Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1889 |
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Page 608
... Indians nominally resident . Many years ago the United States custom - house was at this place , work abundant , and the Indian village lively ; but the custom - house was afterwards removed to Port Townsend , the whites left , and ...
... Indians nominally resident . Many years ago the United States custom - house was at this place , work abundant , and the Indian village lively ; but the custom - house was afterwards removed to Port Townsend , the whites left , and ...
Page 611
... Indians . In 1855-56 the Indians on the eastern part of the sound were engaged in war with the whites , but neither of these tribes , as tribes , engaged in it , and they have never been at war with us . A few of the Twanas crossed the ...
... Indians . In 1855-56 the Indians on the eastern part of the sound were engaged in war with the whites , but neither of these tribes , as tribes , engaged in it , and they have never been at war with us . A few of the Twanas crossed the ...
Page 673
... Indians of Elkwa possessed a mysterious power over all other Indians ; that if they wished to call a person a long distance off , 20 , 30 , or 50 miles away , they simply , talking low , called him and he came ; that if they talked thus ...
... Indians of Elkwa possessed a mysterious power over all other Indians ; that if they wished to call a person a long distance off , 20 , 30 , or 50 miles away , they simply , talking low , called him and he came ; that if they talked thus ...
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Scientific Writings of Joseph Henry | 9 |
APPENDIX TO THE SECRETARYS REPORT | 29 |
Shipments received from abroad | 38 |
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