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Number 28                                             1975

STEPHEN POWERS, CALIFORNIA'S

FIRST ETHNOLOGIST

and

LETTERS OF STEPHEN POWERS TO JOHN WESLEY POWELL

CONCERNING TRIBES OF CALIFORNIA

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CONTRIBUTIONS

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY

Number 28                                              1975

STEPHEN POWERS, CALIFORNIA'S

FIRST ETHNOLOGIST

and

LETTERS OF STEPHEN POWERS TO JOHN WESLEY POWELL

CONCERNING TRIBES OF CALIFORNIA

CONTENTS

Editor's Introduction ..*0. * * * * * * * *  0. .. ,  , .  , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * .  ii
PART I

The Life of Stephen Powers, by Susan Park

Introduction  S... *................................. *......*......  1
Youth and Background ...0.............0   0*  0000000...........  3
Journalistic  career   . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
Walk across the continent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . 10
California, 1869 - 1874 .0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . 12
Ohio,   1875   -   1884  . . .  ..  ...  ....  ....  000  000  0 . 0 0  19
Florida, 1884 - 1904 . . . . . . . . . ..  .. . . . . . . . * * * * * * . . * * * * * * * * * 37
Sources of material **e****eo********e********G*****......  . . . . . . . . .  41

PART II

Letters of Stephen Powers to John Wesley Powell Concerning

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