Appendix : p. 101 APPENDIX. HINTS TO YOSEMITE VISITORS. This chapter is included in this etext for completeness. Of course, the vast majority of this quaint tourist information, originally published in 1904, (except for the geographical and etymological facts) is a century out of date. The advice to "TAKE...
Chapter Two. Effects Of The War : p. 14 CHAPTER TWO. EFFECTS OF THE WAR. The Yosemites and all of the other tribes named in the previous chapter were put upon the Fresno reservation. Major Savage, who had been the leading figure in the war against the Indians, was perhaps their best friend while in captivity, and finally lost his...
Chapter Four. Sources Of Food Supply : p. 31 CHAPTER FOUR SOURCES OF FOOD SUPPLY. The food supply of the Sierra Indians was extensive and abundant, consisting of the flesh of deer, antelope, elk and mustang horses, together with fish, water-fowls, birds, acorns, berries, pine nuts, esculent, herbage and the tuberous roots of cert...
Introduction And Sketch Of The Author : p. ix INTRODUCTION AND SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR GALEN CLARK, the author of this little volume, is one of the notable characters of California, and the one best fitted to record the customs and traditions of the Yosemite Indians, but it was only after much persuasion that his friends succeeded...
Chapter Three. Customs And Characteristics : p. 20 YOSEMITE MOTHER AND PAPOOSE. The baby basket is carried on the back, like all burdens, and supported by a band across the forehead. "Photograph by Boysen". p. 21 CHAPTER THREE. CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERISTICS. As stated in a previous chapter, all of the Indian tribes occupying the regi...
Title Page : p. title INDIANS OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY AND VICINITY Their History, Customs And Traditions BY GALEN CLARK Discoverer Of The Mariposa Grove Of Big Trees And For Many Years Guardian Of The Yosemite Valley With An Appendix Of Useful Information For Yosemite Visitors ILLUSTRATED BY CHRIS JORGENSEN...
Chapter One. Early History : p. 1 INDIANS OF THE YOSEMITE CHAPTER ONE. EARLY HISTORY. During the past few years a rapidly growing interest in the native Indians has been manifested by a large majority of visitors to the Yosemite Valley. They have evinced a great desire to see them in their rudely constructed summer camps...
Chapter Six. Native Industries : p. 66 YOSEMITE BASKETRY. The Ellen Boysen collection of baskets and bead work. "Photograph by Boysen". p. 67 CHAPTER SIX NATIVE INDUSTRIES. The Yosemites and other kindred or adjacent tribes have been branded as "Diggers," and are generally thought to be the lowest class of Indians in America, but...
Chapter Seven. Myths And Legends : p. 76 CHAPTER SEVEN MYTHS AND LEGENDS. The Indians of the Yosemite Valley and vicinity have a great fund of mythological lore, which has been handed down verbally from generation to generation for hundreds of years, but they are very reluctant to speak of these legends to white people, and it is...
Chapter Five. Religious Ceremonies And Beliefs : p. 49 CHAPTER FIVE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND BELIEFS The Indians of this region, in common with most, if not all, of the North American aborigines, were of a highly religious temperament, most devout in their beliefs and observances, and easily wrought upon by the priests or medicine men of their...