged here in field work until tha latter patt of ttOTember. Shortly after my return to Waah- ington i will pick out a set of remaining separatee of my

papers for your library.

lou nay be able to purchase back volumes of t>ie iJiological bociety's iYoceedinga by addressing ur H.U. Oberholser. U.S. Biological Purvey, Washington. if not, write me in December and A will see what i can do.

»ery truly youra.

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T)r. Joseph liiinnell Kustum or vertebrate Zoology University of California Jierkeley/oalifomia.

Dear Doctor (irinnellt

Your letter of kngaet 22 expressing

interest in my article on the buffalo in Galiforaia

lited ny arrival from a field trip in the northeast- em corner of the state. I !■ Jost now setting out on a trip to rrinity and Klamath rivers.

lour paper on the Pocket (jojliers interests me greatly. Xou certainly have aade « ¥«l- aable contribution, and the colored plate by urookn surprises me greatly by its excellence. JJrooks has developed into a most remarkable aatural history artisi and practically without instruction. Il» surely l» ft genius as well as a fine man.

Moping to see yon before fllit fBd 9i tte season, and with best wishes to you all, tt ever

Very truly yoar».

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Deer mn:

Thanks for your notifioatlon that SB m bona* at Lagositas to the a 15150.00, will expire Uoteber 5th.

I ahsll be sbligad if you will kindly renew for threw yaara, as heretotore.

Very truly yours.

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Beptember 12, 1926*

Hon. William Kent Kentfield, Marin Oo,

California.

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ISy dear Mr. Kent:

Replyin,^ to your letter of the 4th inst- in re- gard to a contribution on Indians to your forth- coming book on the xairialpais region, would say that 1 have the matter under consideration ana will talk with you about it later.

I have recently returned from a field trip in the ^orth eastern corner of the state and am just setting out on a trip to rrinity and Klamath rivers.

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Sept amber 12, 1926

Pacific Telephone and lelej^raph Uo.

Saa liafael,

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Attention: Manager

Dear bin

Verv many thanks for your courtesy in s«nJinR III co^ of the May 1926 issue of the £>an. ??aJciScJ and Say oJunties directory, received by last mail.

Very truly yours.

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Uity Po8tiraBt«r iiasaingtoii , i>.v.

year k>ir:

i an greatly disturbed by notices from tlie publisliers

of two scientific periodicals stating that publioations of Talue properly addressed to ny permanent home at 1919 Dixteenth i>treet had bMtt returned as "HfoUiiiiMjHd)'' •

iB Tiew of the circumstance that i built my hoase at 1919 16th Dtreet forty years ago and have lived there ever siBoe, except when away on official business, i am led to iaqaire whether it is the practice of the rtashinr>ton rostoffice to destroy or retom to iender mail properly addressed which happens to arrive daring one*8 absence from the city?

hundred dollars worth of such mail come to

•lashington for me every summer while i am absent on field work* Mr rhcHBaa. mail carrier for the district in which i live^ has for years taken care ot my 2^ ^"^^^^ ^^^^ during my absence-

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l>r B. f . Oifford ftumassut ^ 2^ its. b anf raitoisoo , ualif.

Dtar i>r i^ifford:

Hetaming trom another field trip i find your letter of bept ember 14 notifying me of the return from nashington of a number of the Anthropologist which was properly addressed to my house, 1919 16*^ Street. . 'fhia was a serious error on the part of the looal branch of the fashington office and i ha^e writ*> tan the Uity Postmaster about it.

Please do not change sry permanent address on your mail* isg list, but send the returned nuober to me at Lsgunitas and 1 sliaXl be greatly obliged.

Very truly yours.

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A fiig«lo«, Stajwn itar, Calif.

Do aqj iBaiaas liTt la tlM UtoilTille oountry?

IS so« MB 70a giT4 ne tlie names of one or two iBtalli((«Bt aai^r woiwd wIio apeak English?

II tliara are ao fullblooda left on South ^ork Salaoa^ are tiMre anj lialfbloods who ksov the old

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I an told that a road la being Imilt from ii'orka of Sadaos to CeoilTille. Hov near uaoilTili* Anmm

this new read go?

Tory truly youra.

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September 25, 1926

Chamber of Oommerot iaaonath Jj'allB, Oregon.

Dear Sjirs:

4 few days ago 1 saw a small map of an

area in Morthern ualifomia and Southern Oregon tak- ing in your region and Urater Lake, and showing con- necting roads to the Pit aiver country in California.

If this map is still obtainable 1 would . he greatly obliged for two copies and will gladly remit

cost of sane.

Very truly yours,

C.V..

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Jiallliard & Schmieden. 203 California Street/ Saoi Jfrancisco, California.

Uaar Sirs?

liany thanks for your courtesy and prompt- ness in sending me renewal of ay house insurance from October 5, 1926 to October 6. 1929, Atlas Assurance company. Policy Mo. 186939.

^ check for the premium, ?72.10, is here- with enclosed.

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Mr. Gabriel Moulin,

153 Kearney '^^'^•••^-^^ni. ban tfranoiaco, oali forms.

My dear Sir:

Thanks for your memorandum of th« tw«ty-

fourth mat. enclosing prints fro. the last btcB of films i left with you for printing aad enlargxiig. * « obliged to you for theae and am eimlosiBg iHirirttli a list of the negatives from which i would like to h«.e enlargements made; postal size.

i am enclosing also some of the prints whidi i h«re triced more or less in order that the eidarge- ,ents mav he made to correspond with these as triced. .

nease make the prints as clear and sharp a«

possible and make two «aargement. from etch negatxTS.

m returning prints and fil» to m« fro. no.

^r^ 1 svall be obliged if you will Wndly mil the W^^^ . one day and the negatives the following day, so that in

esse of accident (as has happened twice in the past twelf

.ears) the whole thing will not be lost. Many of the .

^e -v. ftwi-r survivors of their tribe. Indian negatives are Of -he only survivo <i

Very truly yours.

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September 25, 1926

lajor John 3. Madigan , . _ ^. Uhief Clerk, U. b. (ieological burvey Washington^ B. u.

My itmr Major:

Very many thanks for your promptness

and courtesy in sending me for official use the two jaaxa and profiles of Middle JJel itiver, oalifomia^

just received,

Very truly yours ^

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!Blas Aetnes uhas«,

isaitor of the Jo'i^^.o^i^nces ftas>in»ton Academv of boiences,

SmithBonian institution, Washington, u- ^»

Dear Miss ohase:

Many thanks for your letter of tlia 15th

instant which i found on returning from a field trip araon. Indians in the northwestern part of the btate.

i am glad to know that you have accepted for puolioation my paper on the souroe of the name Shasta- and that it will appear in the second Oct o.er

issue.

rlease have 150 reprints with oovera made

at my exnense, of course, uould you have a half-dosen conies sent to me here at Lagunitas and hold the others

until my return to washin?,ton?

yery truly yours.

bept ember 26, 1926

Mr. HarrT Ueorge Lookout, (Jalifornia.

Jty dear bir:

At last the photographs 1 promised you have

come back from the printer and i am sending copies to you

herewith.

i was very glad to meet you and hope to see

you again some of t>>ese days.

■ith best wishes to you all,

lours very truly.

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bept ember 26, 1926

Miss Miriam holires Hjorcen-s universitv club y43 oouth Hoover Street i^os Angeles, Ualiforniao

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*i7 dear uiss aolmes:

On returning to La^junitas i find jour letter Without date, fro. Los .ngeles. .e all are greatly sur- ' prised to hear that jou are in California.

It will not oe practicable for me to cive jou emplornent here at Lagunitas and it is too early to say positively what i shall be able to do daring the co.ing winter. However, it see.« probable that i will be .lad to have you .o on with the dictionary work daring the winter.

^s. i^erriam and Zenaida join ne in kind re- gards and in the hope that you are in excellent health.

Very truly yours.

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Mr. iiilly Quinn lookout, California.

My dear ijir:

Tl^e photographs i promised to send vou have now arrived and i am enclosing them herewith and hope you will like them.

^ith kindest regards to all your people.

Very truly yours.

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Mr, Jack inlilliams Likely, Modoc Gounty California,

My dear sir:

It is a long time since i saw you and

took your pictures* 1 had expected to send these to you earlier but they have only just come back from the photographic printer, i hope you and your wit> will like them,

Since i saw you i have beer on ^ long trip in t>>e northwestern part of California and in rrinitv

itiver uanyon*

bome of these da^s i want to see ?ou a^ain

and have a longer tir^e to talk with you^but x asi afraid

i cannot go there again this year,

with best wishes and kind rt^q^arcis also to

Mr, and Mrs. xio? Williams.

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September 26, 1926

Mr. i^'alter Moodv iiontgonery Creek bhasta County California.

isfiy dear bir:

On returning from a trip in the xrinity iiiver uountry and along the coast 1 find prints of the photographs i took of you and your family, i am send- ing you a sot herewith. I am also mailing you a copy cf the Congressional rearing 1 promised to send you. oome 01 these days i hope to see you again.

'ftitb regards to Mrs. Moody and the girls from iflrs. ^erriam hnd mv daughter.

verv trulr ^T-ours.

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SeT>teitib«r 26, 1926

ky doar Mrs. xaylor:

You wer« very good to write me again and to

tell we sometTiing about your family and present abooe. *irs. Merriam and l are always glad to 'near from you and wish the li-ited time at our disposal would enaale us to eee you at

least once every year.

this year we were very late in coming, ile drove

across the continent from washin-^ton in 13i days, arriving in early August, ImTneJiately after opening our house at Ls^unitas my daughter joined a party bound for bequoia national rorest while Mrs. Merriam and i made a drive of 10*J8 miles to the north- eastern corner of the state, where 1 worlced with seven trioes

of indians*

Aftar retarninf^ from that trip i went to the

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northwestern part of California, to the coast region, ttoopa valler '^nd irinity canyon; and as soon as 1 am aole to iinlsh proof reai.iDg of an article now passing through the press 1 shall set out to visit tribes in the Middle aierra negion,

l?hen mj season's field work is finished we shall try to call on you «t Oakland. It doesn't seam possiule that both ^rj and venoms are married, ihis reminds me that 1, my- self, am twice a grandfather, it certainly is a lonn time since

Mrs. S.n.r.

we have met.

if it were iDracticaoie to arrange a date we woald be delighted to have you and Professor laylor visit us at La^iinitaf? hut 1 am here only oetween field trips and rare- ly taow lonjj enou^^h in advance to arran.c'^e to see our friends. However, we ??hall surely try to aee you before returning to

Washington,

Hith kindest re^^ards to yourself and Professor

xaylor, and the children when you see them.

very truly yours.

Mrs. (ieor^^c a. laylor Harrison Apartraents Oakland , California.

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Jiy dear Miss Howler:

In looking over the mail that aocamulatad during my recent field trip 1 have cone across your letter of the 17th instant, enclosing copies of letters relating to the thraatenea destruction of Indian iiioto- graphs in caves in Owens valley* i have no personal knowl- edge of these caves but it goes without saying that they are of archeol epical importance and should be preserved if possiole. i regret that i do not see any way oy which i may help in the matter but trust that you will Da more suc- oessiul with others wt»om you have approached on the subjMt.

With best wishes.

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Accountant, Smithsonian institutiwi, Washington

Dear Mr Dorsey:

Herewith is my expwiso account for SeBterti«r,

«.oantfcng to%3.T; and voucher for ZenMd. M.rri«a.aBai8t«t,

amounting Uf^^i. whicb kindly pay as uaual from th» ttarri-

van fund.

a«Te made two important trips doring th* past

four waeks: om by rail and »tago to the lower tti^ty iiiTtr country where 1 got the name wid a f*w words of a triba b«- liered to hare been extinct many many ye>re. A'lw nm9 of this tribe was unknown. 1 mapped its boundarifs long hut only now secured its naroe-from the only surriTor.

the other trip, from which l hare just retur- ned, was by my car to the Ht RiTer country to secure addi- tion«a material and corrections for my paper on these Indians. Drore 874 miles, got the needed material .and got out of the Bountains just in time to miss a bad storm-which howeTor

caught -me at this end of the line.

Arch M. Gilbert had just returned from Texas and i persuaded him to go along for expenses-thus saving z*naida the fatigue and exposure of so long a trip so late

in the season.

Very truly yours,

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Mr fli*nfi«a^ ^i a^^A^i^x. Uctober 15, 1926

rr«8idant, Indian Dafensa aosoc.

-i5l^*'^Fn*^^ni,* ^'•ntral ualifornia 1010 mils iJldg.jban Francisco

»y daar Jir (Goodrich:

lour invitation of the 11th instant awaited my return from an auto trip of 376 miles among half a dozen tribes in tha northarn part of the state.

I shall be happy to attend the dinner if jl may go informally and sit back sonewhera where my plain clothes will not be too conspicuous—as i have fio dinner suit here, having driven out from Washington with my family. i appreciate your court esey in the matter and sbill be glad to be there.

Am starting today to attend a meeting of mdians on upper itussian niver, they having sent an urgant request for me to

come.

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Mr S. J. Kiibel

Chief, DiYision

of itograving,

U.S. (leological Survey

Dear Mr Kubel :

Not having heard from jovl I fear some hitch has developed in regard to my map of the Pit Hiver tribes*

However, 1 am expecting to return to Washington «o soon that the matter may as well wait till I see you. ' In the course of another trip to the region the Indiana called my attention to another error in the map, lAich will need correction.

very truly yours.

Oct. 3)^1926

Postmaeter Alturas, Calif*

»tar Sir:

Will yon kinflly inform me h(Jw far west of Utarus is the so-called Essex Hot Spring; and also whether it is on the north or the south side of the Tiighway that runs from Alturus to Canby and on.

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Oct. 28. 1926 My dear krs Knickerbocker:

in response to your request for sale of tickets for the JJecen;ber entertainment at the Lagunitas uanyon (Jlabhouse 1 am taking the liberty of sabstitatinf; my check for Ten dollars, and am returning the tickets.

Zenaida leaves tomorrow for i^ashington^via Panama Oanal^ and Mrs Merriam and 1 follow by rail in a few days.

Kith best wishes for kr Knickerbocker and yourself personally, and for the success of the entertainment and the Olub^

Very truly yours.

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Oot 28,1926

Mr Sam Steele Alturmg Calif.

]kj dear 3iT:

Here are prints of the photographs i took of yw early in the month. i think they are very good and hops you will like them.

I am sorry I did not meet you a year ago. Hext^ season i shall try to find you and have more time with you.

Just now we are packing up to go back to Washington:

for the winter.

with best wishes,

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October 28,1926

Mr ttobin aprittg uanby, Uo4oo Go*

My detY air:

Bnolosed are prints of the photographs 1 took of Tou at the time of by brief visit the early part of this month. 1 think thsy came out very well.

ahat news from your brothers, Bam and rtilliev I hope the operations tm their ayes were successful.

ile are going back to Hiashington in a few days and liope to return to California early in the spring.

With best wishes to you all ,

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San J^'ranciaoo, (Jot. 29, 1926 Miss Agnes Ohase, Smithsonian institution, Washington, D.C.

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Dr C. (1. Abbot p Assistant Soorotary Smithsonian institution » ttashington

Dear Doctor Abbot:

At last 1 azn returning (herewith} the galley proof of my paper on the Fit HlTor Indians, irhich came a long time ago. Dont faint when you look at it.

On reading it i realized more than before that there were many gaps that should be filled. 3o I hitched up my car and drove back to the Pit Kiver country— round trip a thousand and eight tciles. Sot much new material and a few corrections, but some of the Indians i wanted to see were away. 150 » after putting in the new matter, 1 made a second trip and found most of the looked-for Indians. Jfound also a couple of small pojc camps-^«*but that did*nt matter. Secured iiuch more material, which is now incorporated in the proof.

&indly have two copies of the corrected galley (mot yet page) sent to me at 1919 16th Street, as we are going to start back t<»norrow— by rail.

Have been delayed by various other Indian affairs «»Hnich for instance as having been sent for to spei^ at a meeting of Xadians up Hussian river ^ and as having sessions with the Ind- ian Defense Association, and so on.

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Profefisor Oliver P. Hay U. 5» Ntticrir:! Museum leshington, D, C.

Deer Profsssor Hey:

On returning to Wsshingtcn I find, still unanswered,

your letter v;ritten rnoro than a month ego, in:juiring e^bcut

the alleged "goTcrnnent experts'* H. J. Georfi and Jos. Hi:.rrell,

who were alleged to biTe found rereins of the ^ehre-tcoth

tiger mA mastodon in the Ojai Valley.

I never heard of these mon, nor cf the cilleged find. Hegretting my delay in replying,

Very tr.ly yours.

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Devernher 1?, 19ZS

Mr. H. R. ^ai^ner 90 Kl Camino Real Berkeley, California.

My de?r Mr. Wcgner:

Returning from my summer's field work in California, I regret to learn from ycnr letter of the 5th instrnt, thrt your new hook on^ir Pr^^ncis Drrke's Voyage T which you were good encugh to send to rre, YeH "been rerturied hy the 5I>: press Coirpany. TV.is V7cs a most unfortizna t<? rnd unnecessary error on their isvi.

It you "^^ill kindly re-ship Ire book, charges collect, addressed as usur?l to my house, 1919 - 15th Street, I shrll be grertly oblir^ed.

With kind rerTds to Vrs. Wa,'^ner and vourself

Very truly yours,

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Dr. 3tcohen T.^ther. Director IJetlcRcl tarlc Service

DeeT Ikxitcr lialHers

tour tempting inrUction. tc fflfe^t

fteTl.ia 1!ci.rBtent8titw of tha ^aUonel ?Bfk 5erTi« at S'tiner at th^ !le« ^iHerd

Umorrtn. erenins. '^«^^*«« "^^ ^^'* '' ' ^'''' retttrceft howfTor. th« sessor/s flelfl work

Ifhile It Tfouia ^e 8 pleasure to ««t jou .rd yoCT field repre^entatiTca. 1 x^gret tvnt 1 do rot feel sUe to eccej?t.

teiy truly yours.

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Tr. jr- Wj Dcrsey, Accomtart Siaithsonien Institution Weshingtcn, T). C.

Dear I'r. Dcrsey:

Herewith I trar^mit my belr,ted account for the .. - ^ , ^ amour ting to $llSi.56. month of October, /T7hich please psy from the Harriman

Fund, 83 usual.

You fleft I h^^^e r^b'-^of^ "^r^^i ^n'^i'Povri- ^a thrt my address until next spri-g or summer, will be as usual, 1919 - 16th Street, Washington.

Verr truly yours,

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0. Hart lie rriam

1919 - leth Street, Weshington

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Oct. 2 San Rafael. 14 gal. pas $2.52.2 gel.MoMle oil $2.80

4 Trij) ncrtlirLunohidinner, self 1 Af^st.fAroh, Gilbert)

5 Airen^s Press Cliiopinns for Sept. . 1 Red Bluff , Tre'^ont Hotel, room, selft-arst.fA.GilbarfJ 2 Redding, Miller-Shipley Co. .chanr^irr' engine oil 1.30;

pr. weeS chairs, 7.00 3 Ekfst.fi l^inch, self 1- Asst. i 1.25

6 Adin, Modoc Co., Sup.Ldg. i bkf^t, self * Asst.

^A;l'. eilb-rtV 4

lunch, solf 8: k^st. S .50

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Likely, l£?=?son CcSup.idg. 5: bkfst. .fr'^lf & Asst.,

(A.I/.Gilb-rt) 5

lunch & dir^nrr, Pelf S: Asst. 8 Redding ^Golden ?aple Hotel.room.f^elf ^^ A^st.{GiIbert)6

Eealb, self i- Asst.

11 S^n Rafael, engine oil c^ anred

San Prencisco, R^rsge .50; lunch .75;Ret. Seusnlito

-San Prsrci^ GO .30; carf?:res .20

12 Son Rafael, 13 rjal. gas 2.34'greef?inr' car 1.50;

battery .25 ^

15 Healdsburg, 10 gel. fy.az , 1.90; Iferls en route 1.50

16 Ukiah, Palace Hotel, 'room ?: btth 7

meals 1 75* teleD^one ^5

17 Santa Rcsa, Occident 'Hotel; 'room I- Ift'h '2.56:tel.45 8

Oct. 19 Sen Hefsol.enrlre oil changed. 2.10«,trfiTismission

grefise.' .50;tire ruloarized ."5 20 L£:£urites,^r* telephone caUs to^^nnPr'ncisco

i Ret. Sausalito-Stn ?njncisco .30;".nnch, self

5 Indiers ^ x n c/n

ar Pr£rcisco,Hotel Ste^^ert ,room ? bath o.-tel.^.oO

car stc--ge .50yneplP, .-^^If ^i 5 Indiars

24 Re^ferri^Sausalito-Sen Prrrcisco •30.c;.r stor^e.SD

25 UkTyii^vc^u c ; Street oars .20^ lunch .GO . ^ ^ ,^. ,^ Gabriel Moulin, phctopjraphic work (Mil of Oct. 131 10

^- Arselmc. 8 grl. gas 1.44; car stcrrge .RO

yr 1?- Cisco .Hotel Ste^crt,room5;-bcth.3.w,tel. .701

lanch .75, street can. 25 October postage snd stamped ervelcpf^s 3ubscrin*icn, Game Brrsder, to October, iV^7

Pdid Indier^Qld Sally, f ly, 2, Hrmmahw,

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Novernber SO, V^IC

Dr, W. K tqIrj 'Stephens ISSO Bey Street Alameda, Oolifcrnic.

Derr Doctor Stephens:

We arrived en Sur.f^ay, the fcnrteenth, erd found everything at our house in good condition, except the temperature, And since the water tos turned off at the- street, we rtere not aWe to st&rt the furnacv' and ther-^foro eccei^ted t:rs. Bc-ker's invitrtion for r j^er end bed* ^i^r^. next r.CTGing the w&t<?r was ' .rned on, gn] I trlfd lh» exi)erim«iit of pressir-{^ the b: ttcn tliat s'.arrs the fumtcc. To r./ surprise, the thing went off just ?.? -If it had liser buri-irc -V. su.-mer, ; rd U hes not given ws un/ trcuY^^a since.

Zanaida wired us froir. Row l6rk V -■ c dej-s ...^r. ciiat she was going to visit our cousins Irfore retim ;-^. A liiter wire states thrt sh«? •vill le ^ere thi? evorins — Which will be hi;,;.ly satisfj^ctory to eTevyljJ, c.-cerned.

Ky grind-niece, Ploddj, \^ locking ^»ell, ..r'^ w}":i be vvith us tntil my sister :rd ^errcr Bailey r-^^nrn.

That zinc prescr'ption you r ' ne 1-i^v-^^^ f r ,, ^..^ trouble immedi: toly, ond there hrrs been r/? r<^tu>'v •^•. r which I m very gratefiil to you.

It TOi inc^t kind of you to tal^e \? in for our 2 ^

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i I «. v„ „B f-^ fVa tr-^n next morning, rdght in CiAifcrniE. -^na to t.;..'.e us to t..,e w.-u

'^B Smithsonian editor assures me that they will be .hie to brln. c.t :ny pape/ c^ the Pit Ri.er Indi .ns before

tho ci ^'f -'-^ y^'T*

It w.s gccJ to see ,-rur ^vcnderful new office and it

^ces -.vithcut saying th.t the char-ge tv^^ the old one will U a cor.tinaous joy tc you .nd ycur nur.ercu5 patients.

H. hcce thet Krs. Itephens is rid of her throat troi:ne .nd th.t !?lizubeth hes out-lived her series of colds. Doubtless Stusrt is as busy es e^er.

mth love tc ycu all. in which nisabeth ioins.

As ev.'er, yours

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D«er Sirs:

ren««8i ct ir^mHJ. oi, «j ncuse ic Hwhirgto. ior tho tir.* /•«» .iiAia^j Horeraoer ii7, ISife, i«ii<„ ttaiow

1*6 a^ottiii oi th. pr«niu«, thirty 4clUn, i« bore-

♦ooloe»d

fex7 truly j?otir».

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1hi:t Iroa:

One of the tAlngt tnat have vorried ne dunu^ Ihe peat ioontli is ny i'cllure to aoknowledge /oar letter oi October Idtn, or to let you knov «tiy «• ooiild rot poasiolj) (jet over to see you and Aogie. i ws ««ajf OQ tripe purt o£ the txM, end reading proof tbe rest oi the time, until «e had to close tae iiouae and pull out for Washing tou.

to\^ iuiov OX courae ^f\h% Uia rocid iroA Isgjimii^^ to OliAti lies oeen closed for h ooapio oi Mntha so thfit in ordor to get to the coest ore hflt to lirst cross the ridge from San Geronimo to Nio^^io ▼allejf^ and drifo tUenoe Meter 1^ to Point Beyes, inue consuming an inordinete amount Oi vtiluaule time*

It was a reel grief not to ee« either of jou again. Vieii /ou left yon slipped Hm^y eo early and so Quietly luat 1 did not wour ^ou had gone ^na h^a no opyortttnity to taJUc Ofer metiers*

As yoa icnen. StMida returned (yy way of Pt^naM Qiuaala tnd ^rrittd ia Waaliingion o^dy tm or three dayt H^Oi dbe ia loojtiiig wiMitilly ieU«

i»i Angie ratnrQ^ yatt ^lA oan i% ue true tkiat jQ\k t»ara plmaaent^y l«6iited at JM^Un^a,

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Ify top »£ ii» Pit Birer Indiea tribes he a ueen priiitM, bat ai |irMeot 1 iwv* no copies. I vrili send

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U xou uotii iron ail oX us

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De^^^r Doctor Oall:

Thanks for your letter ^ Uii the name 3ha8ta« I w glad «e ooloniets in California xftaii^M tae

4Al tmgi^m. t*

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the facts set forth xa mj r^cMittt ^trii-^to dtefiiut^ pro?e the Indian 4»riYataMm ^ more, the mountain (St« JISi9 ^

4i»4 ii^iJ»it^

origimtily applied ^

from the old RosaiaiA B#tttefiw%^

We are tqt^ 9oxxj im 4eaczi 4ikm^

Aai Us

been ill end is 3till oa ^(M

hope she

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a«Hithii« liii«nM4"« in feet, gftA «jmU «^jr«d ttM dinner fln4 Uk*t «• MTt •tiU talkiEe •Bont I^ ks4 not «B|«a44«]r •craning tp

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^ \mm^f\\inir*'-r '•* v^wi cUe to i«k« vnougb. •ajoyiiig hXB iwail #•« hiatti. tiutngli it i« prtbebl;

too wmtk to top* thct te J"» immm ^9olitim«a»*

It MS • r«ol J0| to- 00 ilifc jw toU in your ow )B«rt«r«» ea* « 9l»m>M «;L» tl»t Peotor sod Mrt. Us&rA «ro uoro «liOi» fho «(p^M»tiofi

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November i!4^ X^i^o

My dear Friends:

We reeched home a little moiB than a vreek ago and ntve now oeen joined by our daughter, Zenaida, who returned oy way o! Panama and. Cuba --till well*

I lxa\re looked up tne music wtiich Froiesijor Taylor kinaly transcribed for me from Mrs. Rosemayre^ voice twenty-two years ago. The main title is "To-ve-mali**, Other titles or suo-headings are "Non-w?k-mah,*^ "3i-wah,** and "We-vo-e-nciht**. I was under tne impression tnat tney

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were all parts of the same song, but perhaps not. Vlhen my elder daughter, Dorothy (lire. Henry Abbot) comes for her Christmas visit I think she will oe abxe to ma^e the copy you wish.

Both Mrs. Merriam and myself were vezy glad to see you again after so long an intervrl, and regret that the train schedule did not permit us to attiy longer.

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With best wishes from us both

?ery truly yours.

Prof, and Mrs. (ieorge H. Tcylor Harrison Apartments Oakland, Celixomia.

November kA, ii^iio

fcr. L. A. Barrett

Jj^orest Service

San Francisco, California.

Dear iir. Barrett:

Unfortunately I w«s not able to see you before leaving lor INashington. The BuBsian fiiver Indians sent ior me to go to a meeting at Ukitix, after which, I spent a day in the oity and attended tne ainner meeting and a later cbnierencr- with the Indian Defense Associa- tion. As a result of ell this, we barely finished closing our house m tiiue to maice our treinfor Ylt.shirjgtcii -r so we will have to postpone several matters I wi8h«<to tiilk -ever with you. Possibly you will come to Washington .during the winter. If » , 1 shall oe mighty glad to see you.

Miss Bowler will give you aetdis of v«hat .vas i^nd was not done in the Indian matters under considers^

tion<

With best wishes

?ery truly yours.

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Miss Alida C. Lov/lar Indian Dst'enso Association 1010 Mills Building. San Francisco » Otilifornia;

My dear Miss Bowler:

Your letter of the ISth instant came just about three niinutes ago. I thank you for the infer :tiov} It ccntair^s and alsc for the copy of Collett's r'?j,)Ort, dated August, 19E6, This i am rery glei tc hi:7«

I am scrry tc iris's t:.e fire?vorks at the Meritt meetir^, hut hope that he will he called u^on to ansvver publicly several meaty <jues tiers.

Hith best wishes '

rs.

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Noveitber 24, I9ii6

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Publishers _ ' .

Irjsniiipton Academy olboienoe iit. Boyal and iiuiliord Avenues Baltimore, Maryland- •

Uear Sirs:

.. The Journal oi tne Washington Academy, dated

November lb. 1926. contains an article Oi mine on ••The Source ox tne Name Shasta" ( pp . Jii^-5ii6 ) .

The reprints to/e uot yet been received. 1 am anxious, to disirioute them us early ts possible. ' and shall be obliged li yOu will send them lo me .t my Wasriinfetou address. 1919 - loth Street, with

bill for same.

. Before reiurniugirom Caliiornitf. I asked to

^,e i-iem sent t. Mrs. Agnes Chase at the National

Heruerium.

Yeiy truly yours.

^^s

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W. 3« Shentoii On Utnd Clerk AaericeiD Sailwoji Szprese VashiiigtQOt D. C.

Dear Sir;

On the 17tli inatt^nt, I wrote you enclosing two osxds which you eent me, recording the arrival ol express pectoges addressed to me at my house, 191S - 16tb Street, ufaile I tos still in California. I asked you to icixidiy hi;ve txiem delivered at the above address, wiiere 1 am now living as asuaij but thus ler they have not ueen heard xrom. What is the trouble? *

V^ry truly yours ,

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Capt^ V<ill C. Barnes, forest Service lilaehington, D« C«

Deer Captain Barnes:

!Biank8 for your oouiiesy in sending me a copy of your compilation entitled "HSame Refuses of National Forests," isnich 1 am very glad to have.

While in CLiifomia, a short tiM ago, i

received from you a very valuable end interesting publication on the history of stock rbisxz-g xn the West. It is full of meat and at tne Soiue txme interestii^. I corgratuiate you on having xatnered xt.

Kith best wishes

fery truly your«i,

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Editor

The Kativp American

I'hoenix, Arizora.

Deer Sir:

I am enclcsir^ e doller, fifty cents cf "hich

please ai.ply to ry s'^^scripticn for 1927, and kindly sftrd rre a d. plicate pet of the numberF fcr 1926.

"The Native AKerican" contair.s many articles of int'^rept ^c m^ rvhich I -siph to cut out and save sepr.rately

Yery tr.ily yours.

Uovember 27. 1S26

iir. Jcif'.ps KcGor-.ick. Secretary ■Urited States Oeccrsijhic Board ViV.shir.pto-^, D. C.

Dcfir IJr. LlcCorrack:

Glad tc hear from you again.

Yes. I ha^o a few separates of 3. J. Ees. 64. in regard to the name of Itount P^inier and am sending

then tc you Ijy ss' e ^'si^; ■ Hith Tjest ."ishes

Ycry tr.ilv yours, .

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November 29, 1926 Idi tor Imcrioao Forasts

Washington, D. 0.

My dear Sir:

Why do you lower the standard of imenoan forests by publishing Mn ti.e to ti«. article, oi; Vx,.'. without filing what the tree, .r.?' I have been annoyed by several woh articles, the .ost recent of which appeared in your Morember i,.u* under the title «a. Western Hyrtle." and r.f.r, to the tree as it occurs in western Oregon.

The'^thoV. description of the tr^e. so far as It goes, parhcularly the mention of the three-lobed ber:7.11ke nutlets, would id«,tify it as the coast lilac

Q.anpthus ti,,i.norus. which in C.lifon.i. i. universally known as lllao. «ixy

1. th. 1 '" T"'"' '"""• '"• *"• ""'^ O"^' "^w*

1. th. l«r.l or ,.pp.nB04. n.l,.U„i„i. o,lif.„i«. ipptrmUy th. two »id.ly iltttnBt tr... .

tnt Mrticlo under ooMitl.ration Th. a... • .• '

'°°' ™« Mscriptlon of thi »ood fits both f«lrl7 »«ii t k .

.M 0 h.r .rticl„ Of fornuor. ,„d. 1„ Orogon f:,. th. l«r.l. .hich up th.ro th., o.U-.yrt,. or-p.p^r^,..

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M 6 -densely £oliaged symetrical lilac (Qei^uditUia.

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Inasmoh therefore as the term myrtle' is corrt^^tly applied to one or more vines, to a huckleberry and iK bilberry, and to two very different kinds of trees, do you not think it worth lAile to specify which one you aM talking about? ' ^.. I- '

Tery truly yours,

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Norember 29, 1926

Mr. Jaaea MoCormlok» Stcrttary U« S. Gtognohic Board WaahingtoQ, D. 0.

Daar Mr. MoCormiok:

Thanks for tht copy jufit rtcoiTod of your Ittttr to Mrs. Gaorga N. MoDow of Sasanvills, rtlative to the proposed naming of a high unnaatd p«ak in tht lasaan ra- tion for the lats ProfMaor Pairfitld, Historian of Xasaan Cotmty*

Tht part of your lottsr however sdiich interests «e deeply is your reference to the conpilation of a topographic surrey of the Lessen region. I tm most anxious to see this map and hope it takes in a reasonable amount of the surrounding territory. If you will kindly send me m copy when available » I shall be greatly obliged.

Tory truly yours.

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Mr« Homer Sargent 222 Arroyo Terrace Faaadena* California

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Horeaber 29, 1926

Ky d«ar Mr. Sargmt:

Th« Biologioal Surrty peoplt htT« jost call«d mf atttntion to tha skin and skull of a blaok baar aant in hj you a short tlma ago. Tha spaciaan ia not aocompaoiad bj data of any kind so no one hara knows vhara it cama froai. I did not obsarra any paouliarity of tha skin, but tha skull, thougji folly adult, is rary flat. I hara had a few of thasa flat skullad black baars in yaars past, and am anxious to know mora about th^*

Durii« tha past faw yaart wj f laid work has baan rastricted to tha northern parts of California and I hara not baan South at all. therefore hare not bean able to aooapt your tempting inritation to sea your basket colleotioc

Just now I aa reading proof of a paper on the Pit BiTer Indiana, ihioh I hope will be published in a vonth or so , and liiioh I of ooursa shall sand yon as soon as issued.

With best wishes

Teiy truly yours.

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KorMl>er 29, 1926

Itv fork JooXogloal SocUU Bull* tin 101 Paxk ATanue, New Toxt City

Sdflr Sir:

Ivery nimber of The Balletia ooataiw ivSo of iatereet to ae at Mil aa to nuMrooi otbors. Wt Maetiaea tiia inforaation aoet wadad it withhold. Por inataea, ift tha laat noabar jou aaatioa tha big Alaska bear, Iitt. abo diad tRparantly aovtlaa ago. ¥o« wKoii oaaU intarwat by aaatioaing hia treaasdooa aiaa, but vithhald tha iaportant info mat ion ea to wharf ha 9m% froa end Aat waa know as to hit %a.

loa aantion also a yoongar bear whoaa praaant aiM givea proaiaa of area larger diaeneioaa. Vat yoa fail to atate where thia bear io froa.

Taiy truly yoora,

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Noyeaber 29, 1926

Or. Banrj lairiak liberty Sank Buildiic 947 Market Straat .

Sen franolfoo, Oalifomia

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My dear Qootor feiriok:

Ihen i aaw yott in San Praaoiaoo aoae tiae ago I intanded to call on you again, but was prevantad by the preaaore of other aattera, inoLudix^ two tripa to diatant part9 of tha atate. I waa oUigad to leare on Noveabar 1^ without aeaing yon again, fbioh 1 rary

mtach regret.

Hoping to sea you on nsy return to California

in the apring,

▼aiy truly yoara.

2?^ 4

Mtimi*

"fmr Ittttr 9t llof«Bb«r 20 km jmtt wnittl. I rotf §l!mk jm wmim ■» mi t«U abont tkt M«tiBf »t Uktljr,

MftTWibtr }&» iirt I «i f k4 to kB«« that jou end yoar peopit Aid n»t •mp«rt OUlffit* H# haa alvta^ takes flir toa aaah MNMgr trM (liiLlfaiaia ladiaaa.

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I aiik jaa aai a«M pf jour othai* gtaft wtn, eaild bava fiaa t» VMili tP tiM b^g afaUas oa laveabar 2f . I haTa aat bMtA txpm tfeit paatiag yat, tmt I wnt up tbara to a aaatiag ba^ora laaviag for laahingtoa*

flimim aiU Mat in a faw i^j9 and I a^ot ttet one or taa M12a far OalUoroU Iniiasa will ba intyedaoad aoaatiaa la OoaaaWr.

If thara la aay ahaaaa tbat it aoald do aaj good far 70« to aaad a dolagata to laahiagtcii, I all! vrita yoa aa aooo m I. fiad^aat, but now I do not thiak it aill do mj goo(

I haaa not aaaa tba oav billa yat, bat aiU lat yoa know about thai aliM tb«y aia printad.

.Mrs. Gartnda Banaia* tha 8iov Indin waaa Ao ia croaident of tha latioatl OpaaoU af Maricaa Indiaaa

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hare nothing aoro to do wi ft <

With kind ragarda to ell /owr paopla

Tory truly yoara*

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'lOTttnber 30, 19E6

fe fJ: *J ^f*?i Accountant lashington, D. C.

Deer Mr. Dcraej;

Herewith i« wjr exi.er.ao account for Koymber, amountii^ to 4iS06.52. toeethr-r with vouchers for iieneide k?rri«. «8ti8tect, lork in October and KoT«Bber, eleven d4(7f m. and Doableday Page £ Conpany, Seaton.^Urea of Game inimaluT vol. 2. |25.. and for Stella fiindolph for services^ •tenographer-asii.tant , KOT«ber 17 to 30 inoluaive./iiioh I ahall be obliged if you »iU kindly pay from the Haniman ftod,

▼•T7 truly yours.

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- Ihaskiiig 70a for thit opporttmity

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UniTeraity Preat , Berkeley, California

Dear Sirs:

A recent ollpping refer© to a Tteitertity pabllcation

hy W» Bgbert Sohenck on the Indiana of the 3«ora«anto

Biver delta region.

J hare seen also loose references to a Uniteraity publication. I think by loeb. on Boao Indiana. 1 fhall ba glad if you will aend me theae, together with MU for saBO, and also any other publiestiona that way hare batn iaaued during the past yeer on California or N«t»da

Ir.diaot.

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I»r* Qiiy>«tt GroBT«nor, Preaident National CtaOgrapbtc Sooittj flaikiiigton, 0. C.

Dear Doetoi* ttrownwr:

Ictlng on jottT invitetlon I haye filled out th« ac^ospanyiog Wank ilth the adajrtJSSet of i«"onB to liioft 1 Aottld be tety glad to hare oopiw of tho Society'* pttUioatiooB «ent, at indioated*

ftankiag you for this opportunity

Yery truly yours.

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Dece«ber 10, 192/?

UniTersity Press . Berkeley, California

Dear Sirs:

A recent clipping refers to a Hhiyenity pnWicetion

hy f, Kgbert Sohenck on the Iniians of the SaeraMnto

Biver delta region.

I have seen also loose references to a Unltersity puhlicetion. I think by loeh, on Poao Indians. 1 shall he glad if yoTX will aend me these, together with WU for sne.and also any other publications that way hawe batn issued during the past yeer on California or Nstsda

Indians.

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December 16, 1926

Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President National Geographic Society V/ashipgton, D. U.

Desr Dr. Grosvenor:

Herewith I am handirg you the rough minutes of yesterday'? rreeting*

Dr. Is Gorce took notes to supply my deficiencies.

Very truly yours.

NATIONAL a]?OGEAPHlC SOCIETY

Minutes of Meeting of Beard of Trustees, December 15,1926

In the absence of the Secretary, the President asked

Dr. Marriam to act as Secretary pro tem*

The meeting was called to order at 4:30 by the

President, Dr. Gilbert Grosvencr.

Present: John Oliver Lr Gorce, J. Howard Gore, Gilbert Grosvenor. John Pocte, A. W. Greely, Rudolph Kauffmam C. Hart Merriam, George ohiras 3rd, Chief justice Yfilliam Howsi Taft.

Letters of regret were read from the following

members imable to be oresent:

The President reported the present status of member- shio and also the number of subscribers to the magazine, the total being 998,021. The President explained that a large number of persons recorded as dropped for nonpayment of dues would pay in the near future so that the actual number would be considerably greater than now reported.

It was moved that the salary of the late Assistant Treasurp^r, Pred M. Berthrong, deceased, be paid to the first

of .luly.

T'le President announced the purchase of the last remaining piece of lend in the b^ock on Sixteenth Street on Tirfiich the Society's buildiT|?;s st^nd, tljus making it possible to erect the ai^ditorium which the Society has had in view for many years. Architect's plans for an auditorium with

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a seating cspiclty of fmu 3000 to 3900 wwre exhibitod, 8ai< building to ooat in tb» nei^boAood of a willion dollars.

The Preaidant itaiad further that the present bmd and oairti invoatmanta of thi» Society amoimt to about four and a half million dollars*

A laitar was road fton General A. W. Oraaly, suggesting that $100,000 be turned orer to the 3mithaoai«ii Institution to be ejtpairfiad for geographic purposes under reooToiecdatioa froK the President of the Society. The pyvpoeal was diseusaad by President Grosreoor, General Orstly, Doetoar 6cr» and Doetor lierriaa. and on action the Mtter was r»f arret to the fiesearch CcnBittae.

adjourned

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Mr. A. l/illige

Board of Personal Tax Apprriiaers

Weshington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Replying to your letter of the 15th instant, would state that I have two permanerithomga. one at 1919 - 16th Street, Washington, where I live during the winter, the other &t Lf;£unitas, California, where J apend about six months each year as my home bt.se during field work in Vi^rious parts of Ctilifomifi.

Kie Dodge car you refer to was purchased out of the Htrriman ?und under the Smithsonian Institution for my use in field work in California, and is the third car purchased by this fund for the 8»ne purpose. The Dodge car in question. I drove to C»elifcrnia and opersted there in ny official field work during the oast sudmer.

Very truly yours.

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Dr. Raymond Pearl

Institution for Biological Research

Boltimore, Mtryliind.

Bear Dr. Pearlr

Replying to your letter of yesterday inquiring 88 to my pkce of birth and the occupation of my ancestors, I have entered the data in the enclosed form.

A word of expliination seems necessary in regard to the place of birth. It w^s purely an accident that I WhS born in New York City. My father and mother resided at Locust Grove, Lewis County, in northern New York, end merely happt'jned to be in New York City •t the date of my birth — which I have always regretted.

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Mr. A. Willige

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Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Replying to your letter of the 15th instant, would stfite that I have two permanent homss, one at 1919 - 16th Street, Washington, where I live during the winter, the other bi Legunitas, California, where I spend about six months each ye^^r as my home btise during field work in various parts of Ctdifomia.

Kie Dodge car you refer to was purchased out of the Htrriman Fund under the Sr»ithsonian Institution for my use in field work in California, and is the third car purchased by tMs fund for the sane purpose. The Dodge car in question, I drove to Gpalifornia and operated there in my officiel field work during the past suruner.

Very truly yours.

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Dr. Baymond Pearl

Institution for Biological Research

Baltimore, Maryland.

Dear Dr. Pearl:

Replying to your letter of yesterday inquiring

88 to my place of birth snd the occupation of my

ancestors, I have entered the data in the enclosed

fornia

A word of explcination seems necessary in regard to the place of birth. It wss purely an accident that I w*^s born in New York City. My father and mother resided et Locust Grove, Lewis County, in northern New York, end merely happened to be in New York City at the date of my birth —- nhich I have always regretted.

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December 16. 1926

Hon. Hiram Johnson n. 3« Senate Washington, D. 0.

My dear Sir:

Can you aend me a few copies of the bill introduced by you February 3, 1926 » and conmonly spoken of as the Johnson-Swing bill? If so I shall be greatly obligede

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D«c«0ber 18. 1926

»«-r Steohett Kaight Ukic^, Cfiliforaz*

Deer Ur. Knight:

In connection with your meeting of November E7, yott must haT» been 8 very busy man. Getting ready for such a neetiag and aending out the neceaeary invitations takes a lot of tdnable tine, and there must have been ■tore or leas in the netnre of an aftermath, so I have deferred writing yon until now.

Bo one has written me anything in regard to the meeting so that 1 am atill in the dark as to ^Aether or not on the whole it was a success or a disappointment. When yon itiT9 time I wish you would wri te me a few lines about it and tell me yiiat distant Indians

came.

With best wishes to you all

Very truly yours,

Stellar le, 1926

Or. S. W. Nelson, Chief U. S. Biological Survey Waahington, 0. C.

Dear Nelson:

On November 12 last you wrotw ?raak Eittall in regard to the banding of a duck killed by hin on San Francisco Bay, November 3 of this year. The tend number was 409144« lou wrote him on Novamiber 12 that tho duck was a Pintail, banded at Batt), Ulinoit, ^ f, C. linooln on November 3, 1926» this l>eing the^day on which Uittell shot the duck on San francisoo Bey*

This bird must have posaessed very remarkable wing machinery which it would be well for the flying Uail Service to look into, for according to your letter he must hare made the journey of aose two thoosasd miles in a few hours)

Uittell writes that he would ^preciate a few lines from you on the subject*

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Mr. H. H. Pitman. Waaohope Saskatchewan, Canada

iiy dear Mr. Pitman:

Thanke for year trouble in sending me six prints of yonr photographs of mnskrats. Unfortunately none of t hem fit into my needs, so I m returning them herewith. The front view showing the tail curled up OTer the side nould be of interest if it were clear.

I hate recently returned from the season's field work in California in connection with which I tisited a number of tribes.

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Very truly yours,

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December 18 » 1926

Dr* Boland Dixon Harvard Universitr Cambridge, Maseacnusetts

Dear Docrtor Dixon:

Last June 1 wrote you in regard to somr of the perplexing things in your treatment of the 'Konoaihu*. suggesting that the iwrds given you as of this tribe reallj belonged to your Hew Biver tribe--an other WD^ds, that the Tocabularies of the two were transposed* More recent work among them has strengthened this new.

In 1905 in your article on the ' Shasta- Achomawi: a New Linguistic Stock^ (American Anthropologist, April-June 1916) you published seren words under the heading »New Biver* (p. 216) but did not indicate where or from whom you obtained these words. Can you supply this information?

Three months ago I drove about 800 miles to sea a blind old Indian liio, I was told by other Indians, was bom on New Biver. I found him, but got from him only eleven words, one of which is Chemareko. Unfortunately only one of these words, the one for man, occurs in your list and it differs irtioUy, being ES-hash instead of ^ge ic^'. But in tliis table (p. 216) your words for man and Indian are trasposed so tkat *'gs Jc" is the word for people instead of for manl

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If you remember where you got your New Eiver words it might help.

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December 16. 1926.

Mr. Williain 0. Hart, Clerk Conmittee on Indian Affairs House of Representatives Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Hart:

I wonoer if it is asking too much to ask if . ycu will kindly send me any billt T^IiUi^ to Californiii Indians that inay have been, or may be introduced duriig the present session of Congress. I have no Beans of keeping track of what is going on in Congress this winler.

With best wishes

Very truly ycurs,

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Mr. Francis P. Parquhar 485 California Street San Francisco, California

Dear Mr. Psrquhar:

Pardon my delay in replying to your letter of November 29.

In the matter of Jedediah Smith's letter to General William Clark, dated Little Lake of Bear River, July 12, 1827, would say that I never had the negatives - merely a photostat copy from the Indian Office. My present relations with this office are such that I would not care to ask favors, so if you feel the need severely enough you will have to write then direct. The letter is a long one and required ten large negatives to copy it.

is to Smith's route you say "it seems to me most • probably that he was encanped at or near the imerioan Biver." Is not the evidence on this point sufficiently positive to do away with the qualifying words "most prol^able"? Prom my point of view. few historical facts are more firmly established than that Smith's party of trappers spent the winter of 1825-26 on American River, at or near the place where Polsom now stands.

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As bearing on this point anc containing additional evidence to th.t published in my artic .• in the Sierra Club BuUi»tin of 1923. entitled ^UnM Crcsr ing of the Sierra Nevada- I am enclosing a carbon of . letter w ich I mrdte Mr. H. R.

Warner on Mardi IB, 1925.

If there is any reason to believe that Smith crossed

as you suggest by .ay of "the Sonora, Ebbetts, or the Carson" I h»ve failed utterly to find it, and ym do not give me an inkling of what it is.or where it is to be .'cund. lou are speaking from present dji^knowledge of the r^aaea, which you of course realiae Smith had absolutely no kn ii^ledge of.

Vf^ry t raly yours,

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December 20, 1926

Mr. WiUlam I. Pinley Jennings Lodge. Oregon

My dear Mr. Pinley:

it the date of your letter I was still engaged in field work in northern California, hence the delay in replying.

In regard to Bcgoslof Volcano, the picture. you speak of which I took on August U, 1891 when on the Bering Sea Pur Seal Commission, is made up of two separate negatives lorked together and showing indistinctly the line of union. These were very thin curly negatives and have been since used by the Smithsonian in making an illustretion for my aruole in the Smithsonian report for 1900-01. plate 2. facin.^ o. 3?0. ifter some trouble I heve just succeeded in locftting the negatives and am enclosing them to you herewith.

In the matter of lectiures, the course wes made up long before my return to Washington.

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December 20, 1926.

Irof. A. franklin Shall. Secretary /imerican Society of Naturalists Ann Arbor, Uichigsn.

Dear Professor Shull:

Replying to your letter of the 8tL instant addressed

to members of the Executive Committee, ?fOuld say:

1. Thet I regret that you feel it necessary to resign from the position of Secretary in which you have done such fine work* Prom per5?onal experience I know what a severe tax this is on one*s time. You are entitled to the thanks of the Society for services involving the loss of so much

valuable time.

E. I shai not be able to attend the coming meeting

in Philadelphia.

3. In accordance with your request I have looked over the list of nominees and indicated^ as requested, the names which I should be glad to vote for if present.

4. As early as practicable I will look over my files and hope to be able to send you some back numbers of the

records of the Society.

With best wishes to you personally and for the success

of the meeting

Very truly yours,

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S. C. G. AVbot. Anistant Seer»t«rr . i&80iii«n iMtitntiim '

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Omv Doctor Abteti

Thanka for yovr rwiinder of the I7th iBBt«o in r«gard to the proof of njr Pit Rlror papet, Tat^ •a hava ooaperad the proof with the paBoaavipt a«A Had it aaaaatiallj oprraat,

Vaqy of the lodian names have prinary end saeoadax7 a«o«)ta. The aaooodary are not alaaya givan and ara not important, but the prixarj, I think, ara oorraetlj plaoad in the proof.

Blanking jou for calling ay attention to the mattar

Very truly yonn.

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December 21, 1926

Mn W. P. True. Editor Smithsonian Institution Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. True:

Herewith I am returning the page revise of my Pit River article (which Ci^me this incrning), approved for printing so far as I am concerned.

It seems to me that we can trust iw:e printer to make the very few corrections and additions now necessary without incurring the delay of another revise.

On page 35 the heeding fhe iltsnck::-gn Family is too crowded to look well^bizt the page is f-lready Ion*;;, Personally I would rather transfer t^vo or three lines from the bottom of page 35 to ito tof of ^6 in order to space the family name properly (36 being a ehort oaao) "but I realize that at this lute hour the trans [osition might be a dangerous proceeding. I am billing to let it stund as it is*

Thanking you for your kind attention in the

matter

Very tn:iy yours, <1.

December 2l\ 1926

Mr.^J. W. Scollick U* p. National Museum ?<asnington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Scollick: ,

Thanks for sending me your :9mall bill for clscirang bear skulls, for ^ich my ch^ck of $2.75 is encloFed herewith.

So few skulls are coming no\^*days tbat I think it better to go on as heretofore ani not trouble Dr. Wetmore about it.

With best wishes

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December 22, 1926

Mr. W. 0. Hart, Cl«rk . CommitUt on Indian Affairs House of EepresentetiTes Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Hart:

Very many thanks for your courtesy and

promptness in sendir« ma a copy of HB U250, and promising to send other hills relating to California Indians when such are later introduced.

Kith hest wishes and cotnpliTnents of

the season

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Deoenib«r 28, 1926

Prof. Warron K. Moorehaad Hotel Benjamin Franklin Philadelpnia, Pennsylrania

My dear Profeaaor Moorehead:

Replying to your letter of the 22nd instant, which got buried in a batch of Christinae mail, would say that I shall not be able to attend the Philadelphia meeting, bat will be tery glad to see you here et my house at any time between the dates you mention (Jamaary 11 to 19), If you phone before ooming I will be sure to be at home. My phone number is Potomac 5330.

The investigation you mention is certainly one of great promise. I wish it were not so difficult to obtain the necessary funds.

With best wishes

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DMMbvr 29 . 1926

Dr. John CoUiw iuwey Building lashington, D. C

Dear Uiot^r Collier:

DoubtUM you Hill be Iwolc In u day or tiw bo I am returning the carbons you aent me: one. your memorandum report on the Lea Bill dated December 22; the other, copy of your letter to Mr. Goodrioh. dated Decwiber 23, 1926. for both of *hich I am obliged,

Miea Bolder has sent me a revised copy of the Kahn Bill which I hate not had time to study, but I notice with regret that the brief amendment I suggasted at the top of page 8 has been omitted. The am«dment in ^ueation provided assistance for Indians engaged in ocoupstions other than agriculture and seemed to me rery necessary. Indiana opposed to OoUett have argued (and 1 have supported them in this) that one of the strong feetur-s of the Kahn Bill,in contrast to the Baker-Ua Biswas that it aimed to help all CaUfornia Indians. But In its present fcr« it aims to help only agricultural Indians. This to my mind

is a serious mistake.

Who is going to introduce the revised Kahn Bill

during the presto t brlsf taiflon?

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Mr. ?red tockley ' 1243 last Stark Street Portland, Oregon

Dear Sir:

lour list 175 contains the following title: *^eport Joint Special Committee on Indian Tribes with ippendix. 532 pages. 1867. $3^00. ••

If not already sold I shall be obliged if you will send it to me with bill.

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Deo, 31, 1926

Mr N# W* itoraey. Accomntant SBithsonian Institution Washisigton, D.C«

Dear Mr Dorsey:

Herewith is my expanse account for month of December, amounting to $45 •74, and also vouchers as listed below, which please pay as usual from the Jiarriman Fund, oblige,

Very truly yours,

Aoocmpcnyixtg rotu^ers:

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Mr* Henry lU Wegner Berkeley, California

My dear Mr. iagner:

Hot until yesterday WM I able to take the time to examine your great work en ^ir Prancis Drake's Voyage Anound the Horld*. It » a great satisfaction to have the information jm fie^v so laboriously dug up and colleoted in your beautiful raluxso^ I congrctalate you on your patience and thoroughness and ttenk you heartily for the rolume*

But f«D ay point of Ti*w you hardly stress sufficiently the liidicn end«nee» To my mind there is no question Caterer as to the tribe* is Kroeber told you (basing his ststement on my published inrestigations) the Indiifns of Uarin Ctounty belonped to Oie coast division of thi Mewuk stock; those of Bodego Bay being the Olaoantko tribe; those of Kicesio and the Point Bsyes region the Hookoeko tribes

The fow tribe did not oome far enough south to enter Marin County, stopping « little south of the mouth of RiMsisn RiTsr^

Tes, I received the pamphlet by Bllis reprinting Hugo Reid's account of the Indians of Los Ingeles region.

I wanted to rcknowledge it but found no clew at to she had sent it* It is a valuable dociaient* I had previously col* looted the Sssex Institute pufaliottio& «^ a pert of the same material, and also Alexander Taylcr^s reprint in the California Parmer and it is a g»i.t satisfectlcn to hrve the shole thing authentically publish^ in the present form. Ellis deserves high commendation for his Iabor« I would write him if I knew his address.

Again thanking you for year splendid work on

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My d«ar Mr. Eobertsoij:

It was very thoughtful and generous of yon to send m« 8 copy of your book on 'The Harbor of St. Francis', a work which I greatly appreciate and am gled to add to my library.

In your unmerciful castigation of Davidson — whom I have always regarded as a competent man — you have brou^t together a surprising and most interesting array of historical dnta and charts, even though you have not found enough evidence to decide on the locatioa of the place where Drake beached his vessel.

But I regret to see that you apply the meaningless and depreciating tenn of •T)igger'' to Marin County Indiana — a term of contempt used by many authors for at least a hundred tribes from Idaho and Wyoming to the ooast, including the #iole of California from the Oregon line to 3att Diego.

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Dr. Steohan T. Mrther, Director National Perk Service Washington, D. C.

Dear Doctor Mather:

Can you send me a couple of copies of the article on ^Eerly History of Yosemite' T*iich you reprinted from 'The Grizzly Bear* of July 1919? If so I shall be greatly obliged.

Very truly yours,

January 4, 1927.

Miss Blanche C. Grant Tsos, New Mexico

My deir Miss Grant:

Learning from a review in the last number of the 'Quarterly of the California Historical Society' that you hfive published 'Kit Karscn's Own Story of His Life f?s Dictated to Colonel and Mrs. i). C. Peters' I take the liberty to ask if I may have a copy for my library on 'Hunting, Explcrfction and Indians of the Par West'. If 30 I shall be greatly obliged and will remit at once on rt^ceipt of bill.

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It i» gxvat go«d ^[^ ^9» ttat y«Bi. rvoaivsd Thomas Ayras* 1^5 dmisga of tb* ^aI3if ^oA that you wre ahle to ^uhliali tha oaa y«tt iid i» jow article. This pictura ia so KamaU ia itagaaersl ootlinas th»t one is inclined, to aee»pt in the aain hia delineation of the feraatad tni omr «c«i« of 1355.

At a ^tar ^^ if I lire lasg eooi^^ I shall hsve aoiathiag to aay ia laeerd to BawaU'a narrative and mora pertitalariy es to the killing vf Toaewite Indians and huroiflj t€ thai? foa4 tai^las \xj SaTOge. That the Tudor^Boaa jaerty shoald Kara Wm tttaoked by Yea emit e Indiana ia aiilf a attursl tot of retaliation.

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Mr. George W. Stewert Visalia, California

Deer Mr. Stewart:

Thanks for your letter of December 22*

I am delighted to know that you have an article on the Yokuts in the coming issue of the Sierra Club Bulletin. This without doubt will be tn important addition to our knowledge of the Yokut stock.

I am gled to know also that you are going to write an csrticle on the Indian Rock basins, con- cerning which we have had some correspondence.

On the last day of December I rreiled you a copy of ray paper on the Pit Biver Indians, fresh from the press that day.

With best wishes to yourpelf end family

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January 7, 1S27

Dear Profes^sor Dixon:

Your letter of December 26 in reply to my inquiry as to the source of the** New River** words published by you may lead to something worth whildf for your informant ^'Buck Kid's mother" may. be the mother or sister of my informant, whose name also is Kid. If she is still alive I will try to see her early next summer.

On December 31 I mailed you a copy of my paper on the Pit River Indians in which I trust you may find something of interest.

With best wishes

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Director

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Dear Sir:

Enclosed is my check of $2.50 in peymer.t for two bound copies of Taverner^s '^rdsofJVes^ejr. Canada', which kindly hfive sent to my eadiesa at 1919 - 16th Street, Washington, D, 0.

7ery truly ycurs.

January 7, 1927

Native Sons and Native Deuf'hters Golden Y»est Lcs /.He,eles, California

Dear

Sirs:

An article by nulph 3. Kuykendall was puUished in your journal 'The Grizzly Bear' in July 1919; Is it possible to obtain a copy of this publication as it originally s:)peared?

I have the reprint hy the National

Pr.rk *3^rviC8 but I curi most anxious to obtain the

original. If you can send it to me with a bill

I will reT.it promptly.

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January 7, 1927

Mr. Hawsott Bennett II » Editor-in-Chief

The Trident

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Annapolis, M&rylana

Detrr Sir:

I am pleased to learn from your letter of December 31 that you are forwarding me the two copies of The Trident asked for in my letter to which you refer. They ha?e not yet Mrived.

I a dlso very glad to know that you have recovered the diary referred to of Major Gustavus F. Merriam. It will be an important addition to our family archives^ for i*iioh I shall be greatly obliged to you personally rni to the "present owner** who had the kindness to let ne have it.

Veiy truly yours .

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Mr* A. S. Deroaray Acting Assistant Director Motional Peirk Service Washington, D. C*

Dear Mr, Demeray:

Many thanks for your courtesy and promptness in sending me two copies of your leaflet entitled 'Early History of loeemite Heticnal Park'.

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Dr. Prank M. Chapman incon, Oanal Zone

Dear Chapnan:

•Soon after my return from Oalifornia I dug up out of the stack of accumulated mail your book on the 'Dia- tritution of Bird Life in Ecuador *. I\ glance was enough to show that it could not possibly be laid away until time might be taken to examine it with some thoroughness. But owing to the pressure of various work I have not been able until now to give the book proper attention*

To say that it is a splendid piece of work gives no conception of either its scope or the almost unbeliev- able amount of information it contains, ind one can not help admiring the clear and concise way in which it is written.

Your book on Colombia set a standrrd difficult to attain, but ttiis one en Ecuador appeals to me even more strongly. It is a greut thing to kno^ just what to say and just how to say it. As a little detail, your account of Cherrie's accident and his great courage in reaching a hospital is both thrilling and touching. Tour historical account of work done in Ecuador, the

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discussion of the physiography and life aones, and the series of graphic maps and enlightening photographs add enomously to the value of the book and fill one with a desire to see the country for himself*

It seems hardly within the range of human possibility that one man could live long enough to do the field work you have done in South America end at the same time to find enough hours afterward to conduct the necessary bibliographic and historical work and the actual writing — not to mention the earlier books and endless series of technical papers that hpve come from your pen.

If Mrs. Chapman is with you give her our very kindest regards.

As ever yours.

<b the last day of the old year I mailed you, addressed to the Museum, e copy of my paper on the Pit Biver Indians, then fresh from the pre?s

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Dr. A. Hrdlicka

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Deer Doctor iirdlicka:

Replying to your lettjer of the 2rd instant v/ould say that 1 h^ve t large number of negatives of Grlifomia Indians. During the past few years I hbve had a set of prints made, mounted, and cr.refuUy labeled in a series oi e dozen albums. T-.e work necesseiy to do tV.ia reijuired several months cf valuable time which I could ill afford to lose. I would not undertake it agr.in for ten thoustJid dollars. I em too old, and the value of my reruining time is too great in view cf the enormous amount of materia I have gathered and am hoping to make reedy for

the press.

My falbums will evertnelly go to the Smithsonian Institution where I trust they may be tiveilable to students. I vjculd not undertake to duplicate them under any conditions whutever.

If you i»auld like to look over my albums I shall be gled to shov? them to you at any time. .

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Vtj deiar Sir:

Mt^ny thanks for your letter of the 6th instant enclosing the bill I particul^irly wanted (3 3020) and several other Mils relating to California Indians, all of which I am veiy glc^d to htve.

Thanking you for your (Curtesy in the matter

Very truly yours,

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Mrt, Louis J. Gillespie 44 IJsperanaa Ayenue Long Beach, Celifornia

My dear Mrs. Gillespie:

P6rdon my delay in acknowledging your letter of December 9. The reason is that I htve not been able to obtain a batch of copies of the Swing-Johnson bill for federal help in the matter of health and education of California Indians.

I wrote Senator Johnson asking for this bill and he sent me instead the Svang-Johnson bill for the Boulder Dam on Colorado Riveil I wrote again, and hare only this morning received a single copy,^ich I am enclosing herewith. If I am able to obtain any more I will send them to you. ,

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Prof. William Trelease 804 S. Lincoln Street Urbana, Illinois

Dear Professor Trelease:

Aren't you spreading out a trifle beyond the proper confines of a botanist? Why should you trouble yourself about dogs, especially the kind of dogs you

see in Paris?

ind this leads me to ask liiat were you doing

in Paris anyway?

Unfortunately I am not able to answer your questicns t.bout the collie and Belgian police (the latter ordirarily called German police). This police dog shows its wolf ancestry far more clearly than any other domesticated dog with which I am acquainted.

Kith best wishes . '

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Mi«s Alide C. Bcwler

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Dear Miss Bowler:

?cr sof^:e tiine I have been hoping to hear frcm you

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Doubtless you have seen the new Lee Bill. It is har^ to believe th?:t peragraphs 1 and 2 do not contradict one another, the baeie of the claim being definitely acknonledged to be the Kghtera Treaties, iridle in Section 1 it is said to be for the benefit of all the Califoniia Indic.ns, Furthermore the bill allows the Indian Office set-offs and definitely gives $2.50 aa the value of the laud per acre, en arbitrary valuation liiich in my Judgmrot can not possibly be established, fhe bill also poitpones the filing of the Indians'

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at lewt five year« must be necessaiy for a decision.

And after all this, the proceeds, in e^ent that there ere any, instead of going to e commissicn {a. p«,Tided in the Kehn Bill) rem^n in the Treasury as usual in snch cases - the only difference being that in this case a special act of Congress ^ill be necessary before the Indian Office can spend the money.

i newspaper clipping states: -The entire California delegation has signed a statement endorsing the jarisdicticnal bill for California Indians." This was published in the

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Washington, December 23.

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for the Alexander Valley Indians?

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m^s Alzdd C. Ecwler

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San Francisco. California

IJeer Miss Bowlar:

Per some time I have been hoping to hear fran you in regard to the Cagitan Grande Indians* Swinges Bill, extending the trust period, passed the House some tine ago. The nenspapers state that the Indian Serrice protects the interests of San Diego — nothing said ahout the interests of the Indians who rightfully om the land and are aotitled to he paid for it if it is purchased by the eity#

Dbubtless you hafe seen the new Lea Bill. It is YiBTfi to believe thtt paragraphs 1 and 2 do not contradict one another* the basis of the claim being definitely acknon lodged to be the fightem Treaties, ftxile in Section 1 it is aaid to be for the benefit of all the California Indissa. Furthermore the bill allows the Indian Off lot sai^offs and definitely gives $2.50 aa the value of the land per acre, an arbitrary valuation liiich in my judgmrat can not possibly be established. fhe bill also ^atpones the filing of the Indians'

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And after all this, the proceeds, io event that there ere any, instead of going to a commissicn {ai pwTided in the Kehn Bill) remain in the Treasury as usual in snch cases - the only difference being that in this case a special act of Cot^ress vill be necessary before the Indian Office can spend the mousy.

i newspaper clipping states: -ths satire Californxa delegation has signed a statement endorsing the jarisdicticnal bill for California Indians." This was pablished in the

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lashington, Deo«ber 23.

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Mr. Stephen Knight Ukieh, Californie

Dear Ur. Kni^t :

Ycur letter of December 29 telling me about the big meeting .ioS most welcome end was the first definite news I bed heard*

I am parti culanrly glad to know that Jack Williams. Sam Steel., and Harry George attended the meeting. and that San Lopez ceoe ell the way from Smith River. That all these people should come from so far in spite of the heavy rain is good avideme of their interest in the matter*

Puller, I am informed, is still standing by Collett* .

The minutes of your meeting were intensely interesting to me^ perticaxlarly since I know -est of the Indians mentioned.

I m enclosing a copy of the new Lea Bill intro- duced on January 6. copies of which were got yesterday by my daughter Zenaida. I am told by John Collier (over the phone) that Lea reg^irds the bill as a compro- ftise bet'.7een the original Baker Bill and the Kahn Bill, but I can not stem to see it that way.

With best wishes to you all

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Mrs. Louis J. Gillespie 44 Esperanze Avenue Long Seach, California

Dear Mrs. Gillespie:

Yesterday my daughter Zenaida Kerriam succeeded in obtaining a few more copies of the Johnson-Swing Bill for the health and education of California Indians. They are erclosed herewith.

I am enclosing also the new Lea Bill iidiich according to my notion is very little better than the old Eaker Bill*

With best wishes

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Jflnuf:ry 12, 1927. My derr Deene:

Your letter of l^«>,'»oniK^.» ir*

'ir VI JSoember 10 was ver^r welcome.

And I was elai to know fhnf „« u

f. a CO Know that you h«7e a son with wife and

little daughter at H.yward on S.n .Prancisco i^ay. I hare been there .many times and the .next tire I am

driving that way shall take great pL.sure in hunting them up.

Glad yo„ ,aw Hldgway. I'd like to «e hi., again -y^lf. If. »any ye,-rs .i„.a „ „,t.

Your o.rd Of D,ca»,ber 13 arno„„ol.e the de.th of olf P^faasor .. ,. VarHH at Santa Barbara ,„a tha first „e™ I had. ia you ..erh.pa reverter 1 ,.ent abo.t thre, ye.rs i„ his latorato,^ in the .iddl, 70 'a . With boat wish as to you and Krs. Daana

Jnnuary 12, li27.

As ever yours,

fep^'"th7ea Deane

1^2^ North Stcte Street

Chicago, Illinois

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fvly de^.r llr. 'Spring:

\ihen I called at your place last sa-^mer you had gone to Pyramid Lake, Nevada, to have your eyes opercited en. I hcve not hei-rd from ycu since but have thought of you a gretit inafiy times and have hoped that the operation was successful so that you can now see better than you could before. Is this true? I should be very glad to hear from you.

I was very gltd to meet your brother Robin Spring and h'di a little tc'^lV: with hiir;. I shall hope to see you all next sunmer.

Tliis is the short session of Congress and it is doubtful whether ^ny bill? will be passed for the help cf California Indians. Lf^a has introduced the old Raker Bill 'fith a few clianges. I will let you know if thpre is anythinp, imoortant to report*

Wiih kind regards to you all

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Jcnuery To, 1^27.

Dr. George Otis Smith. Director !!• S. Geological Survey Washington, D. C.

Deer Doctor Smith:

In 1S95 J. W. Megee visited the east CcEist of the Gulf of Ciilifornia jni the adjacent Tiburcn Isl^^nd in order to study the Sere Indians, de wis accompanied by Williard D. Johnson, topographer from f>p Geological Survey,

In cornection mth M^gee's published report certain (Questions have arisen concemiDg t'-e tcpopraphy* These doubtless ccmld be ectsily settled by r^-fprence to Williard Johnson's journal or dirry, wMch he is sc^id to have kept* Is this journal or dicry in the pcsse^sicn of the Geolcgicfl Survey, arid if so muy I h^ve access to i'i

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Br. J. belter ..?awkes, Chief 13areau of Sthnology "Snithsonian Itistitution Y/ashingtcn, D. C.

Dear Doctor ii'evfkes:

In i.95 :. YJ. kage. visited the east Coast of the Gul^- cf California .r.d the adjacent Tiburon Island i« crd^r t" .t.;dy the Sere Indians. He ^es accompanied by milord D. Jonnson. topogra.vber from the Geological

Survey.

In connection with Magee's published report

certain ..a.tio.s have aris.n co.c.rning the topography.

These dcnbtless could be e.sily settled by reference to

Kim.rd Johnson's icurnal nr diery. which he is said to

have kept. Is this y^urnsl or di .ry in the possession

cf the Bur.au cf Stbaclogy. end is Megee'r lournal xn

1 o ff on miri I have accesb to them? ttf. Burnau also? If so, mj i "evo

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Tery aaiiy thank« for your promptness in seeding ms the Harri«an account for the year 1926. Uj daughter bas checked it ))y our aoccunt and finds that the two i^res to a ptmiy.

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''^ll C^Iifci .Tiis irfians knew twr ttHs b^fcr^

ConrresB. (stop) Al 11 mo* ve pr^f.c^d iirect j-.roDiia- tion, oppcsed ciaiiw Mil* If wa saddwlj flop, ixoa our oill and s-^^^,crt cl.u3« Mll^ Indices #iil distrwt us. (step) gijty »il. I believe w^''h&ip« b<-« brib«<* Air letter fellows*'' ^ ^ '

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Xb Ids cjbtws we ccxild hanvClj tall the Indi<:Ji8 £hiA ftaBgresf -iFaf aaed to tuprcre the direct ^fpropriation plmij» «o as & last rasort sa ware fcread tc aap>>ort a Clfiiffl? Eill> aaid tku!t ttie oafr CieiM Bill has beer so

fww ^tte fffSh^t'^kpr-LM Bill diat it la a side:

tbiog^ sttd tbat it im ec jkimMA a to gmgaatit rsosysrr^ Md /urthawKnre, that it putt «a and to Collttt^s wcnaa for eonticuiag tc Wg aMisj fji^i tha ladiaea*

It mtM b# • prs^ ^toantage if aawkaci^ Ac had not sljFWiiy 8rt?.|;oi!i*ad the ^]^M«dtWs eculd appear befor© it, J wish ywL or Hkina ecmld be here im pmrnm,

▼ary truly yours ^

pleass be^r io mii^ th^ t for m^w^&% yaart soma of us h^re bsM prstMti!:)^ agf inat t' a CaUeti si^mmi ai4 prmisiiig wMthisg batter.

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Prof. Poland Dixon Harvard University Cambridge, J,^i:gs8Chusetts

Dear Professor Dixon:

Thanks for your letter of the 13th instant. I'm glad you find that my paper on Pit Eiver Indians contains "a good deal of valujjble data", but sorry if I mis-st&ted the relative size of our vocabuluriea. I understood you to say yej^rs ago that while you emphasized the writing of 'texts' you did net collect such full vocabularies as was my prdctice.

My Pit River vocabuL-jries obtained during the past twenty-one years contain se7eral thousand word? and many pages of sentences — but not of texts. In attenpting to write texts I have encountered insupon^ble difficulties in the way of detennining the exact meaning of some of the Indian words (especially verba forms); and not being a master of gra-imar like yourself, have not always been sure as to just where one word began or ended. In short, the number of uncertainties seemed in my case to render texts unreliable.

On the other hand, I have had nc difficulty in writing phonetically the alphabetic sounds of words in

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the several Achomawan dialects.

is to my remarks on the special and abnormal use of letters of the English alphabet by lingu :istic specialists like yourself, I fear you take too seriously my bit of satire in return for the many thrusts I've received from time to time for many years past for my alpl habetio heresy. ind furtliennore, you must admit that the published olphobets of the high priests of linguisticM not only differ surprisingly among themselves, but also thai; the alphabet er-ployed in one paper sometimes differs qui1:e radically from that of the same author in another papor. Incidentally I'm curious to know about the three errors you allude to.

However, the dominant fact is that y ou are addressing an audience of highly trained specialists; I, an audience of aver.:!ge educated imericans.

I'm pleased that you ; pprove my phc.tographs. and that you find enough of v^ue in the paper itsolf to "hope to see others."

I have thirteen albums of photogrt ,phs taken by myself, of Crlifomia Indians, and sr^veral well .advanced pr.pers on other stocks, which 1 hope to publish in the not distant future. The cost of pjblicftion, as yov » intiaate to be the cese with yo>ar own material, is a dread ful handicap. I must have a stenognpher, .nd at times unotb =r assistant, but some years ago I had to give up my offi ce and move dll my nc.teriel into my house in order to acci umukte funds for pQblication.

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January 17. 1927.

iiiss Blanche C. Grant Taos, New Liexico.

Ky dear Mia« Grant;

•nt Co-son's Xrtm Story of His life', sent in response to ny recert re^o-est, h«s jast erriTed end I am mighty glad "to hfw it.

I ihtll be obliged if you will send me also your booklets entitled 'Taos a Hundred Years Ago' and 'Teos Today'.

In payiuert for these cy check for $3.30 is enclosed.

lory truly yoirs,

Kit Ctrsen Postcge

Taos 100 le^rc Ago Post age

Taos Today Postage

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January 18, 1927.

Mr. P. Marti nelli lagunitas, Califo.rnia

Dear Mr. Martinelli:

Thanks for your letter of the 10th i:-!r'!t. We rre vei7 glad tc know that you hcve built that bulkhead, and also that we h.ve hod lots of rain out t'^ere. '"hat will help for next season.

/.s you do not sey ..nything nbcut leaks in tv, ,.,of I assume that they h-ve not been serious.

We have had an open winter here so far with v^. little snow but plenty of cold.

With best regards to you all froir .>n of us

Very truly yours.

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Check of $14.00 in pay^.ent of your .t.t.r,.ent is enclosed herewith.

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Jenuery 18. 1927.

Dr. John Jollier kunsey Building Was^hin,qton, D, C.

Deer Doctor Collier:

Yosterday in writing tir. Goodrich I forgot to ask for e carbon and therefore an having an exact copy of the letter made for your file.

Hastily,

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Mr. Arthur h. Ttlis 1^9 Angeles, Celifornia

My dear Sir:

A few weeVs .^o I received e copy of 'The Irdians Ollosjng«l« County, by Hugo Held, which yo^:l^^^^^n the great trouble to republish in such sdmr.ble fonn.

The subject Mtter interests me gre.tly as it be.rs directly on my ,ork. Years ago I carded the rancheria n..es. For .any years I hc.e had the incomplete Sssex Institute publication and also some of Alexander Taylor's extracts.

It is a great comfort to have the whole thing complete in one beautiful publication and I want to" express my appreciation for whtt you hnre done.

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Dr. W. G. Benner 3917 Illinois Avenue Washington, D. C,

Dear Sir:

In compliance with your request of the Sth instant I m sending you herewith a copy of my recent publics- lion on the Pit Piver Indians,

The edition was srriall end I L-Te cnly a few copies.

Very truly yours.

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Dr. Gecrr^.e Otis Smith, Oirectcr D. 3. Geo logical 3urvey Washington, D. 0.

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iiy dear Doctcr Sirdth:

V^ -r-^^ m^ny thfinV? fcr your letter of the 13th Inst.^rit calling my atter^icn to a rmry of Louver 0.^:1 if ornia puV lishe'd by t^^e ATr^erioan Geogrsphical Society of N«w York and vrfiich may he seen in the M::p Infcrmaticn Office, Room 6206, Int-^ri^r Building.

I am very plad to know this and will cell to see

it .in a few deys.

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Dr. John V/. Pohertson 113S Greenwich Street Sr.n .?ranciscc, Ceilifcrnia

My de<.r Doctor Hobertson;

Th;jiilii5 icr year letter of the 13th instant in re{v\r:' to Dr.^ike*s landing en the coast of California.

J \vas stupid in not sensing that it wr-s you and not Alexui:^.cr nobertson, the bookman, who had pub- lished your work.

And I Wc.r.t to sxpreas my admiration for the adiiiirc.'blfj form in which you had the work printed. It is z pity t'let Mr. Wagner could not hc^ve had his book printed at the Grnb^om Press.

With beet jvish^s

Very truly yours.

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Kr. George D. Pratt American '^^orostry Association 1523 L Street Washington, D.. 0.

Dear Er. Pratt;

Replying to your letter of the 14th instant, urging me to teke a life membership in the Forestry Association, would remark that from the "b-siness standpoint it would hardly pay for a man in his seventy-second year to do this. However I sm not looking at the matter from the businf?ss sta^'^^^oint and if I felt financially able, as unfcrt.-rt^^tely I do not, I would be gUd to help t- e Association in the way ycu sagger; t.

Verv truly yours.

Jenu£.ry 20, 1927.

i'r. C. P, Russell Yose-nite Ni.tiocal Park Celifornia

Ji^-^Y Mr. Russell:

Your letter of the 11th instant is at hand together with the copy of The Historicnl Quarterly cont;,ining your irt-restii^ article, which I am pjrticulfirly glad to add to 'ny Yosemite files.

Thanking you for your courtesy and hoping that I may be able to visit Yosemite during next

season

Yery truly yours.

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January 21, 1927.

Dear 3helt!on:

Since I SdW you last^^ei^vkes has written that the Bureau of Ethnology has nothing in the way of journals, diaries or other records from either McGee of Vlfillard Johnson ^ and Otis Smith sends a similar report from the Geological Survey*

Smith however refers to a new rrap of Lower California published by the American Geographical Society of New York which he says may be seen in Room 6206 of th3 Interior Department BuildiEg. I have not been there yet but hope to go soon. It will be interesting to see if they have any additional topographical matf^rial for the mainland.

last Sunday I left on your desk a bunch of Se-re naterial in liiich i hope you may find something of interest not already in your files.

As ever yours,

Mr. Chrrles Sheldoc

i630 Phelps Place / ashing ton, !>• C. /

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Miss iilida C. Bowler

1010 Mills Buildiil

5>an -^rtncisco, California

Dear Kiss Bowler:

Thanks for your letter of the 15th instant transmitting remarks concerning the n»»w leu Bill and the Swing-Johnson Bill.

I earnestly trust that you were successful in your mission at Sacramento. With best wishes

Hastily yours.

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January 21, 1927

Dear Arch:

Your annual enlightener, though omitting long chapters of interesting information about yourselves, vies thankfully perused.

We are glad tk.-it your new Prunklin is the st'^ve instead of the car. We rejoice also that you are rble with so little trouble to stack up a supply of drift wood. TIas from our point of view appears to be the single advtnu^ge of a residence at Bolinas!

T7e <?re not surprised that Ange is in such demand. There is nothi.'Tg like having a specialty and being proficient in it. Furthermore,! always did believe it a good thing for e men ard wife to be separated at intervals — they appreciate each .'^ther so nuch more when together!

We c^re gl£.d also that*" there has been plenty of rain in Marin County. This wii.l be a blessir^ to isll of us.

Yo'J mention the roads es not being in perfect condition bat oTo silent (amorg other things) as to the road work on the Whites Hill-Point Reyes Boule'.'£rd. a matter of vital interest to some of us,

We :.re pegging away about as usual, alwa/s several nionths behind in the rush work.

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The winter so far has teen mild with a moderate

mount of rain and very little snow.

Dorothy and children expect to he with us during the spring Vcicationjat which time, according to prog- nostications, there is likely to he a delude of the Merriam tribe from various points of the compass, as a result of v^ich Florence and Elizabeth are racking their brains to figure out just how and vifrere they are to be taken care of.

Hcve you learned anything as to the presence of Aplodontie in the Feint Beyes and Drake? 3ey region? You doubtless remember that the beast is about the sizft of a small wood-chuck, that it is bob-tailed, and lives? in a series of shallow tunnels in wet or damp places.

With love to you both and kindest regards to lirs. Howver

As ever yours,

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Jtiiiuary 21. 19E7.

Prof. Warrfin K. i.oorehead Andover, Mc!ssachusetts

Detir Professor fvioorehead:

Your lecture the oth'^r day was most interesting (so far fis the tire allowed) but mcst of us wished that you had been allotted twice as much time.

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Verj' many tharks for yourTlan of Peorpanization of the Indian Service^ published in 1925. I h^ve read it with the greatret interest and ac;ree with you fully — I might say enthusiastically —-in rep.rrd to most of the points covered.

So fer as the nineteen principal recoviimendc tiers are concerned I a^ree in the rr.tir. to ell except the three fnuml)ers 6, 10, and 18) reloting to Canadian policies. •Miich I have net locked into, but probably would approve if I knew more about them.

But in the fourth reccmneudstion, in which you urge the change of title cf the Bcerd of Indian Co.-missioneru to Beard of Advisers, e'ld recommend that each cf the mem- bers be an authority on ore cf the nine subjects mentioned, I can not unclerstand why you did rot add one more providing for an enthropolofiist. There are, as you m-jst know, in- numerable cases in which the Indian vcint of view in a

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situation.*^ The person possessing these qualifications does not exist, never did exist, and never will exist. However, it is well .to hold up a high ideal.

Tour quotation at the bottom of page 9 from Abbott *s book relating to the "unregulated and irresponsible judicial procedure of the so-called Courts cf Indian Defenses" is a hot sub.ect and one vrfiich, as you doubtless know, was the subject cf numerous hearings before the CoiTimittee on Iruiian /:ffairs last winter and spring. (H.E, 7326). Ky sertiments on the matter may be found on pages 6 to 18 of these hearings.

On reacling your reorganization plan for the second time I am particularly impressed with our complete agree- ment en most of the points discussed.

With best wishes

Very truly yours,

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Accountant

Mn H. W^ Dorsey, Acci Smitheonian Institution IfJashingtcn, D. C,

Dear lir. Dorsey:

Your letter of yesterday is at hand, enclosing Geological Surrey l)ill for printing the colored ir.ap for my Pit Biver article, $201.60, and the Lord Bc^ltimore Press for printing the same, $1045.47, both of which L have approved for payment and am

returning herewith.

The printer's charge seems to me pretty steep. Evideiitly they charged proof correction time for all additional matter regardless of the number of pages suhmitted at one time. This, together with previously paid hills for photographic work brings the cost of the paper up to more than $1500*

Very traly yours.

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Kr. Maynard Shipley, President

Science League of America

509 Gillett Building

830 Market Street

San Francisco, California

My dear tlr. Shipley:

Your annual report arrived a couple of days ago, and in compliance with your request I am enclosing herewith my ballot for an additional mamber of the Council to replace the vacancy due to the death of our estesHied friend Cerl Akeley.

I m amazed to learn that the fanatics calling themselves Christian Scientists have had the audacity to protest against the teacdng of physiology in the schools by means of text books in which the real nature of disease is stated. There seems to he no limit to mental oblivion when spurred by prejudice.

The anti-evolution campaign organized and con- tinuously pushed by many churches is an appalling evidence of an almost unbelievable ignorance on the part of a large element of our population.

All our members must appreciate your self-

Sbcrificing generosity and t*Bt cf Mrs. Shipley in the

matter of payment for services. I regret thc',t I an not

in a position to aid in the financial suoport of the organization. yg^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^

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Prof. Bfilob K. Cheney V.'a3hin<?toh Sciusre Coileg New York University New Yrrk Ci ty

Dear Trofessor Cheney:

Very fanv ther.ks for your coartesy in sending me a copy of ycur paper on •Aj^nt^andJ^iodern Uso oOLanl Arjrow_lqiaLons.. ' 1 ^^ai already i-ead the article ^hen it eopec^ed in the December number of the Scientific Monthly and am gled to add the seporate to r.v file on the subject.

Our west cotst Indians, so far as i bive ascertained, make little use of vegetable poisons though animal poisons for arrows sere largely

employed.

Yery. trulv yours,

Si%J>i<»<

Jenusry 25, 1927

Deer Harry:

norence let me have your interesting article en the '.Earjh/JIigtory of Twin Owks Valley. ' It is good th£t you took the trouble to put this matter in print. It contains c nuj-iber of items that appeal tt me. • '

For years' 1 have been hoping to finish my work in northern Ccilifornia so that I could again tackle the Indians of the south part of the state and incidentally see you all at Twin Oaks, but thus far without success.

Hoping for bett.er luck in future and with best wishes to ycu all

is e^^er yours.

Mr. H;:rry 3. Merrism San Kercos, C^^lifornia

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Mr. Milton McMillan

123 South Claud ina Street

Anaheim, California

My dear Sir:

A short time ago someone sent me a clipping referring to your find of a pot of seeds in a rock crevice on the Mohave Desert.

It would he of interest to know just where on the desert your find was made, and still more important to know what kind* of seeds were represented. If you will send me a few of each kind I shall be glad to have them identified by our botanists in the Smithsonian^tiusaumjor the Department of Agricilture.

Very truly yours,

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Januciy Z6, IS27

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% dear Doctor Hudson:

Your letter of the l£^h • .

>*en I return to CaMfcrr,-« • ., - be glad tc . f ^-itcnaa m the sprin/^ I ,r. 71

. "•'Ogrdph your copy of the T>.;f p.

'"6 it across tl^e con- ™ "" "■'=' ^^ »«4-

*>f)if,'« i-wice, parti G:)lft>-iv « ^i

edition was so small Vm* T i aua.ly y. the

to spare. •t^encining copies

Ti'e day I s.„ you in Uki,h , . .

y^u before leaving but h - . *° "'^'^ °-"

' S. out haa been ill fn^

^nd w«s feeli.2 so poorly that I '"'''' ''''^^

ho^e the srme a't.. ^.oncluded to dri^e

-^■m EUerncon. .which I did ^-'-^•"ting to soe you in t^e s.ri.'a . re.e.bra.ces to i,rs. H^eon ' '''' '""^

7erj. truly yours.

Jsnuaiy 26, 1927.

Dr. Isaiah Bowman

iinierican GeogrsphiOel Society Broadway at iScth Street Ilew YorK City.

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Uy dear J}r. Bowman:

I have just seen at the Geological Survey a copy of your recent map of the southern pert of the p-^nireula of Lower G^ilifornia. I should like to have this and shall be obliged if you will have two copies sf.nt to my address. as abotre, with bill for same.

VAen will t'-e map of the fiortJierii pf.rt be published? I om particul.-^rly .mxious to have the northern part.

Very truly yours,

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ILr. i?Y8nci8 P. ?arquh8r

2728 Union Street

Sen Francis CO » California

Deer Mr. Perijuhar:

Since you were here iny daughter and I have continued mthout result our eearch for the lost photographs of memhers of the eld Whitney Survey. We may find them yet ^ hut it has occurred to me that I may have turned them in to the Smithsonian Institu- tion as I seem to remember that ?iske requested me to do this after I was done with them. He gave them to me in 1910.

By same mail I am sending you the last separate I possess of ray article on 'The pistrihutibn of Indian Trihes in the Southern Sierra' published in June 1904.

It was good of you to give me a whole evening, which I greatly enjoyed.

With best wishes

Yery traly yours,

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Chief of Engineers Wer Depertment Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

i. "be lit e year ago I wrote your office asking for copies of the Ciilistoge map sheet. In reply I Wcis told that the rnap was not finished but wuld probably be ready in July. I h^ve not yet ?een it and shall be greatly obliged if you will have three copies sent to my address at 1919 16th Street.

This sheet takes in Mount 3t. Helena, very important in my field work, and seems to be designated in your system as 31-K-III-B/2.

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'Mr. ?n.nci? p. Fferauhfir 2rZd Union Street San i^ancisco, Cc.lifcmia

Dear Kr. J^r^diar:

Heremth I an enclosing a re^ew of Mrs* Mott^s 'Handbook for ^alifomiacs' ^.ich it seems to me ought to "be jaiblished if ycu have any place for it.

Per scr'e 7^^r5 pc»t I hare noticed #iat to me is B sad^ not to aaj deroraliitiQ^, tendency on the pert of \>ook reri ethers in the Bey region to spread a mixture of soft, soag and molasses on most of the publicctions they think it worth *ile to say anything about. Some of those are c^hcclutely untruthful*

For a number oi^ ytars I wus Zoological Editor of Science ond the disajreecbl^ task of reviewing fell to my lot% During all thost years I icade it my business to tell the actual truth as I sav it about the works reviewed, never once yielding; to either fei.r or fervor* If a book can not be reviewed from this standpoint it had better not be mentioned at alU Is it not a duty we owe the people who rf^^^d our reviews to give them the truth?

i?s. Kott in the work in question made an excellent beginning so farts Spanish names ere concerned but fell down horribly on Indian names. Obviously she had

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And like some oliier jyeople, her Wp of ciedulity appears to le altogether too heery to be ccrriel ^ cne person. Tiyhet is the tee of saying s cnethii^e that you kno» to be untrue just becaase someone else s^d it >jffore you?

I am fully convinced that lir«u lictt"»? took under a dignified descriptiye title ^nd with the necuwarr corrections would be a most useful rolurea.

With best wishes

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Under the above inapprcprist-» title Mrs. Gertrude Mott has written a little book on the *k?ai)li-:f^ &r:d Pronuncia- tion of 3parish ar.d Indian Place Nanes ' , wh ic h , whe r cc r re c t ed and rearranged in a single alphabetic list fir!ste':id of in several lists), mil easily find a place ar.cng tha rea'llj^ helpful reference becks of the state.

Unfortunately tlie author's devotion to Spanish fornt^ has caused her to /^ive #;olly incorrect pronunciations tc a number of the Indian names. For instiince, G!:clsTne is said tc be pronounced "chc~lah^ riay"^ (instead c^ its proper pronunci Lo- tion, cho-lam); Napa es ^'nali^ pLj:^ (instead of na-o-pah)'^

, /. ln«teid of te-hS-mahj; (ta??T^ic us"kaL,g

?ehairi8 as "tay-hah riahVt ixiste...u oi iias-f^Kj; uuiiicc-s as '^g;vee^ lee-kos^ (instedd of wel'-le-kcs); Loir;pco as ^liia/ p.c hl;*^ , ietulum-u as "j;)ay-tah->loc'' rah^ (instead of _.ot.?-]cT--fnah), Piute as ^'pee-yute'^ Sonoma as "soh-nohf ;v:L;":'^ Larin as ""Mh-rQgfl^; Tamelpsis as ^Heh-ni^hl-^f^ySes^,

Imagine the feelings c:^ -^? ^^ood citizens cf Fetalu/?ic. on hec.rin^ their home to^n called pe7-t^h-lcc-n:;.:h: or cf members of the Ta alp^is Olub *en told tl.dt their idolized mountain should be c?:lled tah-mahl-pay-^egc! A ^txxl m.cre unhappy venture in ccrirection with the r^ine Tunal^olc is its meaning, s^d to be ^rcm ''^sml. b-y; pais, laid-' — thus giving the Spanish for li^:nd Brn making th*^ ^^ord a Spanish-Indian hybridl is a r?^t•'^■^ cf ^act 't is ':iire

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Indian (in the language of the Hco-koo-elkQ tribe), from ^S^-ml ♦ bay country ["cur country", as they say], end pi>is. niountdnJ The word for lard in their laigu.age is not paig. but wa'-ah.

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Still another cIjss, of which fortunatelv the number is s^-all, eonidsts of nanes t^e origin of which is risi.T.drrstocd. Thus Oi.lleg,. the name of ^ v:l.ley and canyon in Ka^ra Ccjinty, is s^id to be pronounced "chee'lays** and to mean "red peppers", wh<?:reas it happens tc> be the name of a man, Col. Jci-e.ih D. Ghil^, originally d Kentuckian, who came to •Mi-^crnia from ^::"^ouri in 13411

T- e trectr^rt of Bodega is herd to understand. On page 1? 'ho , t- :r gives the meaning es "wine vault, store hcu^^", ' .llowed by the- correct st'-t^'ment that t^;e place was ^na^red for -"^u^.n de la Bodega". Ard c^- page 38 under Bodega . the definition is ^?imnly "wine vault; cellar". V/hy, ■ '■"^ mer^i'ning o p^ ^e rairod for a well known person, should cn/tV ;,- he sr.id .bout -^ine v -Its or cellars?

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•correctly giving the nfiire rs thet of an Iridisn tribe, the author adds "else corrupticr of Spanish gl_ xjo. jjc -lg.g UY&g,

the river of grapes".' Iftiy?

knA. 5=till cinother: The Ixidir-n word Ccgc. the name of a remote and barren desert mountain range in Inyc County south of Owens Lake is given as a ''place or squ.^-'re for "bull- fights or oth^r public entertr^nnirents^i (p, 74) Coso is 6 pure Indicin -Trd. And why shcald l!cno, another Indian ^ord> be followed by ''inonkey, ape; rise Indian tribe^?

One of the most distressing cases is Tomales, applied to a well loiown deep bay and- jlso a sn?ll town in fe rin County. We are told tht:t the name is •■« "corruption of 'tairialos', 8 Kexiocn dish made of crushed maize r.ii.ed ^/7ith minced nest, sejsoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, wrapped in leaves of ' the corn husk, t-nd steamed; or from Miwok, Indi-n ^'''ord for *bay*.^ Could ^nythinr he more drerdfuli The name Ton:.alos is from the Hoo-koo-e-ko ."ndiLn "'ord L^nizioaj.. r.e Lining b^ country, tie home of the ribe. Why it should bo degraded

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by asso^daticn with the commonplace dish 'tomsles' is :-:!rd tc understand.

incther e>:. ;^le of Spanish influence, though a minor one, is the use of j for h, wri tin . i Oj;.7^_ for the Ir;«lic.r. word Moliave — a co'^mon error.

IIsjlL is given as "Porno Indi^in tribt-*', but tr

ne

mace

is some distc:nce north of t^^r -orthern limit cf the Pome;

though . M.ributr^ to Humboldt County and the locality knc^vn as^Pomo is in kendc-i'o ^cunt- though

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The mount^iin in Trinity Coui:ty printed as Chenchetulla

has no t in it and is comjnonly written Chanchelulla. The Indians

in whose territory it lies cell it Sohn-che-loo-lah. GsiifiH, 30 nameu because of proximity to the

Celifcrnia -Oregon bound£;ry, is correctly derived from the ^'fi^ion of California and Oregon*' but the author adds the Spanish ^(kah-lore) heat'' J Why?

SiJjcjits. i? SiLvid to mean the mountain,. True, but this is only one of the two cc-imon meaniig^, the other being e dense fewest cr thicket. In Californi-? the latter is the usual meaning.

Sricinal is given as "grove cf oak trees". ?/hy not • J^ay Live Ct^ks, to distinguish it from Roble.% (as in Paso Hcbl-is) the 7wli€.y Oaks?

k^ny more Spanish plice na/res auA hundreds of Indian rar^cs might be added vyer-r^ it dee.Tjed worth while.

I have taken tiine to examine Mrs. iJott's little beck rather crr(f:lly for the ro ^scn that such an aid is really needed, not only tc fill i gap in the geogrf.phic r-r^rcla^v.To cf CcTifornie, but ;lso to satisfy a ccmr^endable t! \r^t on the pi:rt of both re^lo.Ttc --ni tourists for accurate infor;..Mcn ccnonrning ., -ir.l'itude of place names in our wend'^rf;.! -atare. L corrected edition under a dignified title, wi ■: t'"!' n?:n:es arrar.gcd in a single alphabetic list will be

t genu :^'^^ oocn.

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Jenuary 31, 1927.

Mr. Sanuel Icpez. Crescent '^ity California

lly dear Kn Lopett

Tour letter of the 5tt! instant caiT>e sometime ego end I was rery glad to hear from you.

I have delayed replying in the hope of having something endottraging to say in regrr^rd to the action of the present Ccngress^hnt in view of the fact that only a '^.onth remains of the present session it is very doubtful if any legislation conceraing California Indians will be passed this year.

Nevertheless it is possible that the Swing-Jolmson Bill may pess. It jjicvides that certain moeeye be turned .over to the s:ate of California tc be expended under the Depertmtats of Public Health and Education for the benefit of California Indians. It is m, eicellent bill and hfifj already beer c;^rc^ed by the Ccslifomie legislature, fjo there is just & chance th.t it my go through*

A Qcurt of Claims Bill hat been introduced by Congressman Lea but I dotibt very ?9uch if action on it ii teken this j^bt^ It is tsmh better than his previous biU for the reason that although it is a Claims Bill it

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nevertheless carries a guarantee for California Indians.

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As I think you know, I heve been strongly in fawr of the Kehn Bill and have opposed all Court of Claims BillSi^But Congress will not pass the Kahn Bill in the fcrs in which it was introduced^ and is opposed to a direct appropriation for the principal reason thet it would set an embarrassing precedent^ as the nionber of relief hills asked for by the Indians of the ccTiY^try as a whole is very Inrge.

However, severe! cf us are watching Indian matters closely and if anything of interf^st develops I will let you know.

With kindest regards to'Ers. Ijopez and yourself

T«y truly jours.

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January 31, IrS*.

Miss Blanche Grant Taos, New tiexico

My deer Miss Grant: ^

Thr Icst "bfitch of books you h.^jve sent has c^r^ived safely, comprising *Taos To.iey'. 'Ti:os One Hundred fesrs Ago', eno 'Taos Indians'. The latter I m leir^ pLA to have and am enclosing herewith my check of U.S?/

It is e fine thing the t you hi:^?. hscr o]jle \o gather and ^reserve so p :ch of the lore nf these • interest ir^g ^jeople end that vou hnyo rlill '.'her bocks in an adve.nced stage of uroptratiori, Ycii 'tupt ^>e a ^'^rv hu^y woman.

It will not be long i\ the future before a .•'\:r-jic

accounts of o;t urimiti^re people v?ill be even appreciated th.r they are today. With best wishes

Very truly youi-ii^

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January 31, 1927

iviis3 liable :I. Kurd, Secretary imerican Geographical Society Broadway at IL-6th Street

NeNV iorl: City

Dear iiiiss Ward:

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Thanks for your letter of the 29th .is tan t ^^vhich Cere today. I b^d already written you_ sending check for the Tucps of Lov/er C:3lifornia,and shall be greatly obliged if ycr will entsr my order for two copies of t^.e I'.ap of the northern half Vv'hen it is ready.

Yes, 1 renember you and I ain glad to know that

you arc r-o '^ell located.

Very truly yours,

oes

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Jai;asry 31, 1927.

Mr. Edwtrd H. Blade West Palm Beach Ploridfi

ily dear Sir:

Es^lying tc your letter of the 2otli instant I regret to say that I do net think of anyono who would be likely to join in your iDter?<=tin- oruise from Florida to California. If I learn of enycno will let you know.

ry truly yoiirs,

Jcrusi7 31, 1927.

Mr. Hcbert John lluna Ild'jrtcn, Ontario

deuT Mr. I^^ums;

Replying to youi' letter cf the £4th instant, i??ould s&y thrt the injury to the frc'ntal region of the skull of the weesel shovvn in yoiir e7.cellent sketches is due to the op55 rati ens of b parasite of the genus gilaroidcs.

Those pests s're so ab'indant that a very large pro- portion of the skills cf weasels, skunks, end martens ere deformed hy them, sometinies to rn amazing extent.

If you will look rt plates 7 and 9 of North American Fauna Mo. Z6 (Revisicn cf 'Skunks of fienus Spilogale* by Arthur H. Hov/ell) you will find additional exanples. I dc not need to see your skull as I have handled hundreds of them.

The reason so few pictures of skulls show the result of injuries eaub^ed by this parasite is that we always try to pick Cut skulls free from such deformities.

I sn: ';;:lad tc kiow thrt you i^re interested in maxima Is, for ^vhile there are hundreds cf amateur ornithologists, verv few are reallv interested in small mammals.

Very truly yours,

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The Prerch Bock 3 tor'?

224 Stock ;,on Street

3sn Aercisoo, C, 1 ifcrrie

Dear 3irs:

1 b^ve ju-^t seon en nciy^iirtisexent or notice cf 8 l)Cok cublished by you entitled ^Ocliforai;; Spanish Names' by Lifirtha !• il^rshall 'i:.5C* ilmour^r .^iclci:^-:!* herewith. Ple::Sy i^oiid to me et 1919 Sixteenth Street Wfishinpton, D, G. anrl obUcre

Vory trjly yours.

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(I']'ii.^-n effciirs) . Oalifcrnia Historical Society Qu?:rterly for ^927 'Bird LoT-e' for l9r^7 . . *

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Dear 3irs:

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erclcsed. 5CC0 sheets of Lionising Bond like the attached

s'wple in ^uelity End size.

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th« IhM* «opi«« liiiiigii of th« C#Xl»tog« quadrai^U fCallfmAa) «Mr i*i«fa I 88|»d « fan dajrt age tetu ^m rMfi«i^ 4l«» tilt tDoloded bill Pi 30 o«Bt«. «iieh mnat if >riiMl ttfd b»r«iitb.

during mm thaq forty yiars serviM in th« GoteraBeat: Cia<f 9t the Jiplogictl Snrrty. 20 «• *i BOQiber of the mUA StfitM GfOgrepUe Botr^ (of Much X ta» Ckaimaa 'or •ie^l jrefin}^ 17 se lwri«tigator ia th« ainitbi>ojil«j\. «a4 «Qr?ic« in ewe or %w othar Ottisrtmanta, I hare ra- CfiT»4 Kr»i«l l»|»dpftd mapa from toe Ooolpgloal Sur^ej, Central Uud Offtet. Odeat 3urray. Poat Office. Jbigiaear OtpartMiit* airf fit^wrtnast «f igrioultuw; but ao far •« ■J ■«ori goea fhia ia the fir^t tlM « bill hat aver b»e]i aant oa for any of thaae ntpa.

In fiav of tha cirounatanca that tuo years ^o, at the raquaat of your office^ I spent 6 great doel of tiaie io laborionaly gpiog over all of tha Xbginear Corp* quadranglaa for California, and aaiit fo or pages of typewrlttett oorrectlona to your office, eddreaaed to

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Hajer Jofaa C. it, Im^ it it ttot a litUe •«* of the ordinaiy that a bill ahoold be tent me for the Ctlittogt aha a tat The 10100111 of oovnt* ia trltitl*

tba OaUttofp thatt i« ftttatloft latim the BtMt of m of the atreaaw. If you ^l\ aaad m tao tft^itionaX oopiaa of thia aheet I till aritt tbe a«B»s «f tha ptlaeiptl streama th arttn and ratttn ««a of Hit at|&tt to ytt.

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Pobniary 21. 1927

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Geniton-OA-HudaoB

Dear Sir:

Ihftt hat beooma of '3oi«noo'? I paid my 1927 renetml subeoription oo Fabruary 5 but have net raceiTai any oopiea for the pait tac or tbrea aeaka, Kindly look the matter ap.

Very tnily yours.

372

Fabrmry 21 » 19B7

Postmaster

Uappy Camp, California

A recent newp^w <Jlippi»e statea that a »an named Henry Aubrey of Cottage (Jrore was attacked by B mountain lion irtvioh ha killed .i it sprang upon him. Can you tell me ho# much truth there is in tbia

atat&aent^

Very truly yours,

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Hlmary 21. 1927.

Mr, francii P. Farauhar

114 Sanaoffl Stre«t

San FranciaoD, California

Deer Mr. Farquhar:

Thanka for your latter of the 7th inetant forwarded to ae by Dr. Matthas to whoa I sent the letter to hia irtiioh came in my envelope*

Thanka for your intereat in calling the attention of the Chroniele Betriew Editor to ny reriew of Mre. Mott't ♦Handbook for CalifoTiiaca*. I dislike to publish anything in s newspaper but under the circunatsnoea am willing to let it go 89 you auggeat. Kindly ask the editor to sand tne four copies for my personal files.

We have been having a anew storm and the snow is piled deep along the street gutters.

With best wishaSt

Very truly youra.

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febrnary 21, 19ZF

Col, J. A- Moftttire, Editor Outdoor life Denver, Cola::»io

Pear Colonel MoQttira: ^

l.er sinoe the receipt of the February number of outdoor life I ba.e been threataning to .ak you a^t the monster shown sailing though the air above Will«.tta Fall- and labelled 'Salmon Juiiping*.

I was wondering if you had ever figured out the tonnage of this particular batch of aeroplane..

Vety truly yours.

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Dr. P. 1. flodga . , 3, Ktttiftun of the Mmricm Indian BroadwiJ at 156th Street

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Oaar Doctor Hodge:

A clipping fro« a San Oi ego paper recently received ■entlons the visit of 3dvard U, De^ie to Tiburon Island and goes on to say: "An intereetii^ thicg i»hich Davis brevet from the expedition to bis own hone, it leing of 1)0 Tslue to the muBeiw,U» a pelican robe. It was made by the supposedly cannibal is tio Indians of the Isle de Tiburon, ^t the Isle of the Shark, in tha Gulf of Celifornia- It is of six pelio«Q breasts in a double row of threo eaOhv. It is joined vith a. strip of buckskin, and makes a ^blanicst' over six feet l<mg, very soft and downy on the top aide. It is now used for covering by the Indiana, but fonoerly it was used as a wrap-'around garment. The quills stick through waking the under side vexy soratchy, which in the opinion of Davis saved the wearers a lot of work."

I had supposed th«t the Heye Museum was interested in snoh things.

Yery truly yours.

February 21, 1927.

Ubrairie d'Amerique et d»Orient Adrien-Maisonnettve 5, Bue de Tcurron, o Farie, France

Dear Sirs:

Inclosed is foreign «oney order for 24 frwow for «bich please send to >e at 1919 - 16th Street. feshingt«. D. C. a copy of 'lea Langaes dn Monde* by A. Meillet at Marcel Cohen, entered ip your recwt list M »o. IW.

Yary truly yours.

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February 21, 1927

Mr. Milton McMillan ^ 123 South Claudina Street Anaheim. California

Uff dear Sir:

Very many thanka for yotir letter of February Z and

the acoompanyi ng package of aaeds and fragsients of

pot tery.

The aeeda I have had identified by the botanists o: the Departoent of Agrioultui-e and Biological Survey. Their Indentifioations are written en small envelopes conteinitig 8 few aeeda of each kind which are returned to you herewith. They are as follows:

Tfnt-r-''"'^" /ffitr""'''"" Tulgarisl

seeds*

Muskmelon (Quoumia melfl.)

Squash (fiiiauxlafcajaaxim) . including both the large

incized seeds and the smaller plain seeds.

Cushaw or long-neck so^uash ^Qnourbita moachata) Tepary or Hnto been ^fhflweol"^ latifoliiia) Flint corn (Zga mayaK variety.

Prom this list you will see that without exception all of the seeds are those of flodem cultivated plants, indioct

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ing that the oaohe hat l»f en »sad in forj recent tine*, I had hoped that the seeds of aboriginal native plants would ^e found but in this I was mistaken.

The frf,g«nent8 of pottery do not fit into any of the Pueblo or pre-Pueblo types t>i irizona, and we have no collection from the Mohave Desert region. It would be of interest to eeoure some complete specimens.

I em glad to know that you are taking so much interest in the old hieroglyphics or pictographs on the rooks. There are many on the red cliffs on the east aide of Charleston Mountains in southern Nevada as well as in the desert region of southern California. It would be mighty fine if anybody knew how to read them. You intimate that some of them are weruiugs against poijon water. This would be important to

prove.

I have camped at Saratoga Springs in the south end of

Death Valley, end in the Amargosa and various other plsoes

between the Panajnints and the Vegas, but that was about

thirtyseven ye^ra i.go and I have not been there since.

I would like to go again as the country is of fascinating

interest

Very truly yours.

GTS

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kiss Alida C. Bowler^ IndiiiH Defense Association 1010 Mills Buildim Sen Prancisoc, CsUxcrnxa

Deer Miss Bowl or:

Pleasedon't interpret the intenrals betv-een my iettev-3

as ^n indicstion of lack of appreciation ind iBvercst 11 your Various letters -sith acccmf^nyrug cerliona. Obvirmsly ycu are . niigl-.ty Vafj WTr..r> eud for my p.rt I don't sec ho. you icanage to get ir so rcnoh ^crk.

Mr. Collier h:.je of ooarnc :c«pt you postfd ;;8 to th ■ doia-s cr lack oi doings ^-ere in the recent peet. In. b fei» di,vc5 prcbsbiy w8 shall lef:irn thp dfiOiSicn of the Senata CoiimUtef .E to ^h«thtr they will unciertek* sn mVertl-.- ticn of Indian effairs. Mr. Ccllier -r.'de e v^ry .•tr'.r.g st.tei.;ent yesterday fceiorf; Vne 3uD-ccr.uTittse, ^*-iC.h 7'iS r-Ued to by 'ns fnand Mr. Borke.

Ihet v-cu fw •3^:/ sbort Coionel l^flJinRtcn's pre". . ::- in Bnsvforir-s^. ieltere r^ninds rrc of wiife t. the Lndifs ^vj abcut hiP Visits when hs pro«i«*8 to lock into '^ertiip setters find -"turn with full per...icro,ii'rs ■-•or.ly ;.ie ■•:••""

returric.

It i3 a (;•■ ' ^ iJiv,

h.?t th'^re fec-is! Ic fc'i jc i-i t..e

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p^-ccpcet of success in the wey of helping the poor Al.'jxt.Mer Yalley Indians or obtaining any accassible lend

fcv d iiei» ranoheria.

The best news in your recent letters is the statement you obtained from Mr. Sntton. County Supervisor, in regard to the rof:d to Kclfchil Esncherie.. It ie good to knew thst thib rood hes beei. graded end g rave ler;" end thet the naif rriiA of it on too of the levee has been broadened in two oLHces so that cars may pass. I air, glad to know also that the giutes hf.ve been reduced to three, b-at it is a pity tv«ul the 5ut.ervisor found them all open. I never h£.d that

luck -sith tny of theni.

But B3 to tho Katfchil '.^ell: at tines of high ^flster ther.^ is no (rouble except that it ia likely to need nleanirc out - a job tbft i-? not etsy. particulr.rly from th.t. Irdian sthudpoint. Eut during low A-ater tinea the icell :•!•• f.-iher d-7 cr ^bf^olutoly ur:fit for use. Good Mrs. Bcbbira .-.f Ooir.fi; evid6iitly did net ^isit K.;ih'chil during th« errly irA vviddle i?-rt cf Septer^t-.fr. it io* wbter the stuff in the bottom ig ^i rraxture cf oil and water utterly undrinkable. As e reri:lt of all this the Mi Ciklii ^'«on9 village cr rrnch-ritj w..a das^rted, the people returning later.

The eld purp -vi.s a dreadful institution; the new one r 36 -d to b.3 such belter but goes on a strike duririg low

v.':jtor.

Et

;e<.i?cn I 6Ki told thet ft let at one ^mi^n died :*• •" '^^i. leavi r,c throe c-.illren, Thcsf children 'i»ere ttken

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by their poor old gn:nd parents lyho were ftlref^d}^ caring for eight children. They ftre poor end sad end rre said to have buried two daughters and one deughter-in-law in March and ipril, 1926* They would seem to be deserving of help.

Your Benny Stoneco^l I assume to be StonecoGl froin a valley of that n«:nie adjacent to Hot Springs Yalley.

Did you hc^^e any answer from Mrs. i^'orgues of WilXiajns to your letter of February 4 about the Cortirn Indians? I am sure you would enjoy a vi«it at Cortices It is an interesting place and reached by an interesting road from /rbackle. The" old road from Tdlliams is less entertaining.

Beferriiig egain to the hoivj ^niter-.ijined in some quarters rs to the outcome of the nevi Leo Bill, you prDo^bly have bofta irformed by Mr. Collier Lhat the luai^n Gcmmissioner -yyithdrew his approval of tne bill under the origin^il allowance of $2.50 per acre, st-ti-^ that the Indien Office would not approve more than half that vr^luetim. In this 1 think they are entirely right^as i hi^rf? al'vays aaint^ir^^d t*:ct tho price of $r;.50 an f^cre for vrit,o!.e ard indocesrible lands in 1851-5E was prspcstercus.

?jxthennore, as to tKp. ...Lleged ^crea^l «f the lignt^en Treaties roservi ticns thisj es I li^vs rep?^f.tedly Suid to Mr. Ccilier, leaves unliinited room for the plaj' of ihe imagination.

lour Attcrnay Gensrcl, it seone to jnp. hit the ori i

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: -I the head when he urged the Right of Occupancy :iS the proper ground tc ba.so a ^Ihim on. This you iBmember has been ray viewpoint from the firs'.

The reLoeii'^er of the 3..^£ion.is so norjr at hand triat \7e eliiiil *^"'>n 'HTiOw the oj'.ccme.if any, of Ii:iivun ri.*»a;?ures

TiCy^ be^ • '0 Congress.

1 ar« month.rbehind hand in my v?ork on Oalifovnia Indians, but still h.p*^ that I can cu* the ^ork off in

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timcV -.0 gr^ to California. reasonably '^f.rly. With bept wishes

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Mr. f-.-ni Lockl«y 1240 B. Stcrk If mt Portland* Orf^tt

l>'er Sir:

Please -send «B fro» your li»t No. 193: ♦Jootnal of Ajner&osn Sthr.ology and iroliMology*. Tol. 3. 1892. J. I. Fe«ko9. Oh' ok for Mount $3.50. is eiwlottd herewith.

Very truly your«,

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Prof* Ik. B. Btttor, President Sciftoo* Serrioe

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It would be interestir^ to know why Science Service boosts thie kind of a nan as an authority on Indians and nhy it is willing to disseminste alleged authentic in- format ion ^^ch is not information but propaganda* What is Science News good for if it is not to furnish the people with reliable infcmation?

Tery truly yours.

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Dr. Gilbert Groe Tenor* President National Geogra^ic Society Washington, u. 0.

Dear Doctor Grostenor:

Many thanks for your coartesy in sending me

with the oompliments of the Socio ty^ bound folumes of

The Hetional Geographic Magesine for the year IS 26, jnst

received, is heretofore, I will take them to Lagunitas

where they will be enjoyed and appreciated by a number

of people*

fith best wishes

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March 2« 1927

Er. Allen Johnso* 602 Hill Buildup Washington, D, C.

Dear Sir:

Replying to your letter of February ^ askii^ for am article on liarcus Baker for your dict&cmarj, would say that I regret exceedingly that I do not feel Justified in complying with your request •

I am an old man with tn appalling accumulation of work to prepare for the press; and from prerious experience in writing seveml biogrd^^ical articles of this Aaracter I find that the labor required is far too great •

Marcus Baker was a Tory dear friend* He was a kindly helpful man, possessed of accurate knowledge on an amazing number of Subjects*

1 would suggest that Colonel H» C. Rizer, for many ye^irs Chief Clerk of the Geological Surrey and personal friend of Marcus Baker, be incited to write the article.

Very truly yours.

OGC

March 3, 19«7,

Mr. Kllcrjr C. Stowell, President Better Goverasient Lsague Washington » D« C.

Dear Mr. Stovrell:

Beplying to your confliranicetion of March 1, nDuld say the t I am only too well aware of the con- ditions you mention in the public service and am in full sympathy with the purposes of the League of which you are President, and shill be glad to know of the progress of your movement for better ser7ioa(

Teiy truly yours*

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March 3, 1927.

Maj. C. U Hall Corps of Engineers Wc;r Department Washing ton » D. C.

Dear Major Hall:

Thanks for your letter of February 24 in

regard tc the Calistpga Quadrangle* The two additional

copi#8 of the Quadrangle have been received and one of

these is Teturmd to you herewith with most of the

streams and sorre of the mountains necied.

Very truly yours.

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Star Sir:

lour lit tar of Hbrmiy 2Si it at hand,, t do not knot of mj iraj in itdoh yta ooold tecoaa cooaaotad with tha SmithataUtt lattitttioQ. Tha SnitfauBoiiitit is not a tooietj bat an inttitntioa for tciantifie rtaeareh. But tbara ara mtMrona teiantifio aociatias in laahiBeUMi aeTaral of Aich jmi amid join if ym oara to«

ifTBa flioriibury and your Ara^tmr viXl of ooir«o hata a moft doli^tfol viait to tha Havaiiao laXaiida^

I aa glad to knoiv that joa ara at work on aootbar book on California.

With boat wiafaaa

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Maroh 3. 1927

Pxof. J. HoK. CatteU. Editor, Scienoe Garri8onH>D-Utidson, N* !•

D«ar Professor Cattelt:

For a month or so I hav6 not rdceived a single

number of Scienoe although I renewed my subscription

imediately on receipt of bill. I v rote the publisher

ten days or so ago but have not heard from him. Will

you kindly press the proper button?

Very truly yours »

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Dr. Charles L. Gamp Celifornia Historical Sooietj 508 Wells Fargo Building San Prfflicisco* California

Dear Doctor Camp:

Replying to your letter of February 25 wuld .say that the failure of the Indian Office to find the original of George Gibbs* map is due of course to lack of interest in the search. ^

If you would get one of your Senators or members of the House to make a personal matter of this I have no doubt that the map would be found almost

inraediately*

My copy is a photostat and therefore black,

end not very good for your puipose.* It is a very roMrktble mep in many respects, being the first so far 80 I know to show a number of places in their correct relations. I hold it as a very precious documents Nevertheless I will send it to you if you fail to obtain a copy from the Indian Office. If your time is too aJiort wire me and I will send it by first mail.

Incidentally it might be remarked that the Indian Office centaira many original documents of much hiitorlo

Tdlfta.

Very truly yours i

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Prof. J. MoK. CatteU,

Kditer. Scitnoe „ ^ Garriflon-OD-Uadflpn, N* I.

D«ar Professor CattsU :

For a ocnth or so I ha t^ not raceiTed a aingla niaibar of Solanoa although I renaned my aubscription iMt^Lataly on racaipt of bill. I vrote the publisher tan daja or ao effi but ha?a not heard from his* Will j^tt kindlj press the proper button?

7exy truly your a.

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Dr. Charles L. Camp . ^ .' California Historical Sooisty 508 Wells Faigo Buildiiw San Francisco, California

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Dear Doctor Camp:

Beplying to your letter of Psbrairy 25 sould say that the failure of the Indian Offics to find the original of George Gibbs' vsp is due of course to lack of interest in the search. "^

If you irould get one of your fens tors 4V members of the House to Bske a personal matter of this I have no doubt that the mip sould be found almost

inmediately.

My copy is a photostat and therefore black,

and not very good for your puipose.* It is a very rsMrkable mp in many respsots, being the first so far as I know to Acs a number of places in their owrsot relatloM. I hold it as a very precious document. HeTorthsless I «iU send It to you if you fail to obtain a copy from tbs Indian Office. If your time is tw Aort wire me and I sill sand it by first mail.

Incidentally it might be remarked that tha Miiali

AP#4». MMfjiirat nanv oriffinal dOOUSentS Of BtuA hittoHtt

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Tery truly yours,

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3. 1927

Dr. John Colliar

MnnMy Ibildlflc Waflhix^ton, J). {I.

Dear Doctor OoIUar:

Thanks for yours raoaivsd tiiis morning, enclosing

your mittaographsd appeal in regard to the Flathead Poner

AnMdment. The next ta«tj«*fonr hours will of course

settle the fate of this as aell as of .nnBsrons other

i&tereate#

The SDoleaed letter frott Frofeesor Bitter (which kindlj retom) explains tte attitude of Science Serriee in general at bearing on Reagents article in particular* Ton , will tee that he does not allude in any way to Doctor Hrr^t^ coMamicatienCifeich I assoBie came to hie hand, nor to your telephone oenrerwation*

Iculd not the hest aourea now be for you to send hiai» (nr to «e to trausmit to Bitten a rather brief reply setting ^rtb the xore Important and undeniable facts?

Hastily yours.

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The Science Press

3941 Grand Central Terminal

New York City

Dear Sirs;

Replying to your letter of the 4tti instant, signed B.P«, in regf^rd to the missitig nunbers of Science, wculd •*y that I have not received a copy for at least s month. I can not gire you the exact date of the last issue raeeiviftd for the reascc that 1 keep no record of these but cut them up as received and file the articles in tirtdob I am interested.

The only siggestion I feel able to make as bearing on the miscarriage of these numbers is that my name and address may have been confused with that of John C. Merriam, 1924 - lah Street. This happened once b*.fore.

Very truly yours.

Murch 5, 1927.

Annapolis. Maryland My dear Sir:

Mey I 3gain call your attention to the fact that the two copies of The Trident (Vol. 2. Ho. 4, June 1926) asked for August 30 of last year, and for which $1. was enclosed, have not yet arrived.

And of cturse I have not received the diaty of the 3«te Kajor Gustavus P. Merriam which in your lattor cf Decenber 31 you say had been forwarded to you so that I might have it. I should be gre.tly plecsod to rwceive this as well as the copies of The Trident asked for, as they form an iirpw'tent item in our family archives.

Very truly yours ,

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P»f. W. 2. Eitt«r» Prasidect Science Service Weshiogton, D. C.

Dear Bit ter:

Thanlcs for your letter of Februery 28.

Of course it my be all right for Science Service to clasB such men es Eeageri ee "well lonown autboritiea". although after considerable search 1 have failed to f icd any anthropological articsie by him anywhere, and fwther- inore, have failed to find him in the lists of members of any anthropological society or association. In fact the only information thus far obtained about Mm is thet be once assisted in archaeological diggings scnsevfcere in

Arieona*

Tou divine that I "have considerable feeling in the

metter." You are right, I htive, and for two rersons:

(1) Because I do not like to see the notoriously inacoorate

(if not purposely untruthful) stcitenents of the Indian

Office broadcasted to the press of the United Stt;t98 for

puWicetion in a multitude of newsi^epsrs throughout the

country; end. (E) because I have enough pride in Scienoi

Service to i»ant to feal that its statements nay be relied

upon — as you say — for TRUSTWOETUY Information.

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You say thet the ••regular way" of Science Service ^® *^to give ttje contenders equal chimce to present their cases. •• Then why don't you do it in this case? I am irifDrined that you have a letter from no less en authority tKan Dr. Haven Emerson on the subj^^O't, and also a state- ment of facts from John Collier, the letter sent to Hr# WatsoB Davis of your office*

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Mr. Stephen Knight Ukiah, Culifornla

Deer Mr. Knight:

At laat t^ie winter tessicn of Coogress has cane to an end. No legislation ifcatever was passed affecting California Indians.

The filibuster of the last few days of the session prevented the passage of the Deficiency BiU.and also prevented the vote on the King Resolution providing for ft survey of the condition cf Indians throughout the country, which is gre.tly to be regretted. However, the hearing of J^ebruary 23 on tha King Eesolution (S.Res.341) has just been printed and a few copies came today. I a. sending you two of these herewith .nd may be able to aacure two or three more. Luch of it is interesting reading.

Miss Bowler has kept you irrfotmad in regard to the I«a Bill vs. the Kahn Bill, is you know. I have net given myBqjport to the Lea Sill although it has the distinct advantage of eliminating Collett so that ha can have no ihadow of an excuse for continuing to .xtort money from California Indians.

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The ne-w congress ^ as you kBtnn, will include a nuiAer of new men, but of course none of us know who the members of the Jn4ian Goismittees of either the House or Senate will be. Enough of the old members to continue to stand up for the Indian Office will likely remain.

If you have any questions to esk I will try to answer them.

Do you happen to know whether the people of gomi^j originally belon^to your tribe or to one of the tribes farther north? If they came from farther north, just where did they come from?

With best wishes to ycu ^nd ycur family from all of

us

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University Pr4fW , B«rke I*;, Oa li fornia

Deer Sirs:

Barr«tt»s ^thspgeography of ths pomo and

Neighboring Indisns' was published hy tha University Press in Pehruary, 1908 as Vol. 6, No. 1 of Pubs, in Am. .Archaeology end Ethnology. It is a large paper comprising 332 pages and tuo or thres maps, bat has no index. I m iwndering if the index to this materisX is included in a general index of Vol. 6. If so, and you will kindly send me a oopy of this index with bill for seme I shall be greatly obliged.

Very truly yours.

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Sdi tor

Chico Enterprise

Chi 00, Calirornia

Dear Sir:

lour 1881)0 of Pebraary 24 contains an astoundingiy false statement in regard to Congressional legislation for the relief of California Indians. It begins: "California Indians hare son their fight for compenstition for lands oeded to the Government in 1851, according to word received by W. J. Conway of Chico, President of the North American Indian Association. •* Clncidentcaiy one mi.ght inquire, vast and where is the'North American Indian Asisociaticn' of which said Conway is president?]

Then you go on to say, "Conway has received word from P. U. Collett of the Indian Board of Co-operation, Inc., at San Francisco that the Baker bill has passed both houses of Congress, and that, despite rumors to the contrary, it will be signed by President Coolidge this winter." In another paragraph it is stated: "Under the terns of the bill

$250,000,000 will be distributed to California Indians in quarterly payments over a period of years,"

I am an old man hit I do not roraember to have ever in my life seen so many lies in one article. In the first place

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no such bill as the one spoken of hat been Introduced In Coi^ress during the past sesBion. In the second place no bill whatever for the relief of California Indiana has been passed ly the last Congresa, nor has any such bill been reported by

tiLher House of Congress.

The announcement that $250,000,000 will be distributed +0 Calif omia Indians is about as truthful as would be a jtatement that Chico had just been wiped Ht the face of the aarth and all its inhabitants butchered by an aray of

250,000,000 Indians!

How sudi a batch of lies without even the shadow of a thread of fact behind ttom coald get into print i« beyond

-00 mprehensi on.

Very truly yours >

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March 9, 1927

Prof* Roland Dixon Harvard Univeraity Cambridge. Massacniisetts

dear Professor Dixon:

Pardon my ddlay in replying to your kind letter of January 22. I hare been under great pressure.

I much regret my error in transliterating the word 'church' 2nd will try never to da it ogein.

lou speak of not knowing the use of '£' for 'a]l.'« It is 80 used by Or. Kelvin R. Gilmore who gives « a as ail in shine". You say I am probwhly thinking of »£• instead of •£», "an obviously different matter," bat the only alphabet I have yet discovered that uses %* with a abort mark over it is Bugoras, who gives it the sound of •a' in German ssil. (in Boez 'Hf.ndbcok of In^^ien Ur.gx^Qoa

You feel that I pm c^onfuaed in the sounas 'fill,' tui •la.', /a a mpttor of fact l" often get both sounds for t»ie sane word from different Indians of the* some tribe, sometimes from the same individual. Thus in Ham-mahiwft I have:

Wolf, C'le-moo and Tse-moo Gray Ground Squirrel, Ah-chaht (2 iimes) „ . -. ^/ ^^ Ah-tsaht [Z times)

Bat, Chah-sahts and Tsah-sahts nicker, Ch^k (4 times)

Tsswk (2 times) Blackbird, Ch5-kah (4 times)

Tso-kuh (2 times)

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Robin, Chis-kah-kah (5 times) Sis-kBh-kah (2 times)

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Graaallopper, Cho-e (4 times)

Tso'-e (1 time )

and so on.

Apparently you attribute differences in the sounds recorded by you contrasted with those obtained by me. as due to iflexperienee or carelessness on my i»rt. But probably you do not know that I have personally written more than 140 vocabularies from California and Nevada tribes and that I hev* checked most of these two or three tines and some of them seven or eight times, always from different Indiana, and also that I have a fairly good Indian ear. ^My vocabularies show a surprisingly large variation io the sounds es spoken by different members of the same tribe. Thus from Southern Meiwuk I have for Grizzly, Oo-hoo-ma-te (5 times), O-hara'-i-te (2 times); for Coon, Pot-k«9 (4 times), Pot-kahs (2 times); l&)untain Uon, Hs-l6-ch£h (once), He-le-jah (6 times); Big Wolf, Aw-noop (4 times), 0-noop (2 times); Badger, Tew-wik (6 times), Te'-wik (2 times); Bat, Chip-pe-se-se (once), Tiplpe-se-se (5 tines); Jeer, Hik'-kah O times), He-gah (2 times); ChipTiunk, Fis-soo (once), Peisoo (5 times); Pocket Gopher, 3oo-wut (5 times), 3ew-wut (once); Tail, Hoo-ge (onoe). Hoo'-ke (2 times); Horns. Ke'-le (3 times), Kil'-le (once); l>ang, Kun-nat' (3 times), Koo-nat (once); Burrow, We-eh' (? times), fle'-g (or.ce); Burrowing Owl, To-ko-wah (2 timesl

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TeH-kow-wah (2 times); Robin, Wit-tep (6 times), We- tap (3 times); Bel, W5-sit, Wes-sit — and so on for hundreds of words.

You say that I speak hs if I'were the first to recognize the differences between Achomawi and Atsugewi? This horrifies me. If you will turn to page 4 of my recent Pit Piver paper you will fi d the following strtenent: "It should be borne in mind also that the Pit River group is by no means homogeneous, the component tribes spiakipg two very distinct languages, as po i n te d p]it_by Dixon in 1907**^ with a footnote referrir^ to your paper entitled 'The Shasta* /choraawi* of 1907. It hurts me to feel that you think I would endeavor to convey Pny such meenirig.

Obviously either I failed to make myself clear or you misinv.erpreted what I said on the top of page 6 in regard to the contrasting vocabularies beginniiig on that page. What I meant was th^t words differing dialectical ly in either of the two sets of tribes were omitted, meaning that if the word in question was not the same in ^l\ cf th? several Pit River tribes proper it was omitted, or if rot the same 4p ^oth cf the two /.t so oka -an dialects it was omitted* i?urthermore, on the same page I stated that the purpose of the table was "to bring out the striking resemblances and differences betjveenthe hinguegef^ of the two groups. •• You will see therefore that I not only had no intention of omitting words tbat differ dialecticiilly

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between the two groups, but that I distincUy strted that

such words were included to bring out the striking resemblances

as well as the differences.

I am thankful for your letter as giving me an opportunity to explain several matters that were not clearly understood between us.

With best wishes

Very truly yours.

c,>w.

Is it not a fact that many anthropologists in working with Indians, do most of their work mth a single individual and in this ^ay get en exaggerated notion of the fixity of spujJds? I am more and more impressed every year with the variation in sounds of Vm same word as spoken by different individuals.

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Hiss Alida C. Bowler .

1010 Mills Building

San Francisco, California

Dear Miss Bowler:

Thanks for one of the mimeographed copies reg-rding the Kahn-Lea Bills which you had made for Stephen Knight.

As you of course know, the filibustering at the end of the Senate session defeated the pssssge of the resolution of inquiry and much other hedly needed legislation, so now everything must go over until next December.

Zncloeed herewith is a ctrbon of e letter I hr.ve just written the Editor of the Ohico Enterprise. . Did you ever hear of such a mdss of lies? Surely Collet t has overdone himself this time.

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Mr* Stephen Knight Uiciah, Call forme

Dear Mr* Knight :

Herewith I an enclosir^ 8 carhon of a letter I h^^e just 'written to the Editor of the Chico Enterprise. It looks as if Collett had gone loco.

Hastily,

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March 9, B27'

Misa ilida C. Bowler

1010 Mills Building

San Francisco, California

Dear Miss Bowler:

Thanks for one of the mimeographed copies regarding the Kahn-Iea Bills uliioh yon had mads for Stephen Knight.

As you of course know, the filibustering at the end of ttie Senate session defeated the passage of the resolution of Inquiry and much other hsdly needed legislation, so now everything must go over until next December.

Inclosed herewith is a carbon of a letter I have just i^ritten the Mi tor of the Ohico Enterprise. Did you ever hear of such a m^ss of lies? Surely Collett has overdone himself this time.

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Herewith I am enclosing a carbon of a letter I hhfe just written to the Editor of the Chico Ifiterprise. It looks as if Collett had gpne loco.

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Dear Dr. Collier;

The enclosed carbon will put you wise as to Collett's latest perfornance.

Trusting that thirds are moving satisfactorii. With you .

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Kr. Frederic W. Miller MuseuB of Natural History Denver, Colorado.

De&r Mr. Miller:

In compliance with your request of the 4th instant

I took pleasure in sending you a day or two ago a copy of my 'PreUininary Bension of the Pumas' published by the Wifshington Academy of Sciences in 1901.

"(»ith best wishes

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Adin.

Uy dear Sir:

lour letter of Februery 27 came e few days Ego and I vae glad to hear frtm you.

Tea aek ahoat the news* Congress has now ended. They did not pass any bill for California Indians, so nothing can be done until next Deconber when the new Congress meets. There Mil >>e ineny new members rnd we hope for some good ones on the Senate ani Hotve Committees on Indian ilf fairs.

The Court of Claims Bill was not reported on by the Committee on Indian Affsirs and therefore can not come up again before next winter.

I few days ago a Chico newspaper publiahed a statement tron Conway and Collet t saylx^ that the Rsker Bill ixad passes Congress and wonld be signed by the President. This is a big lie end was evidently intended to mislead California Indi«Ui.

Row about yotar horses. I am afraid I can not help you,, but in a fen deye 1 will go to see Colonel Greeley, the Head of the Forest Senrioe.and talk mth him ahout it. I believe

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With best wishes to all your people

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Mr. Htrry^G^rga Lookottt, California

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I wuld hat* written you ataetiae ago but «aa waiting to ae« if Ccugreaa would peM «iy billa to help CeUfomia Indiana thia year- Bat Congraaa faaa now endad mlhout doing anything for tJalifomia Indiana. Congreaa mil not meat ag^n until naxt BacMbar. a cd than thara will be new man on the Indian Oonmttaaa of both Senate and Honaa of Rapreaante ti taa* fe hope to b^re a bill ready f or thaa in tha aarly part of the winter.

In a day or two I wiU send yon a eapy of the recent

hearing on tha nead of an infaatlgation of Indian affaira.

It came too late for any action thia jaar but we hope for

better lack next year.

1 few daya i«o a Chioa nawapapar published a ateteoant

fn,» Conway and Collatt saying that tha Bakar Bill had paaaad Congreaa and would be al^d by the Preaidant. Thia i. a big lie and wai aridently intended to idalaad Celifornia

Indiana.

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reg^rda to all your people

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Dr. George Bird Grirnell 238 Baat 15th Street New York City

Oe&r Grinnell:

It was mighty good of you to ©end me your Cheyenne Campfire Tales. I hare read the book from one end to the other with great interest. Muoh of it is of reel historical Telue and all of it of ethnological and religious interest.

Two features of these tales appealed to me particularly as contrasted with the teles cf motst of our Celifomia Indians. One is the comparatiTely recent origin (or modificiiticn) shown hy the frequent mention of horses. Tho other is the power that ineny of the people possessed of changing hack end forth from Animal People to real people. So far as I remember, nothing of this kind cocurs in the myths of Celifomia tribes except that Old Coyote-man was able to transform himself into rarious shapes and beings, returning back to his original self ;*ien he wanted to

It must be a grert satisfeicticn to you tc have lived long enough to see in print the results of the many years of faithful work you hare put in with the Cheyenne Indians.

I have mythological materiel from vtricus tribes of Oalifomie Indians, enough probably to make ei^t or ten

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volumes. One of these, the Mo-dsslfle History of the ^^^iversq> I hope to send to the printer within a few days. The others must wait.

We are hoping to drive ircross to California much eerlier than usual this year, but can not of course fix any date.

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Ur. Sem Spring Canby, California

Dear Mr. Spring:

It is a long time since I hrve written you or heard from you. When I visited your place last su'nmer you had gone to Pyramid Leke to have your eyes opereted on. I most earnestly hope that the operation nes successful and that you can see ir.uch better than you could before.

We are disappointed that Congress adjourned a week ago without passing eny bill for the help of California Indians. Several good bills were introduced but failed to get through. We hope for better luck next winter when the new Congress meets in Deceirber.

The biggest fool thing I hare seen this year is a sti.tenent in the Chico newspaper called 'The Bnterprise' which came out on February 24. It stys that W. J. Conway of Chico had received word from ?. G. Collet t that the Raker Bill hed passed both houses of Congress and would be signed by the President. It steted also ttet 250 million dollars would be distributed to California Indiana

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I I expect to return to Lagunitas as usual and hope to see you again during the early part of the summer*

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Sr. Sam Lopez nith Biver, California

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By this mail I om sending you a copy of the Senate Hearing on 3. Bes. 341, a resolution providing for a general survey or inquiry in regard to tie condition of Indians with special reference to the things done and not done by the Indian Office.

Congress has now adjourned and has not passed a single bill for the help of California Indians. There will be no other session until the new Congress comes topether in Decanber. We hope thet with new men and more time we may be able to get through one or two of our helpful bills.

The biggest fool thing I have seen this year is a Btatement in the Chico newspaper called 'The Enterprise' which came out on February 24. It says thet W. J. Comvay of Chioo had received word from iP. G. Coilett that th? Baker Bill had passed both houses of Congress and would be signed by the President. It stated also thbt £60 million dollars would be distributed to Oaifcrnis Indians in quarterly pey-nente ex,.endii^ over a period of years. This of coarse is a malicious lie. No such bill had ever been introduced and no bill of any kind had been ai|,roved by the Committee on Indirn iffairs.

Vpry truly ycurf,

March 10, 1927.

Mr. Bobert Eivis Adin, California

j)ear Mr. Bivis:

Twice lEst supimer I was in your country and intended to visit you but wes told that you were not at home. I liope for better luok daring the coming summer.

We are disappointed thrt Congress adjourned a week ago without passir^ any bill for the h#lp of CElifornia Indians. Several good bills were introducid "but failed to get through. We hope for better luck next winter when the new Congress meete in December.

The biggest fool thing I hcjve seen this vear is a strteri.ent in the Chico newspaper called 'The Enterprise* #iich crme cut on Pebru.' ry 24. It says thet Si. J. Conway of Cifiico had received word from P. 0. Coilett that the Baker Bill had pessed both houses of Congress and would be signed by the President. It stated also that 250 million dollars vould be distributed to California Indians in quarterly peyT»ents extending over a period of years. This of course is a s&licious lie. No such bill had ever been introduced and no bill of any kind had been approved by the

Committee on Indien Affairs.

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Prof. Trevor Kincaid State Museum, University Seattle, Washington

Dear Professor Kincaid:

In glancing over the January number of *The Murrelet' I HDB interested to note your statement th«t the skull of a fossilized musk ox from Aleska had. lately been received by your museuirf

Evidences of the former existence of the musk ox in Alaska are so rare that 1 should be greatly obliged if you will kindly tell me whet part of iMaska it came from.

With best wishes

Very traly yours.

March 10 • 1927,

Mr. E. "N. Lafonso ChicOt California

My deer Mr. Uionso:

Congress adjourned .bout a week ago mthout passing . single bill of any kind for the relief of Clifornia Indians. Nevertheless your neiebbor. W. J. Con«ay. has informed The Enterprise of your city that he had received ■ «ord from P. G. CoUett that the Raker Bill had passed both houses of Coreress and ^ould be signed by the President; and furthermoxt,, that E50 million dollars «)uld be distributed to Caifornia Indians in quarterly payinents extending over a period of yesrs.

This is the biggest Ue that has been told in California since its first invasion by the Uhitos. How could anyone make such a Mse statement? Obviously there are still people ^ho are so deprived and so lacking in self-reaoect thst they don't care v4i.t they say.

mth kind regards tc Mrs. Lafonso and your children

Very truly yours.

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Mr. krthit OeDrrin Ceil <Solorado Building Weahingtorii U. 0«

Mj dear Mr. Callt

Acting nn your iagg««rtioA, I htm just sent a letter to the CdmmittAe on i6snl99itm» of the Cosmos . Club rwDmanding the election of itootor George W. fihite, item I hnre known for «ort than tienty years end for thofli 1 hare the highest r#gard«

I dii not know nntil the receipt of your letter

today thet he l)ed been nonineted*

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Maroh ll, 1927

CoTnn^ittee on Admissicne Ccsmoe Club Washington, D. C^

Dear SixB:

It gifes Ao pleasure to seoond John Joy Sdson^s nomination of Geot^ ** lfcite» President of the Mational Metropolitan Benk,for tawibership in the Club*

I have ImoiB doctor White for more thiiu twei^tjp years and h^ve unlimited eonfidence in hie ability, integrity, and senrio^iin an odminietretire capacity for v/irious charitable, medical and benerolent institutiont..

VfViiie he does not come etriotXy Mpder the head of :i scientific man, he nerertheless h^e attained distinction tn public service and in the profession of banking* I cslie^e him to be well qualified for membership in the

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Mr. Bobert John Uma llderton, Ontario Canada

Bear Mr, Utmia:

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Yon ask for references. If you .in i„„k i„ j,, £,,rioan Naturaist, Tol. 31. p,. .^,^ ,,^^ ^^^ ^.,, find an account .ith references to other papers. tUo i» Oerrlt S. Miller., .,ta« Is of Ontario- publi„.d i the Prcceedinga of the Boston Society of K.tural -story p. «. ipril 1897. you will find other ^tter of in,J.l Dr. H=s,el of fe Bureau of i„i„al Industry s.y, tWt

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It occurs to n,e that you would get a good deal from membership in the American Society of Mammalogists. i am therefore enclosing a nomination blank which Vemon Bailey and I hcve signed for you.

The Biological Survey has not published the paper you mention entitled 'Suggestions for Young Naturalists' but I think an article published by Walter Taylor some^iere contains the matter to which you refer. Yemon Bailey tolls me he will look for it and let you know later.

With best wishes

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for th. ,u™.r. ^ "'"™ '" I^'-nite,

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i hare just beeu told that the Sunday Chronicla of arch 6 conteirs a review written by me of Mrs. Mott's little book entitled 'Handbook for Celiforniaos*. I have iiot seen this issue of the Chronicle and shall be obliged if yen will kindly send me four copies > This request was rrade of the reporter who secured the article from Mr. Paruuhar, but he failed to send me the paper.

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Dear Sire;

Thanke for your letter of the 5th inetant telling ne •teat the aietake I nede in aeading the money for the book ordered* l acted on the ourrent Talue of the Prench franc

The balance due you of $4.38 ia enolosed herewith and I ehell be glad to reoelre the worX.

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Dear Sir;

In the matter of the missing numbers of Scvcoot I would refer you egain to mj letter of February 21 in which I called your attention to the fact that I heH «.- • received any numter of Science 'for two or three vrc-ka prior to that date. Would also call your attention tc two or three subseqaent letters, on account of which ^ui> finally restored me to your mailing list so that I received the number for Saturday. Mnrch 5 — the, firc.t that has come to my address since Janusry.

This morning I have consulted the file of Science in the Carnegie Institution airi find thai tu last number received by me was that of January 28. J shall be obliged therefore if you will kindly f-eni -r the numbers for February 4. February 11, February 10. and February 25. none of which have been received.

My suspicion that my address was again ccnia -. with that of Doctor John 0. Merriam receivea veriiir.^-

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tion from his attitement to me this morning that he had received two copies of several numbers. He said that tlic wrappers were removed by an assistant so that he h' i net noticed ny name.

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March 26, 1937

Mr. C. A. Ellis

161 Gower Street

St. Johns, Newfoundland

My dear Mr. Ellis:

Your letter of March 16 with accompanying clipping has been forvjarded to me by the National Geographic Society.

I am still very much alive and eppreciato your interest in inquiring about me. The newspaper clipping you enclosed is also of interest and I am somev^hat amused at your statement thrt you think me S^ililli^E^lj!? f whereas I am, and always have been, in very raoderate circumstances •

From your statement it appears tliat you ^^nd I are the only survivors of the good ship 'Proteus ^ I shall never forget that memor^ble trip of 1883, nor shall I forget our capable Ice-master, Captain Hch;-.rd Pike.

My work for many jears has been far awey from Newfoundland and the ice fields, for fifty yeur^ I have been at work in the mountains and deserts of the far Wsst and I em expecting to return to Oalifornie in the ne^ir future.

With kind remembrances &nd best regards

Yery truly yours, '

Since writing the sbore letter it hee occurred to ae that you might ijossibly know of the existeiue of photographs of Hooded Seels at their whelping grounds on the ice. For years I b^ve been anxious to obt^iin some good photographs of this sort, but without success. If you can give rre the name and address of any one from whom I could purchase photos of this kind I should be very greatly obliged.

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Mr. Fred Lock ley

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Portland, Oregon.

Dear Sir:

Thanks for yow Book list No. £02 which I am returning herewith.

I shall be obliged if you will send r.e from this list the 'Great Klameth Basin of Southern Orsnon' 1885 ($3.00) and 'Bcjsketry of the Coa?^ t and Islands of the_PacifiV Portland. 1896 ($1.75), in all 4)4.75.

I am not enclosing check for the reason thet on previous orders sone of the books had been sold "oefore you received my letter end therefore you returned the check. On receipt of these publications with bill I will reir.it at once*

levy tralv vours.

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r«*i?d? .^* Grosvenor, President fta.ionai Geographic Society Weshmgton, S. C. ^

Dear Doctor Grosvenor:

Thanks for your note of the 25th instant enclosing a letter and clipping from C. A. Ellis of St. Johns, Nowfounriland.

The curious circumstance tr^t Ellis thought me •»?! 'nillicnaire- is doubtless due to the fact thf t the sealers aboard 'The Proteus' all insisted that the seal skrJls I was collecting were to be ground up and used for jr,edi cine, which owing to its extraordinary potency, would be sold at fabulous pricest

I will intonn Mr. KUig that l.m still with the

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Dr, /. S. Lettbes 32Q3 - 19th Street leshington, D. C.

Dear Doctor Matthes:

It i« good to l«am from your letter of the 25th instant that our friend Oeorgt f. Stuart of Viaalia has finished his paper on the circular reck besins of the aoutiierr Sierra, and that you have added a few paragraphs froB! the standpoint of en expert geologist.

In regtrd to a likely place fcr publication, would say that while the Awrioan Anthropologist, as you suggest, would be an appropriate meditai. it does not publish illustrLtions, if I am correctly informed, except when paid for by the author^ and it is so overcrowded with matter that there is no telling when an article will aopear.

I do not know anything about the qu^aifications or restrictions of Irt end Aroheeolcgy, but would suggest that the Journal of the American Luseum of Ni.tural History! the * title of which has been changed to'Natural History", would be appropriate and has a large circulation, ioreoyer they are glad to have illustntions and do not charge the author with cost of reproduction,

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March 28, 1927

Mr* Charles I. Stewart

2726 Folsor. Street

Stn Frcincisco, Cslifornie

Dear Mr* Stewart:

Your letter of the 22nd instant has just trrired. I am gliid to know thct your friend Mr* Stubl of McClaud is prepijrirg a book on Mt. 3h£8te;8nd in complianue with your request I km send log you herewith one of the few remtining copies of my^Biologicbl survey of lit. Sheets* published in 1<399*

But I oan not answer your ^ueetion 13 to whether or not Jedediah Smith wee within seeing distcnce of Shasta during his trip to Oregon* In fsct we know very little of the'deteils of his route on that joirney.

It is a real pl'i^eure to ii« to knew thi^t ycu trt going to include a photograph of J.. 3, Diller end that you ere revivirg the name ihller Canyon bestowed upon it by me in 18% •

llong with my ^Biologicel survey of Mt. Shnsta'I an

enclosing e recent crticle showing tl^ transposition of the

name from Mt. Fitt in Oregon to the present Mt. Shasta in

California^^some thing viiolly unknown to me until last ye^r.

With best wishes

Very truly yours.

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Mr. S. I. Gcrrett

Fupet Sound Machinery Jopot

Seattle, Washington.

Dear Sir:

In reoly to your letter of the Elst instant I am

serding you herev,ith a copy of my technical paper on the. •Big ie.rs of America'. My popular book on the subject is not yet ready for the press.

I should be interested to know where your nine specimens of big bears were killed. and whether or not

you preserved their skulls.

Very truly yours.

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American Automobile Associfctio?i Wiisbington, D. C»

detr ilr» Frisbie:

Very meny thanks for your courtesy in sending roe

in complience with my request ^ a digest of the present

District of Columbia traffic regulations and the maps

asked for.

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OMr Professor C<,t tells

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The death of Doctor Ball on Kerch 27, 1927 removes one

of the Itat pillars fivm the fast disappearing cleas of

Systenatic Neturalists — a class whose roll of honor in

inerica is aikmed by the names of Audubon, Agassi*, Allen,

Baird. Oessin, Cope, Ccues, Dana, Gill, Uyett, Kennicott.

leidy. Kewberry, Packard, Richtirdsor (3Lr John), and

Verrill. lad it My be said with truth thet in his chosen

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labored more faithfully, or con-

tributed more substentielly to the adTrnoe of knowledge.

*«hSle Dell was prir,; rily a concholop,ist, his interests wera by no means confined tc this spacialty but reaObed out into mnj and divergent paths of scientifio irr-sti 'etion. He was a student of nature in a broad

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His early enthuBiasrr in the atudy of blrda indioatea

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not only did he give us the first 'lis.

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(1869), but his 'Avifbuna cf the Aleutian lal^inda' (1673), still remeins the author! t'jtive source cf published inforF^';- tion on thfit extensive rind then little known region. SLr.il^riy

his 'i^QQi n^,h99 Pf /ggakfi' (1871), his 'List Of thfi to^m^L: of Alaska with discussion of the Purbeerinp, Animals* (1870-, ^rsrLiSites of Qet£.Qe£ps> (1872), and critical studies of thj Cetecei- with descriptions of new species (1673-1674). vere marked contributions to the zoology of the time. His *K^ tec ro Logy cf Alaska > (1879^ is c noteworthy volume, con- tainxng not only an elaoori^te suinrru:ry of what was then knov^a on the subject, but also reps showing the northern limit c' tree growth end the distribution of plants end animals%

But the scope of his activities is by no means coTfired by the above enumeri^tion, for in addition to his monuinente^ contributicxis to concUology his publications enrich sev<»r '

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tidal currents, geology ^^'paleontology.

other essays of which special motion should be „,ede

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Dall. in co^on wi th most nature lists, developed

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interested in shells was, he aeys, the possesuiion when a boj of twelve, of a copy of Dr. Gould's * insj&rlsiiX&t^QX.

actuisiiia. ' Inspired by this work, and living near Bostcr. he undertook to make a complete collection of the shells of Ma-sachusetts. Finding species that he was unable to name.

he made bold to consult the author^

Dr. Gould.

who gave him much samd advice, end whom Ball characterized 88 "one of the best and most loveable of men.'*

i little later, when employed in an office on the India wharf in Boston, where he did boy's work for wages, he kept 8 book in his desk end at odd times when unoccupied with hi-j regular task, copied scientific books which he then thought he woild never be able to buy.

The next factor in shaping his aoological career i»c3 work in the Museum at Cambridge, where he fell under the magnetic influence of Louis Aga.siz. His third opporturic.T occurred in Chicago at the tir-e of the Civil War when, heving failed to obtai n a li/lihood in Boston., he found

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employment in the mndy City. Although hard at work during the day. he spent his evenings studying at the Chicago

Academy of Sciences.

It was thore that he met William Stimpson and Hobert Kennicott, both oi xH^m became dear personal friends. It WL.s there also that\e detertr.uje-d, in the event of a choice of occupetioi.ft. to accept irrespective of pey the one

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ientifio studies. Acting on this resolve he more

than once

declined offers of higher salary and undertook

harder wrk with less pay where there were better

advantages for study.

In 1865 he visited Alaska as one of the scientific staff of the Westem Union International Telegraph Expedition, ^nd when his friend Robert Kennicctt. leader of the

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he published an illustrated volume on*Alaska and its Itf^^^ourcr;?''',

comprising upwards of 600 pages and a mifp.

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many years remained the standard authority on the territorj. Professor Baird, appreciating his industry arri '^lalent, promptly took him into the fold of the Smithsonian Insiiai-

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illness.

Prom 1871 to 1874 i)all was Captain of a Cbast Survey vessel and head of a scientific survey of thei ileutien Islands end adjecent coasts, the results of which, with much other material, were embodied in a quarito volume entitled the 'Pacific Coast Pilot. Coasts and Tslftn^B

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of articles by Dall published prior to the year 1879.

Prcm 1880 till his death he was an Honorary Curator

in the National Museum; from 1884 to 1925 l :? was paleontologist

of the United States Geological Survey; from 1893 till

1927/ held the Chair of Invertebrate Paleontology in the

Wagner Institute of Science; and from 1899 to 1915 was

Honorary Curator of the Bishop L'useum, Hawaii. inclSlirtS! iri±t '' ««^«^^l '"^d.ls and honorary degree. In 1899 DbLL was one of the most eminent of the scientific

guests of the late E. H. Harriir^in on the famous and unique

Harriman Alaska Expedition. It is well within the truth

to say that in view of the vast amount of work done by

ite 11 during his IS previous visits to /laska and in the

preparation of his publ ic ,: ti ons on the geography, geology,

meteorology, anthropology, and natural history of the

territoryihis knowledge was of the grer.test service; while

his genial disposition and readiness to ansv^er multitudes

of questions, both individurii and at the evening

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a V£.lued article on the 'Uiacovery ^;nd Plyplnr/jtj^i

/IgsW and a beautiful and touching poem on the iQiikLL

Like Beird, under '^hose kindly influence many ye^ra of his life were spent, his mind was a treasure house of information in various fields of science, geography, exploration and other subjects, and although one of thw busiest men in the world, he gladly gave the benefit of his wide knowledge to earnest seekers for truth. To young nen and wonen who had chosen some branch ol •soolopv or kindred science for their life work t he was always willing to lend a helping hand and was always patient, kind, helpful, and generous.

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be said to be absolutely cleur is. that naturalists

are born, .^d not made; that the sacred fire cannot be extinguished by poverty nor lighted from a college taper. T.het the men whose work is now classical, and ^ose devo- tion it is our privilege to honor, owed less to education in any sense than they did to self-denial, steadfastness,

ssion for seeking out the truth, and en innate

energy, e pa

love of nature. These are the qualities which enabled them to gather fruit of the tree of knowledge." And

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It was the possession of such sterling qualities

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intellectaal capacity, patience, industry and thirst for

knowledge, coupled with high ideals of integrity and

obligation, that enabled Dall to attain the position he so

long held among the eminent scientiest- of the world. The

closing words of his appreciation of his friend William

Stimpson may well be applied to himself: ^ose who had

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Col. George W. Stewart Vis alia, California

Dear Colonel Stewart:

The Sierra Clul) Bulletin recently received oontair.3 a nuBiber of interesting articles, the most interesting end important of which l^m my point of view is the one on Yokut Indians hy George W. Stewart. The main grievance in connection with it is that you did not outline nor in. any way indicate on your map the limits of the various tribes and subtribes mentioned. Fron no little experierc. in the sane line of work I assume ♦.Ms omission to be due to the extreme difficulty of ascertaining the boundaries. But instead of shedding tears for what we do not know. there is much to be thankful for in the locations given, and still more in the article itself, ^ich is full of

meat. %

On page 391 you make o statement or two that would

sean to require confirmation. In the second psragreph

you say that it is known thut they, the Yokut people

"wandered southward into the Mohave Desert, westward to

the Pacific Ocean, northerly to San Prmcisco Bay. or at

least to its viciiiity."

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It would be a great thing for California ethnology if you could find time to elaborate this paper so as to include '^atever technical rnd addi tonal other material you may .oesess. and illustrate it with a larger scale colored map 'showing the a«as you Imow to have been possessed by the different tribes and subtribes. even if you have to leave intermediate strips uncolored (as 1 always do on my naps).

The article as it stards is such a valuable contribution tn recorded knowledge of the Yokuts that an thxt>po legists must always be thankful to you for it. at the same time hoping that

you will give us more.

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tor. Prencis P. farquhar

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jDear Ur, Parquhar:

The Ohronicle man to whm you gave t,j ^view of Mrs. ilott'B Spaniah and Indian na«ee failed to send «e any copies of the paper. Mrs. Sanchez, author of a riral l)ook. wrote me that she aaw the reriew in the Chronicle of k•ro^. 6. Can you not prod the .an to whom you gare it and ask hi» to send me for my files at least two copies of the page on which it is printed?

The last number of the Sierra Club Bulletin is ▼ery rich in material owing in no sniall degree to the editorial tine you gaTe to it. But in Ansel HaU 's article on Mt. Shasta, the second paragxtiph on page 253 contains the time honored error in regard to the loca- tion of Mt. Shaata. Is it not a pity that a footnote •88 not added calling attention to the correction as published by me in the Norember number of the Proceedings of the Washii^ton Academy of Soienoea?

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Mr. N. W. Dorsay, Accountant Smithsonian Institution lashington, D. C*

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Enclosed is my expense account for the monr.h of ?^f re! amounting to $35.12, along with the hatch of Toochers a-< entered helow. Kindly pay from the Harriman fund end obl^e?

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Kr. Pompeo L'ertinelli Legunites, Ctlifornie

Deer Mr. .Kartinelli:

Thenks for your letter ^j Mirch 24 iu3t received. We are very glj.d to he^^r from you ..nd to know thet the piece is in pretty ^ood shape except for the leak over the fireplace. Glad also that you hm had plenty of raic so it will he a good year.

I don't understand about the three busted pipes in the orchard .s I drained the pipes completely, v.nting theia from the top spigot 80 cU the winter ran out. I shull be glad if you will kindly get Kr. Picre to do what is necessary zo pat them in proper order agtiin.

You forgot to s.;i' anything about the road. )h have been wondering whether the .ontr^ctcr had firished it from ^Vuites Hill to legunites.

You. and your family wil? be interested to know that our daughter Dorothy is here with her two children and that w^ are expecting to take them .i th us by 8uto,.obile to Lagunitas.

With best wishes to you aU

Very truljf .'«:urs.

April 2, 1927

Miss Alida C. ^.e^ler 1125 Sast He^rvari Street Glendele, Coiifornie

DetiT kiss Bowler:

ThBnks for your letter c: March 26, although it con- tains 7ery sad news* I regret exceedingly to learn that you arc leaving the Indian Defense Association, although I re- joice \utk you thet you have secured so important a position. It 13 fcs encouraging ts it is infrequent to receive, un- solicited and unknown to onesel'f, such a high position as that of Director of Public Relations in such a fine city as Los Angeles ~ the more so since it is a r^cdgjution of training and service.

Another good job you put over was getting the Governor and State BocrdL cf Control to provide for tw special health nurses for work among the Indians. This should soften our disap4)ointrr!ent ovor the failure cf Corgress to do anything for Californi/> Indians last wiuter.

I am glad you took the trouble to write such a full and exploratory letter to the Chico Enterprise, and that they published it. i'line w^iS too severe and they did not print it.

I am f'ling your Glendale address end when next in Los Angeles ml . surely hant you up.

Wi -St. best wishes and congratulations

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Mr. J?r«d Lockley 1243 Best Stt^rk Street Portlend, Oregpn.

Dear Sir:

Thanks for Book Met No. 203 just receited. It

mentions t^vo books ..hich 1 shall be gUd to pnrcheae if

not 8l ready acid, neinely:

Haj. Howard Ep,an, 1S17. Pioneering the West .1846-78.

$3.00 ii. T. and Louise Tale jo Tinperan, Mission Pre^^idio

and Pueblo Sonoma, 1845, $1.50

Yery truly yours.

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Prof, aid Mrs. George H. Taylor 327 HarrxBon Apartments Oakland, California

Dear ProfMSor and Krs. Taylor:

As I wcte yon tDout Chriatma* time ire were disappoinUd in the expected visit cf our daue^ter OorotbT. ae she .u. oUiged to postpone her >risit until spring. She ca.e e few duys ago and .hen I asked her to cony the ToVe-«eh «ueic,i»hich yoa so kindly wrote for „e »«ny years ago. she replied that she was tery wlUir^

tc do the jch hut thought it would be much «»ore aconr.te

if photostj^ted. This had not occurred to i.e Wore, as I

an. « WlyTtupid. But acUr« on her su^^stion I ha..

just had it photostated end a« sending you herewith two.^

oopies which were i«ede onlj this "'orning.

We hope to driTS to Cuiifornia rather early this

year end e.nect tc take the entire family ^ Mrs. Merri».

both daughter^ and hoth grandchiUren - so you see w.

.shall have a fairly full oar.

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/.pril S. 1927

Dear Sir:

Re|)lying to your letter of the 4th inattnt 1 regret to Bey that it will be impcssible for me to writ© the review you wish of Kaynerd Shipley's forthcofftinp book, ?h«JR8rjm_KodwB Soienee.

I sm an old urnti t^nd w>A slowly, and tin buried in the preparctioi: of volumes on Indibn iiythology and other subjects.

Very truly yours.

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April ]E. 1927

Mr. L. i. R. Feokinpah YountviUe, California

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Dear Sir:

Some yeiirs ego 1 purchased several of your Indien photo- grephs* They sre now badly feded and I should be glad to replace them by new prints if you ere still in the business.

I think they were taken at a^Big Cry» at or near North Pork. The labels on the beck of the mounted prints -are: »3oroe^of_the 400,*. •Cooking qakes on hot rocks at the 3ig CryS •PackiniP! to leave (the Big Cry)'. They are not dated^ but probsbly you can supply the date.

There are two others ^lich I am not sure were from you. One shows an Indian woman with a baby in the regular papoose basket on her backhand a small child near by holding a polo. Still another is a woman sitting on the edge of an open slope (apparently rock) with two basket*? by her side.

I should be very glad to purcheae unmounted prints of a^' 'f these; and in case you can supply them, would ask if you wiU allow me the privilege of reproduction, giving you credit of course^ imnediately under the photograph) when I come to treat of the tribe to which they belorg.

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Dr. Oh: rles I. Cmp

?f^w?^r^*n^^9^^?Ey. University ijerkeley, California

My dear Doctor Camp:

On receipt of your letter (undated) I immediately took .v.y photcstc^t copy (black negative) of Gibbs» map of Korthern CaJifornia to the Columbia Planograph Company of this city and had positive prints made therefrom, one of which I am sending ycu herewith.

is 1 wrote you before, the photostat negi^tive (black) which I got from the Indian Office some years ago is in- distinct ima utterly unsuited to direct reproduction* What we need is a good photograph of the original, somewhat enlarged*

If you publish the map XSi^?^?''^^®* ^^ ^^® names will be illegible. Pew tilings are more exasperating than maps on ihioh the names '^tt not be read.

I am able to read every nare on the map and there ^re only V^c which are not f^imiliar. One of these is Bes toils, situated apparently et the head of South Fork Salmon River; the other is Barisa's on Eussian River between Geyserville and Ee^ldsburg — evidently a ranch. If you are in doubt about eny of the names, or the present equivalents^ I shall be glad to

give you the names by which they are now known. I am wiring you

that the mcp is in today's mail so you will know when to expect i

yery truly yours,

- TELI^GRAM

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Dr. Charles L. Camp

Department of Geology. University

Berkeley, California

GIEB3 LAP GC^3 TO YOU BY TODAYS AIR kAIL

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Dr. W. Barclay Stephens 1250 Bay Street Alameda, California

Dear Doctor Stephens:

Your letter of the 10th instant gave us much joy. It is good that you are coming here in May and still better that you are going to have that splendid trip abroad with other mmUra of the A.M.A. THe delights of the journey and the freedom from the exacting daily routine of your office and hospital work will do you much good I am sure.

Our daughter i)orothy has been here for the past three weeks with her two children and has just returned to Cambridge. We ere expecting to take them with us to L&gunitas in our American-Six car, starting ttie last week in iiey,and shall look forward to seeing you all at Lagunitas after your return.

I am planning a ^rery active field season and expect more freedom than heretofore, for having two cers there will enable me to go and com^.. independently of family affairs. Incidentally it will not provs an inconvenience to have three fairly ex- periencsd drivrrsl

You will ."!f course give us the joy of making your headquarters with us during your visit. The house is likely

to be somewhat dis^ntled. especially in the way of Navbo blankets and other hangings, but there are plenty of beds aM we are looking forward to the joy of haring you. With love from us all to all of you

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April 20, 1927

tor. Gharlw !• Stewart

2726 Polsom Street

San ifranciaco, Oalifornia

My dear Mr. Stenart:

Replying to your letter of the 8th ii»tant, would aay that I have juet mailed you for Mr. Stuil another copy of my recent puhlication on the Origin of the name^Shastal

Unfortunately I can not at prreant help you in the matter of the names of glaciers given by Major Powell some years age. Whether or not Major Powell climbed to the sunmit of Shasta I do not know, bat I do know that he did some work with the Wintoon Indians which was never published.

It d^s not seem probable that the names given by Powell were Wintoon names for these same glaciers^ but more likely that they were Wintoon words ^i(^ eem to apuly« I have worked a good deal with the Northern Wintoon^ from whom I have obtained an extensive vocabulary, but as it haa not yet bMn put into dictionary form it is a big job to find the right words*

Doubtless you are familiar with m early publication of the National Geographic Society^ entitled •Mount Shasta — a Typical Tolcano* by J* 3. Dillar( Natiwal Geographic Monographs^ Tol. 1, No* 8. Oct. leSS'i

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Mr. William Pi^ller Soulsbyville, Ccilifornia

My dear Mr. Puller i

Your letter of i>pril 4 ceme duly er.d vvould have been answered earlier except for the fact that I have been extremely "busy with other matters.

I am gled you sent me Collett's letter of March 25» addressed to the Auxiliary Officers and Commit teamen, Indian Board of Cooperotion^ This «!]0ws abrut where he stands and ffeat he claims, and shows also that he ir still soliciting money from you California Indiana.

I can not see that he has any excuse for taking your money, or that there is ttaj reiser why he phoald continue to visit Y/aehington at your expense.

He speaks of the "Court of Claims Bill as it stood before the Congress recently closed,** and says that it is ••in every respect the most ,;^««nerous and welldrawn bill that has ever been considered.^ V/hether cr not this was intf»,nded to irply thtif ha was instrumental in drawing up the Bill I do not know, but I have beer told, end believe it to be true, that the Bill was drown by the Indicin Office with the

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But soon tfter the Bill w&s printed the Coirjnissioner of Irdian Affairs decided that ;i52.50 per acre was too high, and would not recommend the passage of the Bill unless the amount WoS cut in half (namely to irl.25 per acre). This meens that Gftev the offsets of the Indien Office ere deducted, it is doubtful if any money would be coming to the Indians. The Bill therefore was dropped, and, if I am correctly informed, was not considered by either the House or Senate Committee on Indie, n /ff?:iirs.

In the third paragraph, ever; sentence after the, first one- beijinp, v/ith the .vord *We'. V/ho is •We'?

TLe fcarth paragraph relates to a provision for coopera- tion by the 3t:.te of California, includirg the employment of Ifwyers. ^r importrant st<.tement in the same paragraph begins with the same wrd ^?/e^ As a matter of fact the coooeration meriticnsd was sup^estod and accomplished by the Indian Defense Asscciation without any assistf^nce frcm either CoUett or any ether per':'on connected with his "Board of Cocoeraticn".

The second page cf the letter is a reiterated olea for riore money. "We rrust have funds." he says. Here agcin I

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U is the seme old story, the se^e thing t^.at hes t)een going on for a number of jesrs, as you .wll know. I do not wonder that you Indians are getting tired of it. For my part I do net see any reason why any Indian should pay Collett's expenses to end from Washington: nor why he should come here at all; nor why any Indicn or band of Indians should pay him anything for any purpose. Has he not bled you enough already?

I expect to go to California about the end of M&y and will tty to spe you during the sumrr«r. 1 should be very glad to knpw whet is done at your big meeting st lone on May 6

to 8.

With kind regards to Mrs. Fuller and others of your people*

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Apri.l 25, 1927.

Br Charles L. Caap. Univerait.v. 3er.aley. Calif. ' °^J«^tion to publication of n-.crthweat ^xrt of

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Prof. J. fcwKeen Cettell 3941 Grand Gentral Tetminel New York City

Deer Prx) lessor Get tell:

Tne liey number of the Scientific Monthly conteins an ad.Tiireble pcrtrpit of i)tll. I arn wondering whether it would be precticable to have prints of this inserted in the separates of my notice of 3hll, printed in Soience of April 8, septirtites of which mvo not yet "been received. I shoald be glad to pay the eddltionel eypense.

During t>:e reoent meeting of the National Academy I was sorry to see jou only ate distance.

Very truly yours,

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Mr» N. W. J)ors8y, Acoountant Snithsonian Institution Washington, D* C.

Dear Jilr. Dcrsey:

Enclosed herewith is my expense account for the month of April, amounting Lo $39.44, and vouchers as entered below, all of which kindly pay from the Harriman Fund and oblige.

Tery truly yours.

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Deer Doctor Hedge:

On looking over the lest number of 'Indien i;ot_es • (yol.4. No. 2) received a couple cf weeks ago but~nct""rea3 uiitil today. I find an interesting note entitled '_^^omo H^HMriii' ty V/illiam C. Orchard. It contains an error which you would probably be glad to correct. The 3o.proot mentioned on page 173 is given as lu^gia^^L- No species of iucca occurs in middle or northern Cclifornia. ar^ the

Bot.nica name of the Soaproot in .juesticn is 2d^oj,^lm pomerid^fiy^ynii.

The designation Pomo is rather vague since the tribes of this linguistic stock are spread over a considerable area and Ms? speak seversl quite different dialects. The i^ame of the tribe is n ot given, b^t the .rn Wiilian Benson mentioned on pege 171 as having made the beautiful head- dress shown on th. next prge is well tao^ to .xe. He is a member of the Udi:^^^ tnhe,;i.03<3 terrltor, was 3ig Valley on V:e south side cf the main part of Clear lake. Benson now lives with the remnant of the :i^.±jL^ tribe in

Bussian River Valley.

Ser.te Inez "baskets ere mighty rare, for which reason

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irt«mipt«d and forgpt to call your attention tr th» atatmwit on pegs 142 of the laat ieaue fff Indian Notaa tV»t the 'eeeda* on the apron d&r^8S are "juniper aeeda". Junipers do not ^(.w anyirtiere in northwestern California,

Uoat of the aprons examined by me iute atringB of su^r pine nuts more or less

oixt with shells.

Don't think I am trying to >• too

cxiticalj hut I do feel that ethnolo^ats ou^ to U aore careful in speaking of animals and

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Veiy truly yours,

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Mr. itenitl U, N««h«ll 100 East 4£nd Street Ken lork Ci^y

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Prom your Citalogu* 248 kindly sand m« No. 257,

Parsonfll ' by J. W. V/ood. 1917 »

for ytich I an «nclo«lng check for $3.50.

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Mr. Joseph i;;8illiard Celifornia Acedemv Sciences Sen Prancisco, Calif ornie

Dear Mr. kaillisrd:

More thsn s month cgc I received your polite reMuest for personal photcgrephs. Similar requests have cone to hcind from the National Academy of Sciences, the Philadelphia iiC'^demy end several ethers, but have not yet heen attended to. However if I em able to find either the time or the pictures they nry go yet.

Your adiTiirable paper en the 'Birds and Mammals of Mcdcc County* has ^ust arrived end in glancing throii^h it I find much of interest. You certainly have done a lot of p;ood work in that county^but why are you so silent as to Big Valley 7?hich yru must have traversed severcil times and in which I have done a good deal of work during the past feyi ye^rs?

On page 335, why dc you insult the innocent little lead colored Bush Tit by calling it a He rioting? I confess I do net know the ineaning of this wcrd, but it must be something dreadfull

I am interested that you found fountain Bluebirds abundant in Surprise Valley in frll, I have liad the aame experience in Big Valley and to a leaser extent in Ptdl River Valley.

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Ifflist is Grinnell's Aphelocoma celifornica jmgianis? I never heard of it before. Nevertheless I have been t^ericusly disturbed by my inability to determine positively ;*iether the uncrested jays of the desert areas in Lassen and Kodoc Counties were celifcrnic^ or wopdhousej. Seen in the field they look to me m.uch more like the latter th^n the former. I had hoped you would l-iave specimens to prove which form is the breeding bird froiii 3i;sanvilie north.

Year printer hcs recorded the Douglas Ground Squirrel as a sub-species of grammurus . Vftiat authority did he ha^/e for fiis, and can he cite any locality ^tere intergrades may be fcur^?

I 'dSTi f^htd ic fTiow that you found the Anielcpe Ground Squirrel in Surprise Valley. I did net happen to see it there, bat have found it e little farther east in the Pyrcnnid Lake region; also on Fremontory, Utah.

But the saddest thing in ycur whole paper is the absence of any rtenticn rf the jihite-tail Jeer^which I regret tc see is not eren ertered in ycur Hypothetical list. That it yrcs formerly a res;* 'lent in northeast Culifernia there can be no m.anner of doubt. I have seen horns from. Hat Creek and have been told repeatedly by settlers of its occurrence at various places from 3usc:nville north tc Oregon.

I ccngratulr ':* you on the v 1 ue of this, ycur most recent contribution. Hoping tc see ycu before long

Vety truly yours.

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Lr. ■i?Yc:ncis F. i'erquhar

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w>an Pranciscc, Celifornie

Dear Idr. Ferquher:

Beferrinf, to your letter of ipril 19, I tske pleasure in sending ycu another copy of my article en 'The Origin und misplacement cf the name Mt. Shasta'.

Ko copies of my reriew of 'Avf. Jtott'a book have ever been received, either frojn the reporter or frcr. The Chroricle direct, although I wrote The Chronicle eskint; for th-^ai a long time Ego. The Smith'^cnian Pcstmester tell? me th£t he has not received them either.

It is good tc knew that ycu are at -.vcrk on Proiepsor Brewer's Journal. It certainly will be of inuch i.Merost.

I regret to sey that I ha/o not yet fcurri the old photographs cf -ftitney 3ui-vey ppople which I thought I could put my hands en When ycu '.vovf herf.. Ky daughter tnd I have looked everywhere we ctuid think cf vathcut result. It is possible that I gave the photos to ihe Smithsonian some years fgo, as they mrt collecting pictures of tins sort. I expect to drive to California with ny ertiro fsjinily

(including children and grandchildren) the latter part of thia

month.

very truly youra.

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Mr. Kerrr.it Ecusevelt, Secretary Bocne and Crockett Ulub 16 Beaver Street ts'ew York City

My dear isir. Hooeevelt:

Replying tc ycur recent letter asking about hurting trips made during the past ye.'.<r and in conte/aplfi- ticn for the presei.t j'car, V70uld say that ?;hile I am doing B pood depl of rctive field 7/ork in California and Mevada,

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\Uth best wishes

Yery truly yours,

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Prof. J. LcK. Cat tell

Garrison-cn-Hudson New Ycrk

Dear Professor Cattell:

Thanks for ycur of May E. The sepc.r..tes cf my article on Dall ceme tec late to heve the cortreit inserted. But if ycii rvill kindly h^.ve a hundred copies stmok off ts a plate I will ha79 them inserted before distributing the Hepen^teg,

A3 f'le bill fcr the separates has nci. yet beer received it w,uld be converient if the bill fcr thi portrait -.vere added.

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Apologizirg fcr trcu>aing yr-x -..ith the matter

Very truly yours,

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May 6, 1927

Dr. John Collier

Indian Defense ils^ccietion

Mill Vclley, Galifcmie

Dee^r Doctor Collier:

Your irvitr.titn to be present et the lunch at the Clift Hotel en Mey 4 arrived yegteriay. Sorry to have misused the meeting.

Hope -.c arrive at Legunit&s first week in June.

Very ttuly yours.

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Dr. Chfjrles L. Omp Univerf^ity Berkeley, California

My dear Doctor Cemp:

Your letter of the 4th irstant together ^^ath print of the northern pert of Gibbs inap, sent by air rricil, arrived today and will be sent back by air mail immediately. You made the mi«teke of addressing me ct the Smithscniiin instead of at the address printed on my letterhc-d?" , thus causing a delay of Lt least two d^.ys.

iTie reprcduction of the map is certainly disappoint- ing, the majority of the names being utterly illegible to anyone not familiar with them, as of course you must be e^ore.

If you care noting for the names, but merely for the trails, the result is not so b^d, though some of them are mighty indistinct, especially the one rumiinp. up Indian Creels from Happy Camp end tiie one from Big Bot'On to Scotts Bar and Scctts Eivar.

Replying to your questions as to certain ner.ies; Bestcil is perfectly plain on the original. *Sano*g''Pcmk

certj^inly is not iams Peak. The last lette^^^^i'-^* ^ ^^^^ to be 'o^', file on a reservation line and is indistinct in

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my original photostat. It might be either *5.' or 'c*.

The only way I think of to make the nam.es on this map clearly legible wuld be to photograph the m.ap up to double it? present size end strengthen the letters so that they would be perfectly clear and unmistakable. Then re- duct it tc the size r^^quired by your page.

Trusting th?:t this '^rill reach you more prom^ptly than your came to m.e, end with best wishes

Very truly yours,

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Washington, 0. C. Dear Sirs:

Ple.-.se send me et the abo^e address, with bill enclosed. 5000 sheets of .unising Bond like the attached sample in quality and size.

Very truly ycurs.

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May 11. 1927.

Jones rnd Vm Jcran, Inc. 800 Eighth Avenue Kgw Ycrk City

i)e6r Sirs;

Your inierestir-g catalogue of field equipment with sjeciel reference to runnineboerd tanks or canteens, mentioned in your postal of ipril 21, has failed tc reach me.

is 1 am leaving fcr Oalifomia in the near future it will be of no use unless it cases at once.

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Dr. Ch. ferd«ll 3til«i Hygienic Leboretory W Vfeghiqgton, Q, C.

Deer i)ootor Stileai

ThertJcs for your thoughtfulness in sendii^ me e copy of SoigRCQ for February 25 containing your interesting article on ♦Ifaderlying Fsctors in the Ooiifusion in Zoological Nomenclature' c in which you made a pleasirgly complimentary mention of me in connection lith an early discussion , ytich I had entirely forgotten

I evidently overlooked this crticle when it appeared, and as I cut up each number cf Sci enca en its arrival (in order tc file the papers in itdoh I am interested so that 1 can find than afterward) I was unable to refer to it again; and after you called my attention to it, had intended to look it up in the Library of Copgress but have been too busy. I eppreciate ycur courtesy in the matter.

This morning's mail has brought ie ycur rttKar elaborate paper on 'The Nomenclature for Man, the Chimpanze, the Orang- utan, and the Berbery Ape.» The pictures a-e roct entertain- ing and I look forward with interest te an tixanication of the text. Obvitusly you have done a big job and one ttet will

be of real service to mammalogists whether or not they en interested in the nomenclature.

th best wishes

7ery ♦:r'.'.l'» voit9»

Mqr 18, 1927.

My dear idre. Sunderlend:

Your letter of ipril 23 struck m at neat encour^i end I have do doubt that the report {rem Mr* JCeeley will be^ entirely setisfi^ctory*

I am late in getting off for Celiforuic and skbll not start much before the end cf the month* But when I visit Ucjpy Camp I ahiill be very glad to interview Old Indian Henry and ivicholas Effman# Some years ago I did some woxic with Sffman.

DonH think of the matter of cost. I will attend

to that

With best wishes

Yery truly yrurs.

Cl.\hw

Mrs. J* N. Sunderlj:nd 1620 E Street Washing :n<-, D. 0.

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My dear Sir:

Very many thanks for the information concerning

Alaska Peninsula beers in your letter of April 17^ and also for the photograph of your giant bear Pavloff • He c^itt^unly

was a monster*

You certainly were most f ortumite in seeing such an extraordinary number ^of big^bears. It is good to know that they are holding- their own if not actually on the increase. Pour cuK'li as you say, is a very unusual number, particularly as y^' speak of ttinm as "little cubs'* implying that they werF* oi" the same litter* It is not unasual to see cubs of ^ litters with the mother at the same time, but tliet of* course is another matter.

Apparently the sal^it^a were net running at the time

of your hur-t as all gf-ycur bears had been living on grass.

You were good enough to say you were poing to send' me the two larger skulls for examination and return.

As they have not yet arrived and as I am leaving for California

in the near future, piease do not send them until irf return

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in the f^^ll. I shall be glad to see them and will return them promptly of oourst .

Some of our skulls rf Prsim gyas from Pavloff are very large and massive end differ in certain characters from the usual run of big bears from the Pen insula ♦ If sufficiently isolated they might develop into a subspecies.

Very truly yours.

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May 16, 1927.

Ool. George \L Stewart Vieelia. Cfalifornia

Dear Colonel Stewart:

Your l.tter of April 11 .», „ry .,lcoma.«„d I wish to thank ,c„ .1.0 f„ ,„„ kind„e« i„ ,,uir^ ,„„ f,,,^,

to so„d .. a„ „tr. copy of the Si.rra Bulletin cc„t»i„i„g your lokut article.

is to the northen, limit of the Yokut tribes in San Jc.,„in TaU.y:It seen, to be well eetebliehed that the boundary between the no rth eroanos t Yokiit tribe (Chukohanse) and the southermo.t K„an Tribe ,e» Fresno Hiver.

As to t>,e ooourrance cf Yokuts on the oc^at 1 a. .tUl .keptical. The tern .coesf. as you know. i. „sed .» . very loose w.y by early writers Ca, well a, by .any present day wri ters] inoludi^ » „ry bread str... „nd the ..cursions of the Yokuts in pursuit of bo«e; aft.r the arnra of the oo«n enemy, the Spaniard., can hardly b. regarded a, f„„ishl,« any truet^rthy clew to the nomal ,est„„rd extension of these Indians.

lad furthermore, it is well known that tribes b.lon,.ng to inland stocks almost in.riably had mytha

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relating to the ocean or to a flood. However this is too big 8 subject to discuss in a letter*

I am planning to start for California with Mrs. Merriam and both of our daughttrs and our^ grandchildren about the end of the month end hope to drive to Lagunitas inside

of two weeks*

th best wishes to ycu all

As ever yours

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§«▼• Baysrd H. Jones 209 Third Street Watsonrille, California

Dear Mr. Jones:

Thanks for your letter of April 29, which interests me much for we both are of the same opinion.

For many years I have felt that it would be a fine thing for anthropology if Colonel Stewart could devote his time to the Indians with whom he has been so long faniiliar. The dif ficulty,.^ich unfortunately seems in. sunnountable, is in the way of obtaining funds for the work.

Here in Washingtcn both the Smithsonian and Carnegie Institutions are greatly handicapped for funds necesae^ry in carrying out the work already in hand; and in the case of my particular fund, I have been obliged t^ give up my office and transfer operations to my.home. much to the inconvenience of the family. As to cpportunitiea elee^iiere. I am not infomed. 2ut fxt)m the numerous and- 8om«.time8 appaling errors published by some of the yt.ung men who work in your state I feel th.t you have hit thenail on the head in your remark about the "unproved ability" of

certain untrained investigatory. whose writings are already in print.

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In closing I wish merdjrtoadd my deep regret ttet I do not personally know of any way to accomplish what we know would result in greet good.

With %est wishes to you end Krs. Jones

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Mhy 18, 1927.

Mr, Stephen Knight Ukieh, Calif ornifi

Dear Mr. Knight :

Your letter in reply to my inquiry about the Komle was very much appreciated end I th«nk you for your trouble in the matter. I would have written before but have been cverwhelited with work and shell net be able to get off until about the end of the month.

1 hope you attended the big meeting at Ion©. Fuller wrote ire that there WciS to be such a meeting early in Kay and I wish I might have been there.

I am expecting to drive across with my entire family and hOj;e to see you sometime in June.

With best wishes to yourself and fjmily

As ever yours

May 18, 1927.

Br. C. G. Abbot, Acting Secretary Smithsonxan Institution Washington, i). C.

Denr Doctor Abbot;

. Replying to year letter of the 2nd instant I regret to say that I dc not think of the title of any srticle rtiich seems suitable for the Appendix to the Smithsonian Eeport for the current year.

I am so busy end so behindhand with my owj work that i tiBve very little time for reading and do rot remember having seen anything along my lines that would be suitable.

Very truly yours,

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Tuliiret Oolifornia i)e6r Sir:

Very many thanks fcr your kindness in sending me» at the request of freorge W* StsTsart of Yisalia, e copy of the Int Sierra Club Bulletin containing hia article on Yokut Indians.

Yery tn:ly yourf ,

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Mr. Nelson H. Kent ^i£2 U Street Weshineton, i).C.

Dear Kr. Kent:

Herewith I em sending you a smell betoh of negatives {'<-' from v»hich I shell he obliged if you wUl kindly neke en- lerEements, 2 glossy prints eaoh for reprodiotion, 6 or 7 mdies in greatest length.

in enclosing else 8 feded prints of Indian sifcjects ^ich if you think worth while, please rephotograph and make ?! glossy prints each.

M sorry not to hb79 been able to get tteae to you sooner but hsTe been much rushed. If you can finish the work during the coming week I ehsll be obliged as I em loe/ing for California about the end of the month.

Very truly yours,

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Science and Scientific Mcnthly

lucaster. Pennsylvan.ia.

Dear Sir:

Kindly change «y mailing addrets for the sunmer, for both Science and the Scientific lionthly, beginning «itb the next iasae, froM ^

returning to t»ie old address the l>t of October.

Tery truly yours.

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National Geographic Magazine. Sixteenth StT, Washington

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You were very thoughtful to <;end me

that clipping and I was glad to have it. Should

h£,ve acknowledged the san^e long ago tut for the

accident of mislaying your letter with address.

We are returning to Cell forma in the near future.

With best wishes

Miss Martha Lockwood 645 Leavenworth 3troet San if'roncisco, Cclifornia

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My dear Miss Juries;

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"eturninn f. , ^°"^ '^ogge^tion I an

eturnmg the application herewith.

^e"d zt to .e at ny sunder hone. L^gunitas ««.- n California. -^gunatas. Marm County.

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May 25, 1927

Dear Arch:

You were right. That bunch of bug? you sent would be a most tempting mouthful — • but not for us.

Judging from the flowers on the Tulip trees in front of our house, your days of stoking the new Franklin mu3t be over for the present. But you forgot to tell us about the present condition of Lagunitas roads.

Hope your one -hundred million dollars v^rth of improvements are well eloi^ and giving proper returns, but I fail to rpprecijte the advantage of shorter Wdve lenrths. All kinds of waves are bad enough. I donH ree that it makers much difference #iether they ^:re longer or a little -'horter. They are all wet just the same.

A line came from Ange to Z. a few minutes age enncuno- ing that she had lost her tonsils and was feeling find- We trust that the loss will result in tne usual advantages which are many and usually permanent..

Sorry you did not connect with /.plodontia. He must live in your li© ighborhood es he has established colonies in several places along the v^est r^ide of Inverness Pidge.

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You may both be interested to know thet the Washington branch of thfe Merriam fumily intenis tc pull out ?cr California next week — ell six of us and cU in our old American Six, so if all goes well you can stnd your next to Lagunitea»_wt>— :>- »— -^' . .\-:, ,o_ --

With lore from all of us to you both, and kind regards to Mrs. Uowver

As ever.

Mr. Ard: ^i. Gilbert Bolinas, California

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Next week 1 expect to 8t?-rt fcr Calif ornia

mi 5haU >e much obliged if you wiU kindly send ne the usual fidTtnce of .^500 (fire hundred dcllers) frcir the iiarriinan fund for field work. Z

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Dear Sir:

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Mr. Nelson U. Ksnt 2122 U Street Washington, D. C.

Dear Ur. Kent:

That lest batch of photographs is a good exanple of the perfection to which a professional mey rttein after long practice. The prints are simply perfect. I tm delighted with them end wish to thenk you for the ptins you took with them.

A check in payment will be sent you from the Smithsonian very early in the month. With best wishes,

Very truly youre.

kay £8. 1927

Mr. P. Marti nelli

Lagunitas, California

Dear kr. kartinelli:

igein we have been delayed, but we shell get off errly Friday morning, June 3, and should reach L-'gunitos on or about the middle of the month.

We ere hoping that the storms which have troubled so many parts of the country for so long are now over so that \ie may not be delayed on the way.

Lirs. Kerriem and Zeniada join in kindest regards to you ail. Hoping tc see you soon

Very truly yours.

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Mr. C. 0. Durh ^m

Sen Anselmo, G -elifomia

My dear Sir:

We rri 3 starting for California by txiio en the morning of June • 3 end hope to reach Lagunites on or about the middlie of the month*

I shalil be obliged therefore if you will put our Dodge car ii i good condition for the road.

Veiy truly yours, .

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Washington Gas Light Go. 411 Tenth Street WashingtoDt D. G.

Dear Sirs:

Today I em clos ing my house — 1919 Sixteenth "Street for the season and do not expect to return until October.

I have turned off the gas, where it comes in from the street, juFt before reaching the meter. No gt^s should be used in the house

until my retum.

Eespect fully.

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Dear Sirs:

Today I •» closing my house - 191S Sixteenth Street -for the season, and do

not expect to return until October.

- I have turned off the electric

current at the nvain siiitch in the basen«nt uMer the stone steps at the front of the house.

and no current should he used until my return.

Respeotfullyt

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Washij^ton, i). C. /

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Today I em olosjng „y hoos. - mg lor the season, and do not «J.ot to return ontil „„ tin, I. October.

I 'Wl be Obliged if y™ .ni Mndly ha„ your PBtrol«n .„,„ .n ,y. ,„ ,,. ,„„^, ^_^_ ^^^ ^^

time cs they peas. ;

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1 shall he ohliged therefore if you yiU discontinue the phone' until further notice.

Eespectfujly.

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Water iiepertment iaunicipal Building Weshiiigtcxi. !)• C.

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I have today closed my house ~ 1919 Sixteenth ritreet ~ for the remainder of the summer, and have turned off the water where it enters the house. No water should be used in the house until

iny rsturn in October*

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Mr, N. W. DorseVj Accountant Smithsonian Institution Wasliington^ D. C.

Dear Ur. Dorsey:

Herewith I am handing you ray expense account for the month of May, amounting to $62.87 1 together with Eccompenying vouchers listed below, which kindly pay from the Harriincn Fund as usual. ^^ ^ . -t-

Checks for Kiss Randolph^^nd kliss HiiS tings should lie sent to the addresses given below.

I have spent nearly ^400. personally in fitting up my old car for the long trip and plan to start for California ▼ery early Friday morning, June 3. Shall be obliged if you will send futuw salary and account checks until further notice to no at my lagunitas address.

Vith beet wishaw

Yery truly yours.

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Mr. Nelson H. Kent,2122-H 3t. Washington $ 16.40 krs. liebel p. Hollister, Eagle Biver.Tas. 75.00

Hies Berbara Hastings, 1316 Kalorame Eoed, fcshii^ton, D. C. 100.00

Ui99 Stella BBndclpb, 834 Ucdison Street. Washisftcn, I>. C. 150.00

Kiea Ztoiida Uerriam 76.00

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1919 - 16th Street, Washington, D.C

A. J. Olmsted, 13 photo enlfrgements

K. H. Kent. 10 pholo prints

Allen's Press Clippings for April . .

Virginia Peper Co. 5000 sheets kunising Bond,

7 X 10 Science League 'War on Modern Science'

Bottle Sanford's Plogm

50 stamped envelopes

Morrison Paper Co. ,'100 Manila entelcpes

Science. Press. 100 retrints p„..„«t

Jones & Yen Uoran, Auto Emergency Cabinet

(oil, water end gas) Telegram to Berkeley. Calif. Rand McNally Auto Hoed htlas, Iv^f ,' .' , Stockett-?i8ke Co. 6 leather-covered Field

Gas ; Tp?il .25- toy . , $7 60 (,1/3 of 7.60) jSieetnc current .'iipril >-M8y If i;)4.27{l/3,4.27) Cleaning Office rooms, Month of May Street car fare, office errands <.v,^„„j lo

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Dear 'ir Doraey:

Here is another bill, lAich kindly add to those I ^ve you with oiy account thJLs afternoon. It is for the third voluaie of Setoaa 'Uvea of Game Anioials of North America*. $25.

The fourth and final volume is scheduled to appear next year.

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Indian uefense Association Mill Valley, ualifornia.

My dear Mr Collier:

Owing to my recent arrival and pressure of work ^ere it is impracticable for me to join you in the trip to Orleans, aMs 1 greatly regret as I would give a good deal to be present at the coming meeting.

Hease give my regards and best wishes tb the Wilder brothert, the Maclellans, and other Indian friends, and tell them that i have confidence in the Indian l^rotherhood under the guiding head of btephen Juaight, and that l intend to visit Orleans and other plaoes along the lilamath later in the seaaon.

If you see Mrs P. L. Yoimg please give her my beat

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Enclosed is my expense account for noath of June, amounting to $316.33, and roucher for Zenaida kerriam, assistant, for 54 dollars, which kindly pay froR the tfarrir^n fund as usual.

ne arrived at Lagunitas on June 21 after a MTwe and expensive drive of 19 days across the coctiofint— 3,284 Eil«6» Last year we had fair weather and nade the trip in 13i days. rMs year we had storns and endless nud and detours; and two days were lo°t by reason of car repairs.

We passed nuserous cars in trouble, saw a big truo^ sWd into and smash a iiuick sedan, and barely escaped being crushed between two big sedans that skidded and slafaned to<retlter just as w^ slid between.

And furthermore, owin,'^ to an unpreci dented amount of road building and final grading, the number «f detoura this veai is excessive; and soice of the detours are not only very sideling, slippery aad bad, but are the longest ever heard of. i'or inatence the one from Lovelock, Revada to Hazen measures by oar odometer. 66 J miles, and consists of enormous said flata-the ainka of the Humboldt and Uaraon divers.

•fhe detour frorn i?ort Oollins, Colorado, to Laramie. ^y^mific,. which we plowed ttroia<»h soft mad in a pouring rain, was one of the most dangerous. A nurnber of cars .?,ave up and sat it out all night rather than risk upsetting.

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in crossing tve areat oalt Lake Uesert bv way of he .endover outoff we had to change a tire, and drove ail ni^ht till 3 m the morning to reach Hells; and I spent the rest of t^e night in the car.

rte «!,,„„ ef the trip ,er. oorrespondindy i,.

or.,3,d, ,„tiouUrl, a= t, ,». P„t of tM, wa, dua to tU

blunder of a gara.. man a, uoav.r who tra^apoaed tH wiroa of th.

oarb„r.tor so that .h.„ ti. cHok, waa p„n,d out for startia^ th.

S.= .« out Off and „ could hardly ataft at all -and did'at tao, .hat th, troan. „.. „d .hea « ahut do™ the choke for drlHag w. nood.a the ,ngi.,e with gaa «,d sputtered and srtt and had a areadful tire till finally we found a .an who teew enoigh to locate the trouble and renedv it.

ne were caught in one cloudburst and saw iranv small buildings floated off or upset.-one lodging across a railroad track- with rrany houses standing in water up to tVe first story windows.

ihis seems to have been the worst season since 1913 when we drove to Oalifor:ua for the first ti...e. «• wonder if Dr. ' Abbot's Sun spots had anything to do with it!

But in spite of the weather and the roads we were •Me to locate a number of points along the belts oi faunal chan.es of mammals, birds, and plants.

bince arriving at Lagunitas i have already recieved two urgent calls from .ndians to came to their n.eetings-one on as^ ath niver in m ualifornia; the ot^er from the at xtiver country in the as part of t^e state.

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a. ^.orrison raper <io*, 100 9 12 Ui lUiTelopes 0

rtrapping paper 30; ta^s 10 ^ , ,

ureel liros*, aor\sj& parts. viarburatorA Vacuum tank 1 7 gals.^as 1.96; lunch 50; dinner buimnit Motel 1*25 noom Summit Hotel. fa# (near uniontown) 2

uarage Irvulcanizing tire 1.50; 18 gals gas4.73

trease .SOj meals 2.50; work on car, iiashin^^tonfa.l ighland Lod?^e.OMo 1; storage .25; carburator .50 17 5:als gas c5.43; meals 2.75

Arlinpjton Hotel, xuchnond, ind. 2.50 3

car storage co grease •75;vulc. tire 1; meals ii. 50 change oil 2.40; 19 gals gas 3.66 Koom, Hotel i^enwood, isiffinr^ham ill. 4

storage .50; tire vulc. I.b0;l9 gals gas 3.58 toll ,bt •Charles ino* .50; meals ii.DO itoam, uregory inn, Aiineola.MO. 1.50; storage .50 oil qhanj78d at uoncordia 2.40; ^^ease .30; rule. protector 1.50; 22 gals gas 4.03; meals 1.50 langanoxie fi.an., myers Hotel, supper lodging & ^^C!iV-:*a^t2.50 5

storage .50; aleriting 1; i^ition 1* 25 gais «=^as 4.32; lunch & Q inner 1.75 Hoom, RoBson Hotel, iillsworth^ :.an. 6

storage .50; tire vulc. 1; 15s gals gas 2.74 meals 2.50 Wakcenev^ Kan., new tiro tube 7

Room O'Pelt ^:otel,Oolby,Kan. 2.50; storage.50; chg.oil 2.30; adjusting br. ^ steering wheel 1*50 27i gals ^as 5.00; meals 2.50 Denver (Joio., Shirley -bavoy Hotel (2 nights)

storage .50; taxifcar broke down)1.50; meals 5.75

Hughes Auto Servicerlabor & partslAttwatsr-fwont

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16i gals ?as 3*33; tire .50

Jrtoom Hotel uonner, Laramie 3; storage .50; meals 2.50

chg. oil it .Steele 2.50; 30 gals gas 7.2b

iiock Springs rtyo. Park Hotel 2.50

• ^ ^ xraher Motor (Jo. 6 gals gas 1.62,

storage .50, chains 6.50, greasing 2.25 10

Lyman. '.Vyo. 15 gals gas 4.30; meals 2.

Evanston, Hotel Evans ton, room

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Dear b'irs:

••uly 5, 1927

the policy no u-l^byy you soat me gives =y age as 70^ whereas r^ a'^e tMs year is 71.

rurtieraore, the Policy is undated and mentiona na date of expiration.

i shall be obli/red therefore if you will s«nd me an attachable slip correcting my age and giring date of «pirati«».

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*»y dear j^iss r ri.es :

on arrivinf; at my sumner headquarters here at i.a^unit«s a few days ago, i was glad to find your letter of June 8 wi.t>, accompanying insurance age extension.

in th« natter^

•ihanking you lor your kind offices

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July 5, 1927

Dear Mrs Hollister:

Flease pardon my delay in acknowledg- ing your letter of lon^ ai^o. ion know we were greitlj rushed before r:ettinp, off, and a weet longer than expected on the way— owinpr to storms, detours, slip- pery raud and so on. we all arrived tired but well.

z.enaida and i hope to go to Gl'^ar .'wike in a few days—but it is rni^^hty "^ot up there now, t ho fine here at Laguritas*

ye hope you are having a re^tiu"^. and

successful simmer at the Lake,

mrs merrian and Zee send thrdr love. With best wishes.

ver J truly yours,

«r?Ned Hollister Bagle rtiver, Wisconsin

527

July 5, 1527

Dear Dr. uoville:

Appreciative thanks for your kind- ness in sending me extract froT^ your report on the liotanv of the Death ^/allej Uixnedition.

Uwing to nuirerous detours, stor!!^^ slippery mud and so on we were a week late in reaching Lagunitas, The last straw was an ur- premeditated detour of 66^ miles over the mud flats of the Sinks of the Humboldt and Carson^ in order to get from Lovelcck tc Hazen and naao. '

Lagunitas, because of the bountiful

rains of the winter and snring, is even irore than

usually beautiful now, and the madrones are a

^lor? in green and gold.

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lour letter of June 21 was written the very day on which we arrived at Lagunitaa, »« were a week longer than expected (19 aays on the roadibecause of storms, slippery mud, and dreadful detours necessitated by a vast amount of road work.

One detour actually measured 66 J- miles and was across the mud flats of the ainks of the aumboldt and Carson, from Lovelock to nazen.whent-e we had a fine road to r.eno,

iilizabeth and the rest ot us are p.reatly

pleased to know that *jrs J. G. is so well. nop« ■

we may connect with you sometime this suraiaer.

AS ever yours, iJT oonR o. jkierriam iierkeley, California

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Mr 7ftck finians Xikely, California.

■1^ daar Sir.-

lour letter of June 3 was writtw the very day 1 laft »asMnfrton. i was a lon^ time in coming as i drove all the way. brin?=:ing both nry dau/;hters and both my grand- oMldren in my car. .e had bad weather and long stretches «f bad roads, with many detours over slippery dobe mud. une detour was 66i miles long, crossing the big mud flat, of the iiii!2boldt and uarson sinks.

i am goijxg up to see you all this s'jmner but cannot now set the date, as i have much traveling to do first. A« »oon 88 i ksow when i can go x will let you know.

■ith kind regards to all ny mdian fri«»ds up there^ » ery truly yours ,

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fisplyimr to yo.ir letter of yesterday would say that 1 do aot thlalc that i hare the registration certificate for isj yod»e car of i*ich you speak. My recollection is that i gave it and the original x,ill of bale to the iJodge 4gent at san Rafael soon alter arrmng in ualiforria last ao^^X ^ expecting that he woald purchase a ualifomia license for ae. He surprised me by getting from you ai.on-.nesident licsnw for the remainder of the year, without cost. rtjis was on August 28 .lest, and 1 acbiowl edged your courtesy in the ■matter by letter o" bepteriber 7.

il!e «on-.nesident rermit you sent ce is tto 45973 and is still pasted on the windshield, mj District of Columbia license (1926; is 37-725. iha engine no is m B 746012. car, oedon no 6660 of 1926.

fi«.gianing in 1913, the year i first drofe across the continent 1 hare driven a car under California license every summer till last year and have been a member of both the National and the California aM con- tinuously since 1913.

if ahaolutely necessary 1 can write to xashington for a dupli- cate registration certificate for the uodge oar in 1926.

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•ill yoa ki««ly send me a duplicate itegistration card 0586, for »y i,od^ ^edan bearing the Washington, ^.«. license ,1926; *»*er 97.725. the car no.is m6660 of 1926, the engine no..B746012.

X drske this oar tc California last suinner and was «.iyen « .r«H«3ident .er.it for the rest of the season. «aw(havin^ rec^entl. returned to California, 1 have applied for . California license and « «for«d that 1 THust file my last Washington negistration card.

iin enolosiag t^e fee for the duplicate card.

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Am Automobile Association

my dear blr:

Herewith i am enclosinp^ a certificate of re;fl;i«5tration lor my uodge car for the year 1926^ issued in iiashingtou VoKj. wtider license number 87-725 (plates still attached to the car;, in accordance with your request.

iihall be oYiiged if you will kindly have the 1927 Lialif license plates sent me at La^unitaa.

very truly yours.

Jtily a , 1927

Mr 111 ad 9 ri. ooombs ouperintendent of Licenses district of uolumbia

ky dear dir:

iiasny thanks for your courtesy in sending mo a certification of the record of registration of mj Dodge car for the year 1926, and for returning the fee.

very truly yours.

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Daar Mv Dorsey:

Herein is my e^Lpense account for July, amounting to |150,56, with accompanying subvouchers, which kindly gay as'

usual froL: the Harrir.an t'und.

I an this year seeking old Indians for bits of information needed to co^^plete work on the tribes to which they belong. Have inade four trips for this purpose^ with excellent success, but several of f^e Indians 1 want to see were away, so i shall have to ^o a^ain» unfortunately there is no way to find out about this beforehand.

The heat in the Clear Lake country now is soiree thing fearful, and it does not let up nights till about 2 in the aipming^ ind there are Indians there of half a do?en tribes. Ua Sunday the 24th 1 was the only white person present at one of their wonderful cost'oned cerer^onials in the underground roundhouse.

The advantage of a car in this work ia hard to over- estimate, for on nearly every trip i go as far in a day as i used to pro wit"^ horses in five or six days.

very truly yours.

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Lagunitai, tearin oo., California

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illeoa rress ulippinfjs for j^ay July 1 itat.fara sausalitossan jrrancisco

btreat cars .35: 6 rolls film 1.50; telephoaas.aO ijlogom pasta & 3 boxas olips 1.20- meals 1.50 car storasa 50; ulian.'^e enj^ina oil 2.20 7 Saiunselino ,i)arhani uarage: Work on car

11 jbtat.fara, oaosalito-oah jrancisco 25; street cars

ttxi ta Aoad.oci.50; meals 1.00; uar stora«»e 50

12 illen's rress ulippings for Jane " A 13-15 Trip,self & asstfaenaida AerriaTj to Clear Lake*

13 Santa xiasa: wcciaental Hotel --Dinner til.

14 *• , • • ■* noons 6 j)raakfft8t & lunch, self & asst.

,.- •f*',"*?^*^? -50; 7 gals gas 1.44; rd Olavorne inds.4. lb uighland i^odge Hotel: oup, Idp r- bkfst.self « asst. 6 6 rolls film 1.60: rd Ind {nmtoj 2. >0 Lunch ae sapwr self & asst. 2. 50; Sf^als ?^as 1.30 17 JfaiOckley: oaslcetry.i'acific Coast Indians (book; 19-20 iTip to ueyserville & itussian niv loop ind rancherias 19 Lunch & dijaner 1.50; rd lieyserville inds 2.50

ileal ds!)ur?:uhg. engine oil 2.10; alemiting 2.-7 eas 1.44 " Hotel ilaza, xtoom " ' '^ 7

*» car storage 50: meals 1.50 -crackers ojc inds 50

rd Aiv loop Ande 4.50; 9 gals gas 1.80

22 ichwabaciier-rrey Co. 5oo letterheads, printed 8 fcaT) of aaroa uounty

23-24 'rrip to mtah ur and clear Lake Indians-

23 rd nirabel and uache ureek Indians 8 gals ^as 1.76; meals 2.00

24 Highlands Lodge Hotel : iioom and iireakfast 9 bulphurbank ceremonial, rd Indians

mlctmizin^ 2 tires 1.25; 8 gals gas 1.60 rrip to Jiodega jsay: rd Indian 3.0j; meals 1.50 iiebn 05 nogers, rhoto work in

lireasing universals 55; 10 gals gas 2.10 ^^^^^^ oros.oan xiafael:iiork « new parts on starter oi , T ^'l.^i ^"^ '^ new armature brushes for uenerator 18.10 11 31-Augl net tare oausalitosDan Jft-ancisco 2!)- streetcars 50

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Doar Professor Evcrr^ann:

Xour letter of the 12t> instant caroe while i was in the field. i xn i!iterested in what yoa say about Maynard Shipiley and m wonderinp; if it is not ancient history.

A year or more ago he ^rrots me that he and one or tm others had tried with hiiiciliatin,^, result the very experiment yoa ir^ertion, n^elj, debatin,^ with preachers in public the mat- ter of evolution a He realised the obvious fact that the audi en ces ^er^ pBO>ed, nrd ^ad decided tc avoid such futile attempts in future.

Hoping to see yoi) before long, and with kindest regards

tc* you all .

Very truly yours,

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August 31, 1927 Dear hiss aastinf^s-

Thanks for your letter of Au-ust 14 froin Hubert ,*dmi. le were sorry that you did not drive around this way during your western per e.P:ri nations, but nevertheless will be glad to see you in Wa^^hin-ton about the end of October.

Jtes. i shall be pleased to have you work for ce a-^ain t^e comnc winter, particularly if you have becorne ^roficielt as a stenographer. But, as l think you know, what i most need 18 not a mere steno«.rar>>er fthe kinfl fhat flood the n.arket;but a real .ecretary-one who will make it her busines-- to absorb ay work, keep track of it, and beooire a real lean-tc.

Have had a fairly successful field season- tao leas so than I had hoped. The main difficulty has oeen to find the old Indians needed. Have had to make several trips to connect with a single old man.

rtobaMy w. .Ml b. ),«, by „ >om altar the n.iddla 0/ Ootobar, tho thU i= „„t crtain. .. .xpaot to driv, b«,l, and '.opa for batter weather and f„.r ,ii„ ,t sHppar, road th«,

OS the westward journey.

Mrs Merriain and Zenaida Join in kind regards.

Very truly yours,

Miss barbara hasi'-in,'=;s Atchison, Kansas

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Postmaster Ulddlet«im, ualif.

Dear sir;

By same mail i am seadiag letters addressed to four indlans at the Middletewn reservation and shall be obi obll'Ted if you will kindly see that they are delirered.

rhe Indians in question are:

' Chapo

ilenry Knight John Sebastian Mrs Maggie Johnson

Very truly yours,

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Au«;uit H , 1927

Mlddletown, iialif .

At last tlie photo^aphs t \w\ of ycm ««# tisa a^^ liaTe oome back to me and i am aandin^^ 70a t^e oaea t!iat eiaia out baat. If possible^ 1 will aaa yw a^ain befora rery laag

Tery truly yonrs.

Aaguat 31 ,X92f

Mr ttanrr Kai«Jt Middletown^Oalif.

XouT photograpltti wara a loixf^ tisia iis coraln? back from San i^^raacisco and did net arrira

till tMs Homing. tbay tamad out Tary wall and 1 l!ope you will lika tl^am. lour boya fha horse look fine.

lery truly yours.

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August % , t9»7

jAiolottd art \>\« bwt of iU plioto^rapM

4 took of ?ott and y<wr f«»i^y *-« ^'** *^''* * ■•* >«a. i » KOfry *>iO foot dia not «>-0W. but the

*f!a«or wi«t >iaTO got a little out of place. Mlt^l beat wis>'08,

«ery truly youT«,

imgast 31,1927

jRclo«e6 ar« th$ bttt of the photogrftphe I twk <>f foa «ii jmr fftthar the l0«t time i -ri^itei jonr j>l«€# 1 *op« jou will like th«*

ft^ miU 9BfB iht l!88 mpt muoh Im the waj 0t #]^a el#tI)iiK^ tlilf y««r l)ut will aetd you Mia^tMaf l>«f«r« we ^o b«olr,

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Ut ulifford iiiafador Lover Lake, Ualif .

19 dear i>ir:

fhe photo»r«pl» i took cf jm wwr* m tiiDB in ooming back from HmsL frmseim^-^ arrlT^d tod strike ne as very f.onA. At best ones >terewlth and hope you will lS%e thm.

I may see yofo ai^alB bef are retanrln^ ington, but am not snre tliat i can <^et up t?»eTw

\^ery truly yours.

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august 31,1927 Mr Hike lionet Lower Lake, Ualif.

Dear sir:

•i'he photographs i took of you and your family were a lon^ time in ooming back from the printer in San PVancisoo. and 1 was away when they arrived, they turned out .er, well and the best ones i am enclosing herewith.

i fflay get up there again before returain,a to Washington but cannot be sure.

»ith regards to you all.

Very truly yours.

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Mr H.W.Dorsey, Accountant tJmithsonian Institution WasMap;ton, i). vi.

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j^ear Mr Dorsey:

Enclosed is my expense acootmt for August, amounting to $209.83, which i shall be obliged if you will pay as usual from the Harriman jrund.

1 expect to start back for rtashinprton earlier than usual —probably on or about September 20*

very truly yours.

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U. Hart uerriam

Lagunitas, marin Uounty, Ualif.

Aug, 3 8-9

9 11-12

Expense account for Au^st, 1S27

S^i'^J^n^^M *^°°°- ^®3 * ^PS to bept. 1928{Ualif) mp,tot Diablo, ban nanion 7al.i wiles uanyon-

«f^«^?'I ^^^ ^^^ 1.47; walnut Or,5gals liOS

itichmond^ 6 gals gas 1.26; meals 3. Allen's l*ress Clippings for July t

Trip, lit St aelena at juidclletownl '

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miiuaieiown: notei iierriclc,sup^ laR.ec bkfst uar storage 50 ;«eal8( additional to Hotel Herrick;2. ..Jf..'^°2i°??^^*^7 ^'^^* 3;. wife 50; ot^^ers 1.7b fi^^iT^w^'^' v^J -^?|8ian Hiver loop rancheria: 6 rolls film 1.50- 15 gals gas 3.15 ti Indians 2; meals 1.50 50 stanpt envelopes 1.10; 25 2^ stamps 5o. iHational rarks Dubli cat ions uabriel Moulin, '11 .05 & 3.20 irin,banta nosa, nealdsburg <3: Monally Jrtanch- II v^l^T-**, 3.57; bant a rtosa Indian 1. * fd Ind Joe LcCloud 4.50; Heal ds burg mds 2. banta Msa.uentral uarage:0il, labor % storage " " , Occidental Hotel . noon: * '"'«^3r,e Meals (2 days/ ban Rafael ,LencIiag nater carrier 50; 6 gals -^^as 1.26 net rare.bausalito-ban i!'rancisco.25- btreet cars 45 ban Pranoisoo. otate Hotel, noom 4

ban Hafael,u,(J.Wehrli,Oord tire 27.35; tube 4.75 ^ net fare, ban Kafael-aanPran.60; btreetcars 45 -meals 3. Motei namona, noom

Sam Kafael,boldering Tao. tank 75; 9gals gas 1.89

. Webb & nosers, developing small film

" " J.JS.jJ'renc^ uo. Work on oar o

Thayer's Garage, Labor & new parts for car i

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550

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4 26
3.00
3	76
2	80
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14	25 1
4	57
6 50
5	35
2	50
4	00
1	76
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Sept. 7, 1927

Mr William js. «olby

Mills milding

Ban j«'rancisco, ualif.

Dear Mr Colby:

Appreciative thanks for your kindness in sending, me the ^resno nee clipping about the killin- of a big Urizzly ia the sierra by a man named «. D. .array, mo infornation was giyen as to where or wher the beast was shot.

1 have written the editor of the rresno jiee asicinr^ that he put me in touch with Murray, and anxiously await his repij.

It will be great if ^re can get the slnill -after thirl years of failures, so far as the middle Sierra region is concerned.

tuith best wishes aad many thanks, very truly yours.

bept. 6,1927

Bditor^ Fresno liee Fresno, <;aliforxua

Ji^y dear ^ir^

Mr William oolby of the Sierra Ulab has sent me a clipping from the rrcsno Dee statin,^ that a man named a. H. liirray has killed a big uri^zly at one of his sheep camps in the bi^rra.

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This interests me greatly for the reason that for more than thirty years i have been trjics to secure the skuU of a fall grown male ifrizzly from the middle Sierra region for our Ifational museum at Washington, but thus far without Buocess.

During the past 37 years i have obtained and present- ed to the National collection more than two thousand skulls \and many skins also; of big uears from various western states, isritiah Uol-omoia, Alberta, and Alaska-a large/nu'^.^eJ^ihiSlhl''

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combined museums of the world.

1 ac naturally very anxious to secure the skull of the 'iriszly killed by »r Murray, and t o l»arn where and when the uear was shot. Aad not knowing Mr Murray's address am hopin^g you will kindly connect me with him.

»ei^ truly yours.

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Sept. 7. 192?

«7 dear Air Earner:

nease pardon my delay in acknowUd^in. yoar letter about the skulls of iiears and of>, » , -"^^^^ ^"^ other animals offered

for sale by J. «. ,-.rench of Kamloopa. i5..j.

i have been in t>iA f 4 *»*:;? i .

t>,ih«« r ^. ^"^^ ^orkin- with several

thibes ot indxans in northern Oalifornia.

Uurin^ the past ^'J' ^ears i >,,^« T.r^««„f-^ 4. •' ^^^^ purchased and

presented to our National fcuseum upwards «f f. *t, of bi- H««>.o ^ .. -^P^ards ot tv^o thousand skulls

bxg ^ears from the western united states JSritisf r i k- Alberta, and Alaska; and a:, still lookiip for ^or« f localities. . ^ ""^^ ^""^"^ '^^^tain

i an writinr; i^r .^'rench by n^n m.,n ..^ v ., ,lad to learn l.st what he has. "' ''^'' '^

«ith .any thanks for yo.r courtesy i. the .atter Very truly yours.

i^ept.? 1Q?7 frs xvachel b. fl^rke>-

irnf i^f ^^-^^ ^^=oc. ^x-is jjld?,ban I'Tancisco

i^ear Mrs ijarlrer?

- ''" ^- ' ^'" t" "" m ,;aUforni= ,t that a.t. but .""

^■''"""•^ *^ ^*^^* *'°r "VasMngton before then.

I «n utterly in the dark as to the t>ro.r^ > be T^l».ced hof/>>.» ,. program to

: "'''''' ''''"'''' i^ '^^l^alf of California Indian. t.«

eomn. session and would be ^reatW ..h .

i^? of Indians. ^ ^ -^arrassed before a .eet-

in a few days i ezricct to be in -«« ,.. for fl r..,. T. , ' >- t-o 36 in oan I'Tancisco

for a f.w >o;:rs and will call on ^r (Jollier.

i^ery truly yours.

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Sept .6^927

Mr aeo. ii. Stewart Ichsner tSuildin? iacramento, (Jalif.

Ooar i:r St swart:

. Bot>i of your interesting letters reached neon my return from field trips and 1 am rrortiaed to hare left them unacknowledfred so lon-r. i have worked with a nujnber of ti^ibes and have obtained a lot of odds and ends of needed in- formation, all in northern counties. And 1 am pained to say that there is no chance of going south this season.

It is good that you have secured photographs oi additional ancient Indian paintings and petroglyphs in the Visalia region. All this is fiae material which of course

jou will record some of t>^ese days.

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i m thankful for the addresses you so kindly sent me of J^rank iirann and aiss (iretchen jjlower. and next year shall most certainly take advantage of their willingness to pilot me to the originals.

■I'hat reproductions of ancient rock paiatin^s and earrings of all kinds deserve perpetuation in the original colors admits of no doubt, and i trust you will take every opportmiity complete your collection. Whether the tJi^ithsonian f^d would admit of such reproduction now i do not ^<now, but will inquire after returning to Washington. keanwhile you will of odn. write the accompanying article.

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I'm glad you found something of intersst in n^ paper on fhe Pit Hirer indiens, tho i'n a long way from «a- ffiittin? t>at the jsm-tiTn-bitc> and Wuk-sarche tribes are a "kin- area people** to t>)e Pit Hivers. the case seer.ed to me one of ^ borroiring • ^ and implies an ancient oonti^^uity of whict at pres- ent no otlter eridence has been fpand,

Trastinf^ t>>fit your new environment is ai^reeable^ and that jlts btewart and yourself will find many good friends there, and with kindest regards frorr. Mrs Kerriam, Zenaida and

»y«elf^

Very truly yours.

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Mr J ». W. i?rench jiamloops, ij.u.

Uear »:)ir!

rfoine time a^^o, when i i^as away in field work among the Indians of northern California, a latter car;8 - from Mr J.ii. iiarner of Washington, informin.^ me that ^oa have sonie skulls of bif^ xiears which you woald like to dispose of,

oan yoa ^sll me where these jjears were killedv And do you know the sex of each specimen,

1 aiP not now in position to pay the prices paid son^e years a<^o for ijear skulls, but woidd be /Jad to get skulls from certain localities.

Very tr'/l^^ yours.

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Uri'iY oir ■

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lear letter abrut the folar sie?.r skulls cane whiln I w.. in the field working among .Indians in the northern part of California.

ion do not say where the Bears were killed or how -ony of ther. are adult males. Without this in- forrfstioD, acd srithout knowledge as to the condition of the fl -culls., I can fora no idea as to their value.

Very truly yours.

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Sept. 6, 1927

Mr Kred Lockley Portland ,Uregon

I17 dear Sir:

Prom yoar Booklist 233, just reed., please send me

if not already sold the following:

Diary of idlkes in the Northwest, edited by Ji.S.Meany. i^2.00

Ueo W. Raddle, Mrly Days in Oregon. $2.75

Gilbert L.Uole, isiarly Days on Overland Trailin 1352. ?2.50

Mn not enclosing check for the reason t^at so

many of your books are sold before my order reaches you. remit on receipt of books.

very truly yours ^

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Sept .13,1927 Mr Ji.B.yardner San lieronimo «ater Uo. Woodncre, ualif.

iLj dear w tiardner:

Enclosed herewith is my c>^eck on t^e Crocker Bank of «an iTrancisco for ;?6.45 in payment of your bill dated June 50.1927. is we did not arrive from t>,e ea«t until t^, evening of J.me 21 it is obvious that the excess charge was for leaks in the pipes through the orchard .repaired by Mr .lori as soon as discovered.

iiefore leaving Lagunitas last fall 1 personally turned off the water where it leaves the big tank, above fVe or- chard, and drained the pipe at the house. I>ari:,g our absence someone turned it on. resulting in froren and bureted pipes.

xhe question arises, is a consumer liable for water turned on by someone else during his absence, and if so what protection may one have against thia sort of damage?

Very truly yours,

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And furthen:ore, since the constmer is entitled to 600 cubic feet per ..onth -under the r:ini:.um charge, how about the 4900 feet or aore i was entitled to during my absence of

eight months?

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Sept. U, 1927

Mr Step^ien Knight

H.b\D. 130X 138 •

Ukiah, California

Dear Mr Knight: ..

It is with great regret that 1 as: obliged to

miss the meeting at lone on beptember 24, and to go back to Washington without seeing you.

i had counted also on visiting William JJ^ullpr

but will have to put it off till next year.

fhe season has been short and 1 have been ex- ceedingly busy, and not at all well. Hftve had to go to San jrrancisco t^ice to consult -^ri^h Doctors, and once to the Lane Hospital to have ray back and side x-rayed. So we are going home. ffle drove out from Washington again, and are going to

drive back.

None of us know of course what is going to hap- pen in Uone^ress t>^is winter, bat if anything of importance is done for ualifomia Indians i will let you know at once.

Indians at Lower Lake and at kiddletown told me that Gollett had visited th^ the night before, but that tkey had not given him any money or encouragement.

1 am much interested in your Indian iirotherhood and believe it will prove of great help to Uallfornia Indians* i?'or you personally it must be a great strain. 1 «d enclosing a small contribution (only $25)to help a little in meeting the

expenses .

»iith best wishes to you all from myself and family.

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Sept .14,1927

llr i?*rancis P. J?'arquhar 114- Sansome Street San J^'rancisco, Calif •

Mj dear Mr i'arquhar:

Your letter of yesterday catches me just as i am starting on a brief field trip.

'He drove out this summer and are driving back leaving ualifomia before the 27^^ of this month, so you see it will be impossible to accept the Historical Society's in- vitation for a talk on that date.

We appreciate also your very kind invitation for dinner with your mother and yourself, with an evening at your home, and regret that our early departure prevents its

acceptance.

With best wishes,

Very truly yours.

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or ?. V. vioviUe neshington. D.^-

,.„ Doctor OoviUe: ^ ^^^^ ^,, ,„, o^lc

"' • ^ '° ^„e i«st lo=^.d thr. =5 —

,, an, India. ^-^"J;^.,,..,,, „, to «%« t^- «>^" «™-

,^ -lon,ea, -«-' ^^^„^,;,L. t^. it U ... -1 r«r.otrty..>=>a =.« no reason

ap^isl, «rd. .„rtioati.oo to Saraobate.

„ to ita 50«>«' »5^^' .„ ,^i. 5„t

,j th. »orW. „{ iu saason.

i,EEt Bil^M « ''ad t>« iir

,na a y.rj lisW "'-• ^j „,„. tt.

„ ,oon as w, .an rac. t.. ^^^^_

.^ .i„i.r « ei"":* *' "* T,ous. for the .inter « ^^^ ^^^^^^^ „j,„

continent ari".iop«« to r-'"-

ti,, fall rains set In. ^^ youraell

„lt>, -Kindest regards to »r8

,„.«. three t-a-.^i'*""""'-'^*

, ,ry ttttlT J""" •

Sept .Is ^1927

Postmaster rJashin^ton^D.u

uear Sir;

On and after receipt of this letter kindlv discontinue forvfardia- to La<^unitas, California nail addressed to Dr or krz U. nart J^erriain or Liss l^enaida. iierriam addressed tp 1919 16 Street, liashin.^ton^ and hold saine until our return.

• erj trulj yours.

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Sept. 18»1927

Mr Herbert i. Lee

Tenakee, Alaslca

My dear Mr Leer

Tour letter of August 25, forwarded from wash-

inf^ton, }iM Just reacTted me. i am bow packing to start baok

and shall drive back by automobile, so am not likely to see

the Jttear skulls you so kindly sent me until late in uctober.

I appreciate your interest and generosity in the matter and surely will dig up something in return.

Have been working among California Indians all summer^ as usual , and must now get back to Washington.

iiill write you of course after a look at the

iiear skulls.

Very truly yours.

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b«pt. 18, 1827

lir Jack Hillians Likely, California

My dear Bir;

jiarly ia July, soon after arrivio/? from the eaat^ I wrote you that i would ^o to see you eometime during the eun- mer. jjut 1 can't do it, I'm avrrj to say.

1 have been rery busy risitin/j different tribes of Indiana, and have not been well. 1 ItfuJ to go to San *ran- oisoo twice to see Doctors, and also had to go to Lane Hospital to have X-ray pictures made of my baok and sides. And now i m going baok to Washington.

If all goes well 1 shall be baok here In the early spring, and shall go to the tit Kiver country to see you and other friends.

We are going to try again this winter to see if Uongret^s will do anything for California Indians. if anything important happens I will lot you know.

With regards to you all ,

Very truly yours.

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Mr J* I', iiarrirv^toii bTithsonian institution Washington, y.C.

Dear Mr Harrington:

Your letter of lu^^ust 23 awaited ay returuLfroB a recent field trip. Ho, 1 Save aot Iiad any ta^uiriea as to uliimariko or other informants^ and do not expect any. icKt koow i keep away frwn other workers in thiir Jitate^

riave not risited the northern parts of the istate this season hut have been seeking bits of needed infomrticm from remnants of tribes nearer home. And it certainly is sad,oi;go- ing to the various rancheriaa, to find horn few are left. Day .

before yesterday my daughter Zenaida said i found only one Maa^e old woman and two girls where there were more t^^an twenty at the

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time of our last visits about four years ago.

it is most gratifying to know that you recovered yi>ur priceless vihimariko manuscript «td that ytm wn at work cm the grammar, it will make a fiat contribatiofi*

borry to learn that ur J^iAea had another fall and is in possibly serious oonditicai^

Mrs Merriam and 2ienaida Join in kind regards.

t^ery truly yours.

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Miaoletotm, ualif.

in accoraanc« with my promise . my wife is senaing jon by tvis „ail a sr^all package containing some clothes, which she hopes you will be able to use.

1 an not very well and find that l shall >aye to .tart to drive back to Washington this week. ,he roaa is aboat 3 thousand 4 hundred miles long, so it will take as two or three weeks to get t^ere.

Hease remember me to all jour people. 1 hope to see joa all again iiext spring, and hope you all will have a good winter,

f ery truly yours.

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Oct. .12, 1927 '.

•ir P. llartineili La^initas, Caiii.

Dear 'ir Llartinelli:

U ^as an odd coincidence that you left for th. north tve .orrdn. of the day T went dovm to aee you. And m.en I tool; t:. l.ey. to your houae. no one ..a there, .o I i^n. the;n en he door icnoh. There wore 4 Iceya: the u3ual 2 to the hou.o ^dlock.. the yoodhouso Key, and the key to the ep-rag^^

I ehall be greatly ohli^ied if you will go through .he house frequently tMs winter to water, out for leaks. ar.d also to 'fasten up 3.y window that ^y be left open if ar.yone breaks into

the house-aa ^V ^^ 1^^^ ^^^''^^ ^^'^ '^^ *^^''' ''"^"""'

Last winter a friend who happened to be visiting at.

Us«.itas for a couple of days found one of the dining roo. bay

windows wide open and nailed it up.

And will you please attend to buXTiing the several biw piles taking care not to scorch the lioibs overhead.

If you waiit any wood, help yourself to all the poles you i^nt- Plenty of trees are cut and I have not given any to

anybody else. ' . ^

,^d please send bill for last winter as I dont UKe vo

be 30 late in payine. ' ^

le J^ere 15 days in driving to Waahingtonand had p.an.y of bad weather and sone ^an roads. ^ lerri... and .enaida join

in kindest resfirds to you^U^^,, ,,^^^^^

Oct. i^. 1^27

Dear Lector Buxmell^

Your joatal of so.na ti:ao agD was iuoat wplco.ae and roasauring, but you did'nt giye any addr-^as.

7e arrived on the Bth, after driving acroaa in 15 days. We had fio.ae bad roads and sone bad weather and real- ized tliat we atartsd too late for a northern route. There was not rnuch snow in the Sierra but the Uintas were anbrokexi white froiTi base to suia'nit and the hi^^ier parts of the V/asatch were of course covered. The day before we reached Lara^aie the snow there was 5 inches deep, and 10 inches on the Laraaiie mountains at 3herjian Su.iinit, but most of it i'jad >2C>J^© before we got there* In eastern Kansas and Missoux^i we were delayed by rains and floods and forced to detour inore timn 100 railese

We most eamoatly trust that* everything has gjne well with you and thab you will soon be able to walk without suffering --even \f you arc not quite equal to tramp the Mountains with

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It w-uld"sive the ^Ierria:na great joy if you and your g?od wife could make us a little visit on your return trip. ' "Jeanwhile, our best to you both.

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Oct. 12.1927

Mr Gatriei ibulin 153 Koamy 3trset 3an ?X9:aci6co, Calif.

'-ly dear Six:

^u'-^A » ■^^ ^^ balch of ihotograoh*, wiiich you kindlv I^t^p J2 i^^^-^i'Ji^' *e PAckerup at. Ihe La^nitaa Poatofhco the^nti^t? °'''^ automobileyoumdy acrose

otot» +1,. ?^ picturee of Indiana are vory fine and I apore- ciate the care taSren in the arintinn. .:y check for iJioffe w^^f^i^ ""^ ^^^ biU;-wiuc£ turner uu lodaj in tho Ic^lu- iv'-l'^i^i'^^ enclosed hora^iUi. x^leSae for»uri receii^t ta my ,>3fiiiin^on aodx^aa. '

«'e *er« fifteen daye in driv.i' t&i'e^aoi© bad weather and worae roada -

will be .Scrbetter '^^^^ ^^' ^^® se^-'^o^- ' Next' -ear the rTada

> en day a in driv.lng acroaa and ancaun- and worae roada— penalty for takinAC •e in tlie aeaoon. Next year the roadi

Veiy truly /ourtj.

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October 15, 1927.

Ira '!aria Kopo Fraaa a^id Mrs Julia ilgi-n 'iarshall, Marin County Cal i f 0 mi a

Before tl:e ^^otOi^TB.^^3 v/oro ready to send you,

I had to 3tart back to Washington, with my wife and dau>.ter. ^e drove all the my acro3a-3.275 aiilee. We bad 30:.a bad roads and some bad ^aathsr but ca^ne tlirough all ri^Jit.

Am starting the photoeraphs today, by roi^si^rod :nail. and tr.ey should reach ^^vshaZl a few days after this

letter. Hope you will lil<c i^^-^J:^-

Will try to see you a^in after returning to Call for.

nia next spring.

With beat wishes to you both fro a ".Ira Merriam an

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Thyself,

Very truly yours.

Ocuober.14, 1927

^r ^rion UcCloud Hea.deburs, Calif.

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By 3w« ::^ii I a^n sending you(rec;istcr3d; the pI:otos:-aphs T Uo, on September U. of yourself and the ot..er3 .t your prare ca-np. t,,^, ^^^ ^. , ^ ^.^^ ^^^^^^ --oy look ^pod. to ma.

I had to co-ne back to 'i'ashington and could ro ^li to a.nd the. frorn ::^ aunmer place at La^nitaa.

?/e drove across the continent in .y car-a Ions dnve of thxo. thousand, two hundred a:.d ezghty five .i^os. ^a 30.0 bad roade on the way, and eo.e bad weather too- raxn and wi-^.d ajil snow-but n,t here all ri^t.

"ope to see you and your father and others non spri-- aftor retur^ir^ to California. . With best iviahes to you all,

Verjr' truly yours,

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Mr Rawson Bennett, II 2ditor-in-Chief,Tlie Trident U.S. Naval AcadeniyV Annapolis

My dear Sir:

On arriving at Washington last Saturday, after driving acrcoa fro.ii California, I found a stack of accumulated mail awaiting attention. And in opening the various packages I find to my great delig^it the original journal of my uncle, the late Major Gustavua F. Uerria^n, in 1856 a liidshipinan at Annapolis*

He was one of fourteen brothers and sisters, all now dead. But there are i-nany children and grandchildren ?/ho will rejoice with me in the recovery of this old Journal of ie5f.o7.

I am most grateful to the unna.:ied friend who had it, and to you for kindness and trouble in sending it to me.

Very truly yours,

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Oct. IS, 1927

Dear Doctor Stephens:

Here we are again in. our own home* Most of the suminar'a dirt haa been cleaned off and cartod away and we are about ready to begin the winter's work.

Y/e arrived a we ok agD today and spent the fira^ three days (nights I mean) with my sister, and Venion Bailey in their |)leasant ho:ae on Kalorana Road.

We made the trip from Laginitas in fifteen days and the old American -6 delivered the fa.::ily in good health and spirits — in spits of soae unyieiiA4nt experiences on the way. The fact is, we started too late to drive over the northern route. There was snow in the Hi^ iiarra, on all the .:iountain& of Nevada, and on the Wasatch, Uintas, and Rocky iita. The Uintas — aa we viewed them .from the north-- were unbroken white fron su'Tiinit to base, and we passed me/ny snowbanks on the Laraaies, near Sherrmi Suiirnit. Here our greatDst altitude was '-^,800 feet.. At Larardo city the snow was 5 inches deep the day before our arrival, but the severe wind evaporated it before we got there.

There wore heavy rains in Nevada, Wyonin^ Nebraal^a, 'Cansas, -and *.tissouri--a flood on the hi^way in the latter state necessitating a detour of .nore than a liundred miles.

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:,{08t of Wj'-orair.g is t^raded and graveled, and the whole of the I^^ncoln Highuray throu^ Nebraska is graded and graveled, hat Kansas— Oh :ny; We ke^it out of Kansas axcei)t that we !-^d to plow throu^. the laud of its extre:ae northeast- ern comerOn order to avoid the bottomless :aud of Iowa)by driving from Grand Island to Nebraska City, Nebraska, and thence south to Atchison, Kansas, This route I believe to be the shortest route fro:n Waahington to California,

But, sad to relate, I have broken :ny record as a good driver. For the first ti-ne in fifteen years of auto- driving I have had an accident by ray own fault. In driv- ing down the grade west of Lledicine Bow.^/yoming, in the even- ing, in the glare of the headlidita of a passing car, I' raji

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off the bank into the ditch and~b"rbkei: every one of the 12 spokes of the ri^t front Tiftieol. Zenaida cau^t a ride in a I>aa8ing car and ca-iie back in a truck with the Qirage mar.. But the track could'nt do the job. oo they went back and gjt a big gp-aoline tank car and jacked up the front of our car and fastened it high up on the tank and hauled us in. Next day their mechanic— an ingenious fellow— selected three old wheels from the junk pile and of the so ■■^jilt a gsod new one for us — which brouy^t us aafely hone. Ana t-he bill, including the naaling,was *16. And of thia, $6 is charged to the A. A. A., so we are out just $10 and hjxlf a days delay! How is that!

i. and Z. send best love to you all, as does C.H.also.

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ntr Jk. L. Sroober C A L I r6 B N I 1

Doctor Kroober;

Juat a wdok a^ today 1 reached rifasmn^ton, after a fifteen day driire acroaa the continent with laj" wife and dau^t^r. It hardly paya to drive over any of the northen; Touids aj late in the seaaoxi^ for the snowe in the loountains mad Vm rains, winds, nsuda and flooda elsewhere fut too severe a strain on the drivers.

In opening qy accuraulated nail I was nuch pleased to find in the July-Septeniher Anth^ojpolosist your friondly and appreciative review of ny Pit Hiver ^por. I thaTik you.

If the Inthropologist were not so overcrowdod as to necessitate the holding over^papers for a year or so I mi^t contribute a few articles— as for instance, one on the bound- axles between the Tukean and Poaoan tribes in tlio 'Jount Joint Tielsna regioru

With best wishes.

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American Automobile. Association 17th and Pennsylvenia Avenue Washington, D. C

Deer 3ir8:

Herewith 1 am enclosing a Service Beport

from the Lincoln iligh\»ay Garage at Medicine Bot», Wyoming, for hauling my car on the evening of September 28 lest -from the ditch on the side of the road seven miles west of Medicine Bow, $5.25, which amount I shall he glad if you will have returned to me.

The charge is phenomenally low in view of the fact that the labor necessitated two trips with two different trucks frcn medicine Bow to the seat cf the

accident and back.

Incidentally, I think you should know that

this garage (Uncoln Highway Garage, Medicine Bow) made for me an entirely new front wheel out of thrso different makes of wheels from the junk pile, fcr the remarkably low charge of $10.75. The wheel is still on my car in my own gcrage here in Washington and has every appearance of permanence.

Tery truly yours,

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October 20, 1S27.

Publisher

Science and Scientific Monthly

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Deer 3ir:

On. May 23 lest, I wrote you asking you to change my mailing address for the summer for both Science jaid the Scientific Monthly from '1&19 Street. Washington. D. G. « to 'I^^nnitas. iiarin Qoi Calif qy^ie. ' returning to the old address the 1st of

October.

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You changed the address to Legunitas, as requested, but apparently omitted to change back again to V/ashington the 1st of October.

As e matter of fact, I left California September 22, since which date I have not received either of the journals in question. I shall be obliged if you will kindly forward seme to my ?/eshington address as above #

Similar letter to:

National Geographic Magesine, 16th it., Washington. D.C.

Outdoor life, IBlA Curtis 3t., Denver. Colorado

Outlook, 381 i^ourth Avenue, New York City

Boonville Herald, Boonville, Kew York

kotor Land, 16ii8 Van Neii Avontti, S« Fruicisco

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Mr. K. I. Garrett

President, Puget Sound Mechinery Depot

3^2 1st iivenue» South

Seattle I i'iashington

My dear Sir:

Replying to your letter of the 13th inst., would say thet I returned from California about a week eso and shall be glad to examine your bear skull as soon as it arrives*

Please pack the skull securely end send it by express, diarges collect, addressed to me at the U. 3. Biological Survey, Washington, D* 0.

Very truly yours.

October 20, 1927.

Honorable Stephen T. Mather Director, National Perk Service Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Mather:

Thanks for the interesting and beautifully illustrated National Perk Bulletins which I found on my recent return from California.

In looking at the one on Mt. McKinley National Park, under the heading 'The Mammals and Birds of Mt. McKinley National Park', I am very much surprised to notice the absence of any mention of grizaly bears notwithstanding the fact that these bears are perti- cularly numerous in that region. This strikes me as a very peculiar omission, particularly since several of the smeller mammals, such as the Alaska red fox, hoary marmot, snowshoe rabbit and even the ground squirrel are each given one or more paragraphs.

I have seen reference to a paper on the

^Iferomals end Birds of Mt. Peinier National Park^ by

Taylor and Shaw, but fail to find this in my eccumu-

lated meil. Can you send me a couple of copies?

With best wishes.

Very truly yours.

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October 20, 1927.

T/right HauM, Siquire U44 Sontfa Eicbigac A Cbicego, Illinois

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DMr Sir:

I iriiell bs obliged if jrou will send me fio# 4^ fzom jQor recant cetalcg, the esae being Louis Cfiu'-*.* Speeches on Qondition of Indiene^ delivered in tbe U. 3.3eBate in 1355.

Ky check for tl«^ in pejioent is enclosed

herewith.

Tery truly yours ,

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October 21, r>^L7.

Mr. ifrsderick C, Linooln Secretary,' Oonimittee of Arreneemeuts imerioan OnilthologlBta' Union

Biological aarrey Vfashiogton, B* C.

Dear Mr. Zdncoln:

Before laar.r^ Oalifornia I received your letter in regard to ths coming meeting of the i.. 0, li. with the usual appeal for funds. In response I am enclosing check for $10.00 as my contribution.

May I express the hope that the Committee will not atten?)t anything elaborate or expensive in the way of entertainment. The increasing cost of excuraions, luncbta and other entertainments, as you doubtless know, has more than once resulted in changing the intended place of meeting for the reason that the tax on indiridual members was too niuch of a

burden. .

It seems to me a very serious mistake for the Union to attempt to compete with the Ottawa meeting ^icl2, if I am correctly informed, was financed by the

Ganadiei: Government •

\iith best wishes for a sucoeasful meeting

without decorations.

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Doer Townsend:

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You have had a wonderful experience in out-of-the-way parts of the world and it is a really fine thing that you have taken time to tell oven briefly about your wanderings and accomplish* ments.

as ever yours

With cor^ra tula ti one and best wishes,

<.>wa^ Ws^.

Mr- Gxierles H. Townsend Jirector. Ne;v Yoiic Aquarium

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Mr. N. W. Dorsey Smithsonian Institution

Vfashington, i). ^*

Dear ilr. Dorsey:

Herewith I am handing you my expense

account for the .onth of Septe..her. a^ountin, to ^^E.65. and also voucher for Zenaida Uerria,n. assistan . for

T tfc. Purriman ?iai4 as usual. $86.00, «hich kindly pay fton. the l.arnman

«e dr..e ho.e f™. Oaliton>la b, ,a, of . co.M»atio„ Of t.. Li^oln. Victory and ^'^^-^ ^^ .ay. but started too late in the season for these no. them routes. .= a conse^.nce .e .ere *'^=^=*J .tor^. - «>d floods, necessitating several et^>.- „.. of vhich ,a, .ore th.n a hundred riles .a 1 ng*.

1 v,Qr^ the first accident In Wyoming 1 ^laa ^ne i^i^^

f„„ „, o« fault 'in fifteen year, of auto driving.

It happened in descendir^ a very -et grade, .e"n

. f v.,,icine Bo., on the evenin,? of aepteiu-

Diiles nest of kedioine ko», "" ,. . ,

ber iV. 3a-.ed by the headlights of an approaching car, I turned out a little too far to the right and ™* off into the ditch, smashing the right fore *.el.

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This at the time seemed terrible as we all felt that it ;';'ould be necessary to send to Indianapolis for s new i;vheel and ijvait for its arrival but, by good fortune, the mechanic at kedicine Bow was a rare genius and during the next forenoon he built a new wheel out of three different makes of wheel which he rescued from the junk pile back of his shop. The result \^s that we vvere delayed only half a day and» as you see from the account, were charged only vlO^OO for the job. This seems to me most extra- ordinary.

In some respects 7;e were lucky for there were five inches of snow at Laramie and ten inches at Sherman Summit in the Laramie fountains G^'t'K^ooJJ^') the day before we got there but, owing to a tre- mendous wind, most of it had gone before we passed over.

I have cut off the accompanying voucher at the end of the month. The expenses of the remeining eight days of the trip are on the October voucher which will be sent you at the end of this month. The total trip expenses (evening of Septonber SJ:* to October 8, inclusive) amount to $238.28.

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Lytton (Wages Ranch): San Eai.lO gds gas 2.10;pd Ind . Buzma n^ Hch 1.50;

meals 2. . Santa Rosa: Occidental Hotel, rccm 4

Car storage •50;chg engine oil 5

12 gels gas Pd Ind. Wages EchiLerie Kspe ?ries' 3.Julia Slgin 1.50 Pd Ind«lVionally Rch:GeyservilLe Joe S: others Meols 1.75:cr:iCkers for Ind. children ,50 San Ref.: Alemiting Cc r 2,10;7 gals gas 1.47

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iieno .Nevada: Hotel Golden, room

Gar storage .50;ie gels gas 2.60;oil .20; Lovelock:IO gels gas 3. ;.;innemucc8 6 eals gas 1.80- alainiting 1.50;6 rolls film 1.50: Battle Lt.:5 p^Ib gas 1.50; tire vulc^^nized 1.25; meeds ^.00 t Xe.Ho t% El Vjo ion >^*^'^Ji

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storage. Do^;5 gals gas 1.50;ignition repairs 2.

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October 2Z, 1927

Mr. Laurence M. Huey

San Diego iiuuseum*^ of Natural History

San Diego, Celifomia

illy dear hiT. Huey:

On returning from California a week or so ago, I found in the accumulated mail two interesting papers froni your pen, each treating of two widely different members of the animal kingdom; the first, a Kangaroo P^t and a Rabbit, the second, a Heron and a Ground Squirrel •

Since it is impossible to divide these properly for one's files, I am wondering if you will not be good enough to send me duplicate copies.

It is good to see that you are actively at TOrk on mammals as ^vell as birds.

I had hoped to call on you at Sen Diego this fall but failed to finish field work in northern Calif ornie in time to go south. So I drove across from Sen Francisco to Washington with ray family over a combination of the Lincoln Highway, Victory Highway

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end National Trails Highway. The season proved too late for these northern routes, resulting in rains, floods, mud and detours—one of the latter more than a hundred miles in length.

I hope to see you next year.

V/ith best wishes

Very truly yours

1 should be glad to purchase 9 complete set of the Transections of the San Diego Societv of ^^®*^.r£l History and shall be obliged if you will ask the proper person to send me a set,, v/ith bill for same, and to enter me^ as a subscriber for future numbers as issued. -^ -,

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Dear 9r« Palmer:

Blanks for jour let tar of the 22A te reg&rd to v telk before the comiiig meeting of tbm MericBTi OnxithologietB' Union ot the history of wy -work on the Life Zones. I apprecietc the tmfh of it at you say ac'? lill consider the matter for a few days and let you knon. The only dif fi* «ilty is the tise nooMsary in looking up dates, iMi&liiiM and so 0R---4ny in^mory not hein{; so long wm it uwd to Ini.

liaBt euBuiBr I haaid that you t^ere frt Berfce^Aj and «b8 boj^ng iM might mo you at Xjigunitao*

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October 27. 1927

Mr. N. W. Dorse J

Accountant, Smithsonian Institution

Vies hing ton, Li. 0.

Dear Lr. Dorsey:

Herewith I am handing you my check on the National Metropolitan Bank of this city for $500.00, in repayment of like amount advanced for field expenses last June* for the use of which I am much obliged.

Yery truly yours

October 27. 1927 Mr. K. W. Dorsey tah?S^?o°n: !r'|soni.„ Instltatioa

Dear is^r. Dorsey:

Thanks for your promptness in sending check in peyment of my September account , $292.50. I am glad you spotted the error of fifteen cents m the footing of the Sacramento items of September 23. It came about in this way: The account as a whole footed up to such a large figure that I cut it dovm, cutting out a little here and there in the daily expenses. In doing this I obviously neglected to make the deduction i'^^.e" Sacramento charges.

Very truly yours

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October 27. 1S27

Viilson Ornithological Club Sioux Oity, Iowa. Dear Sirs:

The September number of the Villa on Bulletin contains an interesting autobiography of Otto ^iidmenn. I shall be obliged if you will kindly send me a copy of this Bulletin with bill

for sen©.

I knew ilr. ^.idmamfor a niwber of years and was impressed not only by his wnderful hand- writing, but also by his accuracy, truthfulnesB and his ability as an observer of the hebitw of

birds.

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Cctot«r 29, 1927

Mr. Donald Dickey 514 Lester Avenue Pasadena, California

Dear Mr. Dickey;

You doubtless know all about the action of the California Institute of Technology as recorded in Science of September 23.

In reading it my heart sank within me as I failed to discern any trace of an intention to teach Natural History. Prom what you told me last winter, I had hopes that the study of animals and plants for themselves and in relation tjo their environment wuld be perpetuated in this institution but it seems that the powers that be havp ruled otherwise.

TTe left California unusually early this year, starting on the late afternoon of September 22, and arriving in V/ashington sixteen days later. We drove by way of the Lincoln, Victory and national Highways end were much inconvenienced

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Hoping to see you here this winter and with kindest regards to your wife and mother,

Very truly yours

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Mr* Herbert Lee Tenskee, Aleska_ My dear Mr. Leo:

The four bear skulls you shipped the Biological Survey about the end of August arrired safely and I have jupt examined them end am glad to have them, Ythile my fund for this purpose is badly shrunken, I am allov^irig you and your good wife $2C.OO for the lot, a. check for which amouDt -^ill be sent you frcir the Sbiithsonian in a few days.

Lrs. Lee must have good courage as wel.\ as being a good hunter. I congratulate you on I'^ving the right kind of a wife.

Very truly /f^rs

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October 31, 19£7

Ur. L. H. Twitchell IPlat, ileska

My desr Sir:

On returning from Celif ornia 1 find the

large hear skull which you shipped to the Biological

Survey sometime ego.

I em turning in a voucher for $10,00 for this skull, a check for ^ieh amount should he sent you fror the anithsonian in o few days.

Yery truly yours

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October 31, 1927

lu'r. C, A. Be vans Hoonah, Alaska Dear Sir:

After returning frcm my season's field work in California, I find the three bear skulls irfiich you shipped from Hoonah last June. I assume that the two skulls marked 'Port Frederick, I.eke Bay' are from Port Frederick, Ohicbagof Island; and tliat the i-nmatur© skull fror. Bsrtlett Buy was from the Bertlett Bey on the east side of Glacier Bty.

Several years ago I Tvas obliged to practically give up the purchase of bear skulls omng to shortness of funds. However, sinco you have sent these, I -Aill pay $15,00 for the lot.

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Mr, Fompeo txjrtinelli Lagunitas, Ceiifoniia Deer L!r. Martinelli:

Tlianki:^ for your letter of the 27th inst, which arrived very prcirptly today* I am very glsd to hesr from you end to know that things at o-ar hoiKe lock all right. It is good also that the rains nave heg^xn sc that after this the fire danger will be much less, and before lonp you may be able to burn thfi greet accunmlation of brush and trimmings on our

place*

I an\ enclosing check for ;*>7.00

for looking after the house las-, winter.

Vath best wishes and kind regards

to "^cix all

Tery truly yours

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Mr. N. W. Dorsey

iccountant, oiaithsoman Institution lueshxrigton, i). C.

Dear Mr. Dorsey:

Herewith I en handirg you my ^x^et.so account for October, amounting to $118.85, togethsr with the vouchers enumerated below, all of which kindly pay as usual from the Harriman Fund.

Very truly yours

Winifred t. Pojueroy, for services as stenoa-assc. r, ., - . Oct. 20-31, II c^,9

^eijaida ivierriam, assist. 13 days

A. h.Iwitchell, net. Alaska, Grizzly Be.-if Skull Herbert Lee, Tenakee, Alaska .4 Big Betr Skulls C. A. Bevans,Hoonah, Alaska, 3 Bear 3k-, 'is

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Dear Mr. Demaray:

Hany thanks for your courtesy in

sending me t-«o copies of 'llammals and Birds of ii:t. Rainier National Park,' which I am very glad to add to my library. It contains a vast air.ount of matorial of ppmanent value.

It will be interesting tc leena why the Grizzly Bear, perhaps the most interesting animal of the lit. McKinley region, was omitted froffi your publication on McKinley National Fork.

Very truly yours

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Movanber 5, 19E7

Dr. L. J. Cole

Secretary, iunerican Society of Naturalists uniyeroity of hisconsin jjusdison, ^(< is cons in

Bear Dr. Cole;

Responding to your letter in regard to the coming meeting of the Society of Naturalista, I recognize with regret the unfortunate difficulties in the 7/ay of date and speaker.

In view of these difficulties, which there appears to be no way of overcoming, I quite agree with your suggestion that, if practicable, our Society should join with the Botanical in the matter of dinner; and I am sure our members would enjoy the address which Dear Bailey of Cornell is scheduled to give at the Botanical dinner.

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Professor T. 0. Stephens Komingside College Sioux City, Iowa

Dear Professor Stephens:

Very many thanks for your courtesy in sending me the Septemher number of the Y/ilson Bulletin containing the biographical sketch of Otto Widmann. I am very glad to add this to my series of biographical notices of American natural- ists, and also am glad to know that Lir. Widmann is still alive.

With many thtnks and best wishes

Very truly yours

November 5, 1927

Mr. J# S. Henna

c/o San Francisco Examiner

3an i?ranciscc, California

My deer Sir:

Your letter of October 29th and accompanying newspaper article on Ycsemito Indians arrived safely.

I have scanned the aTticle and find in it the usual array of misstatements ii? regard to these Indians, ind is it not painful to see pictures of Oalifcmia Indians decorated with war bonne^^.^ o^ the Plains Indians— something that no California Indian in early days ever saw or heard of!

is to the picture to which you refer, it is impossible to comply with your request for the ^e of it. It tcok me sey^^vnl years to obtain permissiu'^^ from the aged artist *o ^sintod itjand permission was given with the distinct .Uers tending that it was to be used only by me perSi nelly in a technical paper on Yosemite Indians.

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Dear Sirs:

3ef erring to your undated circular letter received e few days ago, together with a relief map of Switzerland, would say that Switzerland is a long mj fix)m home and we already have excellent maps of its territory in the cdfrirable foreign atlases.

When sending sample maps to Americans, ifcy not send one of our own states. I, for instance, would be glad to see your mtips of California and Nevada*

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Dear Sir:

Your letter of October 21, addressed to ths Washifigton Academy of Sciences, hae been referred to me for reply.

Our North Americen Poxes are arranged in four groups as follows:

The Red Poxes, Vjilggs. fiilias. group, of the

northern parts of North America. The i:it Poxes, Ylili2£.g. aie<y;p.tij. group,

(including, also the Plains Kit ?cx.

The Arctic B*ox9S, Yulpca lag^P^- grc'jp,

regarded by some authors as constituting a separate genus, Hpjiei. . The irray Jj'oxes, genus VilQSimL, comprising a

number of species and subspecies inhabiting the southern parts of North imerict. and adjacent islerds of the West Coast end ranf:ing north to northeastern New Bnpland,

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Mr. micseU rxia Bismarck North D^:kota

Uy dear iir* Bo id;

Very iranj thanks for your courtesy in sending me a copy of your paper on the Birds and Llammals observed by Lewis and Olark in North Dakota^ ^lich I arc very glad to add to my Mammal library.

3omo yesrs ago 1 had the Mammal matter of Le\^is and Olark taken out of the Thwaites reprint for future use. Unfortunately there was difficulty in fixing some of the localities* It is good that ycu hpye done this for the North Dakota records.

With best m^es ^

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Dear Sir*

Knclosed is ay chock for $7,50 for which pieaaa 8«nd "River of the idat" -'oy Lira. V'ictur.aa advortized in your list No. 266 recently received ana herewith returned

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The announcement of the ..ctivitiee of the National Cffuncil of American Indiw^B durin.:^ the past two years has juac. ccT:e to hand. 1 .an. vexy glad to see that Mrs. Bonnin •'.aa been able to accanpliah eo much. I m mudi pleaaed also to see the appropriate and attractive picture on your letter- head. It ia ad;D?.rable.

I know riothing of the pending legislation for the roligf of Indiarm, but trust that something of importance may be accompli shod ciuring the coaing winter.

iy dues for trie current year are enclosed herewith (one a.:ll<tr).

Aith beat wiehea to ire. Bonnxn and youraelf.

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Deer Sir:

Thanks for your letter of November 11 and for

the California sheets of your >lew World Loose Leaf it las.

I am disappointed in your California product for several reasons: It carries far too many names in view of the size cf the sheet so that a perron nth ordinary eyesight cfiust use a reeding glass. In many places it is inaccurate, particularly in the courses and names of streams. For instance, on the south side of Clear lake in Lake County two stream.s are shc;7n instead of four and the name '^Finley Cr.'' is printed mid- way between the two so that it is impossible to say to which it belongs. Purtheimore, I am not a-^are of any creek by that name elthough I have woited about the Lake for n^rly forty years end made four trips there the past r^uraner. Neither did I ever hear of the place given - -. ♦ClMrlake* cu the east side of Lower lake on yoiur map, although it may be a recent name for 8 possible post office on one of the battling beaches on this side. The outline of the Luke itself is horribly distorted and oat of all proportion to its true fom.

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both from the scenic and agricultural standpoints, are nowhere indicated sc fnr b- 1 Jiave been able to see. But the most out- standing deficiency of both sheets is that they fail utterly to shov; tue splendid mountain ranges for .^ich the State is famous and which detemine most of its industries. The same is true of the notable deserts. I fail to see the names of =nch . outstanding features as the Colorado Desert and the tohaye Jesert.

Of ^hat possible usa are the multitudes of names printed about San Francisco Bay and the Los Angeles region? Many of them ere local place names xvhere there is only a single house and in some cases, es "Camp Tfeylor." for instance, no house at all To my mind, the thing is e horrible example of what not to do.

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Dr. H. C. Bumpus National Park Service Duxbury, iiassachusetts

Uj deer Doctor Bumpus:

It vvfis good of you to take the trouble to write me so fully about what Lr. Eussell, Park Naturalist, is doing in the way of natural history and life zone exhibits. I knew he was doing good work, but had no idea that he had gone into the exhibition matter so deeply. Of course, I feel complimented that he is making so much of the display of material illustrative of the life zones outlined by me so long ago, and it will gire me much pleasure to send him copies of more recent faunal maps then fne preliminary one to which you refer in North Ama-ican Fauna No. 3. I,,published several since then.

Are you now located in California, or ?*ere? Should be mighty glad to see you at any time when you have time to spare in Washington, or in summer at my field head- quarters at Lagunites, California.

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Dr. C. G. Abbot Acting Secretary Smithsonian Institution t/eshington, D.C\

Jeer Doctor Abbot;

Pardon mj delay in sending you the separate of my appreciation of \(illiam H. Dell from Science of April a last.

I am glad that you are going to reprint this in the Appendix to the Smithsonian Eepcrt as the demand for it ha? been so greet that there were nowhere near

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Very truly yours

tVould have replied earlier but have been wholly occupied ;vith the recent meetings of the American Orni- thologists' Union.

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Dear 3ir:

Replying to your request of the Idth instant for an article on Joctor v/illiam H, Dall, would say that I published an appreciation of him in Science of April 8, 19L7, I have no time to write another article.

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Defr.r I.'rs. Chase:

Thanks for notifying me thet the Journal of the ,/ashington Academy is running lojv on materiel.

I hfcve several articles in process of com- pletion ^nd.'.vhen they are fini?5hpd, if there is still room, will be glad to sena one of them to you.

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3£?'"5iego Scoiety of l^stural Hietciy San Diego, Gelifcrnia

Detr Sir:

i an anxious to obtain a nuriber of xu'blict;' tions of your Sccisty, and have taken the following tiM'ss from the list published on a paper by Laurence Huey.:

Ko. 1, l&Ol) 3, 1916 f;, lyiS.rVo.

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Deer ikir* Pittinan:

Thanks for yours of tte 14th instant enclosing a few photographs. I am reteininR the two small ones of the young coyote froir. espt of Moose tountain,isni the muskrat sleeping and the one of the muskrat hut, four in all, for i.ich my check of $8.L. is enclosed. Kindly send a receipt which I ii.cy use for a sub-voucher in the K'ovanber account.

I rs interested ir. the buffalo h'jmp photographs but they dj I net s-eir to me to show with sufficient clearness the fet tares they ver- intended to illustrate. ?urthermore, they seerred to indicate thit the animal was young inasmuch as the ..c' "pines in an old bull are Tsstly loiter.

Vdth best wishes,

"^ery truly yours

The print? not r->tained were returned to you by mail yesterday.

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l.rp. J. K. Sunderland 3£6 East lt9 Street Kew York C^ity

Ly dear i.rs. Sunder lend:

Your letter cf j^esterday, just rpc-'';f>d, gives

me a feeling of deep regret,

men you were here lest. Spring, I fully intended tc spend some tirri^ with the iL^rck Indians on KlaMth Hirer; but, owing to pressure of .vcrk in other parts of the Stale including several trips tc the same placeiin order tc find old Indians who were absent at previous visits, I v^es obliged to return to Vjsshini^on without going to the far ncrt' n part of the 3t^ite at ell, This .c^ i matU:c of ^^orious re- gret both on account of the information I expected to obtain for you and other informs ticn reeded in acnrsction with

my own w)rk.

I fully expeot to visit the Kl^msth country

eerly next season end, if ttet is not too late, shsll be very glad tc secure the date you msh.

l^t I am surprised ot the necessity for this information 8s 1 felt ^uit© sure that you h^ enough to meet the requirements of the Indian Office.

With regrets and kind rep ids.

Very truly yours ^

Nov©r.ber £2, 19E7

Mr. 0. li. Herding

President, Juvenile Protective Association

1000 Vermont Avenue

v/ashington, D.C.

My dear llr. Harding:

Your appeal for funds hits a soft spot in our hearts and I ^ery much regret that cur family is not in a position to help.

During the pest fe'^* years I have written your ci .>iii5oaticn from California at least tv^ice expressing our interest in the work c rd at the same time stating that our fardly is straining cur i treble resources in the- interest of Celifcrnie Indians, kost of these Indians, rs ^u may know, are v^^-ry mua- ir. need of financial ard sub?tartial aid. We fcelj them in the i^ey cf clothing and food for winter. 3inc« it is unwise in meet cases to give them cash, we generally aiTange with soinn responsible storekeepOT in the general region of the very reedy and have him deliver supplies at intervals tii^cu£^i the winter.

Since most of these Indians ere in extreme poverty, ©any of them vary old and unable to work, we havt felt it our duty to do what we cm tc help them out.^ This is t crly reason ve have not contributed to the Juvenile Pro- tective Association of Washii^ton.

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Dear Mr, Jepson:

Eoplyinn to your in^uirj as to vhether a chunk of lead weighinf] one pund, if dropped into t six- mile depth of oceen, would sink|0r staj somei^here bet;/een top ani bottom, would say that, bein^; c naturalist in?terd of a physic is? t. I did not feel quite {iualified to answer, 3o, I passed the ^usstion tc Doctor /red wri^ht, f distjn.

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Tery traly yours

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A letter just recoired from Dr. H. C. Eumpus uv.ith o OcivhoTt *ich 1 as-^ume was enclosed by mistake and which I, air. rvt.:rning h'erewiihj tells me of the good work you are doing in thc; my of exhibiting the life zones. This is a surprise as well i.s b aelight to me, J5ut Professor Bumpus tells me that you are ^rin^ my nap of 1890, published twenty- seven years ago! gives me tte shivers for the reason that I k:/. since published tt least fourxeditions, ^'^Tiile t^^- • \-j.oi ' ro on tec ^""-sll a so^le to make very much differ- ence w""^' '^' ^ treatment of Cf lifcvria nevertheless you r^liould btve the latest data. .1 therefore take pleasure in send in;; ^ou by this mail a set of the zone maps issued by me f?ince l^-v^^.

With best wishes,

7ery truly yours

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Mr- a«tj T. Schnittlcittd Pr«8id«nt, Strttford Corpany Bo8tofi« Leseachusette

Dear Sir:

Thanks for your letter of the Slst iwtantjor ^ich

ol)lig9d. I hare gone orer the manuticrlpt Bgain and think I hav* Mde it imifoiB in the. metter of spellingo and hyphens. I hate ra^ hyphens in the firat printing cf the Indian ;wrd and all along in th« headingB; but otherwise have indicated

that thej be printed eolid.

lour copy of the contract is •^.c^^sed^ herewith.

I an returning th e manuscript todayi^prepaid and insured.

The iUustretiona and index 1 expect to send you totnorrow

or the day after*

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for AB'-Pri-^*^*'^-

3ince writing you s fr* dsys «ge, I hunted throo^

my photoere^ of tfc.« La-riestftn ccnntrvf taken juat twenty yeers sgo^ jvitb the rstolt tlitt i here odded three tc thoM shoTnn ycu befor^aaking in all aeren. I think these will •dd greatly tc th» tain and appearance of the book.

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Replying to your special delivexy letter of yeater^* dagf» vould aay that in my letter of No?. 28 which accom jcmiad the mamecript, I said, *I have put Iqrphene in the first prints ing of the Indian word, and all along in the heading; but otherwise hate indicated th'^.t they be printed solid*. This ••ems to be the inforaation for which you ask.

I did make an exception, howeier, of the short words **To^'kis* and ySf^nul* as otherwise they mi^t be pronounced •Tok^* and Vamnil*. I do not recollect any other exceptions, thou£)i I may, of course, hafe made a few slips. If so I will I^ for their correction. So the printer had better follow

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Dear Mr. Doraey:

Herowith ie my expenae account for the moiatn of November amounting to $85.44. togoT^her »ith the vcuchara mentioned beloi.,aU of which kindly pay as u.ual froin the Harriman Fund.

Veiy truly yours

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Dear Doctor Kroeber;

Owing to even more than usual pressure cf accumulated work. I have delayed replynig to your letter of Oct. 27.

I had hoped to send Doc; tor Lowie the article about the boundary between the "Yuke- f the Mount St. Helena region and the Olayome of Ui6 ..ast side long be- fore this, and shall probably do so in a few daye.

No, I would not think of writing a new arti.J « on Indian pojulation in California at the present time for the reason that I .^,and ahaii be in the near future. completely orerwhelmed by more i.-nportant wort:. It must be remariced in paaaing, however, that sin... publiehin.^ .,y fomer article on the subject. I have obtraaed fret, Indiana the namea and eitee of several thousand additional villng.a.

I await with interest the iwblication of ^nifl fen's article on the Pit River region.

About the Karok: I carmot make axiy proi^iisew but shall be veiy glad to prepare the article you wi.h on Karok geography if I can possibly squeeze it in between

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Other pieces of work. I have the names and locations of raore than 90 of Vaeir villages as well as the tribal bound- HDfris. Xhey did not reach up atretiT. to "ieiad Valley ; that belonged to the Shaste.

In your Handbook (pa<ge 582) you say the "northaagT'Crn Llaidu call the Sortharn Paiute near them Mor^zi or iona. whjcli are evidently fonaa of Monachi and Hono*. Is not the word ^northwestern" in this case a slip for northeastem^meanihg Notokoiyo?

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Dr. John C. Uerriam, President Carnegie Institution of Washington

Dear J. C:

Replying to your inquirj- in bahalf of your friend Dr. Sarah Hobaon of Chicagj as to literature relating to the fintoon Indians of California, would flugges.t the follow- ing:

^ojl^s. Tribes California, Chap. 25 "The Win-tun", pp. 22^; -2^i>,

Handbook kner. Indians, Vol.2, "Wintun" p. 963, li*10. Kroeber, Handbook Calif. Indians, pp. 351-391,. 1.925. ^J^J'i'^^^ttn ^esi Ceremony, S. A. Barrett, UniVo Oalif. Pubs.,

Creationayths of Primitive America, Jeremiah Guri.in, lvU3. (a book of 532 pages mainly fintoon).

The above references are to the Wintoon propor. If your correspondent is interested in the fintoon stock as a whole, we should be obliged to include a considerable nunber of tribes which differ materially in langiaae and cuatoojB from the Northern Wintoon.

Very truly yours

Dec. 2, 1927

Dfo fram Boas Columbia University Ke«r York City

Uy de^T Drp Boas:

Replying to your letter of Nov- 26, would say ^ that I agt-ee with what you aay about nominating an Anthropolo- ciksiJfor the next laeating of the Jiational Academy, and also agree svioh you in your s^:jlect»ion of a candioate.

I have 5vrilten Professor Cattell.

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Mr Home© Baker, Sales Department btratford Company, Boston, Mass.

Dear Sir:

In compliance with j^our request of November 30, I am enclosing herewith a brief description of 'Annikr-L^ft] '^ together with an autobiographical sketch of my activities. This is much longer than you want, and I shall be glad if you will cut it down to suit your needs.

The addrass list* you ask for will bo forwarded in * day or two.

As to the word -Dr": it should appear on the cover and advertizing matter. On the title page I have written MD instead, but really do not care which you use. The point is that in my case it is not a decorativ^e title, for having practiced medicine and surgery a number of years, I am entitled to it.

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Dr C Hart Merriam, naturalist, physician, and ethno-

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From early boyhood his dominant interests were in the field of natural history. Beginning with insects and birds, which he commenced to collect in 1867, his activities soon expanded to cover mammals and reptiles, then marine in* vertebrates and plants, and still later the native Indian tribes of the far west.

Convinced that no man ever became a naturalist by book learning alone, he trained himself for field work, suid thoug)i for many years occupied in positions involving a dis« tressing amount of a(inini strati ve and routine detail, managed to carry on field work in nearly every state of the Union, in Alaska., Canada, Newfoundland, southern Labrador, and Bennuda.

When only sixteen (in 1R72), he was appointed Naturalist

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of the Govemnent Survey of the Territories (known ae the Hftyden Survey) and made extensive collections in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming

In 1875, while a student in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, he was appointed vacation assistant on the U.S. Pish Conmission with headquarters at Woods Hole, Massach-

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i^ter three yaers of laborauory work at Yale, faa entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, from which he was graduated in Feb. 1879. For seven years thereafter he parcticed medicine and surgery in Northern New York, with annual vacations in the field. In 1883, as surgeon on the SS *£iaiffllft' , he visited the Newfoundland Seal Fishery on the ice floes between Labrador and Greenland. In 1885 he or^nized a Division 6f Omitholoey in the Department of Agriculture and soon converted it into a Biological Survey of North Am- erica, of which he was chief for twenty-five years.

Amorig the more inportant of his Biological Surveys in the far west were those of San Francisco Mountain, Arizona, including the Painted Desert and a section of the Grand Canyon; the Death Valley region and nei^boring aeserts in California Nevada, and Utah; the Snake Plains and adjacent mountains of Idaho, and Mount Shasta in Northern California.

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Commissioner; and in 1900 again visited Alaska and Bering Sea as Secretary of the Harriman Alaska expedition.

In 1910 he resigned from the Biolo^cal Survey to con- time natural history and ethnological investigitions under a special fund established in the Smithsonian Institution by tfra. E.H. Harriman.

In addition to other exacting duties, he served on the U.S. Geographic Board for twenty years — ei^t years as chair- man; and was a member of a committee appointed by the Academy of Sciences to fonnulate plane for a National University at faahingtone

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Hi. sublicatio«s in Moloar. botany, and anthropology „bmc, upward of fi« hundrad titlo.. ^aong the «or, not,- „rthy of .Md. ara: Th, Bird, of Connacti «t (1^7* a-mala of «,. Adironda<^. ClSfl4); Blol.gloal 3»r,a, of 3an Jranci.co Mountain re^on and Daaart of Littla Color^o (1890): Oao- graphio Diatributlon of Life in North Africa (1892); Traaa. Shruba. Oactuaaa.and Yuccaa of th, Da.th Valley i^dition (1843); U.8 of Tampara^ure Control of tha Gaographlc Biatri- buaon of t,n,.trial talo»U a«a Plant. (1894); Ufa Son., and crop Jon., of tha Unitad 3taU. (1898), Biological Sur-ey

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(Boaialof Volmnn in Baring S.a (1901); of Mount iSiaata (1899)j)^Distribution of Indian tribe, in the

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California (1904); JJistribution and Classification of the

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Collector of Taxes Washington, B.C.

Dear 3in

Snclosed is o^ chdck on the NationsI Uetropolitftn Bank for $417. 41 9 the amount of the aecompai^i^ tax bill raceifed today^ including the penalty of $6el7e -

fill you kindly tell me lixy these bille are not sent to house ownen as they used to bet If the bill had been sent before falling due it would have been forwarded to my California address and would ha?e been paid at once. Busy men need a reminder.

Of course I realise that this penalty business is gpod fishing, adding materially to the District refenues^ but is it honest? It does not cost any more to send a bill iriien due than it does to wait until someone writes for itt the po stags being the same in both cases*

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Frod Locklsy Portland. Oregjm

Dear Sin

Your list No# 277 arrived several days aga and is returned herewith. I have not tried to read it ae it is altogether too faint for my old eyes.

Ihy ia it that you do not send receipts for money received for books? I have several times explained to you that the books I buy are for official use and that a receipt is required as a voucher before my account can be properly audited^ You sent no receipt for the last book r purchased, namely Urs Victor's "River of the West*. $7*o0. It is a nuisance to have to ask for a proper receipt every time I order a book.

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Al?ah Bufihnell Company 13th and Wood Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear 3ir:

Thanka for the sample Vertex File Pocket which you were kind enou^ to send me a week or two ago. I ilka it except for the bottan and shall be obliged if you wili send me 50 of them (letter size) for which my check oi $ft.l3 is enclosed herewith.

The only objection I see to this pocket is the stiff corrugations on the bottara which, unleas entirely full, throw the encloacu laanuscripts up unevenly and some- times injure the edge next to the bottom.

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Doctor Wilfred H* Osgood Field Muaeura Natural rii story ChicagL\ Illinois

Dear Osgood:

Thanks for your appreciative notice of fUortes, whose untimely end we all regret with deepest sorrow*

You jnd he must have haa a wonderful trip in Abysainnia ond must have obtained a conaiaerable nuraber of most interesting mammals and birds -- doubtless 8o»ae that are new.

We missed you at the recent A.O*U* meeting the first I have attenaed for some yeara. There were many new faces, but the older -nembers are disappearing rapidly.

With best wishes,

As ever yours

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Attention of M.d. Kinlene ^o. 14. 1927

Stratford Company, Publishen 289 Congress Street, Boston

Dear Sir:

Thanka for your letter of the 12th instant enclosing the firat four alleys of Annlkadel, In reply to your in- quiry, would say that I an entirely satisfied with the style of composition.

In the case of the words "JlRSt PBOPU^ and •ANIMAL PfiOPJiS* which occur a nunber of liiuea in the folume, please print either wholly in aaall caps or in caps and anall caps as you prefer.

In a previous letter to Mr Sohnittkind, I asked to have the Indian names hyphenated the first time they occur in the book, afterward printed solid with or without accents, as indicated. I asked also for two exceptions, namely JlWl and TS'-kis which I then felt should be both accented and hy«. phenated. But on seeing your proof I ■•• that the accent separates the syllables sufficiently, so that after the first use of the name the hyphen may be cxnitted. I think this will apply to everything except the Contents and Index, in both of vhich it seems better to retain both hyphens and euioent«.

In oases where you write out numerals having the

fraction i, please always write "a half", never •one half*. "One half is one of my pet abominations. ' —

I am returning proof and copy herewith, special deliv^iy,

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Dec. 15, 1927

Science Preas .

Grand Central rerminal New York City

Dear Sir:

Is it utterly impossible for your bookkeeper to follow instructions as to the mailing address of .Science and Science Monthly? I have had to writ,e you three letters this faffffn*o^a«^°cor^?ect miseenoinsB of icience.

And now on looking the matter up. I find I have not received the Science lonthlj for either Noveraber or December, after you had specific directions for mailing it. I shall be obli^d therefore if you will kindly have the Noveinber and December numbers of Science Monthly sent to me at my winter address. 1919 16th St.. Waahin^.on. B.C.

I m a very busy man and it certainly is exasperat- ing to be obliged to write five or six letters in order to have publication^aid for in advance, sent to my correct

address.

Very truly yours

Jr Henry C. Schnittkind, President The Stratford Company Boston, iilaeaachusett-a

Uy dear Sir:

Some days ago I sent '.?r Horace C. Baker of your de^-artment, a brief description of Annikadel, together with the autobiographic sketch he wrote for.

In compliance *ith his request, I am sending you herewith a rather extensive list of acquaintances and ucientific men, mainly anthropologiata and ornithologists — in 0.11 more than 14 hundred — which I believe will cover the addresses asked for. It has been quite a job.

ILr Ba.-cer asked for a list of immediate personal friends. I passed ray 73rd birthday a short time ago, so you will readily see that most of my intimate friends have gone before me. ^

Mr Baker asked also for a list of book sellers who mi^t make -rn effort to p^aah the book. I am not intimately acquainted wibh any bock sellers, but am enclosing a brief list of several who ..-li^t handle the book to advantage.

iVn enclosing also a list of periodicals likely to give a fair review of t.he book,

Yeaterd'iiy I returned four galleys galley proof re- ceived the previous afternoon^ togeVner witn an explanatory note to che publisher. I atu rnucn pleased with the typography and gene 111 makeup.

Very truly yours

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Kr U. 8. Kinlana 3t(«tfonl Qo.« Boston

DMtr Sir:

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A» to tiiB noinboring of footnotoi: In tho U3 thogr ard wmborid indoptadonily for OAoh jm^. I too no objoction to oontimous numboriqg for tho vbolo book.

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Mr R, S. Rodman Lakeport, California

My dear Mr Rodman:

la there such a thing aa a good aap of Clear LiaJce ahowiing with reasonable accuracy the various points and islands? If bo, and you will kindly tell me whors it may be obtained, I shall be greatly obliged.

With kind regards to yoursalf and 'Jrs Roduan from all of our f??/nily.

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Chief Clerk Indian Office *aahinston, D.C.

My dear Sir:

• I shall be obliged if you wUl kindly send mo

two copies of the last Report of the Indian Office, oeveral times recently the California news-

papers have mentionea a man by the na-ne of C.W. Sells (variou.lj written as Cells ruid Dells). He was mentioned 9.3 in charge of education at Riverside and also aa lec- turing in various places. I do net know any such man. ana m wonaering if he could have replaced Professor. T.i, Censer aa superintondont of Shennan. Can you tell we who he is?

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Mr Laurence \L Huey Museum Balboa Park San DiegD, California

"iy dear Mr. Huey:

The duplicate copios of your papers, for iL-hich I wrote some time ag),liave arrived, along with several by F. Stevens, for all of which I am very much obliged.

But the bill for these was neither in your lettor nor with the pamphlet;;, I had previously received and paid a bill from the society for several papers incluaing dup- licates of some of those, but no bill for those you last sent. This is embarrassing. and if you will le^j me know the price I will r^nit at once.

Wich best wishes fjr your forthcoming trip into

the P9nninsuj.a,

Very truly yours

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Dec- 19, 1927

Editor American Forests 15^3 L 3treot II. W.. Washington, D.C.

Dear 3in

A^in I regret to feel obliged to call your attention to a very unfortunate feature of your Doceaber numbe r.

An article by liiss iJargp^ret R. Davis, beginning on pag*i ?32, tells about a pet ^hitetail Deer fawn from Louisiana. The atricle is interestingly written ana uhe picture of the fawn on the first page is pleasant to look at. But why on earth have you put a blemish on the whole thing by introducing a picture of a Rocky 'aountain Liule Deer buck, thus throwing discredit on th^- article itself -- for the picture is labelea "Jim ~ grown up now". And how could such a faked picture, with the forehead mutilated and the antlers coming out of the ears, pass anyone's scrutiny?

Is it not a pity that so useful a journal should be defaeed by fakes and untruths?

Very truly yours

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Dec. 19, 1927

Mr Edward Howe Forbush State House. Boston

Dear Mr Fro bush:

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Please accept my sincere thanks for the second volume of your great book on the birds of Massachusetts, just received. It is a matter of congratulation, not only for yourself and friends, but also for ornithologists in general to possess such a complete and beaA;ti fully il- lustrated work.

With best wishes.

Very truly yours

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Or Gilbert Orosvenor Pr»«ident Kational Geograihio Society

Dear Or Groavenor:

Toki r^ advanta^ of your kind of far of the 14th inetant, I am returning hertvith the blank aent me. with the apacea filled vilb the addreaaea of peraona to vhom I ahonld be very i^ad to have the 3ooiety*a bo<rica aent, aa indioated.

Thanking you for the pxlvilegi.

Very truly youra*

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Dec. 21. 1927

Mr P. Martinelli

Lagan itas, California

Lly dear Mr Marti nalli:

Your letter which came today ia most velccaae. fe are delisted to know tliat you have buinad the bruah. and that there ie no Borioue leak in the houwo; and we are glad also to know that all of you are well.

In accordance with you memoranduai, I am including, herewith a check for $12. oO for the briish burning

We have been having a Bevere cold spell ^ith a very eharp stiff wind from the northwest, which is just btginning to let up a little.

A letter came this noon from our oajughter Dorothy, saying that she and her husband and children leave Cam- bridge tomorrow morning for Washingtor^ to bo ^ith us over Christinas, which is gpod news.

With kindest regards to you all from ail of us.

Very truly yours

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Dec. 21, 1927

Mrs Helen 0. Trotter 5314 Shaftt^r Avenue Oakland. California

My dear Mrs Trotter:

Your letter of the 15th instant is good news. I sm more than ^;;lad that I may have the benafit of your expert aoai stance in the near future; and I shall be glad to Irnve you begin as soon as you can conveniently close your hcuso in Oakland — the sooner the better from my standpoint.

with best wishea.

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And ftrtUxH^iv, ht think! jrou an» youne •nuf to lai«rHit«A in a iwt £t«ld"«bich in lay oaa* it in* ai#t dM*I«| Into a valuablt aralttaai for m.

^j vojk if in g/mtnl natixral histoxy tid tnthro'* joiQ6jr« fxoa both out- and indoor iitonda.

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Franciscan Fathers

Santa Barbara, California

Please send me one copy of each of the follow- ing volumes: San Diego Mission, Santa Barbara iission, Mission Dolores, and San Gabriel ♦Mission for which I am

enclosing a check for $10.60.

Very truly yours

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Please do not fail to send receipt.

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Dec. 27, 1927

Aiyah Buahnell Company 13th and Woods Streets t'niladelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Sirs:

On December 9 I sent you ^ check of $8.13 for fifty of your Vertex Pile Pockets, ■n.ese have not yet been received, but I have a telephone messa^ fr^ the Biologic.! 3urvey stating that a package erroneously addressed to me at the S.aithsonian Institution has been 3ent to a roo. I 3o,-netimes occupy in the National Museum. This may be the file pockets in cjuestion. But why on earO. ahould you send them to the Smithsonian Institution more than two miles away from my office when my address. 1919 16th Street, is plainly printed on my letterheads?

Very truly yours

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Sr Henry T. Schnittkind, President The Stratford Co., Publishers Boston. Mass.

My dear Sir:

In accordance with our contract for the

publication of Annikadel, ^lley proof of irhich has

just been recieved. I am enclosing herewith my check

for five hundred and seventy five dollars ($575).

Am reading the proof and will return vi .

few days.

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Mrs Helen Oo Trotter 5314 Shafter Ave Oakland. Calif,

?Jy dear'iJra Trotter:

Your* 8 of Dec. 28 just received. Glad that you may be expected soon after the middle of the month.

But don't hunt for me at the Smithsonian for I'm not there as a rule more than two or three times % year. At both ends of the line (Lagxnitas and Washington)

my office is in my house.

Very truly yours,

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Pruitt 1^ Zinntrnan 243R l^th Stmt Vaahingbon, D,Q,

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Dear Sin:

Xncl99ad is my check for $135*46 in payment of your terrible bill,

Cta you tell m« positivftly iribethsr wire n^ata were placed in aU the downapout openings? I apoka to jour man aeveml tiraea about thia and want to be aure that I am protected agaiinat the apring nesting materiala alwaya brou£^t by the SngLiah Sparrowa.

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Mr N.W. Dorsey, Accountant Snithaonian Institution Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr Dorsey:

Herewith is my expense account for the month of December, amounting to ;&63.08, together with the accompany- ing vouchers listed below, which I shall be obliged if you will pay as usual frcxn the Harriman flind*

I am including a sulC^'^ucher for Mrs Victor's, iUver of the West, $7.50, which should have accompanied the Novem- ber account, but had not than been received.

With best wishes and greetings of the zeacm

Very tmly yours

Zenaida Merriam, services as assistajit Barbara Hasting services ab assistant Mrs Mabel P. Hollister, services as assistant Mrs Grace G. Money, services stenog- typist

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The Stratford Corapajiy Ur tL S. Kinlens 2fl9 Congreas otreet Boston, Hiassadmsetts

Uy dear Sir:

The ffUley proof of Annikadel (gpilleyB 1-52)

arrived several days agj and is herewith returned with

corrections.

In sending me page proof be sure to send tjw copies 80 that I may have one to work with in pe-ging the contents and index. Also please be sure to return this corrected gpilley with the page.

I assume that you will hold the contents until the book is in page so that the pages may be correctly entered. If you wish me to attend to this, please return manuscript contents, pages 3 and 4. But if you set con- tents without returning to me, please follow copy for Iqrpbens and accents.

Very truly yours

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Hon. Lynn J. Trasier Senate Committee on Indian Affaire

January 9. 1928

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And the Indian Service, once supposed to goard their interests, appears to have faced about in order to defend the Govemnent agpiinst the just claima of the Indians*

What good does it do California Indians to know- assuming that they do know~that the Indian Office has a rep- resentative in Sacramento and another in southern California? How are they to raise the money necessary for a trip of several

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hundred miles— perhaps nearly a thousand— to see one of. these men? And if they should succeed in finding him. nhat reason is there to believe that he would help them?

In the few cases I have known where one of these Govemnient agenta had actually visited an Inidian village or res- ervation and promised to come again, I have yet to find the Indian or place he has visited a second time.

Not very long ago an Indian agent in California collected njoney (70 dollars I believe) from a white man for pasturing his stock on an Indian's land. When the Indian owner asked the agent for his money he was told that nothing was comimg to him, the money col- lected being necessary for the agents automobile expenses, and so on.'

Is it not proper to ask, in view of the well known confiscation of Indian lands by the whites throu^out the length and breadth of California —lands that have brou^t our people hundreds of millions of dollars without the payment of so much as a dollar therefor, what we have given them in return? The answer is obvious: starvation, tuberculosis, gonorrhoea, syphilis, blindness from trachonaa and neglect.

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Jan. 11, 1928

Dr Ciiarles G. Abbott, Secretary Smithsoniaji Institution Waahington, D.C.

Dear Dr. Abbot»t:

The good news that you have finally decided to accept the Secretaryship of the Smithsonian, and have actually been appointed, came to us in the evening paper. It is reassuring to know that the policies of the Insti- tution will suffer no radical interruption.

While the duties of your hi{^ office will necessari ly continue to encroach^ perhaps increasinglyi on your time as an investigator, your friends foel that the splendid work you have been doing will be carried on under your watchful eye by assistants you have yourself trained.

And it ia good to know tliat an end has come to the feeling of unrest incident to the uncertainty of the past months concerning what the imponoing change of head mig^t mean to the Institution. This will be a relief not only to the staff of the ^nithsonian, but also to lbs numerous collaborators ana admirers.

With best wishes and kindest re^rds

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DgRj- hlr. Lopez:

Xcur letter of Decen^er 12 reached re in dij; course and

1 should h^.ve replied earlier except for the fact that there hac ECt bcoa rv-;h to say. I have he^r to both- the House ami the Senate Ccmmittees en Indian Affairs but have not leHTnee much of interefrt. The Lee Bill (H.P.. 491) you already have. I an en- closiri", iierewith a copy cf a r.eneral Vill introduced by the C'r.c.iri!«.n of the House Committee, Llr. Leavitt (H.R. V031). It^is latter bill is intended tc replace a siicilar bill relating specif- ical"iy to the Indians cf California. This one covers all Indians ir. W.h Tnited Stetes and, es explained in tl£ bill, turns over tr ?t£.te authorities the part of the annual apprcpriaticn for the cr^ ..-.f li-.e sick and aged.f.-d for education. It is a ffood bill and I fnink it has a got^d chance of parring.

You ask me particularly to tell you j^ost what the Lee 3ill m'^ans. This is miphty terd tc do because the bill covers 8 lot cf iT.certpinties. .Uill.it is bo^tor than the old bill vi.!:iuh it replaces. If this bill shonld pass, t'x- fii?t trouble will come when it is neces«ar; tc find out hov? rr.uch^land .va' ret aside in tlie diffT^nt reservaticns located by the Oofrmiispi oners

it

(3.L.)

in 1351 and 1852. Not one of t'lece r-^^.^n,-

e. ♦, , . ■ reservations was surveyed

50 tlere must be a rcn^ ')«oT r

,^ood deal rf guess ,,vork in trying to apr^e

on now ,n,ueh l«nd each one covered.

^^nothcr objectionable feature of the bill is that it ' provides that expenditures .nder specific ap.ropna tions for the

support ard civilizaticn of Indiar-^ ."n n t^ •

, - « indiah^ in California may be pleaded

by way of set off. Thic np^no fu * ■, P-Leaaea

tK, T r . '^' "^°""*^ ^° ^^P^^'ded by

t^e Indian Bureau ^milf^r onr^/..-.^-

. ,. , . '^'^ '^''''^'' appropriations for California

„ . , "'■'■ ^^ ■'-"" "^J •>» ieanct.a tTcr, the total

mo<:nt do. tte Irdism und,r this Wll.

i. f.t .,'"" ""'■■" ''^«='"-«- f-'- f- ., standpoint '■■ t:.t .he ncnoy appropriated ior Oalifcrnia Wia„e, „ the bill .3 p,..ee, .,^r,,«in i„ the ,M ted States Tre..„r, and can rot b.c.,e .eilao^ for the Indi.n, .„til anotter hill i, ^,,,/ ^11 ^f thi, ,in t.,e ti„ .„, „„ „„, ,„„„ .„,, ^,_^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ■'lil be.

The eld Kehn Bill W83

not ri'?-! if.

vastly better,but Congress would

«ith best wishes tc yon all.

^/ery truly your?

671

2T9

JOT!. 17, 19^.

kSr. rtelter L^oodv Lontgomety Creek, Geiif.

My deer Sir:

Keplyirr tc your letter of Jer.usry IE just receivgd,

would sey thi.t I h£.ve beer tc toth the Hcjse and the Senate Qoni- mittee3 en Indian .".ffeirs but hfivf; rot lesmed ruch of intereft. I am .enclosing herewith copies of the Loe ^.ill (H.F,.491) snd of e Penersl bi 11 introduced by the Oheirman cf the llouas Ccru'.ittee, "Mr. leeTitt (H..?..V03l). This lett-r bill is intended to replace a sv-^LT bill relfctinjp specifically tc the Indians of Cslifoniis. ThiF cue cc7Fr? all Indians in the United States end, as ex- plained in the bill, turn? cvor to stfite authorities the part cf the annual cp^-rc prist ion for the cere cf the sick and aged, snd fcr Gducsticn. It is e f,oce bill and I think it has a good

chi;nce cf pas'jir^c.

Ycu gsk -^e particulurly to tell you just n-het the Leo Bill -"v-ns. Th.is is righty licri tc dc becouf-e the bill covers a lo^ '^ uncertaintiee. .^till it It better thafi tl^ old bill which it replaces. If thi= V.'-'. rhrvld ;-ss , the firet troublfi •jvill come when it is necessary to find out her, ruch land was set aside in the dlffereut reserve tiers located b} the Ccmmissi oners in loiil c.r.a 135^. Vet one of t'-er- -^--m ticns ^s S'jrveyid,

673

BL t!x rc -St be a good dcLl cf guess work in tryirg tc agree on hov? ir.ucli land eec\ one cohered.

/.nether cbjecticnt^ble feature of the bill is that it presides that expenditures under specific appro pria tic ns fcr the support and civilization cf Iiidians in Califcmia ir.ay be pleaded by vaj of set off. ?hls -sans th^t the amounts 3C expended by the Indian Bureau ur.der specific appropriations fcr Califcmia Indkns during the past 75 years rr-ay be deducted from the total amount due the Indians uivler this bill.

Stiir tnctber objectionable feature from ray standpoint is tliat the rcney appropriated fcr California Indiana, if the bill is passed, mu^^reMin in the United States Treasury and can not become available for the Indians until another bill is passed. ■ All cf this ^vill take time, and no one knows just what the cutccre will be.

The old Kahn Bill 7«s vastly better but Ccr^ress ^uld not pass it.

With best wishes to yen all.

Very truly ycurs

4. .VVi.

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J8P. IV, ISES.

Lr. Jeck Williams i-A i r. C. E. l^appy Likely, Calif crraa

Ly dear Sirs:

It hrs been a lor.o; tims sirce yovir letter

came, telling re that yovr people had appoint ed tr.e fc? your special represent;;. tive at Yiashinstor tc try to in- fluence Congress in ycur betelf during the legislation

of the present wirt^r.

I should hfiTo replied sccner but there has really been nothing tc say. I h&ve been to both the House and 3en-:te Ccmr.ittees on Indian Affairs sr.d have obtEiriOd ccpies cf a ocu ;le cf bills which 1 m ee-ding

jcu herawith.

These bills fre novj before Congress but nc ore

k-r vs w>Bt acticn Tvill be taken on tJiem. As scon as snythit^ does lieppen I will lefpu know.

Vf'ith be!?t wishes to you all.

Ycry truly yours

C , V» "'<£.--) **^ *

•J.an. 17, 1928.

ofV;: -^x ilclnes, Librarian oe^ttxr, jrost Inteili^^er.cer oeattis, i(£.shinptcn "

Dej-r Sir;

In c,c cor if. rice ;vith your request of Jaraar,- l.I have -.^itten v. I. {lackey of Green I^iver, ■.ycruir.g, in reply tc his inc^uiry about big bears, A carbon cf r.y letter is enclosed here- m t h.

^ery tx^uly /ours

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J^n. 17, 1928.

Lr. t. U Heckey

Box 27

Green River, Vifyoming

My dear Sir:

Year letter of Deceial^er 15 addressed to tne Seattio

Post Intelligencer has been referred to me for reply.

The largest bears in the world e^r^ believed to be these on Alaska Peninsula ai^d the neighboring Kcdiak Is lend, although the big bear on the north side of Yakutftt Bay ie s close second for size. The name of the big brown bear of the Alaska Peninsula is Ursus gyes. The name of the one jU Kodiek Island is Ursus middendorffi.

It is hard to tell which is the larger of these two. Both are enormous animals. The ilaska Peninsula species is lorg'^r and has a longer and nerrower skull. The Kodiak Island one is v^ry thickset and has a remarkably high and broad skuli. The maximum n^eights of these species are believed to be bet^wen 1700 and 2C'CX) pounds, but there is not in exister^e, so far as I am aware, any absolute weight of a ?AioIe bear, the animals being so big that they are usually weighed in several parts. The TOi^t of the escaped bleed is estimated, but tlie estimate is based on known figures for cattle.

Very truiy yours

i\

Jan. 17, 1SE8.

ir. K. if. Dorsey, Accountant onithsonion Ins I it ut ion V^ashinpton, D.C.

Dear i'.r. IX)rsey:

Ple^^se pardon my delay in acknowledging your kindness and promptness in sending me the annual statement of the Harrim^n Fund. It agrees y a penny with our account here and thsrefore is ••' "^t satisfactory.

With best wishes.

Teiy truly yours

' ^^ ^^^I^^^R*^ ■

8T8

Jan. 17, 11;E3.

Eics Alice ■?astv?ood

Academy of Sciences Golden Gcte xark

Deer Miss Eastwood:

^Q greatly appreciate the trouble you

took in sending us the taracnita evA Gorrya in flower, end are particularly pleased to know that they carr-.c from our rrountsin. Glad you did not slip on that bank "?hen you :«re ^fter thcrri. The specimens arrived in good condition and f^re dec- crating a stand in my strdy. I apologize for the delay in scknov/led^ing your kindness, but as usual I am cbmplotely cverrThelmed v;ith work.

Viith best wishes tc you all.

7ery truly yours

• i

679

Jen. 17, 1S28.

Kr. P. L:artinelli Lagunitas, California

Deer Mr. ly;artinelli:

We were glad to receive your letter of January 3 and to know ttet you and your family were pleased with the cattle bock. li?e also think it a fine book.

We -are glad to know alvso thr.t you are having plenty of rain ard that you all are well.

Last fall I biased a lot of trees between cur house and 3preckel5'. I think they are all sufficiently well mariced. Cculd you find time to cut them or supervise their cutting? The. trunks \rA(^.t be cut in two or three lengths and left j^^ear where they fall, but the branches and brush shcnld be burned. Probably they cculd be burned on the read imji;ediately be lew. If you can attend tc this and send no the bill, I shall be fjreatly obliged.

Vtith best wishes tc you ell from all of us.

lerf truly youra

089

Jan. 17, K£S.

Kr. Charles H. Baxter Whitehorse

Yukon, Uaneda

My deer Sir:

Your l3tt9r inquiring if I am still in the market for grizzly bear ykulls has been forwarded to me.

• I am not able tc pay the hi^ prices fcrr.erly paid for bear skulls but am still gled to purchase good skulls fcr moderfcte prices rar^ir^ from $5,0(j to $10.00 each for fully adult skulls, according tc sex £*d locality. Old male skulls, of course, are w:rth nuch more than feaale and Liimature skulls.

Can you not give re a list of looalities with relative fige end sex of the skulls you have en hand? is to 6£e, it will be encu^^ to say young, middle-aged or eld.

Very truly ycurs

•ML

681

Jan. 17, 1S28.

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Mr. Irnest T., Seton Greenwich, Conn

Dear 3etcn:

Your letter of December 31 arrived duly^ but until

now I have been under too much piBSsuit to r.xanine my files

fcr the flyinc sc^uirrel clippii^ you asked about. I have

just looked ard ar. scrry to' say thiit I hf.ve it not, so can

not help you. .

Bet-fleen us I might remark that while I was an ardent sdrirer cf, and cortrioutor to.FpjPst end Streajn dirirc t^-e long period cf editorship under George Bird Grinncll srd Ghsrles Hellock, I became very tired of it under its more recent administ ration end finally ^uit tckirg it. And I suspect thai; the clipping ycu mention, if it caTr.e from Fp_r?s.t. end Stream, appeared during the period "Ixn I \va<? not taking it.

With best wishes.

■ Very truly yours

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^" i a» late iu sctec^l.^ - «"^ the little booHr ««, r ^"'-'^"^ ^^- i«»t lettn-

^" ^'^^•. It centals . sorpri-i:^., C '"^ "^^

"^ - the I.^,,, ,, ^^^ 7:'-^^^ ^^ -ant of ^,^

^ w «ila >p get a^nrr fy^. -^

»^~^y -1 .au., ^^, ^ j; ^ ^"'" -^ I w

C»» no.!..™. ""* "»« W" d«^ 1 „« {,

le cr^ hoplnp t^rt th? r^fH t»^i«tert i? turning

i TT€l heljp ard that !» will icrk intc your perticuler

tu^rai** tsc ttet ir. tl;e near futw^ ycu may "be able to hsive

^ little ti!!« tc run •round.

^ith Icrr* tc yco all, in which Tlia^beth end Zwnaida jcin.

5t eTf^r vciars

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Original Defective

1^89

Jan. 18, 1928.

Dr. Carl Hortman Cfcrnegie Institution Baltimore, keryland

Dear Dr. Hsrtrian:

Your letter -f t^e 4th instant in regard to weipiita of be.rs ut birth in comparison -vith ttet cf their mothers reached ' me duly, but unfortunately I arr. not oble to supply the informa- tion ycu wish.

\/e \^re several reliable wei^^hts and r.*sures cf cubs at birth but in no case, so ftr .s I kno.v. t'e weight of the mother.

In Lorest m± itrgfia of October 18, 1888 (page un- forlun^tely cut off in my clippinc) the weights and .ea^sure.ents • cf three cub Grizzlies.born Jan. 10, 1380, aro as follows: first oub. length nose tc tip cf tail 9 i;q ^^^^^^ ^^.^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ _

second cub. lencth 10 1/4 inches, weight 1 lb. 2,^ oz. ; third cb' leneth 9] inches. ^i,ht 1 lb. 2 oz. These re.ru:..ent. wore inade by Charles Dury erA published in the Journal of the

Cincinnati Society of Natural Hiotory, April 1881.

Komaday quotes Dury for the followir^ data concerning a cub three deys eld: length 9^ inches; .veinht 1 l\. £ oz.

i rellowstcne fark Grizzly in trB National Zoological

Park it .tisKinptcr rave birth fcr t-jir rv ^•^,v.« v /

t ve oirt.. cc tAC- or three cubs (number m-

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certain) Jan. 15. 1913. One cf those cubs.rr,*sur.d by ..yself ' . on Jan. 20. the day of its death, measured 230 mm. (9 l/l6 in.) and weired 9 oz. 4 ^rams (weighed bv H.H.T. Jackson). The mother cf this cub on Lay 14. 1912 -.veighed 390 lbs. This comes nearest to wh. t you .^nt of any of my reconis. I h.,.e a photo- graph of this cub on the day of its death wten five days old. along ^th t'le descriptior of external features. ' '

Concerning the Black Beer cubs. I have a considerable nuir^bcr of clippings and pamphlets dealing >vith the dates cf birth and number of young in a litter, but very little as to weight. A. B. Baker tells of a Yello.vstone Paric Black Bear received at the National :.oologicc.l Park in ;7ashing.tcn en October 15. 1893. She gtve birth to t.vo cubs on Feb. 4. one of wFdch was ac'cidentallj killed the day after its birth .and weighed 9 oz.. while its length «as 8^ in. (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 45, papc. 178, published Jan. 7, 1904.)

- The late Arthur I^rwin Brown. Superintendent cf the IhilUelphia -oological Park, mentions the birth- cf four cubs cf the European :Vo'.n Baor. Jh:^ isrjltj^. f rom Pussia. One of tHgoe cubs, .hich d.ed at t^^ end cf 36 hours, was photographed, veighed, and reac^uned. It wns 7} inches ir length and weighed 12 3/4 oz. A3 usual,r.othinc is said as tc the weight of the mother. (Forest ft®. ^tre.£jn, prge 34, ?eb. 4, ltl99)

Pegrctting my inability to furnish you tte kind cf in- ftnnation you wish,

■^ery truly yours

888

Jai. 18, 19i£..

Mr. W. P. True. Editor omithsonian Institution

Detr l!r. True:

Owinr' to more than usufil pressure cf bccumulsted ■,crk I k.7e only to-day been .ble to look orer the proof of r,y article on Dsll, which you sent r^e sere days ago. I note tfxat it 13 ret ycnr practice to follow^iterelly as to punctuation and caps. While this nay be a minor matter, it substitutes the editor's preferences for the author's.

But I do object to lo;»er casing titles, oarticular^y the substance of the title. Per instance, in Dall's'Lis.t otBirds £l~4]£3ka,. ^irds you will a^ree is tHe ..important .ord In tl^'^Ule 3.mi].rly m Pood Pishes cf Alaska', Pishes is the domna^t^^iord ' and so on. Nevertheless I find these important .crds set up in lower case in the proof. I very much object to this.

The proof is returned to you herewith end T shall be obliged if you will see that the thlrtytl^/r^' ,„„tioned are sent to my address. There ^r. so many cells for the original articl. that my hundred separates fell well short cf supplying the de^nd.

VeT7 truly yours

-n

687

Jan. 13 ,

Dr T. 3. Palmer Biological Survey Dept. Afjriculture

Dear Doctor PaLnier:

Kot long ap,o you ^A?rote me that for personal and gcientific reasons it seemed important for rre to put on record the history of my i;vork in the field of Geographic Distribution. Your argument was convincing and I acted

accordingly.

Now it i? ry turn to try to convince you that it

is hghly desirable from both personal and scientific

reasons for you to coir.plete and publish the Supplement to

vcur a..<.O.E., known also es lidejL ^im^rm fe^^^Uum* issu<

tv7enty-three year^ ago.

Trusting that you will give this serious consid-

erttion end act accordingly,

Very truly yours

888

Jen. 18, 1928.

689

Ihe^tratfcrd Co. ijoston, Less.

My dear Sir:

i»i8t ha? becorr* of ArmikEdel? On January 6 1 returned the r^alley with a letter to you and kave heard no thine since.

Very truly yours

*\W^t^

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Jan. "^^ , lt;*.3.

My deer Tr^. Y&n 'Jev^rtf^r:

Thinkir^, thrt ycu might be interested in looking over sore photograph? cf Celifornie scen- ery, I ar tc^king the liberty of sending some here- with, fflid 2*i8ll be glr^ *-- follow with others.

These ^ere tcken 8 long time ego end maaj ere foied. Leter on, if you care to see ^em, I will send sone larger and better ones.

Please don't sttemyt tc re^ly but merely

send t?ord by the tnessenger ^ho brings these back

md I will have another batch ready.

With kindest regards andbert wishes for your full recttvciy.

Ver7 trul ^ours

Mrs. Willis Tan Deventer rteshir/rtcn, D.C*

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Jan. ::i, 1523.

Hon. Lynn J. Prssier, Cheirman Committee on Indisn ''f fairs United States Senate

My dear Senator:

Will you be kind enon^^ tc send me half a dozen copie8 of the Hearing held by your Com- mittee on or about January 10th on the subject of an Investigaticn of the Indian Bureau or of Indian Affairs, and greatly oblige.

Very truly yours

\-

691

Jan. £1, 1928.

??^.?*„^^^°l2y Stevens Ui>0 Bay Street

1 1*»

ar Dr Stevers :

Do you happen to know whether tte real ostate people ■ '^ .^70 been bcoming Olear Lake resorts for the past three or iom- years have issued any map or maps of the Lake?

tiore tJian s month ego I wrote Lr R. 3. Rodman (addressing him at lakeport) asking the sams question but have had no reply.

I have reasonably large scale maps of the Lake but they are deficient in names. What I want is a rodern r^p show- ing the I!9I!!ea^ill_cisLrenljise_forJv^^

P? 15:5 s^^nd__ islands abciit the lake. Soire of these I do not find on any of my rriaps. J-K****^ t-^^-^t-**. w-v

Please do not bother about this if you do not happen

tc /:now.

Our streets are still free of snov? 2nd the sun is shininr, brightly, but it rained .yesterday and is very cold today.

!/ith love from all of us to all of vou.

As e^er yours

068

Jan. 1^1, ISSB.

Hon. Lvnn J. Freaier, Cheirman Committee on Indien ■'Affairs United States Senate

My dear Senator:

'Will you be kind enon^V tc send me half a dozen copies of the Hearing held by 3^0 ur Cera- mittee on or about January 10th on the subject of an Investigaticn of the Indian Bureau or of Indian Affairs, and greatly oblige.

Very truly yours

t-

691

Jan. a, 1928.

?o,?- Barclay Stevens Ui>0 Bay Street ilaneda, Oslif

i'Tar Dr Stevers :

Do ycu happen to know whether tte real estate people w»: .j-'re been booning Clear Lake resorts for the past three or fo:a- years have issued any map or maps of the Lake?

llore tlien s month ego I wrote Lr P. 3. Rodman (addressing him at Lakeport) asking the sams question but have had no reply.

I have reasonably large «»cele maps of the lake but they are deficient in names. What I went is a rodern m^p show- in,-? the I}9nis..ia..CBirent_use_forJ^^

ppints_^nd_Xsiejids abait the lake. 3on;e cf these I do not find on any of my naps. ^-K*..Jk> »~%c%-^ts-v )u,LCtw.

Please do not bother about this if you do not happen tc I'irov,-.

Our streets are still free of snow 2nd the sun is shininc brightly, but it rainod yesterday and is very cold today.

\;ith love from all of us to all of }iou.

^ ft

ver yours

298

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Jn. 25. 192B,

Mr. J. I. Garwtt. Pip««id«ot ««?t SooBd lisaii inery Depot Settle, Waihington *^

ll7 d«Br Sir:

lour Ug BMr akull anired duly and I l»Te compared it with oor larsa akolla of the aama Ipviea (IIaLaL.aiyt) in ti Katioaal HMaom.

It it a littta larger thin our laigeat apeeiaea but 1» not quite ao large aa a akoll is the Mnaton of Coi^ratlve Zoology at Beitaley.ebtained by Ittaa Amie lleiander.

»• greateet length of your akoll (froi front teeth to tip of oeeipital oreat) is appraxiaately IBi inehea. the

■•anr«ant of her tkull ia alightly aore than 18 7/8 inahea. aUoat 19 inohea. 9ie hreadth of your ekall aorosa Ilia qrgoMtie arohea ia approziMtely U 1/4 inohee. h*-» 11 3/4 inohea. It ia lapoaaihle to take aoooriite «e8s-.r-«»nta of your ikuU for the reaaon that it ia unelaned end ih» osier jav ia atill attaohad.

tte jaw. aa you deaozibed. ia oirioualy Aeforaed, t!»a Itft aide haring been biok« iii« the «ii«l i«e young ao that the froat part not oajy ptotnidea bat it a«ui« around ao far f»« ita nozMl plana that I do not aee ho« it could poaaibly

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out grae. or other a«ll plant, on .Moh thia apeoiea nor-ally feeda to a laxge extent.

It ia a huge akull and I m obliged to you for letting «• aee it. I «Lah ae kne. id»t the bear wighed. I m obliged alao for the infcmation you gare »e about thia bear and his traila and batj^tuba.

fte largeat akmi of fioM^aa in our collection i« apprwiaately 1/4 inch ahorter than youra(in greataat langthi.

Vaiy truly yonra

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Jan. 25. 19&8.

Br 0. I, Qntatkr

2472 Uhion 3t

3mi 9»inoi«oo» Calif

Omo* Dr Qniifllgr:

la Mppiqg tha diatrltetieii of Inlian tribos in tte lov«r San Joa^ain 7aU«gr and Dalta Bag! on I find mj99U it diffiottltj beoanaa of th« abaanaa of • raliabla ■ap « thia ragion. fha Gaologioal Surray baa good mapcr of tha veatani jart of tha ragion but nothing of tha aamo aoila on tha 9nUTn aida» and ttair big acals oapa ara on too laiga a aoala for mj pmrpoaa as it aoald ba fviy azpeniTa to photograph ao Mny aheata do« to tte seala of tha vast aida sapn,

ttia laada ma to aak if you know of my aap on ana or tao ahaata oovoriqg tho lovor 3n Joaquin and Delta Hagion. If to. and you i*ll kindly let mo kno* whar« it maj ba obtainad, I ahall ba graatly obliged.

nth boat vlthaa.

Taiy truly youra

695

Jan* 25» 393.

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Sr« W. H. Oagood

Fiaia Moaeoi of Hatoral Hiatonr

Ohiopgo, 111 '

Bear Oagood:

Wa ara vondarii^ rfiatbir yon ara Hia guilty penon abo left a very baautif ul aoar# ahan you aera hare at tb» tima of your moat in- tsraatiqg laotara on Abyaalnia. At ill afantt aaoh a soarf ia hera and la have than far fiilad to find it a ovnar*

With beat viahaa fxon ua all.

?.ary truly youra,

8G8

Jan. 26, 19iQ.

*ttte £«» » I )M#Dt • J«#ir ^ iiiyl^ »d ted thm

ir I M # #^ mAm pgt* left ftid hE?7t

■or* mw* «iki* < « — il«K jm ^ tkis «»il.

I hiv« hit jfMT JtUJMtosi Itopk for «%» Um l«l <U ttt 1naftfi«lHt «• iwr U9k vutn r«(Mipl if tts «l>nilar «titewft la jw l«kttr. Z bfttv ordt ?«<l • «|(]r at I fli ptrUAOaHf ij||»ir««^*d i» Betrt.

tiqr ttttiy |ovi

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698

Jan. 31, 1928.

?* v??^'*'5^ ^JJ^ r Cfel i forn i • Press

i)ssr Sirs:

PlsBss sendBi^ with bill, the foUoning publica- tions of the Unirersi^ of California in Sthaology:

Kroeber. The Eeljgion of the Indians of California, oept. IW7, |0.50

^"**MaUk^5? i«-«aeg".of tl» Coast of California Horlh of S«% yrsncisco. April 1911. }l.25

lateiaan. The Flwnetic Blanents of the Northern Paiute LsDgaage. Not. 1911. $0.45

western Califiv*^,^ Apr. 1914. |0.30

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My Dear Sir:

fincloaed ia my check of $500 in payment of the aecond inetallment of Annikadel, aa per contmct.

1^0 page proof waa a few daya late in arriving, but ia now here and I will r^tur. it to Mr Kinlina in a few daya.

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jeth.^ over 1400 n.ea. Herewith I ^ encloai^ an

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Vtif M^ tteoMl for yoar oourtesy ia ••nd- il^ m »««»pU <tf mpiw of the'tfooxinso befon |oixr O0Mitto* porMVOt to SflMto BMolntio* 79» proTidlag f«r AfiBOnl «iiv<qr oi IndiiB affhir« .

If yfn h»Y» thoB to apsro, I shmad grwtlj a|9C««IM« tow adiitiMal oepiet. Ttvir m«1< ^ of (iMl Ut«Mt to • Mi*or of Iniian txitet in Call- 4mU %» ikm I almad %o glad to aoal tlioa.

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Mr F/.3.Kinlet..! The 3tra.tford .:) 2^9 Congj-388 3t Boflton, mB9

My dear Sir:

Herewith I am returning. Special Dalivexy. last £S,lloy and first page proofs of ANNIKADEL; also copy for List of Illustrations &nd Index; and in accordance with your request have put the proof a of illustrations where T think they should gp.

T dont Uks the Contents stuck hack of the Preface^ but if your house is strongly set for it this way I'll try not to make a fuss.

Kindly send j»ge revise.

Very truly yours,

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Pab. 4. 1928.

Dr Joseph Grinnell

Ifuteun x>t Vertebrate Zoology

Berkelejt California

Bear Dr Griiuiell:

Tour letter of January 6 gave me a toothache* It la simply another of the oTerlaatiqg prods that stir a fellow up for not doing what he ougjbt to do and wants to do but lacks the power, liy files and safes are orerflowing with unfinished nanusoripts, and I am harpooned from rarious directions for bocks and articles innumerable that I ought to finish* When younger and able to work at the desk sixteen hours a day I used to ae-* oomplish moxe » but now, as you know, I an an old man and find tra hours-«8ometimes only ei^t*--a full dayU work.

Tou ask about the publication of a talk I gare a couple of months ago before the i.O.U. on my work on the Life Zones. This was hastily prepared (by request from T.3. Palmer) and I hate not had time to touch it since, so sons days will be re* quired to rerify references and dates and put it in shape for publication.

I an tortured by demands for my Bear Book, demands comicg with heartrending frequency not only frem sportsmen and teur naturalists in Tarious parts of the country, but also

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(and most distrassingly) from the source of my suf^ort.

Other rather pressing Natural Histox7 Tolumss neediitt time to finish are one on the Death Yalley Ezpeditionj[(the balk of which was written mora than twenty^fiye yean ago), and a monograph on the Kangaroo Rats.

In the an&ropolpgical line I have a book in press and a few papers nearly raady for the printer, but this by no means relioTes the pressure, there being at the preaent time urgent decands for the publication of more than fifty papers on special tribes and groups of tribes — and some of the raquests have come from your own UhiTersity.* Inasmuch as I hare a couple of dosen steel file case drawera full of ar^hropolpgical material which no one but myself could properly prapara for the prass, you can readily see how continuously I an tormented.

Tou prod me again in ragard to my autobiography. Thia ought to be written, of course, but how an I goiqg to do it? I have assistants of course, but for the past six or eight yean hare had no one, besides my daughter Zenaida, competent to do more than the usual work of a stenographer and typist, and the time raquired in checking their work often amounts to several days a week, absolutely preventing original writing.

I an sorry to bore you with all this gloMiiness but feel that you fdiould know something about the prassura I am under and the almost hopelessness of the situation.

Tory truly yours

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San Prenoiaco, California

Mj dear Ur Hanna:

Your letter of November 16 has reposed in my unanswered tray erer since its receipt. I intended to answer it properly T)at have been and still am so completely orernhelmed with unfin- ished work that it is impracticable to take the time to dig out the information you need.

The early authors, as you know» had no real knowledge cf Indians and looked upon them much as we look on bears and coyotes. Their writings therefore abound in inaccuracies. dr Kroeber» on the other hand, is a trained anthropologist and tm authority on California Indians. But he is relatively young and did not get in touch with Yoaemite Indiaois until most of them

were dead.

Your remark that 55 years ago your mother witnessed a war dance at Knights Perry *^by mountain Indians, probably Piutes, wherein the war bonnets and feathers were worn,** ia a fair ez« anple of the kind of statemsnt one nina across by the hundreds written by well naaniDg people about California Indiana^ Flutes are not mount aitt Indiana^ and the probability that any of them

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»ere at Knights Perry 55 years ago is a minus quantity.

Purthermore, Piutes had no war bonnets.

The illustration yon mention as used by Dr Kroeber of an alleged loseroite Indian, and published in Ansel Hall»s book on Yosemite (Plate 4, facing page 56) is another misfor- tune. The man in question I knew for years. His name was Prancesco and he was not a Yosemite Indian. Neither did Yosemite Indians wear crowns of magpie feathers, and so on.

I am very glad that you are interested in Indians from the humane side, and wish I had tiie time to help you.

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Thanks for your letter of January 24 in reply to mine of the 18th. It is good to know that the f%& Year Index of the iuk is new in the printer's hands. ?tT>ni this it ia olrrious that you muat be pretty well frazxled out for the innnediate present. HoweTer» this will wear off and I most earnestly hope you will make the completion of your Ind^x Generum Hafimalium your principal woxk until it is in print. The fact that you hare a thousand new names is in itself aufficient reason for its early completion.

fhere is another point to wUldi I hope you will detote the necessary time and brain tissue, namely the matter of Types^ of^ Genera. Under the present very loose and, to my mind, utterly abominable interpretations of International Boles of Nomenclature a niaJber of authors are mixing up the generic names of mammals and birds 4o audi a degree that with the appeanmoe of each nev publication one's feeliqgs are mainly thoae of disgust. He wf mind there are just two ftindamentels of nomenclature: one, the starting point at tiie tentti edition of Idnnaeus; the other, the right of til e reriser in fixirg the types of genera sm^ upases*

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2412 Channmg Way Berkeley, Carifornia

My dear iliss Bloha:

lowr letter ceme a short tiae ago and I an glad to kno. that you are interested in the possibility of be- oompg one of my assistants. I ^ looking for a girl lAo has education and experience and is willing to take hoU of a serious job and fit herself for Use work.

It is a pity y«u cannot be here first to get ac- quainted with details ef the investigation befo„ taWng op the field Sid.. HoweTer 4hat seems to be impracticable and it look, as if we should have to begin at the field end on .y retain to <Jalifomia in the esrly spring.

»• «rk. m I wote you, is mainly in inthropology, wxth a at,od deal of general Natural History intemi«d.

▼ery truly yours

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Sr W. H. Osgood

field Muse in of Natural History

Chicago, Illinois

Dear Osgood:

Glad to knov that the scarf las yours* Zenaida tent it to you a few dsys ago and 1 trust that 1^ this tive it is on your neok#

Was glad to receiTe your friendly letter* We aertainly did enjoy your most interesting lecture on your voit in Abyssinia* and also the erenipg at our home* Tott are one of the few naturalists trained \sj me who hare made gDod and established worldwide reputations for thern^ ssItss*

With best wishes from us aU.

is sTer yours

'eb. 4. 1928.

Dr J. MoK. Cat tell Gamson-cn-Hudson, New York

Dear Dr Cattell:

A oouple of weeks ago you sent me a oarbon of a letter you wrote Dr. Faiires on Jamazy 18. I m glad you sent m thi. as it clears rxp one or two points whick I did -not understand. I did not know that it mt understood that anthropologists would K>te for at least ons psychologist, and psychologists fer at least ons anthropologist. If I had. I should hare Toted for Professor Terman. bat I m^ be able to do this at the Msetix^.

It has always se«Bed to oe ttot ttere are too few sections in the ioadeny. the result beii« that mi^ of us aie aipected to vote for candidates of whoa we hsrs no personal knowledge.

▼sry truly yours

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Siffr Mr OollUr:

fiwiika for your qsoHmj ia MnAiog ■• • eactos of your lot tor to Mr* Prioo. It !■ gpod to too* thtt tte finht en tho Sm Carloc utter la« teoe «»• «Bd it it • groat ootitfbetion tho t tho Kiag Rofolatioa for i Sonoto Ivootigttion of laAioo Affolrt hot octDsUj potted* I rood tho good aeot ia loot alfiit't Star.

Tory tntly yovro

Fob. 6, 1928.

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DBar Or Bartboh:

On Hay 29, 1919 Dr Sail wrote ma aaldfig for bj oopy of a Tery rare book, namely GronoTitta ZoophjUciiait 1763-1781.

Be aaked me to pnaent thia book to the bat I declined to do thiao On June 5, 1919 I took the book to him aith a letter atatiog: ^I m not prepaxtd ta preaent the book to the libmry bat you are aeloome t^ keep it until my return in the fall or winter**^ I oallel hia attention to the fact that the Tolune had been oonaulte^ by a nuBft>er of nature liatat including Theodore Oill» Do S. JordAt ^ Stejneger, Theodore Fklaiar, Kra. M. J« Bathbon* Dro Stilea and Walter Piaher#

Br* Ball did not return the book. I ahall be

obliged therefore if you will kijddlf aend it to «a« or. if you prefer^ leare it on my deak in the Hnaeiai aod phone me to that effect and I w£ll call for it.

With beat wiahea.

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th. 3.nat. Comltt., rolating to th. d..ln.blllt7 «f a

^t. lnn.tig.tion of Indian affair. (3.R.79). j »

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th. Int.r.«. i,.p„t«nl (Indi« Of fie. ) *.„ i » ^.^ ,.„ sent for report.

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the turning orer to the State of California of the moneys UBUBll/ spent \fs the Indian Office for h«lth and education. has been supplanted by a broader Bill corerir^ all of ths States, introduced by the ChairBwi of the Comnittee, Mr. laaTitt. The I^aritf Bill is H.R. 7031. Copies of these Bills I CR sending y<W herewith.

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Mr Jade Williams and Mr C. B. Beprar ,Likaly. Calif&riiia

>tM7 dear Sirs:

Sinoe writing you.sone pwgreaa farowble to Indians hM been ude bjr Congress. The most important thing so far has been the passage ef Senate Resolution 79. ProTiding for an Imrestigation of Indian Affaire, incluii,^ the Indian Buwan. This BiU. « copy of which I a* sending you. was passed by the Senate on Pebniary 2 and is now a law. This i» good news.

As yet no action h»been taken on the In Bill ,(H.R.491). It is still in the hands of the Ho»e Indian Comittee. The same is true of H.R. 7031, Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to Arrapge with States for the Edu- cation. Medical Attention and Relief of Distress of Indians, a copy 0/ which is enclosed herewith.

Witt best wishes to you all,

Yeiy truly youre

I am landing a similar statement to Mr. Hariy Geoi^a at lookout.

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My dear Sir:

Since writing you. aome progress fatorable to Indian* has been made Igr Congress. Tha most important thing so far b«8 been the passage of Senate Resolution 79, ProTiding for an In- Testigation of Indian Affairs. incl,riii« the Indian Buwau. This Bill, a copy of wUch I m sending you. ins passed by tha Senate on Pebr»iy 2 and is now a law. This is good news.

As yet no action has been taken on the Lea Bill (H.R.491). It is still in tha hands of the tfousa Indian Com-

mittee. The same, is true of H.R. 7031. Authorising the Sec retaiy of the Interior to Arrange with States for the Idwation. Medical Attention and Relief of fliatrees of Indians, a copy of ' whi<* is encloaed herewith.

Pleaae give my kind regards to Mr. and Mrs. Billy Quian and others in your neigh boitood.

Veiy truly yours

I am smnding a similar statement to Mr Jack Williaas.

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flear Dr Goddard:

In looki.^ oTer your map of 'Hupa VaUey'in Toluna one of your important puUioBtion. UIb mi Cultura of «,e.Hup., 1904. I hara again for tha a.cond or third ti«a baan diaturbad by throa na«a. with . littla black aquara in front of aach.printad in capa- • Tory diffarant typa from tha rillaga namaa on tha »ap. tha namat in quaation ara: iriLtite.ti. Tialundin

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Dair Or Camp:

Yexy many thanks for your oourteay and that of tha Eiatorioal Sociaty in aandiqg me a nicely boiaid copy of Se Kaaaey'a Journal, aititlad 'A Prenchaan in tha Geld Baah, * It certainly ia a fine thing to puhliah good trans let iona of audi inter eating and im- portant document a# I shall read it with great interest Tour notes at the end add much to the ralue of tha

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Dear Dr Goddard:

In looking orer your nap of'Hupa VaUej'in ?aluB. one of your important puUicBtion. lifa and Cultura of the Hup., I9a4. I hare ^a in for the second or third ti«e been diaturbed by three names with a little black square in front of each.printed in cap... • Tery different type from the Tillage names on the ■«P. The namef in question are: Hiltitolai fcelundin

tin you be good enough to tell me what these rspwsent. I hare an idea they might mean group dlTlsions or something of the sort.

Veiy truly yours

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Dr Sharles La Casp California Histprioal Sooietj Sail Prsncisco, California

Ddir Dr Camp:

Yexy ntany tbanka for your ooarteay and that of the Eiatorieal Sociaty in aendii^ me a nicely bound copy of De Maesey's Journal, entitled '1 yrenchaan in the Gold BMh, > It certainly is a fine thing to

publiah good tranalationa of such interesting and im- portant documents* I shall read it with great interest* Your notes at X\b end add much to thB Talue of the

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I7 doar Urfr B£i^:

TSiur letter dated Jspuary 21 is at hand. But why on earth didn't you let !ne know earlier that you. were at Eeno? I drore through Reno twice last year, the last time toward the end of September, and it would have giTen me much pleasure to osll on you had t known you were there. I had no idee that you had entered the GoTemment Indian Field Service.

My memory, old as it is. requires no readjuatment to re- call your doings on Klamath Hirer.

Sow about your prospectite trip with your Piute woman saaiatant and your palatial housemobile: lour itinerary in Tisiting ttie Tarioua reeenrationa in Nevada will mean qt^te a bit of hard work, with aome experiences enjoyable, seme quite otherwise. I would not adviae setting out for Pyramid lake and oth9r points in the northern half or two-thirds of the State at this season of th« year— travel ipg through snow by auto and camping in low tempera turot

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Pyramid lake is a most interesting place. The Northern Flutes there are not only irteresting^hut haTe,or u^ed to have^yer- eral types of brush lodges and arbors that were a delii?ht hr, >*a»io-!,i.

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If PeR-Leg Dick is still alire, give him mj kind zeMm\>ninoe8. Ha once peddled me over to Anaho Island i«iere at the tiw there were some 4000 breeding White Pelicans. If yon hare aa eye for birds, youmi^t be interested to know that the ornithologist Prank M. Chapman of New lork, and the famous bird artiat Louis Puertea were with me on thet trip.

But southern Nerada, except for occasional fnd rather rare storms , is all ri^t for March, and the April cl.^.mate down there is greatly to be preferred to that of May and June.

I have long longed to visit Moapa. I have been within a few miles of it two or three times but unforeseen ci icuBstanoei tumei me else^ere. Tou may still find .there remnants of a nw- ber of bands (several of them ao-called'trlberf) of Southern Piute (•riuche')~the real, true, and only original Indians entitled to the name Piute. It will be worth liiile to obtain the nnes and original locations of as many of these bands as possible, with all the details you may be able to secure concerning tteir aboriginal life. Exact knowledge of food ia always desirable. Specimens of ptanta wrapped in pieces of newspaper (aant back here in franked envelopes) can usually be correctly identified.

Among the ierthem Piute maqy of the tribea aid bands take their name from thsir food, as for instance Koo-vu-e dikka ( Sucke r e a t»rs ) ^ Koo-t zah-be dikkf (Kootsahbe eaters) for the Mono lake band, Aggi dikka (Trout eaters) for the Walker Lake band, ??h*kwe dikka (Small fish eaters), and so on. It is worth whila to secure as many of these namea as possible, gettirg the exact pronunciation end the exact location of the band or tribe referred

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In writing Indian words I trast you will uao the Snglish elphab«t aoonds, writing the words phonetically and eroiding «s you Wttld a Xnneii of rattleanakes the exotic waya of defoiwir^ the Ing- liah alphabet that hare come to vm fron Baasiana, Czechs, Poles, Gexvana and othsr foreigi peeplea who unfortunately implanted their barteritiea on our fertile soil.

When at Moapa. you will douhtlasa feel inpelled to take a day or two off in order to riait the Tegas, a little farther south. The big springs there, like those of hihroap Valley, \n of great interest, and you ni^t be willii^ to take a sn^p abot at tha old TagBS Bench thioh I risited 37 years ago. JoA, farthemoTO. if you are interesttd in pictographs , your camera might be put to ^cod uae along the foe of the cliffs on the east aide of Charleston Mountains, The widow Stewart (since re-Mrried, but I forgs'; her rarried nan) of laa Vegas, if still ali»e. could giro you definite inftraatlw es t« these and many other points of interest in ihs region. AH <Jf the older people there know her and can show you her house.

The latter part of your letter— the matter of finaociag— dittuAs me. While the Natjonal Geographic Society is interested iB explorations and pictures of general popular interest, and while I Aottld be glad to help iu any way I can, I fear that your results •ould not prOTide much material of the kind they want. For in- ■tance, 1 do not see how moring pictoitec of such a trip a a this would be of any particular interest. Mor would any kind of photc- graihm show aigr one Int • wpecialist i& Archeology anything worth looking at in the ruins of the ao-oalled Big Pueblo on the Muddy.

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i gecd many ysirs ago I rode on horseback either orer it or oUft to it withcat noticii^ it.

The Indiana on the Muddy are the true ^Huches', snd speak a rery differ«>nt dialect from that of the Indians of northwestern Kerede, co^mnonly called Piutes. it the Vegas art on the Amargoaa you may find the »a:iT^^::an:4i ta , a tribe closely related to the IPiuches of the Muddy. Farther south are the ^em-e-w^. \nt yon an. not likely to strike the Panamint Shoshonea unless you enter the Death Valley region of California.

Shottli you drive south from Winnemucca by way of Hmboldt and Beese Birer Valleys, you will enter teal Shoshone territory. '■hile if you do not tuxn south until you pass the longitale of the Hoiaboldt-Buby Mountains, you wiU tiSTerse territory of a most in- teresting tribe of iHdtx little is kno«-.the Coseutf. I am ereatly interested .n your trip and wish I could make it with you.

Ifith best wishes, .

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H^wrtlitlee. a mu atoljr to piOf, of intamt t« ow IiidiaM |»—* ttt S«af e >hott tli» ago. It prniA- for a m- •tBl auzv^ or liartf tiiatio. of Irtiaa aifairt, ^ i ^ •wdlflg 70tt harawijk « oopy of the Ha#rli« aad alao of t^a BwolBticft tlBt petaet (3«mto 9»fteta«S«B 99).

»• I»a WU ia atUl ia th» h«d» of the Boua Cowiitat.

•• mre giMi to Moaiva your OhrHttot daii aod to too, that ,ou ar. .tlU .14f . i M not aaad ^i oarda this Taar: I « too old.

Wth boat wiBl^ to Mm. Uftnto mH yooraolf. i«, Qludii« your attlo girli,

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Glad to have yours of the 6th i net ant end to know tilai jtm and H^rry Allan had a little outing ic the I^ricspur

Beturning again to the matter of Clear Lake geographic a<«fc4^tura, there atiU remain a number of doaWftl caeea. *idi Bi^t be mentioned two streams that flow into the Omt laka from the south. The earftemmoBt cf these, tbo «M floHtqg into Kelsey Creek near its aocth, ie called Cols Crw* «» MM* of the mips and Cold Creek on others. West of th4» <n««k «d. flowing into Clear Lake aro Kelsey Creek. Adobe flrai^. kA a oraeTc just around the tiWi c;: the lake from lake- r»i^ mvk Ukawiae is called Cole Creek on some of the maps md ^1 Craak on others. It would help matters to know which i» triiioii M far as their names go.

Then there appear to he two long Points, one tarmiag the alander peninsula between Jast Bey (Sulphurbank An.) «rt lowar lake, the other a Img aoatherly projection from n^ar tht middle of the northeast ahore of Lower lake nearly opposite

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Borax Lake. 1 don't suppose you happen to know which of these should perpetuate the name Long Point, and what the proper nans of the other may be!

Ure. Bailey Willis gare us a short call a week or 80 ago but WB did not see her husband* He wa^ too busy.

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Jte rm lU9p«a to tew * «ip of tto Ip^ar S«n Jospin Tallflif and Oilt« BigieB fiftll«ted I7 «!• 3UU %gl&e»r of e«li|binia in X«6. «otl« thw* ■!]•• to thd iiMft« iMd to ««Miir« atout •!» toea iixliet ficrA mi covCh ^ twin t|M»fr«ii wtt m mat?

If joo hert thle ntp, will you >• kind moa^ to het« 0 ooopXo of photostat oppiea ttot no nth MU tor

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Deer Ir Otrrett:

Thante for yoor letter of January 30 ic regard to the akull of your Big Bear from Mt. PaVtlof wglcR. Alaska Peninaala.

I an surpriaed to Jam that /ou found tbe Old (Hent in audi good bodily oondition and that ihen killed "hie aonth and atOKaafa were both full of graaa." This ahowa that.in the caae of theae Beara at leaat the front tee)fc (Inciaors) are not neoe88ai7 for oatiirg hay, but that they are able to feed by tearing the graea and sadg^a off «ith the aidea cf the jaws. The nolare and pre-molars therefore nuet fit tightly anon^ to gire them a good grip on the heztage.

Could you kindly gire me the date w^lPn you killed thit Bear?

I am glad to knew that l*ien yon are nest in Waah- ington you will give me the plaasore of showing you sate of our Big Bear akulla end akina. and alao auch other specimens M you n^ find of intereat.

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Mr Harold Se Coltor* find Mr Preiik Q. Baxter PlilBit8fi% AxiXTui

My dear Sirs:

A couple of ^eeks ago I receired with your oonipUments 8 pamphlet entitled 'Days on tte Feinted Desert and in the San Prancisco MountBipe.' I am very glad tc hsto it and thank you for your oourteey in eeid- Ing md 6 copy* Your oocioiee etateronte and graphio illuet rat lone will proTe/ I am 8ure« Boet helpful to 6 iaiige number of travel ere «

My personal familiarity witfi the region gires it 5»peciai interest. If I succeed in riaiting the regidf: againt es I hope to do, I shall certainly take a copy with me.

fifith best wishes,

7efy truly yours

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%9 luniber of iatelcpe heada aatoniahea Be. I did aot Ipm* that ao many had been Wiled in recent yeara, nor did I know tiat Monte » pe«w mitted killing.

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Or Joies P. Gbapin

Iwildent, LioncMD Society. New lork

American Hasetm of Natural History

Dear Dr Chapin:

ThankB for your letter of the 18th instant, iwiticg v.'^ to address the Linoaean Society on its Fiftieth Anniyersary on Tueaday, March 13. Bat owing to my age and the ce.'jiition cf kj health, it ia out of the qaaation for me to think of going, *icii I greatly regret.

At the saw time I realiie that as fii^t Px^siient cf the Society and one of the aaall hflndfal of its foui^era. it

wuld be manifestly appropriate fcr me to take pert i» tte Anci- ▼eraafy.

The Society was founded on the erening of March 7, 1878, ia the office of Pianklin Banner at 55 Liberty Street, lien Tork City. There nere present: H. B. Bailey. Pr6;5klin Banner. ttt^e P. Bicknell, John Burro ugha, Harold Herrick, dr. Pred H Hoadley, Eraaat Iqgeraoll. <J. Hart Merriam. Newl-old T. lawrwrtcs, William C. Oaborn.

Harold Herrick was elected Vice-president; H.P. Bai.ey, Treaaurer; and Ernest Ingersoll [unfortunately] Seci-eti.:^;

With best wishes aid regrets that I cannot i>9 vdlh -ou

Very truly yours

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County Surveyor Santa Rose, California

My dsar Sir:

Can you tell tne just vJiere the place known .88 wv^aaens was? Some of our maps show it at the juBj||r'-T» '^f *arm Springs Creek with Dry Creak, others severai liles farther down Dry Creek.

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Ur H. G. Eidgway, „ . Pre«i<tent, l^rvelouB.toiPin

Sbd Rafael, Californi*

My dear Sir:

Tour letter of the 10th instan** reached oe this

morning, calling my at t«<: ion to tjhe fact that my uuee of

one dollar had not yet been paid. The reason ie ttiat I

left Lagunites late in Sapteml^er and 4o not expect to letuiii

before Uay ae usual, and have not reoeWed any notice that

dues ler^ int.

Herewith I am «olo^:ng check for $3*00 in pay- mer.s of dues for Mrs. Uerrian, mj dau^ter lli«s Z^neida

'4erri8m» and myself.

With Iwat wiahel for the acAicass of the oxBan-

lxatlon«

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Feb. 21, 1S2B.

Dear Augtiato:

Thanks for your telegiB». Sorry it was thought n^ceaaary to have a funeral in New York.

I had suppoaed that the remains would be either crenatad ov shipped at once to the rault at Ijfona Falls- It is out of the iui^eticn for any of us to go to New York. Beth Florence and I are jiv,?t' reoo^aring from grippe and are still under the doctor's treat- ment.

We have heard no details beyond Ijfman^s statement that

Julie .«^^B killed by a traoke We have feared sudi an and for ssf- eral yeers because of her ex txt: ordinary mental attitude that it was the driver's biainesa to Icck out for pedestriansl We have told h^f^r time ar*d again that thia could have but one ending, and she was lucky to esc^.ape as loD^ aa she did.

It is a Wonderful thing thpt there happens to bs stch • ir«i as Lyinan to a. tend to these difficult aod distressing matters^ but he has hed iw* more than his share and it is mi^ty hard on hia. ell the 9a

W4 evR countii^g on you and Betty for the period of her fipriig v«rv.siion though none of us know just when this will be.

'8ith love to you all from all of us.

Mrs. k\ aa P. Hone 1000 Madison Avenue jlc.^ York City

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Uj dear Sirs:

Herewith I as returning to you by special delirery the last page proof of innikadel.iittluding Contents and Index.

Doubtless you bare obserred that several of the corrections marked on thfc preceding proof have not been ■ade.

On/ebruary 1,Dt Sohnittkind, yi reply to an inquiiy oonoeinipg the circular and corer. wrote art that he was turning over the natter to the Sales Departeent so that I presuae I shell hear fr*3m you about this in the near future. I an anxious to see the cover desigfl before it is too late.

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Hon. Hiram Binghain United States ^nate Washington » D.C«

My dear Senator:

May I call your attention to S. 700 iiiieh» If fessed, SDold seen to impose a most serious and threatening hirden on the Puehlo Indians and i|)uld set a dreadfully dangerous pncedent for legislation affeotii^ other tril)eSe

Does not tiiis Bill mean oonfisoation or

pauperisation, or both?

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Feb. 23, 1923.

Hon. Charl»8 Curtis ^ited States Senate Washington, D.O.

Uj dear Senator:

May I call your attention to S. 700 itiich, if passed, lould seen to impose a aoat seriow and tireatenipg burden on tbi Pueblo Indians and wuld •et a dreadfully daogeroos precedent for legislation •ffeotiqg other tribes.

Does not thi« Bill nean confiscation or

peupsrlxation, or both?

Very truly youn

Peb. 23. 1928.

Hon. William E. £orah United 3^«te8 Senate Washington, D.C.

Uy dear Senator:

lUgr I call your attention to S. 700 efcidi, if passed, would seem to impose a most serious and threatening burden on tfaa Pueblo Indians and sould set a dreadfully dangerous precedent for levels tion

affecting other tribes.

Does not this Bill me am confisoation or

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2412 Channing Way Berkeley, Calif.

Your letter of Februaru 14 is a grievous diaa^jpointmi)*-.*) I had deluded myself with the hope that during the half year fic-c early June to fall you would be one of our araall party in driving about in various parte of California en^ged primarily in collect, ing important odds and ends of infoimation from the survivors of mmerous Indian tribes. Our car. wherever ni^t finds us, is our home base for the tim», and either my daughter or my wife bosses that end of the job. In most cases both go.

For a number of years my stenographer-secretary waa a '

most helpful member of the party-in everything but cooking. JUll she could fiy bacon and roast to^JSit! But she married and nw is far

away. Then, after sevetul years, I discovered another.- and just

as she was packing her grip to come, a pesky young .man came al.>^.

And I am just where I was before. And now you!

It occurs to me that even if you do ioany you mi^i^, like

to come to Lasinitas for 2 or 3 days at a time to help me out ..e»-

tween field trips?

Very truly yours.

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F«b. 25, 1928.

Nr tSiftin Looes

Crescetit City, California

My dear Uc Lopez:

You ask fcr the report on H.R. 491, So far an I am aware, the Committee has not reported on this Bill Ejnce its fexy recent return from the Depertci&nt of the Interior* I an informed tiiat a Hearing on the Bill in its present form will be held in the near future. The Bill was bad enough in its original form, but I am told that it is now very much worse. If it is printed I will send you copies as soon bb received,

is to the influence cf Re?. P. G. Collett in se- <*Ti^ tj»# passage of the Bill, my personal feelirg is thai his influence, is about as important as a light rain in New York would be to Smith Rirer.

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With best wisl^es.

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Dr C. E. Grunsky

Mechanics Institute Building

San Prancisco, California

Dear Dr Grunnsky:

Very many thanks for your kindness anc; trouble in writing me about your map of the San Joaquin Valley and I>^lta Region of 1886. I appreciate your offer to have a phot^itat ttede of this map and shall be greatly obliged if you will kir.dly do this and have two prints sect me with bill for same.

As to scale: if the rivers, islands, and lettering are not very distinct I should be glad to have it the si^e of the original (aboat 16 by 27 inches), but if it will stand moderate reduction without losii^ detail I should pref^.r a

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With many thanks for your trouble in the matter.

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Ite »er« natuxaUy nighty gled to hear from you «nd Angle, and also to reoair.e the attractiTO package of Ibrin Coonty foliage end posies.

Glad yott foond somethii^ of interest in the Horse Book, liut yoQ seem to be oorreot in failii^ to disoera its bearing on the subject of Cherrolet internals! But iriiat is the use of talking aboat (Sierrolets nhen the new Ford^ is now in the market?

Yes, we expect to drirs across in otir Dodge next ■priqg at)d the outlook is for a rer/ actiT« field season.

Sorx7 to hear that Professor Cone took has had eererel etrokee* this is one of the ntmeroue dleadTantagee of groviic olde

ie hare nothing exciting to rsport except that we have had a rather open winter with only one snowfall of more than a foot^eDd clean streets at presents

l&tfa loire from m all to you and Ar^ie,

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Glad yotz found aome thing of intereat in the Horae Bookt l)Qt you aeen to he oorreot in failiqg to diacan ita hearing on the auhject of Oierrolet intemala! But idiat ia the oae of talking ahcnt Caierrolati nhan the new ?ord^ ia noii in the market?

Yes, we •zpect to drltrs aeivifl io <mr Bodg« next •priog apd the cfatiook it for a Texy active field aeaaon.

Sony to hear that Profeeeor Com took hae had •ereral strokes, fhia i« one of the noaeroai disadrantagea «f growing old.

ia have nothing exciting to report except that we hare had a rather open idnter with only one anowfall of aore than a fooi^vid clean atresta at preaeot.

Kth lots from ai all to you and Af^ie,

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Dear Mr Dors ay:

Herswith is my expense account for February, amounting to $29.57, along with vouchers as listed below, which kindly pay froa the %rri3an fund and oblige.

Very truly yours.

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Dwr Mr DDrtey:

1 hste jnst com aovoaft tlw molosed bill fro« th« PotMBO nectrle Ooapany for ottrrent,Deo««b«r 17 to Jtmuny IT, iihi«b Mew to taato oaeapod ontrj in tho

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Deer Dr Stephen:

Your letters of yebnary 24 mi SB are 1»ef«yt m^ the latter with the oopy of the Cl«ir lake Mp eorr«Bt«d by your Kelaeytllle nan. Tbia la fin» and ae«Ra to «$ttle tlia ■atter aa to the two naaes in quaatioa, and alao *ho«B thtt thd Moet veeterlj of tiia ««e Oold (or Cola) CtMn toto ^ak ohengad to llunftpaait Creek.

If I had not beeili ao «ta|dA, i «i^t hMn Mnt tht ■apa 4IVMt to the Poataaateia at Ut^ort and £»iar Uk^, thua aanjqg joa the troifrla. Botetat* I Hi aot think of this until too lata.

#Dr the paat ttt d^ja ttt t»o iia«lc« | heve be«B work* ing ateadily Mth tvo ladiBD ttiefa tmm tka Pit Bivar oooBtry^ Thla haa been a gft thiqg f «r M %i(t I kara bad t« writ nigbtif bart to ka«|f vf* Ihajr «»• in tba btpa of a^nrii« tb» |l»Miei of a Bill n^ieh tK«7 hata baen aialad lis vy jodgoant} to ba- lieve vould reavlt in obtaining avtiataMa froa the Qoremiient.

Hfb lore to yoa all and aaflor tbmki.

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Hon. Scott Leavitt, Chaiman '^^^ ^* ^'^^

H0U89 Conmittes on Indian Affaire

Mj dear % Leavitt:

A few days ago I called at your office to in<|iire about the rejport on the Lea Bill (H.R. 491). You were not in. but your clerk ^ve -ne the anendaenta susgeated by the Interior Dej?artraent, for which I was obliged.

Having heard that thie bill is likely to corae before your Coninittee in the near future I take the liberty of i)rot98t- ing a^inat the suggested ainend-aenta. It surely was bad enou^ before, but mi^ the suggested changes make it look like a farce.

^jy cutting down the a-oount of the possible award, and i)uttin^he time of possible settlement far into the future it has the appe-^rance of a deliberate atteaipt to prevent the Indiana of California fro^^f^ing at all in return for the Dillons of acres of land taken from thea without payment.

Would it not be more honorable to say tojtUra frankly: »e have confiscated your lands and yjur ho-rjea. beiusQ we were more pmertul than you, and we hav« no intention of paying you anything for them?

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Hon. Robert K. Lb Polletta United States Senate Ifaohington, D.C.

Uj dear Senator:

Having learned that Mr Lea»s Bill for the Belief of California Indians (H.E. 491) is likely to come before your Cosi- mittee in the near future, I feel it mj duty tc call ycur atten- tion to several rather distressing facts.

In the first place, one of the weak point? of th# original Bill ims, and still is, the absolute impossibility cf determining the sise (acreage) of the tracts originally set Hsid*- for Reservations by the Government's Indian Commissioners, in- 1851-1852. In most cases no definite landmarks were given aad no actual surveys were attempted.

In the Bill (H.B. 491) as introduced Dec. 5, 1927 thf amount of possible recovei7, owing to the set-offs irentitAed, appeared to be far too small to be of any materieT service to the sixteen or seventeen thousand Indians of the State—aud the period of expiration of the set-offs was stated as July 1. 1928. ait in the Bill as it now stands, with the a.T»ndments reoOTmended by the Department of the Interior, the set-offs would run until the date of final award, which, in view of the additional arrend- Bent extending the period for revision of the roll to five yeers.

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V^ii seem to mean no award earlier than seven or ei^t years* During this added period the set-offs would grow to such a fignre that the Indians would hardly be likely to receive anything*

Inasmuch as the unconfirmed Be serrations, on which the treaties of 1851-1852 were based were set aside by tto Coamis- sicne-.-s 75 j^ar^ ago, practically all of the signers are now dead*

And of course you are aware that no payments have ever been made either to the original signers or to their descendants. In other words, our people boldly confiscated from the original oitier(3, without compensation, the entire State of Calilbmia, lands which have enr idled the present owners by hundreds of Tfiilliors of dollers*

Is it anything short of hypocrisy for Congress to pass £ fercacal Bill of this sort, a Bill i*iich obviously is not in- tended to yield anything, or anything worth while, to the Indians?

?or years my feeling has been that the Government ought to Ir.' one 'of two things: either (1) appropo^ate a lump sum to the Infiaz^'S of the State; or (2) say to them frankly: •*We admit that w he 76 confiftcated yoiur lands aid your homes. We did it because we wanted the l*^nd and were more powerful than you. We then had, and #U11 have, no intention of paying you anythii^ in retura.^

Yexy truly yours

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Fablilher, inerioan Nature Uagasina ia4 Sixteenth Stwet Washington* 9.0.

OMr Sir:

Tour bill for Nature liagasine for 1928 arrired

this afternoon and no prerioui bill has been received by

ne. The reason doubtless is that I hare teo addresses,

as I have infonied your off ioe in writing two or three tiaes.

I am in Washington during the winter, in California durirg

the susmer. *

Uj address in Washington ie 1919 Sixteenth Street; ny California address, Laginitas.

is a general nile I oi in California frai ••rly June until NoTisiber. Ooubtlast the magaaine ani aceoBpeaj- ii^ billa hare \mm aent there » and being aecond claaa wtteti aere not forwarded.

harewith.

Uy ohaek for 13,00 for currant yaar ia encloaed

Texy truly youw

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March 9, 19B8.

Biologic ift 3amrf

Dear Sr Bsdingtoa^

IBsBt hmr Xmrnm* fff tte ntoltB of the Biological Surrey 'a iorostigBtioB of the attb>n««nErt eriqption of Mice in the Buena 7i»te Wee regieo at tte smtt oDi of 3aa Joa^in Valley. California?

If I av eemMtlj infonwd, tao or three <;Gnpetent nat- m»li«is of the Sslc^iMl 3ftxrej tiaited the region, and presum- ably aeet ia repsrtv o«c8TBing tha tfpaeiea of mice inrolred and other natters of ma^ int«r9cl»

Od» or itm other pa zsoni^ set oonneeted with the Gorem- nettt 8erTic«rlika«i^ Tzaitad ttm region for very short perioda, md patiliahed horribly- mieleadiag ertielea on the aubjeot. Is it any more thv» ftrr-lfcei tte Mfil^Kieal Sunrey should publish the raanlta of inreeti^tlear Ijf it» am man in order to put on record tha itnil fktft» ia ragart to thia strange multiplication

of what are vua»lly aawiiT ! rather hamless apeoiea? 3ar«Iy

the wty the thing im left Xaerse a very bad taste in the mouths of sevenl vezy good aatemtlete^

Whil# «citiag» wmflakiSit would not be feasible fcr tha ^titprs of the soblieetioa hWHfSY to state "vhat animsil thA»

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a?0 talking abocite Inm after itMoi mm^m ^matiiiial m !iibMt«« Orohard Mica, Ground S^lrralBt and m «^ ^vlthtmt saying ai^thing about the particalar apeciea eoBaamal. lb«i^««i talks in theaa loeae teras, a gDCd nmnj of w faal either ttet bie Arae iMrt taioe nhat he ia talking aboat^ er that he im Mim^^ ^J^ ^ ^^1 apeoe.

With beet eirtiee,

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March 9. 19^.

Dr J. J. Will^ran Ifairersity of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota

Uj dear Dr Willaman:

Tour article on The Bace for Sweetness (Scientific Monthly, January 1928) interested me ."refttly. bot I found myself at a loss to know i(hy you left out ™pl« wpgar—the sweet I was brought up on and of •diiah in my early days I made hundreds of pounds.

You introduced a figure of a modem maple sugs)* camp, bat nothing to show either the old- time or present-day method, and I failed to find anything aiwut it in the text.

Very truly yours

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March S. 19B8.

Kr John Treadwell Nichols American Museian of Natural History New York City "^

Dear Mr Nichols:

In looking orer the August number of the Jowrnal of tfansDaloey which came during ny abseDce in California, I found to my delight a most interesting and iaw»r**nt article on the Seal Fishery by Captain Bobert Bartlett.

I Ironed Jackson for Bartlett 's address in order to obtain a copy or two of the separates of .ii« 8rtic>, in wply to which Jackson tells me that thjt **M>6rfctes were sent to you. If you could send me «»• or two copies of these,! should be greatly obliged.

)iith beat wishes,

Veiy truly yours

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Hr Inther Qoldnau Qoodiqg, Idaho

Osar GoldiBB;

The laat Um I h«ard fron yDtt.yoa had anti^ad ■altera ao that yo« would get hold of t»o or three old ■ale Griasliea tv>m the deaert oonntzy liieo the aeaaoa opened.

I «■ ttying to do a little woric agpin on the Orissliea novadajra .and on inquij7 at the Biologioal Suwej l«rtied that they moat hare aiaplaoed the aknlla yoti aent ia««s they ere not able to find them. tm yoti teU ne ahout «h«D they were ahipped and how many there were of theal? I m still mighty anxiooa to aea than.

Traating that you are well and harii^ a good winter, and with hiat wiahea.

▼ely truly youra

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Maroh 12, 1928.

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ItodiaDios I^atihtte Building

San Francisoo, Oalifcmia

Omt Dr Gnmskj:

lour latter of tiba 6th instant » along with tha roll of napa, arriirad ttiia noming* Tb aay that I am greatly obliged puta it altogether too mildly*

The napa corer the gtt>tnd I am intereat in moat adiiirahly, and ahoold enahle ma to complete the work I hare heretofore been unable to finiah on the tribal die tri hut ion of Indiana of thia ngion* I wiah I might do aa muoh for yoo to ahow my i^preciatiene

With renewed thanka^

Yery truly youra

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Kerch IM , 1928-

Hon* Clarence ?• Led Hoitfie of Bepresentatifee W88hington» D.C»

My dear Kr 3>a:

In aofiordaice with my promise of ^sterday, I nm handizjg you herewith « memorandum, brief and un«»lisf80tcry, of peseagee in Volume 2 of Hit tell *g Higtory of CalifOiAiip, and of a conaiderably larger number in Volumes 3 end 4 of £ngelhardt*8 Miaaiona and Uiaeionariea of Cg4>ifornis, re* la ting mainly to the atetua of Miasion Indieua and tliair property*

I have not had time to examine B«ftcrcft*s Hietory of Celifjgrnia cjicept very hurriedly, and therefons am calling attention to only two referencea, both in Volume I.

In order to find anything wcrth ?*iile as to the status of land ownership by Indiana ndien under Mexican con- trols one would have to conauU the land l^wa of Mexico^

Veiy truly youra

764

Engeihardt , MisgiwiB and Miesioparies of 0<fliibrnia,

Yol. 3, 1913; 7cl. 4. 1915.

Vol. 3, 19irj.

p. 223 p. 376,

Oct. 2, 1831, ?r. J^e Joaquin Jimeno. (By tha word 'tonporall ties' understand 'properties')

p. mi

p,., 3Li6-387

l£.tter pert of Note 1* Note S under Art. 6.

p. 528

?ol. 4, 1915.

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FigUeroa, footno t e 28.

♦property rights which indiaputsbly belong to ^he Indiana •** And footnote 18. aana page*

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pp. 464-465.

p. 683.

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pp. 93-97

pp. 186-190

p. 196 (8 r»f8.) In aoooztUnos with tte orders of the Saprema GoTeniMnt of July 25, 1834, "the Indians C«houM be] placed in poeaeaeios of their landa and other property.**

The laoda of the Miaaions to he regarded as prop- erty of Indiana only.

Benoroft. Hjatpry^Oalifomia. Vol. I, 607. 612

1886.

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tiarch 16, iS£'8.

ib* U, S. Kinlens Th0 Stratford Company Boston , l!8ssechu«etts

Ky dear Sir:

Thankfl for your letter of the 13th instant emloSiRg ^mx . Stanp and the printing to go on the jacket. I easume th.-1 tha lii^fei it also to go ee the oircuUr. If so. pleese send me et'oai. fifty capiee*

The die stamp looks to me « little lerge, biif you ere a batter judge as I ha?e no means of knowing just how midi the corer

tin U.

I «n re turning the proofs herewith, but nby did yo« sa.d w only a single proof? As these go back. I shall have nothing ;«ft. »i« watter of a SlS^±SSS2,ot the proof has caused me untold aon/i.-,- noi and lorry, «d it is the first expertence cf the kind I heve had «ltha«gh I have been continuously publishing articles and books for iio» than half a century. The saring of a few cents in the matter • of a duplicate proof is hardly a fair offset for the annoyance of ^t ^thor. particularljr in cases like this #iere the puWiaaticn of the «ik drags along for sereral months. As you have al^-ays a^ed for ■^^ £?i!!?]L.ol,?9EEJ«llbj>!Oof, you hare left me without ai^thing J»«Pt than a carbon cf the original manuscript, which I took the pre- sntiea to hare made.

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It 18 8 curio i»9 coincidence thet for Tr.ore tban three weeks two of the Hesd Chiefe cf the Pit River Indians here been here and ho'ft ^pert 8 large p«rt cf the time in my house. I have been sick abed jr^f: of the tiine, Imt they came just tte saine*

The point I am oociing to is this: that they hare giren me three corrections that ought to go in tto bode, but as I hare no prCol 4.0 jTiVt ihe corrections on, I am sending you three pages of tlyt ^tigiTitl manuscript on lAiich the errors occur, and hare indicated the correoticiH in rod penail* Fortunately thsy bvb all very sli^t^ ;jnd if you lia^n not already run the pages, it will be a very small matter to corrt^^t them.

Very truly yours

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Mereh 16, 192: u

Karch 16, 1928.

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Sent a BOBa, Califtrnia

My deer Sir:

Very many thanks fcr your court day and p x^.rf^t ness in replying to tr.y letter of Februaiy 21 enquin/i;?^ about the poaition ard spelling of the place called Coazena on Dry Creek* The tracing ycu have heen kind encu^ to send settles the matter, and I apprecista your trciWe in botliaripg with it.

With beat wiehea.

Very truly yours

?h ,lohn T^ Nicholp

AMerican Tusfiuni of tJatural History

Il3T York 21 ty

Det^r Mr ISfichols:

Very ir^ny thanks for your trwible in witipg ma Bc.t;Uy on March 10 in regard to the matter of Bobert B£VT7,ttt»s 3epefet88 of his Seal article. Should hava «cknov?l€dgod earlier but here been laid up ;fith laryngitis ar»i fcronchitiSt

In accordance with your adTice, I am exiting in vhony» ojt suspect it viill be too late to get hold of t'ne peip«r before the return of the expedition.

\!ith tH-5nkB for your kindness in the matte:-.

Very truly ycura

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March 16, 1958.

Mr H. B. Anthony

Amarican Juus^um Netural History

New York Ci^ '

D»8r Mr Anthony:

About a week ego Nichols wrcte me thet yry. B^rc tit n leaviiTg to join Captain Eobert Bartlett on bis pp^scrt e-e^Kii-. tion. The point was that I m anxious to get hold of i. oc.jjle of separates of Bertlett's excellent and meaty article en ioe Seal Fishery, and not kjiowiqg the Captain's address, had wrifctw Nichols.

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HowcTer. it is probably too late now, and I shall t equally thankful if the separates in qwstion couH be sent m In the fall.

Please congretnlate Captain B»rtlett fo:- too oa baring puf so much good stuff in his articls, ard with best .viehes tA you both for a sucoessfui trip,

Very truly yours

lEaroh 16, 1968.

Vr W. C. Henderson, ficting Chief U. 3. Biological Sttwey W*ishir<*tDK, D.S.

De^r N'r Handera on:

Thfcnks for your letter of the 14th instant just rs- ce'Tc^d. I am delighted tc know that Piper has pwcticallj ccB?l-tfi3 a report on t»ie mouse plague inrestigation. and look ior*fcrd :?ith mufth interest to its appearance.

It has galled ire that certain lamentably erroneous article.^ haye found their way into the press and thet The.Sarr.V.* P^suir.8bly in a position to know the facts, had ebetainsd fn>«

puVii^hij^ them.

1 an ^ad to know also that The Surrey will hereafter

keep au open eye for loose steteinents that serre only to itri-

t*te tb» reader. ?:«ch number conteins much of p»»nsnt Tsln.

erd idH contain much more when the names of aniaal« talked about

sre definitely stated so that my one may know tAat Is msant.

With beet wishes.

Very truly yours

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Mr B. i. ?1BUT«1. Honoraty T^Baewer Ottewe ?i«ld Kaiui^Ust Club Dttet?3. Caaada— 381 VoLood Straet

Mjr dear Sir;

F)r 90B» jfearB pest X hare been receiYing rtgtilarljr %fo oocies of the Canadian Field Natuialiat, aa published, tat recently only one copy has been received.

In forwrding payment tor subecription a few years ago i'our tlieo tr*8furer wrote me that I wee entitled to one copy in csonscquence of aoms honorary iceraberahip beatowed upon me rsatj • y^are ago. ell of whidi I appreciated. But I wnted Lwo^cpjief in crder to be fwe to sare separately any articles on Maanals wd Birdo shich appeared in nearly erety iaeua. I therefore hat« comiBued paying for .the extra copy, *ich recently haa not ar- rived.

On Pebruaiy 24, on receipt of your first notice of duet

for subscription for the current year, I iamedietely sent mj ahack for $2.10 in paymnt t»»r«of .

I should be glad if the sraingeBBnt wfioh has held for

so many years ni^t bs oontinnsd.

Yery truly yours

CTT

774

Hareh 20, 1928.

ptar Betty:

Per a long ti«a I hare Uw putting off writing from day to day. m the firat place . w had a family miawderatand- Ing aa to the date of your co«ing. I »«w. or thought I aaa. in your handwriting a ataten^nt to tha effect that you aould arrire on the inomipg of Mareh 21, but Flownoe and noddy and Zenaida backed each other ^ with the atatenent that we ahould hare to atand it until April 1, ao I wa» properly aquelohed.

Aa it atandt. I expect to have tha pleaaura of eaeorting you and your mother to our houae fro. the Union Station on April I. «o kindly drop me a line telliig the hour of your arrival.

Iter nearly a month two Pit Hirer Indiana from northern California haTe been in laahington. end for at laaat two weeka of the time they were at our houae fron half a day to naarly a whoU dey. 1 expected them again today but they did not stow up. TJ^y contributed ao many worda (probably between two and thwa thcuaand) to ay l-jUHBrfi^je wcabulary that I have bean kept rather bttay. Part of the time I wee in bed with grippe, but thay caw iuat tha a«na. I em now able to take a little nouriahnent daUy, and hopf you and your mother will be able to do the aR.iie when you gat hare.

It*a Important.

Bey before yesterday we he/d about three inchea of anew

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in the rery aarly »«,ni,^ but tha wind waa ao dry that it took most of it off by aiddatj.

Your grandfather drops ua a few linM once in a while, but between tha moriaa and Helen 'a children he ae«na to be mighty buay.

We have boon waitiog for you for yaara and hear all aorta of nxmora about the horrible thiaga you hare been doing aince you bec«e faahionabla! Tour Unole Vernon haa become ao dawoted to « young beever and an old kangaroo rat that you can't alwaya count on him any more. 3till. I hate a notion the t he will ta^ird you aa a diversion and be almoat aa glad aa we ahall be to aae you again.

Plcddy ia atill flouriahii^ and looka firet rata, not- wi tha tending her aororitorial diaalpationa.

Wtti lofa from all of ua at 1919,

Aa ever your antiquated unole

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Jr .'i. 3 Kinlena The Stratford Co Boaton, iJaas.

Dear iSir:

Replying to yours of the 19th inat, I regret that it ia too late to make the desired corrections without can- celling the ^&^- And you omitted telling me wliat this would cost. Kindly let me know.

The only other way I think of would be to inaert an Srrata, which none of us like.

Hastily,

Sli tor

Hod end Oum in Canada

Woodstock. Ontario » Canada

Ity a^ar Sir:

In the November number of Bod and Gun there i« an article on the Moose by M. U* Batea. This article con- tgi!i« ^ SfT^all photo-print showing cedar branchea brokea off by Mooae in winter. It is at the top of pege 506 of the

^oy ember number •

I an wondering if it mi^t be possible to obtain a good print from this negBtire, or the loan of the negatire froTf which I wight hfiwe an enlarged print made. I shall be glsd to psy all charges.

Very truly youiw

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Washlngtcn, D.C*

r Sirs:

Please send me at the above address, with bill erolosed, 200C sheets of Munising Bond like th< attached sample in quality and sise.

If you hare this paper in a lighter shade of blue, 1 should like to have it; othsmiae please send the seme shade of blue as the senile •

Very truly yours

eTT

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ferch 2jq, 1928.

C^ttiB George Ifciteley

Baer Sir;

•" ^ ^ i^isiteu the Korthern Seel

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oare taken such phctoffranhB t*

the nn,n«. ^"^g^P*''^- I^ 70u cer put me in touch with

the proper pwson, l ghaU be very greet I7 «hii . . .

or oourae expect to dpt all o^r.-^-

graphs. ' P^y «11 «^Pensea connected rith the phofc>

Very truly yours

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Mr Nelson H, Kmi ?A22 H Street, N.jW. Waahinfftor. , D^C,

Deer Vr Kent:

In looking over some old prints of photogn|ihB tiiken bj in© in Oelifoniia many years ago» I find four of nhioh I shall be rery glad if you will kindly make two prints each for ma.

Can you make these postal sise without ms^ng nntif cegjutifes? The numbers of the negatires ara 8725, ers?, 10253. ai;d 10257.

Very truly yours

08T

• Iterch 26, 19E8.

wii el Engineer

P^flBM Gan and Slectrio Compenj

San PxBnoiflco^ California

My dear 3ir: .

For a nonber of years I here been engaged in field vork with the eeferal tribes of Pit River Indiana^ and have been much m- barrassed for lack of a reasonably acourate isap on wbioh to plat the diatribution of tbair ▼illagea*

Two or three years ago you were kind eotmgb to gire me a blue print of Pit Riwer for sone distance below ftill Hirer Uills«

Just now I m inoat anxioot to obtain a nap showing the tAiole_of Fa^U,Hver Yalloj^^ and* if practicable, reaching far enough north to include White Horae lake, far enough up Pit BiTer to in- clude Muck Valley, and far enough down Pit Hirer to incluie Big Bend*

There were a aurpriaiqgly Isrg^ nua^er of Tillages, not. only on Fall Rirer but also on Tula RiTer»and the lake sose times known aa ?all Lake, in the Big Karsh &-d miles north of Mcirthur.

The old map ertieets of the Geological Surr^ are of too

amall aoale and are too inacourate to adbilt of platting the old

tillagea, and the aan^e seems to be the case with the Forest Surrey's

maw* And I^have yet to see any map which has the common names

'lutes of the rsffiono rexy deeply inaebted*

Teiy truly yourw

mmim. Am i osve ye^ i^o see any map wmcn i in local uss for the taricui topogrsphic features of the region.

If you can help me out , I ehall be

781

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Major Generel Lata Wshl far Department Wairi^.ingtOB, D.C»

Hy dear Sir:

Will you kindly inform me of the date cf establishment of l^rt JSrook in Fall KlTer Talleyi a few miles aorth of pit RlTsr, northeastern Califtmia« jUao, if the fact is eonwenient, the date of disband-* sMtt* Ala9|«aa General CjDok the firet cosnandiag officer?

▼ery truly youre

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M£rch 26, iSSR,

Mr Luther J. Goldman Goodii^g, Idcho

Dear Goldman:

7ery many thanlc? for your letter of the 20th instsnt.

Most of the Grizfsly skulls you mention eo ha^irjg scot in I have seen and have examined rather critically. The trouM© witli them is, as I think I wrote you several years ago, that ail of th«iri possess the characters of female Grizzly skulls, not one shoifiirn characters usually belor^ing to males, Nevertheless, as you x^ mark, a couple of these were labeled V-slS'*

If they are males, they are certainly an undesoribed species, but if females as they appear to be, no nt© knows wJk'. the males are like,

%e outstanding calamity is that r»>" a siz)glo o-:c m^ labeled 'male' by yourself or any one whcan we« Tuild implicitly trust. For this reason I have been hoping for ^^i^f^ that you would send in one which you absolutely knew to be h ^fl u

I have passed my ?3d birthday, but still hop- \o live long enough to receive from you the skull of one of tfBtv* tri^zlles vitiich you yourself know to be a m4e\

With best wishes.

Very traly yours

^1

March 28, 1928.

\Vr Roderick McArtbur fcoArthur, Oaliiomia

Dear Sir!

For several ye^irs I have been doing field work in the Pit Biver wuntry, with special reference to the local geogr&phy and the location of old Indian villages*

The only maps that I have seen are exasperatingly Inaccur? te, but ! hrvo been informed that you have an accurete *v.8p of the region in the nei^borhood of McArthur and thence north, covering the Big Swamp,

1/j It possible to obtain a copy of this map? If so, and you will kindly send me a copy with bill, I will re- mit ti%. once ar.j p' 1] be very greatly obliged.

Very truly yours

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Mr M. S. Kinlens The Stratford Co. Boston, fiaas.

Dear Sir:

Thanks for your letter of yesterday in re^rd to the corrections in the page proof. This ib, satisfactory to me and I am obliged for the trouble you are taking.

Very truly yours.

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Hsrch ::^. 193S

Mr Lo ring W* Tunrell Smithtown Branch long Island, New York

Uj dear Sir:

Bii Karch-April nuinber of Biri-jii;re hpf? yici ^^r- rived. In it I find your interesting^ notes <^n thr; r-octin^ of a Whip-poor-will. Your photograpfc cf the bird on th« nest (p. 115) ic one of tJie finest pict\re« illustret.'' ;;g protective coloration that I heve ever seen. I uaed i^ ^.^^c^ ture on this subject and for forty y^ars or more have beer* collecting illustrative photographs.

I am wondering if you would ha willing to let me have a print fron liiis negative. If so, I s'hould oicpeet of course to pay ell charges. If the picture t« iriiitfj'i in Bird- Lore has been trimiried do^n from the original si?- k'?. the negative, I should be gl&d to have the full siz« in c -lex to increase the size of ths setting.

Teiy truly youit»

786

March ^9^ 1928.

iirthur Pau.:ecr! 4 SQmjjeny >!ew York City Dtfar Sii's:

liicplyint^ t^i ycur Utter of the 26th instant in rr^ply to 's.y inquirf ♦ please send me one of your new Paulson •letter fLles meaauriiy approximately 6 x 10 x 12, finished i^ -tr/lv oliVc green, with bill for same.

Fleas e note that my address is 1919 Sixteenth Stn^'»t, net. Smithsonian Institution, to which your last letter wi?*? addressed.

Very traly yours

787

larch 29, 1928.

Mr Gaorg* B. Colentan

301 « me lMga« of Jauricn, Inc

S«D Pranciaco. Califernie

Hy dear Ur Colemn:

Iteplyirg to jour Inqttity of the 21st inetact, would 887 that I hsTe no objection to Henahaw Wart to fill the racancy left by WiUiM Kwt'e death.

I do not hi^pen to know Kr flenjtiav leni, but that ia no ra«8on why he should not ba elected.

tery truly youra

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Mrs Mildred Ring Indian Field Service BeQo» NeiBda

Ky dear Kre Ring:

Your letter of Pebruarj' 13 came duly ecd I wb glad to have it. Should have written earlier but havo bid a Ei?g3 rriiii the PlUt and at the same time ha^e had more than e iriorith with t%: Califomia Indians who came in the hope of obtaining aid from it gress. This has been good for me in one way as it has results -r a large increase in material, but in another ^'sy h«s set me ba^ :i\ all my work.

Thanks for the photographs. I an v^^rj glad to have fv^c of them, but I have to confess that the one sliO^ing an alleged In- dian at the Indian village wearing a Plains wax- V nnet grieves me beyond expression. I hate fakes of all kinds tijc feko photograph?! mo IS than most other kinds. No Piute ever woxe t ivnriet of this kind. It belongs to the Plains Indiana east of V^ Cookies. It is a picturesque affair and tlierefore has been photo ^,^nphed on far- ioi« tribes who were wholly strange to it. Thus I l.ire aven seen it on published pictures of Pueblo Indians in Anzona ./ad Now iVeiico. Too bad.

Sorry to hear that the Pyramid Lake Piute proved unfrii*/nr:; to Harrington's work. Maybe he hasn't tte right personality for

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only possible wey, as I see it, would be to submit an article with illustrations to Ur Grcsvenor. Evidently you have plenty of ap* bition and good hralth to think of the expeditions you have planned

I have by no irenns finished my Piute work, although I hfcve besn Marking with different Piute tribes on and off for forty jva^yi or more. There are many words and expressions which cannot b^ ;n denote od frort' the old Indians. What is needed is one of the joa f.er people with good knowledge of Ifnglish and experience in c^ f the modern schorls. This applies to many tribes besides \;tj and \a the reas:>i for my many visits to the Sherman Indian Scr >^; at Riverside. Your Josephine Wright looks promising to me. • Tlith best f;.5he«? and hopes of Tneetlng you during the

ccmir^ s^mr.-er

Very truly yours

OGT

March 31, 1928.

Mr N. W* Dorsey» Accountant Staithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.

Dear Kr Doreej:

Herewith I aw enclosing my expense account for

the month of March » alor^ with souie left-over items, sifjount-

ing to $150.0&,^ accompanyirig Touchers listed below, which

kindly pay from the Harriman Fund as usual.

Yours very truly

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Urs Uabal Hollister, Assistant, Mrs. Helen 0. Trotter, Stenogrejrfier, liiss Zensida ?/erriam. Assistant,

$150.00 150.00 135.00

Tn driving the Pit Riv9r Indians to Soldier's HciQ and several other placea recently, the brakes of our California Dodge car failed to hold. Ho I took the car to the Dodge service station where, as usual, they diocoTered several other things needing attention— as per enclosed subvouchsr No. 12, for $29.25. -,

iWi^ Sixteenth Street, Vfeahingtcr,^]^^ «p«n*e account fny mo-«i, icion

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April 2. 1^28.

Ut Qlarenoe Ooitam Brigbam Yoaz^ VniTarait/ ProTO, Ut€h

My dear Hr Cottam:

BepXylng to year l«tt»r of Karch 27 just

r»oelTe<t, I rsgrvt to tey that the paper on My Ufa

Z«M» Vor k* vhi ch I presented before the last meeting

of tbe Anerican Omithologiat Unioit hea not l)aan pub-

liahed. The material aas hastily broight together

and I have not bad tiaa to put it in shape for public

oat ion. Otheraise I ahould be hqppy to aend you a

copy.

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April 4, 192B.

Mr Sm Spring

itodoc County, CaU forma

Ky dear Sir:

tour letter of March 23 has just reached me. In

reply to your questions wuld say that the only Indians from

Kortham CalifcniiB who have been in %8hington thia winter

ere Charles Oi^en of Pall Hirer Valley and Jack MilUaw (or

Jack Dick) of Likely.

Thayhare \>een hers for some time end are still here, ajjarently waiting to see whether Or not the Court of Claims Bill would be pssed by Congress. 1'; «y or may not pass. In my judgment it ia not of much account anyway as it has c«^ so altered that littl*. if anything, wcnld c«s

of it for the Indians.

With beat wishes to you all,

Very truly yonrS

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April 9, 1928.

Br P. Kartinelli Isgttsitatf. C8lil0Rii»

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Thaakd fcr your letter of the 2d instant,

I air Terj brjcIi oMiged to you for hiTing the trert^s cut es re^iuested aud ^m tticloaing zny check for $31.00 in pey- iMint of yoor MU» It in pleescnt to kncm that the brash here been Wrnad wlUioat injury to the trees and thot every- thing appears to be in gccd condition, I hope the he^Ty rains did not uueie tdditionel leeks in tha hcose*

In regKiH to Zennida^a orchard , I shtll be obliged it yoQ #U1 kindly hare the recessery spading done end send lae tba bill tcr same*

nth bast wishes to you ell,

7Bry truly yours

April 9^ 1S8B.

Mr H* H. Pittman Waaotope» 3dsk.» Canada

Hf deer Mr Pittman:

Your letter of Maroh 14 eecl«Biii^ thm^

tiny prints cf Muskret end Coyote is at band* *ot

cerii^ for these prints, I sm retaining tbea bsra^

uith.

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April 10. 1923.

Mr /T^nk M. Harris Chief, Dept. of Sngineers Pacific? Ges tncl Elect rio Company San i^'rancisco. Celifomia

Dear Sir:

Very many t hanks for your letter of th^ 3d instant informing me that }iT Pred K. Titbetts, iVlcska OoBDercial Building, San Francisco, has a topographio vaap of Pali River Valley, a copy of which he i5» willir^j to send me*

I m writing him by this mail, and appreciate yotnr oourtesy in the matter.

Veiy truly yours

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lir Pr«d H. Tibbetts Alaska Oo!triarci8i Building San Francisco, Califomia

Dear Sir;

In reply tc my in,iuiry a"bout maps of the

?8ll Hirer Valley rsgioD 1 an in formed by Mr Prank M.

Harris of the Pecif ic Ges and Eleotric Conpaiy tliat

ycu ha7Q si«h e mop end ttet you are iiilling to let

!r.e here s oopy.

1 shall be very mush obliged if you mil

kirdly send jne this map along with bill for same.

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aotlj itet 1 t««K team

with raaaaaaUa aeeifliqr ^ IflBaUeaa af a laige peroantage

of tfae «Uti y^m ^lUt^^mmmmm I have obtainad.

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My dear Sir:

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Ur lioylr^ W. Turrell Smith to «n Branch liong Island, New York

My dear Sir:

You ere indeed very kind to send me the photo- graph of a T/hip-poor-will on her nest, for #iich I asked a cbort tip© ago. I greatly appreciate your courtesy and trouble in the matter.

It is a remarkable jiiotograph as ??6ll as ore of the best illustrations I have ever seen of protective coloration and markings.

With best Tvishes,

Very truly yours

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April 1?. l^ati

Dr Nolle Uunoey Bdfublia Builaii^ Stover, Colorado

1^ dear Dr Euny:

Bsplying to your letter of the 13th iijstsnt in regard to li tenure en the Grizzly Beer, wuld sey that the literfcUx^ ot the eubject ia far too extensive for a busy man to lyt tempt to c-iiumsrdte* Th#rt are several books on Grizzlies, and in addition to theG«, »' •- oounts of huntirg Grizzlies occur iii more than a hundred i^iyr'^-, 'f travel #nd exploiaticn snd in the megazines devoted to Katur>jl F'.3- toxy and hunting. f

The principal books, as I reoall them offhand, arn*

Advailures of Jemes Capen Adams, Kountaiiteer nnd * .-i. z'.dy Beer Hunter, by Theodore H. Hit tell, 1860 (reprinted i/ -31:),

Bears I Have Met and Others, by Allen KeLj; . 1503.

Txue Bear Jtories, by Joaquin Miller, liCO (Dareliable)*

Bruin, the Grand Bear Hunt, by Captain UoyiMt f?eid, 1865.

The Bear Hunters of the Rocky Mount&ins, b/ irme Bc^r^en,

1862.

Bear Hunting in ths White koun tains, by H. <<• Soton-Kerr,

la&i.

Chapters on Beer hunting in the book efltitlai ^i^eric-*.. Big Cane in lis Haunts, published by the Boone and Oro'.,kOii. Cl;ih.r<|^

Ni^^ts with the Grizzlies, being a chapter in 4mei*icau Big Game Hunting, the Book of the Boone ^d Oroo&ett Cla)« 1901 »

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The Orisaiy Bear, by WiHiaw H. Wright, 1909*

ttemories of a Bear Hunter, by Col. William D. Pickett. with notes by Dr. George Bi ri^Gri nnell , xn book entitled Hunt im et High AltatndRB, published by the Boone and Crockett Club, Wi3»

Chaptere on Grizaly Beam by Ernest T.Seton in hie large work erititied lires of Game Animals, Vol. 2. 1926.

Chapters on the Korthem Grizzly and Barren Grofflad Bran. by Sir John Eichtrdflon in hie great work entitled P8«» BofMli ;6m«ricar.a, «

By this mail I am sending you a technical work by iay«elf the Big Dears of America, but fear it containe little of inter-

in tiie way of the material you are seeking.

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Veiy truly yours

C.\Ww>

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April 17. 19a8.

Ksff Iftabel Calpin. Secretary Oftpt, Werine and Pisheries at^ JjAm, Newfoundlacd

Sir imr Uis« Celpin:

Very many thanks for your letter of the M ittttant calling my attentirn to the proliatility that the Holloway Studio may be able to furniali the photographs desiied, 1 am writing them by thi?j •ftii. Thanking you for your courtesy in the

mut imr^

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April 17. lS2a

St. Jchiis. SeiifcuoeHeni

3osr Sirs:

m «ny i-e.rt I ta« be™ h08lt« to obUir, pbot-

pr.ph= of 3..U on the ic ^t th» far .ittout .»»... Porty-fiTe year, .go I .Isit.d the «orth.r» 3«1 «.b.r, - 3„f«,n on th. 33 lTota». under Cptai. Elotord Pi*.. t)» „ti,«n ice .«ter. A l^rge .-^Ker of Hooded Seata «r. 0M»i.,.d .«! I secured ^.y ^P-l™"' f" "» S«ith«««n IiBtituHcr. here in ifeshington.

The Ulra^tor of torin. and Fiehwie. be. ««.»tM ,Vt vov. «., h.« Photop^p^ of tU. kind. If... . ."."1* k, vJr, .i.d of » opportutit, to puroh... . na*«-

. U yoa l.v. Photcsraph. of eitl-T Hood, or Harp.. «

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• f« 'jHh hHl for sar.e. socci i^ prints, ^^-tn ^-ia iw

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Dear Sir:

Your latest catalogue of Celiforniana reached me

yestarday, for itiich I an obliged.

The itifp on the cover entitled *Gold end QuiclreilTer District of California' interests me greatly and I am wonder- ing whether it corered the main part of the first pege of the Califcrria Herald of December 26, 1848» as would tern to he in- plied by the fonn cf the title page. Since the bottom pert of . the nap is cut off by the headline of your catalogue, one is left in doubt as to the aathorship and det^of drawing of this nap. J an wondering if you have lange scale photostats of it, and if 80, If I could parohase a couple of copies.

For weny years I Jieve been collecting m«p« of Cali-' fornia, but this one seems to have escaped attention.

Yery truly yours

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April 19, ISaB.

Mr iPred 9. Tiooetts iilfiska Gcninercial Building San ?rpn '.Ji s 'JO , CelifcmiB

Iv dear 3.ir:

The map cf P£?ll Hiver Valley which you were good enough to send me a short time ego has proved so helpful in wabling mt to locate Indian villages that I an led to it^iuirs if ycu have similer maps of any other parts of the dreiMge lesin of Pit River*

If 80, I should appreciate it if ycu will allow Be to purL.hase copies. And if ycu have mcps of other parts of Califorria» I should be very glad to know #iat and where thay are.

Very truly yours

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liy dear 3ir:

Kr ilrne^t iJawson, Proprietor of Dawscn^s Bookshop in

Ia)3 Angeles, writes me thet you have purchased the Cali&mia

Herald of Decerrler 26, 1848, the front page nap of which was

rejvoduced on Da7»2on*s recent catalogue.

Ib^d written hiri asking if it were precticatle to oV tain a photostat of this map. In reply he telle me that you have rarchaBed the document in question. I therefore Uke the iicerty cf a skint; if you would be willing to here a photostat jnadfr, at ny expense of ixurae, which you would permit me to plao3 in a folio birder cf old Celifornia maps.

These maps, with the names of rivers current et the time cf publioBtion. are of rruch use to me in platting the looa- tior-3 cf eld Indibn villfiges. Durir^s my field work amonp, the vi^ncaa Indian txibeu of Califcrnie in the last 35 years. I here jiecui^d the names and approximate locations of several thousand Jndiw viilsses, many of which, owinft to changes in geographic nair.eg, have proved hard to locate.

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Mr N. W. Doisey, Accountent Saitteoi^flD Institution Weahingtcn, D.C.

Dear Hr itersey:

Enclosed is my expenae eccount icr month c£ April,

(iunting to $56.06, and vouchers for services as ^9ted be Ion. all of ttech kindly pay as usual frc?n the Harriiriau

Fund.

The receipt for Alton's Press Clippings for month

of Pftbrtt««y h»8 only recently arrived and is enclcsed here- with, U »• No. 8 of the Kerch eccouit. and ma sent to lAguni Ua^ tf^ oh accounts for the delay.

Yours very truly

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Paid two Pit Biver Indians

ifllen's Press Clippings for March

idaps ard ohotostscs San Joaquin Yalley

Arthur H.' Allen, photostats (maps)

Akeiey articles in World's Ylork'

o pnotoetats (maps)

£ red and Hue pencils with extra leads

Duplicate Aoril and May nuinbers Outdoor

3 ooxes Owl' clips

Sresers arri spool thread

Pen point 8 for map work

Street coi* fairs for assistants

3 pkgfl. ft^anoed envelops, large and small

BlecFriC\;urrent Mer.lb to Apr. 17. $5.2ii~l/3 5.2£ 1

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812

Journal of Forestry

Atlantic Building.

930 P Street, Washington, D»C.

D&ar Sirs;

Recently some misunderstanding has cxicurred in illation to my membership and dues in the several moiB or less confusing branches cf the Forestry Association.

For a number of years I have been a Trember of the Americiin Portetiy Association, paying the annual $4.00 dues and receiving in return Anericai ?orests and Forest Life, which I wish to ccniinue.

But during the first three months of the current year 1 find that I have made three payments for viiat I supposed were cne «nd the ease thing, namely the Am gt lean Forestry Association, Cn lookii^ over my checkbooks I find tliat on Uarch iS I sent a check of $2*00 to the Society of American Foresters^ on February 21 to the aane oigasisatioD a oheck of $5.00, #iile on January 28- I had al- rtttqr^iMit ay ctook of $4.00 to the American Foiestry Association.

Saob of these payments was on a bill sent rreyand I ptad teoh vithout looking the matter up, until it gradually dawned on my antiquBted brBin that I had paid $11.00 instead of $4.00 for my \^2.% ntaberthiptf

Since sending some of these payments I hare received four QUrfberi» namely for .tanuary, February, Kerch , and April 1928, of e

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teohiiiual publication ent it led Journal of Forestry, which I had mecr before seen and whidi is of no interest whatever to me, ae I i;;.i not interested in any way in either the technical or commercial side of Forestry.

It would appear therefore that somebody has slipped me a bill of $5-00, 5tfhich I have paid, for something I never had any in* tention of subscribing for.

I shall be glad to return these four numbers of the Jour- nal in return for the $5.00 which I unwittir^gly paid for them*

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Dr Honxv 9. D»Ml<l^(m Wi0tar jQ«titut«- vt immtmj

U; deer Dr Dmwldacn;

of the grcond flotfr oX Uie Satijftwa tvew at iD;30 A.K, on Thiir*d«;» i:aj X

1 Med soM" t4»« be£(ri» yaa oemtf to looBte the skuUe eo tbftt m vj vat 1» eblxeet ttf !•»# Ir^ a d*^ or ment in frnftag Unr mriar nevftid.

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ei 'tery pleasant evprise x«^Mt J en ^nclos ing 1^ J9antcl of ^Klf of 3t. Xciszvace

I* i«« pitj jreuaoaid act tttow »ta^ through

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liy deer fize:

Hie photogrephs of sesls on the ice which you were kind enoi^h to send mo in compliance Tiith my recent request heve just arrived, for which 1 am greatly obliged.

i em not enclosing the amount for thwe ($3.10) for the reason that I wish to purchase the copyright privilege (right of reproduction). If you will kindly tell me what this ie, T will add it to the bill for those which 1 would like to publish I ehculd. of ccuree. print the nan>e "Copyright. The Holloway ?tudio T'fld.'* under each reproduction.

• Ihe younc Harps are lovely, but I an particularly anxious to get good pictures of Hoods. The three you have sent, while pretty good are so far away, particularly the old bull, that tltey would not she's up very well in a cut.

1 en wondering if these would not stand enlarging. If so, I wish you would enlarge each grcup of Hoods as much as it will •tend. 1 B9^me that you have sent me all the Hood photographs in your pos-e^sion. If net, will you kindly send me any others

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ir. Lewis B. Glsvis c/o Senator Lynn J.Frszier Committee on Indian Afteirs :)>enate Office T^uildirg Washington, D. C.

My dear

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finf?? n ^[f"-^^''® f"^^*""^ ^^.^^« ^'i*^ -iver cctmtry. vou lino, no end of intereetirp nteteriel. •

An ebundeince of information slonp no^f or l/ac? ai„n-!rv t -•»■«« rnay be cbtoired frcr the Indians of x.ound Vell^r^r.^' ooor^'^'lh So far as I know there is no spent in ^unr?£llp; ..♦ S^rt ?L agent who wes there several years ago l^^i nc died* Hc^was" rascal and systematically re used to give the Inrliers rorpv ^n^%Li r«^^

Kl"^'^^'^ ^'^ teiltually treated *:herii an S?. r'oSakL^'.nd sere! times brutal manner. If you visit the differeri JndCn^ Kps fn

fo^atfon.^'^ ^''' '"' ^'^'^^' '' ^^*^i" ^/ surprising a^ntLt^Tin."

r A- ^'1;!?? ^^" C^'' ^^ Yukiah it would be well to viqit th*. Volri^h Indian settler-ent op th^ east si^e of *'u«3i6n\i?^r ^\ .nfilS ""

southeast. of Yukiah. Stephen Knight of thi1s?u'.,;.rt car 'fv« you much 3.nfcrm?:tion. -8i-f..ei„„r.x can give

■-U 4. ,. ^' neighljorinf resorvation worth visitin;» i« fw.flt rf fu.. ^hoteah or Ifcpland I'ribe, .5 or 4 miles ^.st of ^r'"^^''^^ ^-^ ^'^'"^ chief, en InVier

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td^®' f "pin if -^^.^ ?f^t ?f ffopiand. fho present er) ;. 1. billy, cculri tell you many things.

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ihese Indians ai-e industrious end raise a good deal of fruit.

->jrt of T.mf^'^^'fo'° ^P"^® ^^S^ tc.Oalifornia, starting the early

k L-v LiS?n;,.fitr?'*?''' ^.J^'-' ""'^^^ "0^*^ °f 3an ?ranci8Co Bay, » t.y headquarters during the season. V^hen you arrive in the

^^^J^rT'^^^^i^ ''! J/^«? i^r^^^ ^^1? '^^ i' the ma%ter cc i)i:,cec .".oT-th visitinf] jind the best neans of petting about.

Teiy truly yours,

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Dr. Henry H. Donaldson V/ister Institute Philedelphie, Penn.

Dear Doctor Donaldson:

llianks for your letter of the 5th instant, enclosing tables of the measurements you made of the teeth of sane of our bears a few days ago.

In regard to the three cases of incomplete data: 1 have just been to the museum and have founds I think, what you need. The Museum number of the old male skull of Ursus middendorffi is 134407.

Wie a - b measurement of Ursus middendorffi, number 119800 is 335.

The a - b measurement of Ursus americanus number 48242 is 273.

Yery truly yours.

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May 9, 1928

Dr* Glover t. Allan

kuaeum cf Compsrative Zoology

Cambridge, lUisaabhufietts.

Deer Doctor Allen:

Your letter acknowledging the T?hite T/hale

matter is a't hand*

In writing you the other day, I neglected to aay that the reason I omitted mention of the blowing of the whales at various pieces in the River and Gulf of St. Lawrence and northward, was that to hunt the scattered records up in my Journals would require too much time*

TO th best wishes,

Very truly yours.

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Mr. ^(illiS'n i- Fox . ^ Sciences

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E.plyi.g to yo»r ccurt.™= l.t.er ot th. 7th ,„,t.,t. «uld ,.y that I V.« iust ««i.ed B, W. of the rroc2edxng3 of whe Acaowj^

1 f vllnire is 19E6. so that the current volume mv last 70i'.Jne as x-' »

. V ^ ^^...flivpA. Furthernore, n has evidently not been received.

• ^A 1 should undoubtedly have it he(? been rec-=>ived. I shojxa a

reine«bered it.

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Mr. MtU.BsUs Hetaganaa ria Cartier Ontario t Canada

3toar Mn Bataa:

Tour wars t^rj kind in raaponding to my inquiry about thd nagatita of yoar photograph ahowing cadar branotea brakan off by a moaa* ahioh yon vara good anoogh to aand ma on April 20.

Vy dalay in aoknowladging your oourto^ ia dua to tlM diffioulty I hara bad in gatting good print a from tka nagati?a» I tried thraa finla and finally aant tha aagatira to tha Baatnan Oonpany and it only oane baok

laat a?aning,idth printa muoh battar tlian Hioaa I |tad

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had made hara.

Mf apaoial intaraat in thia i^otegraph ariaaa froa tha oiroumatanea that ia mj book ob tha "Kanula of tha Adiroodacka**, publiafaad about 45 yaara ago, I mentionad thabt9B(liai9 of dear on oadar booi^a about tha bordara of our idirondaok lalcaa in aintar. A fa« montha ago thia fttftnant vaa oriticiaad by a man who olainsd that tha onttinf' off of th»aa bougha eould not ba dona by daar*

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WwB I aa« jour picturs in "Bod and Oon in Canada", ahowing ahera mooee had dona tha wmt thir^, I «aa naturally vary nuoh intaraatad nd anxioua to aaoura tha picture, aa you know.

It atrlkaa ma b9 quite likely tint you have nade paraonal obaarrationa on the broaaing of mooae and deer on cedar boufi^a. If ao, anything you oan taU ma on the ' anbjeot would be deeply appreciated,

the deaoriptiona and illuatretiona of yoar oamp appeal to me rexy atrongly aa ainea early boyhoad I hare apent muoh of ay life in oanp. Men tton alarty yeara ago my father took ma aampii^ in tha idirondacka in aufflaar, and in winter when he waa killing daar; tnd fifty-aix yean ago I waa Natiraliat of tha 0,S, Qao* logical find Oaographioal Surrey of the farritoriea, working in aome of the wildcat parta of Idaho^ liaii|teaa« and Utah.

In 1889 I made a Biol^ioal aurray of 12,«00 aqnara

milaa in iriaona, including Sai pranciaoo Hoontain, tha tinted Oeaart. and parta of the Grand Cj^on of tha Oolorado.

In 1890 and 1891 I planned and carried out a Bio* logical Surrey of the Death 7allay Begian in tha daaarta of aontheaateni California, aid axg«ilad tha loxk ialo

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inOt iiae* «li«ft I httt A^iftd ^nelpiit^ is Mfgi^ tk» 4ittrttottti«b of tndiaii tilW* ia O^Oifoni*

It i« Ml •t«ttt« X^ntfm tki* I •ttiMtii to yov oti^ aal tht iBtoxMlii^ ngUtt n^lA ym •!<• 3Mwttd» aiA if yofl^or «< not •» vntotv

iilc«^9««viftit. I>imif not yot tw^Ktotiy fi<ia «ork ift MlfofnU. to lAiob I iq*oai t« ivt^ni i» t«t ir tiMo «ote»

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May 16. 19^^.

Mr. Charley Green Glenbura, Calif.

My dear Br. Green:

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We are all very glad to hear from you and to know that you reached home safely after your Tery long trip on the way.

The Lee Bill wee passed by Oongress three or four days ago, but so far X have not been able to get copise* I will try again to- day ani will send you a oouple if I succeed in getting them*

ffe expect to drive across to Califor- nia in June, starting early in the month|and 1 hope to see you at some time during the summer . but cannot be sure*

Very truljr yours.

May 15, 1928*

Mr* C» B* l^chford forest Service Was hi i^ ton, D# 0%

Dear Mr. Haohford:

Vbtj many thanks for your letter of May 11^ enclosing copy of a letter from I» 7. Patterson, District Banger from MoArthur, California*

1 am very glad indeed to have this in- formation, although since writing you I had located Salmon Creek by means of two Pit River Indians, who were temporarily here in behalf of pending legislation •

lour ffistrict Banger gave additional in- formation that I am mi^ty glad to have.

Thanking you for your trouble and courtesy in the matter.

Very truly yours.

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jfr. James P. Ohapin, President linnaean S^^ety of New York M«» York 8i^.

My dear Mr. Ohapin:

Yotxr letter of the twelfth instant astonishes me rexy nnoh.

I an not strong oc nedals but appreciate the ooarttsy of the Society in awarding me the one you Mention.

Owing to my age and the condition of my health, and the additional fact that I eipeot to leare Washington for CaUfomia the first week in June, it will not be possiUe for me to go to New York. This however, I think yon will agree, is a fonnality easily set aside in view of the circomstenoes.

Please conrey to the Officers and Comcil of the I^naean Society my apprtoiation of their action in thus recognising «y woik in Mammalogy, Orai^logy, and Zoogeography.

Tory truly yours.

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lay 16, 1928.

Mr. Sugene f, fhurston. President OonmoD wealth Club of California 345 da tier Street San Fresicisco, Calif.

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In compliance to your request, transmitted throu^ Mr. 1. A. Walcott,for suggestions in regard to the helpfulness of your Committee on Indian Af- fairs and sqggestions as to a Chairman to replace Mr. Ilktts, resigned, wotdd say that while I am not acquainted with the membership of the Clnb, it oc- curs to m that excellent service mi^t be rendered

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Dr. ttward P. filaser 201 Cflmino ^Hiar 9»n Francisco

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Mr. U A. Barrett Forest Seivice Ferri Building Sen Francisco

Tory tnily yours.

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ir. *. J. Nicolas, Miter Canadian i'ield Naturalist 321 MoLeod Street Ottawa. Canada.

Hjr dear Sir:

Inclosed is a dollar for which kindly send ■e two additional copies of the March number of the Cttiadian Field Naturalist.

It is a number to be proud of, and both the Club and Mr. t, M« Kindle, author of *!CjBnada No^rth ff Fiftj-six Degrees* are to be congratulated. It is a fine thing to have so much authentic material and so many illustrations in such convenient form for reference •

Tery truly yours »

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Mre Ward Sheperd, Secretary

The Society of -American -foresters

517 Lenox Building, Washington, DeC.

1^ dear Mr. Sheperd:

I am not in a position to continue my issociete Mmbership in ISie Society of American Foresters^ in addition to my membership in the full Society^ and therefore am herewith enclosing my resignation*

Tery truly yours.

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Mj daar Mr. Shape rd:

I herewith reeign my i^sooiate iiaber- ■hlp in the Society of American Foreatera.

Vary truly yonra.

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May 16, 1928

Mr. Carlos Arexy, Pwsident ibiarioan Oana FrotactiTa Aaaooiatlon WoclTforth Bldg..233 BroadiaaytN.I.C*

My daar Mr* Avaxy:

Bkplying to yotur lattara of April 17 and Hay 11, would aay that 1 naa not prafioaaly awra that I had bean includad in yoar AdTiaoiy Conuiittaa. I should be glad to bfiow ivhen first placed in this list.

loa ask me to say frankly what I think about the outline of the iicrk of the Aaaooiation. 1 know nothing aboat thia except from a yexy indiatinot carbon nhich aeeme to have come with one of your lattara« Outlinea of thiv aort gire teiy little intimation of iriiat ia actcBlly proposed or being done under the several headingp*

like all good naturaliata I am of course deeply interestad in rational conaerration but haTa littla sympathy with many of the game lawa and the drastic sag* gestions of mray sportsman. I believe in non-politioal State Qeme Conmissions, and would like to aae the raspon«- sibility of administerii^ the giiae lawa plaoed in the hmda of

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the State Oowii.iciui. with full authority oyer cloae seaaona Bud gone liaita. I beliere in the control of game by cloae aeaaoD and bag limit - not by the uninerioan nethod of olaining that a nan^a property legally acquired ia not his property if it happena to be meat.

I believe that game lawa prohibiting the killing of doea ahould be repealed. Hhia law has always atruck me aa a noet aerioua attack on the lawa of nature and one bound to »act unfavorably in the courae of a few yeara. it the pre- aent moment we have a magniricent iUwtration of the ter- rible conaequencea of thia law in the undeniable fact that In Pannaylvania during the latter part of the winter and early apring mny thonaand*. of yearling fawna died of atanretion - the does in enormoua numbers having eaten all available ground food and alao browe aa high up aa they could reach on tiie branohaa of treea - which waa higher. of courae, than the yeerling fawns could reach.

I am a very busy old man, oppreased by a nountain of unfinished work and with no time for matters outaide of my special lines of investigation.

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Mr. I. 1. laloott, l«80utive Secretary, CoaBonwealth Club of California

346 auttar Street, . , San PraBoisoo, Calif.

Daar Sir:

Biplying to your latter of the third instant in regard to the Chalraanahip of the Sommittae 00 Indian Affairs, would bsj that I am enoloaing herewith a letter to Preaidant niurston on the aubjeot.

Tory truly yours.

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May 19. 192$.

^. Qtrloa ^erjr, FrMidnt

iittiieaii QfM proteotiTe iasooiatloD ioolvartb^dg.,239 Broadv^j. H.f.G,

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BipljiHB to your latter of <Jia Vftk inttant, aoald aajr that yoa hare uj paniaaion to Qottinna mj nana ano/^ tha nasbara of tha Adviaery Oonnittaa*

Thanka for the information that I «aa aada a mwbar in 1912. la it not a little atranga a »an ahould be poatad aa a neabar of a Gowdttaa for aiztaen yeera bafoxa ha waa notified of the lbot7

Aa to tha ihiok Lsa: yon aeem to think the Fanaayl- ▼ania reault ft« azoaptional. I do not agree to ttiia and feel that within a few yeart tha unfortuneta faota will baooas gene rally known.

Mj Calif omia hceie at Lagnnitaa, i«iieh ia ay baae far field worit during half af erery year, ia aitnatad in San GaraniM Tallay at the north baae •! Mount Itaalpait. fcroughout thia region, aa a natural reault of the Buck lav. &om becoaie ao nueroua that they bt9 an Infernal nnianoa. Ihey juBip tha fencaa etexy night, oomii^ into tha front

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yarda and gardena of tha realdenta where they eat praotleaUy ayerything aa aoon aa it apringa i^ oat of tha ground, and furthemore, during the diy parted of tha lata aoner and early autumn they detour aoat of tha vagatatlan within reach, iaeludiug the ahrubbaiy of our lama. In a«a» oaaea they aren jump high deer fanoea aada on purpoaa to keep thaa oat. A few yean ago I «aw a doe aqpalad an ttM piakat of a taar fence aurrounding tha Tinayard af the lata ax- Ooagrraaaaa Wllllaa Kent of Kantfiald. Ctlifarnla. And la the oroharla they atand on their hind laga and reach up into the %r»ttchaa aa far aa they ean. eating not only tha laarat hot the applaa.

The buoka on tha other hand keep In tha high ridgaa rarely, if a?er. coning about Ihe howea.

Taiy truly yoara.

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OMr Oaptain Bamet:

ibMikB for yotr iaterMtii^ latter of the 16th inatofit. I an glal you think it vorth ibile to Qollaat and pobliah tiie meiettt hiatorioal and re* ligimn baliefa of the different atocka of ear inerioan aborigines.

Ion aak about the origin of the name Pit ae apj^ied to Pit Blfer aid the Fit Biver ooantxy erf northern Oalifoxnia. If yoa idU tarn to the pon- derow ▼olmea of the Faoifio Biilrcid Surf if BepMrta, yea alU find in Telme 6. page 64, pohliAed in ld57, the folloeing ttatcMnt by the late Gen. Uenxy L* Ab- bot; who died last year at the age of ninety-flTO. In Ail0iat ]855 he vna angeged in aarteying the tit Blver oointxy with Utnt. fiUiewon. la ttaa report in qaeatiOA

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"ffe paeeed aany pita aboot sis feet deep and

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li^tXy ooTered with tvige and gmaa. 9ie rirer darivff its name from these pita, liiioh ere dog by the Indiam to entrap gene***

In my work on "the Claeaification and 0iitil'> bat ion of the fit Birer Indian Tribea of Califamia**. pobliehed in 1886, I aaid:

**The IfMss-ae Indiana tell m that these pita, called by then itteBttft* *<^^ ^8 langthnlae in the tnila* They were 5 or 6 feet deep and abott 6 feet long by 3 wide "to fit the body of the deer." they vere made narrow to pr«ffent ths deer trm jia^iog oatt and the eidet mre narroweet at tte top, whieh was uaually reiaforoed Ttf a hewn pie Ilk projeoting a little ny orer the edg9« Ihe opening ves covered vith Blender etioka aid leaTea. A large piece of maple bark was hong above tlie trail, a little to one aide, to warn the Indlens ao they woald not fall in. Onoe a little girl was oau^t. Ihea the chiefs cane together and pat a atop to pit trapping.*-* Skithaonian lUioellaneoua OoUectiona, Tel. 78, la. 3, page 16, 1926.

Taiy troly yova.

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Hjr dtar Ifav. Bsrriaian:

If jwi haro had tine to glanoe thrcogh An-niklB-dal. I hope yoii hare found it a oontrilmtion not only to myth- ology, tot alao to a pecnllarly Anerioan bit of literary style that dates baok far into the pest, at the nta tias furnishing a glinpse of an HDfaidlBr association of prinitive roligioaa belief s-^f or in the tatiaats nalysis is not. eT«xy ■Bn*s religion his belief in the supef&atttrel?

Oariic the pest thirty years X hste collected fxon mvj different tribes nough stories of tMs kind to fill sereral gDOd sized volames«

Ihe old Indistfs sre disappearing so rapidly that 11 it not Tsiy diffioiat-.i^t«i iiq^sibls-.te fii^ any iIm Jbiob tks sld things, lad had J aat nsdertskea nearly forty yaaxa i«o t^ preparation of laxge scale oolarad aapa (rtiotiag the bniBdexiai of the maemoa tribes oooprissd in the taeoty-aix lisgaiatia stecka of Oalilbxnia and lavada, this inforMttoo aauld htfa bain loat and oar ohildraa'a ehildnn aanld harata m tot aaglset in not aaeartaining and racordii^ Iht UrtiiwUt aaasiona of onr vmiahsd aboriginea— the <^atitti^ «f rmX Aaaricena ifto ewasd thia ooimtiy bafovs tka «kita« anitad*

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Jaat naa 1 m finiAiig for publication savtral papera •a the classification and distribution of California gnapa. illustreted by colored maps*

In June I expect to return to California for the porpoaa of rescuing bits of wniahiqg infomation needed to oonplata the a)rk.

Sareral Uaas during the past few years I've driren a thonaand ailes or acre to find a oan old enough to knoa the exact boundaries of the tribe to which he belonged. AjA this is only one of the difficulties one has to encounter in this aoi«.

froa all this you auat not infer that I hare abandoned work on tha JftitJaftk, for 1 hare been pegging aaay at it at Intervals all winter and hare had auoh aaterlal typed. I Wliere I aan finish it next winter, the greatest obstaala ^a the taifiMMinn, of the aaterial. collected durli« the paat ibrty jaara. •

iitk alfaotiottate regarda,

Tory truly yours.

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May 21. 1928o

Ir. John p. BarriiHton Bar«au of Itlmologjr Skiithaonian Institution Washington, D* 0*

thar Mr. Harrington:

Tour letter of the 11th instait came duly and I was ▼eiy glad to hear from you. But at the time, and erer since, I hate been so deluged with behind-hand work that I was not able to open your package o f manuscript until yesterday (Sunday). On opening it. I was nerer more astonished in my life. I am bmazed to find that you here tfao material for another Tokne of the An..nik-B-dq:^ story. It is almost beyond belief that you obtained so many chapters additional to those secured by me. I earnestly hope you will publish your mater- ial. It is wonderful that one man could remember so much.

But riien you and Istet came to the matter of bird names you certainly fell into deep water, as a result of which most of ttie names of species are absolutely wrong, this as yot well know is a far- too-common weakness of anthropologisti.

Of the seren names of birds mentioned on one page of y manuscript, one name, **Lil-lika'* for the Sparrow Hawk (which

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you 08 n "Bsd Hawk") is correct; the remaining sii appear to be wrong. I hare indioated the corrections in pencil on your pegs* But in other places you give additional bird names in Soglish without their ttodesse names, so I am all In the dark of course aa to their correctness*

Him only bird conceding the identic of which there if any doubt is the Grosbeak. 5his bird occurs in the Ifedesse ^owitry but apparently not in the territories of the easterly tribes. I therefore hare no other Achomawan material to check

by.

She latter pert of your letter touches a reiy Tital

satter and one of exceeding difficulty. It is the easiest thing in the world to object to certain things and certain people, but a mighty difficult thing often to name the proper thing or the proper person. ?or my pert I think the Institu- tion is up against a very serious problem. Iridently you know much more about the situation than I do. .

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itortiiitk 1 m Madi i« jou a highway aap of Calx fomU m nklofc I !»▼• ittdi«at«d Vj ■•ana of red apots a mnftar of tl» IndUn MtUmwta rlaitad by ■» la raoant y««ni;an4 the 9aMr««tidna north of fahaohapl aw located tf Unaa loading to r«aai%a on th« loft band «a»gln, I find that I loft tha loot aditioD of thio Mp ot owr lagvnitao hoio ao tl»t tha UghMyi indioatod on thla ono ara not tha only onoa now «f»iUVlo. Wian you raoch Callfonila we can obtain np-ta- 4tto i^aa of thi porta of the State pa aiah to rialt.

Onr pozttanont addreaa la Lagonitaa. Maxin Owuity, hat «a are avify on field ttlpa a Urge part of the ti»e ao it tottld ha wall ftr you to write m any ton daya in adr- T«taa of tha data you exp»ct to ooao to 3att Pranoiaco*

Ym am gaing to haTo a wcDdorfoL trip*

With heat wlahoa.

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Ify d«ar Dr. ^nittkind:

In your letttr of Ootob«r 27. in oonneotien nith th« propottd publieetien of ia~nik~a»del,yott spoke of eallii^ attontion "to those aost interested by bashs

•f circular lettttl.". and so on, in addition to nention- ing it among new books in year catalogues.

On ianuaiy 31, nearly four aonths ago, 1 wrote you asking for copies of the circular letter p»pei«d for i^->nik«^-4tl. lott replied thst ny request had been refer T«d to the Sales ^partaent.

On March 15 1 wrote Ir. Kimlens, asking for fifty oepiea of this circular letter, but he Bade no response, and up to the present tine jjbave seen no circular in regard to lite book*

fiaomtly I have rtceived your S^i^ catalog, in which a fly leaf is inserted, stating "the publishers believe yon will b« ^rticularly attracted to this rolume beoausa of your intereet in this attlhDr*s work", tiis is simply dreadful It looks as thouiJi I had AinQlshed a list of persons presumad

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to be intsrested in my worka I never pretmaea It is egainet ny idecs of right snd wrong • 1 very deeply resent this sort ef thing* 9he presumption of this stateMnt will I fear kill ih^ sale of the hook aiong persona acquainted with ne or ay work* Ihe obnoxious feature oould have been so easily eli-» uinated by substituting for ^this author •s work^ a line or two mentioning the field covered* so that it ni^t have had a strong appeal to Iwers of unique stories^ instead of leav- ing a bad taste in their nouths*

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% 23, 1928.

Mr* Phil T. Hanna, Jditor feariBg Topics 1*8 ingelea, Calif,

My dear Mr. Haona:

Beplying to your latter of May 18. receired a few ninutea ego. would 9a j that the second part of my Hoport on the Death Valley Xxpedition was never published. I wrote the greater part of it goon after the return of the Bxpedition, but the general part was deeoied net sufficient ly technical for a Govenuacnt publication.

is a result, I decided to publish it prirstely in book form. But owing to pressure of rsrlcus kinds, I hsTe not yet been able to finish it, and it is not avail- able for ''inspection''.

Very tridy your»»

Jir. Htrb^rt Futna£ Ubrniic of Qoi)gr683

Dear Dr» ^utnems

Can you ascertain for ne liiethar or not the Library has the Hlgtorv of ^ghnif ^ffOTh- °^^^^- omia. pttbliahad by lliett and Maori, 1880t

I hafe aaked for it a couple of tinea but as told it ia not en the shelf. I am very anxioua

to aee it«

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Mr* Budi Wil^^ Ld8 Alto 8.^ Calif*

1^, dear Mr. file;;

Please pardon my delay in acknowledging your I'^-^'r^-i^ of the firat pert of the month. I hare been orenAelaed with woric that could not be put off «

The location x>f the ranch of Dr. Marsh near the east base of Mt. Oiable is shown on several mape^and it is of in*- terest to find it on year California Hersld K^p of d^omhjr 26, 1848.

I am only too glad to accept your kind offer to send me a check list of your collection of Salifomia niaps. I am naturally mudi interested in these.

Unfortunately I hare kept no traok of mining cmps, ay interest in the efrly days of Cfllifomia being centered in the location of Indian villages and in early geographic names* lou probably know that many mini^^-^ camp? are Bientioned in tho early records of the California legislature.

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Jlr« Ward 3hepard» Secretary ^ocioty of iaeriCiHn foresters 517 Lenox Bldg., Washington, D. C.

Bear Kr. Shepard:

Ifhwiks for your letter of the 21st instant Qccopt Ing ay resignation as an Associate Member of the Weehtogton Brsn."Ji of the Society of Amwicaa Foresters.

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eM returning my check for dues ($5.00).

in her*vfith returning by "bearer the four

nuiaWra of the Journal.

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Johns Hopkins Prsss Baltimore, Ifaryland

Heas© send ne a copy of recently publishsj

,, giring the r«8ult« of s 8tu4y of Indiso iffaira by th« Institute for OoTotTUKaat Beaaarch.

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f^jijttiy to jmt rtqiMtt dattd Illy tint for tte inigMtitB of artiolot raiUUe for the Aspoadis to tlio %ltUttti«i Biport for 1988. I rogrot to toy that olthoH^ 1 hoTO bo« iijing to think of ouoh an •rtlolo f«r tho pott thioo «ooke I litTo fallod to ro-

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mas Zenaida Herrian. servioea, aasiatsnt

lanorat Grant Brewer, stenographer ■ toy 5 - 31 incl.

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.ir. 0. P* Sussell Perk Neturalist fosemite, Celift

ily dear Mr« Bussdll:

BBcent numbere of Yosemite Nature Stites have given nr^e two distinct thrills. 5he first tibs the statiiment on page 23 of the ^iarch nimiber, that a certain painting by lady C* P. Gordon CiiiaiPing, looking up Yosemite Talley and shoD^ing at Indian Carop with Hv^lf Dome in the background, had been presented to Yosemite Museujn.

Some years ago 1 recognised the value of this picture and wrote Miss Cumipiug in care of her London publisber^^ askirg lo. she would sell the painting, and if so at what price; and if she wi^ld cot sell, if she would allow ise the copyright privilege of repro- duction. After a very long interval she replied (under date of May 24, 19?!): ^TTou have my full pennission to do so", adding. • **! have all my original large water colored paintings i3one on ""he; spot (mounted on cardboard as they have been exhibited in rcsuj Urge Exhibitions in the last forty years, in various parts of the Sierra Nevada, including the huge trees )• Now in my old age C94] I should be gltd to sell the whole protfolio full for a good price**. I&e letter was signed: Constance ^'rcderica Gordon camming.

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Ihe second thrill referred to osme while reading, in Jufi ■""•"ber of l2SMiiO£kieJLotsa. your article entitled. "1 last Link way, the Past", in .hich yc, give en interesting account of an oia women, foria Lebradc. who. 1 do net r^„.er,ber to hare met.- i^s ,U did not live in or very near Yosemite. lou certainlv n^ede a rciy se.ere attack on her when ycu rieited her. not alone', but r^cccmpar.ied by your wafo .nd a stenographer. In my experience auch bold attacks h.v. been se^erly reacted. lou wei^ fortunat. in obtf Inirig as nuch mate rial 3s you did.

In your account you make use of a word which 1 hope you 'fill nerer use again. I refer to the wcrd 'ims^ , a woi4 that is violently resented by prectically all wertem Indiana. 'Sh^ Indians regard, it «s a terr- of co,.t«npt.^8n insulting tern- 8 tern which if used once by an interviewer usually puts a stop to further cooauracation. It is even worse than the tenn tJieger' *hich all Indian, resent Bri>- which, as a result of my continued protssts, ;viif, finally ebetdon^.d by the Government Indian Office.

You ere tc be congratulated on the large emiount of in- Ur-fisting Eatt«r you ere bringing out in Yosemite H;.f,„p. pf

I ar. o-..d to see that you arr. beginning to recognize that tht- ,r,uch lauded Major Savage w.- a hard hearted brut..

I 8,n pre|.£r5rg to leave in about ten days to again drive to California, where s^ usucl ay sunrer base will be at lagunitsr . about 25 miles north of Sen Francisco. It is possible that I may' • ^.n?it Yosem-te daring th'^ season, but I shrill be excr>.dingly busy in

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Tery truly ycurs»

May 31, 1928.

Dp Jawn ?. Chapin, President Jannaean Society of Rew York American Museum of Natural History New York Oity ^

V^ dear Doctor Ohapin:

leeterday my old friend, Dr. Frank M. Chepman. pre- sented to me,with appropriate re?!is rks, the Linnaean Society modal mentioned in your letter of lia^ twelft.

It is a beautiful medal and I deeply appreciate the sentiicent of the Society in awarding it to me. Wi Ih best wishes,

Tery traly yours ,

Vedol awarttd ^. J. 'art *Ttri\.^: - i,hi 'j^^^aear -ooiaty of :'gt Yort on the ^cca-

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workii^g with Indiana in various widely separated parts of the State. Should you chance to come to San Francisco this sui«mer» I hope you will give me a call at Lagunitis. best wishes,

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May 31. 1928.

W* Jaws T. . Chtpin , Prwidant l&imasaii Seoiety of N«w York

My dear Doctor flhapin:

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Teattrday my old friend, Dr. Prank M. Chapoaa. pra- tented to me,with appropriate reijieita, the lionaean Society medal mentioned in your letter of lay tvelva.

It i« a beautiful medal and I deeply appreciate the aentinsent of the Society in awarding it to me.

%. th best viahes.

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Medai awarded JDr C. %rt Merriaa by the LiimMaii Society of New York an the occa- eii?n of its Fiftieth Aimi verse ry. fab 20 i92flf •for preominence in Mamnfflilagy, Orni- thology, and Zoogeography*.

Dr tferria-n was First Fraaident of the Linnaean Society*

|lie medal was daUver^d ta m% at my home in Washington, % 30. 1928, by my*^ old friend frtink ?l . Chairaan, Heacl of m. department Qf Ornithoio<iy of- the Aaiazican iiueeum of Natural Hiet^ry. New Yort.

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Dear Mr. Qehan;

ProB dat« of recaipt of this lettar» pleave do not forward any mora of tho Kerrias fanily mail to Waahingtott.

i» hopa to a tart about the mi of next week and are likely to be more than tiw weeka on tke road.

▼•17 truly yourt,

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Dr. ftobert H. lowie ffniveraily of California Berkeley, California

Hy dear Doctor Lome:

Inclosed is a Tirief note in regard to the erroneom identifioation of dcimal rfiR&ins.

It is probably unnecessary to roont'.on the name of Doctor Punkharser as tha identifier cf thte alleged wolf jaws. You are nt liberty to uso yovr judgment aa to this, as imUoated by the brecVateJ

matter*

Please send proof to me at lagunita^iVv' er^j I expect to arrive before the end cf the morth*

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Chief of Pol i CO Vaehington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Why is it that so aany cf tho Bus sigra 3i8-

titctly Ttiarked 'So parking to corner* era disregiT^eJ

by eutoists?

?or some months J heve noticed pjirked Tchi?lf»i

between Bus signs and the adjacont ccrnerH. And .terins the pest ten days I have daily observed par>?d ^^hiel^H. at the comer cf K anc Sixtef^atb streets, boti-aa ^he Bus sign and the corner, and so dose tcgethc / ^r; tc interfere with ready scccpp to the >ap.

Very truly yoni-sj ,

.tune Z, 1928

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Mj dear itocfcor Work:

A few dftys ago 1 ivas glad to receive from your (Office several brochures ernl^odyiqg the results of the Surrey of Indifin Affairs recently made at your r^que:3t by the Institute of GovemTTont Uessarch.

Thaae are i/jmerij^ely interesting md I am wor^orini? if you could ?5ot epere me a few more copies .f.'i iiatr5.l3utiOT t*» intr5rented persons in Califcmia. T :' \y: , I ^>culd ho greaUy cfcliged*

Vexy truly yours.

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]}»«r Oootor Stepbens:

lott are probably wondering t*en the Eerriam fa«lly will erriTe at Ifiguaitas. 8o ere W6. However, we expect to ttart on or about the 10*^ and are likely to go by way cf Santa Pe, irtiich raans a couple of days laager on the road.

We often think of all of you aoi feol that it i« a teiy nice thing that miaaboth has such a lor^y aneher in prospect.

Vith love to all,

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Jitne 2. 13c3

Mr* W. C. Hend«rsoD ioting Chief Biological Suirey Washington, 9. C*

Daer Ifr* Ueidsrson:

Rearly thre« months ago I we? pi ma«^ tc Isarn from you that Piper's report on the Xouse Plagve in southern Califcmia *6b nearly completed. Oan you tell ne ahmit ifhen it will be prbll?hed?

Is it not nnfortunat© that after the oare- fttl work done hy Biologioal Survey men in inTestigatltg this Plague that the rdsuits should be «o loug ^thheld from publioation~pc?rticulEriy since all scrts of er* roBBow informeticn has been in circuletion for a number

of months?

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Col. J. i* McGulre Iditor* Outdoor Life DenTer» Coloxedo

Dtar Colonel KcGuire;

Beplyicg to your letter of May 31 juat receited, nould sey that I hare looked up the meesureTnents of Mr. Minniok^B skull, conceniing which yo7i bb^^bvA I arr ^ead.- ing you a carbon of the letter I have just written him.

With best wishes,

Very truly yours.

June 4, 1928

441 lest G«o:fgja,«>treet Indienapolifi » iMiana

Uy dwr Siri

4 letter i^t receiTed fim Col. J. 1. McGuire, Iditor of Outdoor Ufe. «8ks me to write F^i in regard to the size of B leree beor killed \)y you on or near Cold Bey I*^-« some jeara ago.

Jhe length of this alcull es measured ^>7 me was 18 inches, tho breadth 11 3/8 inches.

Yery truly yours.

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The Uallowev Studio

Cor. Henry St. & Bate's Hill

St. John's, Newfoundland

ihar Sirs:

This morning *8 me 11 brought the three enlarged photo- graphs of hooded seals #iich you have been kind enough to nke for me and irtiidi I am very glad to hare*

I wish to thank yon also for your permission to re- jprodooe these copyrighted photographs*

I shall not be able to use them until next t^inter mB I am jast lesTing for field ^ork m Calif oxr.ia, but nben the article is printed shall be very gled to send

"^ ^ of this City

Itj check on the Rational Metropolitan Bank/in pay-

"ttent of your bill of ^7^80 plus $.25 for exc ha np^ totaling |8.05 is enclosed herewith*

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Capt« Ernest U&uuder Box 1356 St* Johns Kewfoundland

Hy dear Sir;

Your letter of May 23 has just come to hand along with photographs of seals you have been good enough to send. I v'ery glad to here these end appreciate the trouble you htffe in sendirig tliem*

I aiD tharkful alfo for the photograph of the Protenilg

also the one of your niodels of several of the sealing stMr

i lou certainly must be a past-master at the art* *

I an enclosing herewith a check, on the National Metr^p Bank of thii? City, for $6.76, of which |E.50 is for the phot received^ $3*50 for t copy of the book bikings of the lo^^ George Allen England, which you very kindly offered to hat^ sent me* and $Jf5 for postage and ezohangt.

Thanking you for your several courtesies ^ and with betrt wishes.

Very truly yours.

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June i, 1928

Mr« J# P« Harrington Bureeu of Ithnolocy Smithsonian InstiTution Washington « D* C.

Dear Mr. Harrington:

Tour letter of Ifey 23 gave me a feeling of depression irtiich I have not yet recovered from.

For several yeers I have been hoping that I might live loqg enough to see your vronderful contribution to the knowledge of the Viafticii Indians of Southern California, concernijig larhieh you must have vastly more material than all that heg been col- lected by others up to the present time, ini it seems terrible to me that this is going tc be laid aside for the Teoe wrk until ifter I am dead and gone.

In this connection I Hinder if you have seer^The Tovafd of Jt^n I^rigues Cabrillc^. by Henry B, Wagner, published in the last number of the Quarterly of the California Historical Society (Vol. 7, No. 1» March, .1928. k On page E3 of this number Wagner begins to talk about the trouble CabriUo took to give the names of Indian villages on the Santa Barbara Channel.

Probably you will find mucJi of interer^t in this article and doubtless you would have cleared up much of the fog that still enshrouds it.

With best wishes t

Very truly yours ^

June 4, 1928

Ml-. Vemcn Bailey Bioicgical Survey Washington, D* 0«

i^ear Bailey:

If you will look in aftLsnfiS. o: on page 531 a short article entitled •!

it seems tc tne it night De worth nhile for yon to i,rite the authoTU. or Dr. H. 1. Feldman. asking the loan of the speci man, particularly the a knll.

My personal feeling is that the Identification of the mouse «a ^^nrotne pArir««ylTOniena li not sufficiently estaTjlirf^-ed.

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Mj dear Mr. Allen:

lour letter of Ifaor 21, forttaried from Legsuutaa, flnda OS still in laibiqgtoti. We hope to atart on onr •nnaal drite to the Ooast about a veek fron today*

Ve ahell be glad to oall on .yon at larktpur ac •trly ee praotloable after onr arritral^^ball of cotarae alitaya be glad to see you all at Legnnitaa*

fa expect to go by ney of irisona aoi therefore tdll be a little late in arririi^.

I ahall be rciy glad to hetre tke roTieva of Ai^tK»-^al. I hate not placed any order for tbeae*

Vith beat wi abet,

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▼•ry truly yours.

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Mr. Aroh H. Oilb«rt Bolinas. Calif oral a

Deer iroh and Anglt:

i few lines from Angie— the first heerd fvm either of you in e dog»8 age— cene a short while ago. Wo »§« glad to learn that you were starting for Bass Lakeland as jcm like fiahing, hope Mist you secured plenty of the fiih tfe»;t gave the water its name. Its location is ijnknown to us.

We hope to get cff in about a week and ozjseot to go south to northern Ariaona so that we will he horribly late in reaohing Zagnnitas.

It has been raining here most of the time of late and »a are told that the sane is true of many places betireen 3oQtheni California and the Sast.

With love to you both froo all of us.

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Sear Xr. and Mrso latet Woiohe:

By some aail I aa swiding you a copy of the iJlsfiifciSbM., Hi story "^bich you gave us in inataliaenta 8 long tia;o ago,

^e book does you credit. It has oest ne a let cf tiae and money and I hope you will be satisfied

with it.

We want to see you again this year but we not sure that we can for we shall be very late in reaching Xagunitas and my not be able to visit the Bend Ceuntiy.

Mrs, MerriflBi and my dau^ter Zanaida ^oin me in kind regards to you both.

Yary truly yours «

¥t, Istet Woiohe

Big I^end, California

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Vtrico 4Dd others, for vMoli I an ocolosing a cheok «D tto Itotioofil latropolit«n Biok for |5.00.

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-'both bo,a and girl, ,bo * ' ""'''"" '""""J

tl.e food L Jt o„ "'•"'"'' "»" '<*"'' - .L

M8 not only poor in oualitv b„t nf. , .

i" quantity. l..d,:„g ,h„ to rafar to t^ 1 ' '"''''""•

refer to the aohool p-riod at

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the *st«r7£,tioii periodUnd there can be no doubt in my judge, ment that rery^ many yoang children are stunt«d for life by lf:ok cf sufficient food.

I wish to t!)ank you also for the copies just received of jour .3Mtn-sn of ..gjj^in^s and T^^cnigtenMi^. -phese I ari sending today to a nmlsr of chiefs and influential ladianfi cf Tfiricus tribes.

With best wishes end renewed thanks,

Very truly yours.

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Star Sir:

In aooordance with your Ifletrnotion fcerd 799 eoclosad) 2 am enoloaing h«rewit)i a dollar Mil in pafnent fcir tan oopi«9 of the iot «• finally pasaad for the relief of California ladiana* reported ae sigDed Igr the Preaident on May 18.

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JoM 9, 1923

Vj dear Ur* Kni^t:

J)oabtle8s joo hare seen h^ the papers that tbi Jmb Bill was passed hy Congress and that it was signed hj the President on Hay 18. Since that time I hare been trying to get hold of copiea of the let as passed, hut oviog to the multitude of things that had to be printed »t this time, copies of the lot iii question did not arrira antil this morning.

?hdre are several features of the lot flfeioh I strongly object to. One of these is that monies hereaftor expended [in California ly the Indian Office] to date of •ward shall 'be daductad from the amomt due. Inother is the last olausa, *ioh atatea that a roll stell be made of all Indians in California other than those that come within Section One of this ict. Since Section One of the lot refers to Indians "who were residing in the State of California in 1S52 and their descendants now livii^ in said State", the final olouse would seem to roan that the only

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inaians to i>a enrolled would be those coming in from other States/ Ihc thiqg reads like an absolutely silly preposition.

How much benafitjif any, California Indiana will re- ceive from this legislation is a matter for the future to determine.

2ncloaed in the aane envelope with the Ipt is a copy of the recently published^^ummary of MndingB ap^ Bafiogunendetions of t^^ Ing^tute forCoTemment Bei.i*yr"**', on "The Problem of Indian Administration". Tou will find much cf interest in this document.

IRth best wishes.

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Libra risn

John Carter Brown Libra ly

Providence, E. I.

My dear Sir:

Will you be kind enough to inform me wh?^ther cr not the John Carter Brown Library has any manuscripts or notes on California Indians by General J, B« gartlett, or by the artist Henry B* Brown employed by General Bartlett, or by Major ?• B- Redding, in 1851 or 1852?

Some years ago I came into pcssessicn of a number of sketches, tf couple of Taluable maj^. and a few letter? and sliort vocabuleries by Brown and Redding.

. General Bartlett, at the tii?ie he sent Bruwn tc California to obtain additional material, was preparing for publication (or at least intending to publirh) a volume on the Indians of California, which however nevor appecred* Someiriiere, if not lost or destroyed, there must be a batch of material including doubtless reports from H. B. Brown, fhese manuscripts wculd be of great ralue.

It occurs to me that this meteriel or part of it might have found its way into your eruhites.

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Ky dear 3ir:

Will you be kind enou^ to inforrc me whether or cc* the Philoscj'hicel Society hss any Eanuscripts or notes en Cfeiifcrrfis Indiane by General J. H. Bartlett, or by the crtist Henr-' B. l>r. ^ employed by Oeneral Bartlett, or by Va^r P. B. Reddipg, in 1851 or 1852?

3oifie yeers "sgo I car.e into poBsession of a number of sketches, a couple of taluable maps, and a few letters and slicrt voeebularies by Brown and Redding.

General Bartlett, at the time he sent Brown to Cal:forr.ia tc obtain additicnal material, was preparing ft^r publication (or at least intending to publish) a Tolums on the ludians of California, shich however never appeared. Somewhere, if not lost or destroyed, there must be a batch of material including doubtless reports from H. B. Brown. These T".sr:unQripts would be of great value.

It occurs to me that this material or part of it might hfcTt fcurid its wy into your archirei.

Vex7 truly yours.

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9he Saitb Book Oonmaiy

?ttita 9U. ttoion Contwl Hdg. . iooumati, (Mo

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Pl«8fo Boll to my addrois. 1919 3ixtt«nth St», Washington, D. o. «t your eerliest conTenience tb* Cdlifornle'lbp of the public surteys to sccompeDy report of the Surteyor Genarol, 1857,30x36'. as adfertiaed it your recent list, f lease enclose Mil.

Tety truly yours ,

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June 12. 1928

Mjr dear llrs. Young:

%e Lea Bill was finally passed 'by Congrpa^ trA naa signed ty the President on May 18, but it was de- layed in printing and I have only recently receivsd a few oopids. One of these is enclosed herewith.

In the same envelope yon will find 9 very interesting. document entitled Simmarv of ?indi ngg en?^. ^^optpTr^Q^f^ati (>pff of the Institute of Government Research, releting to the Problem of Indian Administration,

Hoping to see you during the summer or early fall,

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Seme Letter to: Charles Green, Glenbare

Cliff Al-<1 it^lrr^A^i.

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Vy deer Sir:

Thenks for proof of ^nvr.ik.fl-.-^*^-! clroulpr, Oii the third line of the title page, I have strickf-n cat the word *ilifif because it seems to imply that th« Baifil creation etorj nas scr-Mcn to tJie seTerel tribss yi Northern California, which is far frc-r the case for csoh tribe has its o^.

The oq3o,- otfier change I would 3i^^=st is on ths la«t line cf the circular whers it is stated that rry pub- lications ntmber "upward of 500 titles". T^iile this ie strictly true, a number of them right not b« coneidereaes of sufficient importance to bo enianerated. I would suggest therefore that the nords ♦♦upward of 500" be che^iged to "asy.. erel" as indicatea on ths proof. The Sfinpl^ cf paper is ex- cellent.

I should be gliid to receive fifty copies of the circular.

inclosed are three reviews. I sup co£t. these snd others hare been sent to you. I also have l<»tters fror anthroi-ologists and others.

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Jw8 12, 1928

ifear Dci^itor Stephens:

Your rscei^.t letter gCTo us itiucb ^oy not only "beceuse w^ ?ir^ slxȣys rlad to hetr from you but^bectuije the several tripir you h^lv "bean able tu make lately, together with tha prof?pcctiTe trip to. Hcnoliilu, seem to imply that you teve at list r^ecurc^d ar assistant so that you ore not tied doif?n 30 cloiiely as for the psst fev^ years*

If this is the correct interpretation we rejoice ex- oecdirgli and I shall look foi-werd to having your compeny on f«one of my trips in pearch of Inditus.

i :ir. Iroadfuliy disecpci;:ted in net being on the ID ad but h/ive hto unexpected difficulties in the mj of f ini^hlnrt e couple of articles which I wish to send to print before leeving. KoweYer '^it won't be long now*** and we shall look forward to seeing you on your return

fr^M Hawaii.

My brother's granddaughter, Florence, who for four years hss be'^n living with ny sister Florence, graduates from Qecxge Washingtcn University tomorrow ni^t. Her Mother bse .'ust arrired to witnesi? the ceremony.

Wit^ cjoinbinod loves of the Mtrriarc family.

i>8 ever yours,

])r.!I.B. Stephcna- 1£5C Bay 3t. Alameda, Calif.

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Mr. W, A, Dayton ro re g t Se rvi ce Weshington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Deytcnt

Eeplyicg to jour letter cjf the UVt inatfint vo\xU tay that I aitirely agree with j)r. Cotrlllc in pref^rrL^ig the narne'Mahcla Mat^'tn the time "SaSi£!r_S2i;££l* f or

The tem'squaw'is lo'^kod upon by most Best«rn Icdisns, eniphaf ically by thoss of Ceilfcrnia, as derogatory if not positively insulting. lioth men ?.rA worker feel that the women have a right to be ?cc8lle(V-not by a t«m which they do not understand bat fully believe tc be degri-'v^i^.

Miss Parsers, in her '*m6iJ^X<i^£^..^:t.2iailorli^: gives both iixiuues. Jepson. ir. his'll£j:a_oX.loat£ai_'^idle.jiai^ (p 255, 1911 )» Dxiil also in his large work "^IMnJid^. fjjr.

only,

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Arthur H. Olt-rl'. Company CleTelc-n^, Ohio

My dasr ilr. Qlarli.:

Heplyir-S to your inquiry of th.e IE*"" instant, 1 rt^ret to a&y that 1 do not know where a copy of rv "itenauala of tho Adirondtcks" Bay be obtained. ■ Ihs bock '«i5 published in two parts by the Xinroscan St-oiety of Sew Icrk in 1382 and 1884. Shese vsst^ ccirl^ined in "bock forr 3rd bound in 1884

Ihe edition* as I re-a* ember it. ^p3 liadtfed to two h'in-lT'.-^. c-ouies all of flhich were sold more than

forty yt«rc sgo.

Tsry traly yours

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June 16» 1928

ST. K. ^. Borsey, Disbnrsi Rithscnier Xnttitution

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0asr Mr. Dorsejr:

X 9hBll be obliged if you will kindly send me the wjal $500 edrrbrce for field exptescs for the ccrrir

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1 hfcve jiBt purchased a pair of Uohawk tires t« rapliice worn out cues on the Dodge car and will send you bill for seme along nth e smifll eccouut coveririg miscelleneoue expeuaee fror Jun*^ first to d.3te of da- •

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^artuTb wticfe will jproT^ably b« the- £1** or 23»d.

U haa titken a long tiiu; to get ready this yt tr aa I have bean moat erxioua tc finish a ccui^lc of artidaa before loswir^.

Vary truljr jovm,

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Capt. Ernest Uaunder

Bex 1356

St* John's, Newfourdland

Dear Captain Meuader:

Your letter of June 11 arrived this morTiing sn^ in the saone mail ceme the book ^jkinp.g of the Ice**, t')v both of i^ich

r aw obliged asr well a« for the additioMl post card pictures of seals. The nasal deforiritj on the pup-iarp is certainly an axtreordinaxy fomation, but th^ photograph that interests as most is the one of a full grown cow Hood, This Is, I think, the best photograph 6f a Kood so far T have ever seen, end I hope to live long enough to sec a really good one of a bull Vood showing his inflatable snout.

A glancr in the book shons ae thrt it will prove inter* estihg thrcughout* I canH take time tc read it until my re- turn from Cslifomie as I em acir pecking tc drive to the t^st CMst— a trip I oake erory year.

With many thanks for your trouble bM kindness* »

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Vr. Xttthsr J. Goldmen Qocding. Idciio

JIj d«or Goldiaau:

lUe last grizzly skull you sent In cam© In due ttoirse, kit owing to Torlous ci rcujnatances I ««« unable to see it until today. It proves to l)e • ycung female not quite old enough to have acquired the adult fcffm of akuU.

However It adds another to the series of desert or esge plain grizzlies and therefore is well worth

lAile.

But I em still hoping that before these bears become extinot it will be poafible tc gai hold of tn

adnlt male.

mth best wishes and eppreoiation of your efforts

In this direction,

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Dr. Sterling Bunnell Physicians ^Idg. Sutter St ten Francisco, Calif.

Bunni

lour letter was most welcome and. I am rery glsrl to Iroon that you and your good ^ifa heve found something to en- joy in Aa-PiV?-l£l>

?cr sometime past I have teen under such pressure

in Q Tain attempt to fkifh a couple cf articles* tefors going west that I put off ackno^ledgiLg your extraordinary article, ^Tiepair of Nerves and i'endons of the Hand". It aeema tc me that you have net only made a Tnonumantal co.n- trilution to surgery Vat that you have shown well nigh superhuman cleverness in ^at you have accon^^lished in the way of repairs to what hrd every appa^rance of hopelessly useless hands. I congratulate you.

-After months of hard work in tr^'ing to finish a couple of papers en Indians I fern aadly obliged to postpone their ccr* pletion until after doing a little more work in California t

We are on the point of lemng end expect to drive across by way of the Santa Pe Txiail. It has been raining ht-re most of the time for weeks ail we are a little dubious b? to

how we shall find the roads in the Mississippi-Missouri Si region.

With kindest regards to you both from Mrs. Merrts- Zenaida and myself, *^

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June 21, 1928

I ores t Service .

Washington, 2. C.

Ky dear Captain Barnes:

In clearing decks for cur ir.pe.ding departure for California. I a., rath^^ shoclce..! to find that the state^^- 70U sent ..e on June f. ecncornins the present stal^as of 3i.

Gemc Animals i- th,- Flaticnj^l t? -vo^ i. ^ ^

"^awionsl Fu.-T.eta has ^ been adoioTvle^J^ed,

I^t mo . -ra you that I appreciate thi. material srd air mighty ^l^i tc ha ye it. •

The rush of wtrk ir thf locf f*„ „. u i

-' -i:?. last fevr Tye^ks i? ir.y a-f.;^-/'''

for the delay in acV - v^^.^.f " -^

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Cash ie r

Srooker First Kstional Bfin'J

Sap. Fra,!cip?c, CdlfJorrie

Tjesr Sir;

Herewith I era enclosing my check en the National Metropclito; Sfink of this citj fcr $600 iphich plesse place to credit of ny arccunt In your bank.

Findly send 8Ckr)077lsd2"^nrt slip to me at my sum- mer address ♦ Lagan:* as, \vhere T expect to arrive in two or th-*-^^ wfjRkn %.? I gm juf^t settim out to drire to Ctliforni: -i usuel,

Vei^ traly yours.

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June 23, 191.8

Mr. N, W. Dorsey i^isbursifig Aaoni Siuithsoaisn Tnaitution Washington, D* C.

Dear Mr« Dors^y:

Herewith is my expense ^cccunt for th:> poriod from June l-Juiie £3 inclasiTe, er^'^iinting to $56.10 and also urpci'^. vouohpr? listed below, all of which I should be obliged if you will Vi'i^ly pay frtr the Harriman fund.

We are droa'^fu'^ly let-* **n getting off but thi^'r wa are strrtl^n --^^ My next n^dr^^?*^ will bo Lagunitas, Calif.

Thanking Jo\x for your numerous courtesies

V(^iy truly yours.

June 5, ftiabledsy-Dorsr ?- f--^. Setcn^*^ Liwt o f ^pjina]^,

. i^ourth and las volume *"^ " ?25.3c

C. L. Jonss Tir« ''^•, £ hr^v h^.-*^? eertrioe

?a^hawk tires for Itedge Car $5£.56:

Z red irner tubas $7.38; set Dill ^alve

Caps $1.00 ToUl 00. w4

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Ar. Charles L* CaoD

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Niaber 3 of the qtinrtftrW of tha flalifoml* Higtorieal

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^oi^ty. dated September 1927, oontaina the 3^ part of ^pi^a PantoaoppT of ftalifornia^ aoooapenied by tno iUnatra- tlom of iradi interett to me, nmelji ISatter't Bock Farm* (facing pege 239), and 'Indian Bmcheria, Hock Hm (facing

yage 240).

1 am nondering if you happen to Were any »ddi*:ional proofe or extra prints of these »hioh you twnld fcs villing to lat me have? The illtistration of the rsnohern (apparently from a pencil drairii^) is of fecial interest hecftcse it Aon two of the large acwn storehouses, end also the top and entrmce of one of the semi -underground hovtat. the nana ff. B* Burtholomes oooun on the lower left hand eoznar ct tht &Dah House picture but the quality of the sketch is ?o dif- ferent from that of the Bancheria that it would hard!.;' sei to be drawn by the a ame person. Do you know who this sketdi

is by?

Ihen I Tisited Hock raxn the old Indian BBnoheria had bean

washed away by a flood in the Blrer.

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Ohasapeake and Potcnac Telephone Co» Waahington, D* C.

Dear Sirs:

We are today closing oar hou8e—1919 Sixteenth Street—and do not expect it to be reoocnpied before October.

I ahall be be obliged therefore if you will discontinue the phone until further notice*

BBspectfully*

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Jone 1928.

Qiief of polio© Washington, D. c.

D»ar Sir:

today I am closing my honss— 1919 gixteenth Streot.-fer th6 saeson, ad do not expect to return until some time in October. I the 11 be obliged if •you frill kindly hare your patrolmen keep an eye on the house frcm time to time as they pass.

Should anything occur to require attention. p3ease notify Mr. or Mrs. Yemen Bailey. 1834 KalorJma Boed. or Mi-s. Marian Baker. 1905 Sixteenth Street, or if they are a«y, Dr. 1. K. yiaher. Biological Surrey.

My addres? until October vdll be LagnnitB,. iarin County. QBHfftn,fp,

Bsspectfully.

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SSSiSgton, D. 0.

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«i. -♦ for the eeoson. and 1919 axteenth Street-for xne

f fn return until October.

. .-itch in the beeement --^•nt «t the we in «»i*cn m

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Waahington Qae Light Oo. 411 Tenth Street VashingtoD, De C«

Sear Sire:

Today I an oloaing my hoi0e~1919

Sixteenth Street for the season and do not expect to return until Octobere

I hare turned off the gae» nhere it comes in frojn the street, just before readhing the mten lo gaa ^ould he used in the house until cy return.

Bespectfully,

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Jons 1928

Vit«r OsptrtMBt HnnieiMrBBildilig

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Biar 3ira:

I tatT« today dot ad mj hoa8««*1919 3ixtMBlii atrMt— for 1h» r«raina«r of the •Dma»r, and hgre torned off tte mUr vhor* it enters the hooee. Ho water ehoald be oaed in the houae until ay retan in Ootober*

Beapeot fully.

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I ter* today oloBad mj hoa8««.1919 9ixtMBtii StrMt— for Hio rmmirA^r of tho ■i»Mr, and hava tnniad off tte Mtar vhara it antan fta hoaaa. Ho vator should ba oaad in tha honae antil ay ratarn in Ootobar.

Bstpaet fully*

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John li. UcliswortL of £«« lork, whc fo .-wer^l £;^i:i£CU5 ^«^s hu.Ud big 'becrr in Alaslra anJ ^ritif^h juluf-li^: an:^ has . succeeded in taking a reiinarkall^ series of pho'tG£,re^Ls c;^%I moving ^i't':vr^2 of aoTr ^^ of the V,g Ala^kn Bears, has lecoiitl^ presented tho Biclogic:! Surrey* ^Jvltli th^ ilwll :f a large aele Gri::::ly killed by hirr on ILo' eat?t s?cf<? of thi T^Hcii-tna Kts. near the headwaters c^ th- Oshetns cr tlic BlcCk rii^cr. The Icccilitv i? nee-'y d r north of the Katz-"^-^ region ai*d alcut fiftj :r:iles nortl^iicrtljajl of ChickaloOi^.

Critical oamperiron of the sb.vl] nf tV'5^ ^prr^l^f^r '^'^th those of -ther Al^cka Gi '--.■' = " in the -^Ilect5on of the Biclc^*"-! Survc^ iiiij-.'- thi^t < + c nesrest relative Is TTrsus cressGni;g frcm the Coppr Ri-j-er '••xlon, t:he typ rf which was collected ol li.l'.ca Eivor ir. 1914 Ijr Ca^t. J. H. Hub rick.

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much shailo//er frcntsQ. sulcus- The dentition is very much

weaker thtn in fiLaagiiiaiSLi i^ this respect agre<-ii^g much more

close iy ;vith ^rsus fzimlu^ from Knick Arm, although the

caniD£^c ere even sdj tiler and w^eker then in eximiua. In

the HolzTrorth skull the laolars are badly worn though much

iess so than in the typo of cyt^sgonug * In cresFonufl the

molars and canines nre oxceodingly bread and raessive ^ile

in Holzwr:rth *s skull they are very much smaller and narrower.

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Cranial choree tera,~Coin|)fe red with the type of cress odub; Basilar length obout Ij- inch shorter; frontar'region;,*dec^^^^^ less highly and less abruptly elevated; sagittal crest shorter and less produced posteriorly; pcstcrbital breadth (135 mm) practically id^ticel with that cf cressonua, but inter- orb ital breadth m^ch less f65 contrasted with 96); zygomatic breadth about the same; azitcrior narss close ]j similar (ratl^H^i truncate—net strci^ly sloping as in mrmy species); pals^tc- flcit witt i>of3:f palatal shelf about as in oressonfif ; aasal region i^ther short, sloping strongly to frontals. Ahich lire not nearly m high as in cressonu^i frontal sulcus ?ej.7 shallow, contracting with the deeply sulcata groove of yXfilfoiija, The floor of the p^lcte is broad and flat at ia

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2t2fiLffiBI.. shordEg no, trece of the dishing between the posterior irclars that is noticeable in azjjliaa.. and ^^* poatpalatal shelf is distirctly shorter than in filMiiS.. the interpterygoid notch broader. In the una er jaw the icfraangular surface is distinctly shorter than in &im^S.* and the inferior border of the ramus correspondingly longer

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has an exceptionally narrow skull giving it the appearance of greater length. This nerrc^^ess is conspicuous n the frontal, interorbital, and palatal regions; and the roBtran is obviously longer and the nares more sloping (less tnincate). The canines end molars as already stated are much smaller than in arsaSiaML. in this respect agreeing

far better mth ailMJlfi.. l^^ f«^^. -^- ^^^^^'^ ''^ ^^' ^^^^^ series is essentially the same as that of siimua, but the canines are materially smaller. In the' lovrer jaw particalarly. the canines are notably weaker {thinner bfcsally) Vdbu in BTJmlufl. and the camasial is distioBtly analler. In both jaws the teeth are too bally worn to admit of comparison of cusps. Last upper aiolar only slightly emai^inate. In total length the Holzwortt skull agreea easentifallj with ftiiaiJia, and therefore is considerably smaller than crftaaaflUl-

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iJMfflur^iijQiitg. -'-3ondy:^j"'b63al l^j^gth 357, l)&sal length 333; b^jsilar length oT Heat: el 333; cccij)i to-sphenoid length 9C, palatal length of Ecnsel 132, j.'OFt.£;£il^«tal length 150; fonawft ::i^£riiia t : ^lane of "^ ' appor molar 130; occij^ito- Lasal length 322; greatest It^i^th of skull 374; aygomatic hrscjith S43; intercrhitrl ^r^^adth 35; pcgtorT^itsl hreadth 135; hr6a'?>th of poatorhltal corstriotion 72; hreadth across mastoids 139» "breadth aorosf? s^juOTosal shelve- 155; facial length (front ©f Meals to jplano of poatorhit^ls) loui length of hreincase (plene of pcrtor'bltals to jan<*t*on of lamdoid and sagital

crest) 111; greatest hreadth of r-stru:^ (;..t;r canine roots)

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