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Before the white man came. by [CALIFORNIA - KLAMATH INDIANS]. GRAVES, Charles S - 1934.
by [CALIFORNIA - KLAMATH INDIANS]. GRAVES, Charles S
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Before the white man came.
by [CALIFORNIA - KLAMATH INDIANS]. GRAVES, Charles S
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Yreka, CA: The Siskiyou News, 1934. 8vo. 99, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., 17 photo plates. Red publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine (minor bumping to corners, shelfwear), still VG copy, signed by author below portrait. First edition, signed, of this companion volume to the author’s previously published Lore and Legends of the Klamath River Indians (1929). This work includes not only Klamath Indian legends of the Frog in the Moon, the White Deerskin Dance, and The Coyote teaches the Indian How to Make Flint, but also accounts of Klamath Indian tribal members, efforts to secure fishing rights, and even how Johnny Southard (Mad Bull), a Karouck from Happy Camp won the Marathon race from San Francisco to Grants Pass, OR over 485 miles in 1927.
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- Publisher The Siskiyou News,
- Place of Publication Yreka, CA:
- Date Published 1934.
- Keywords California, Northern California, Native Americans, American Indians, Folklore, Folk Tales, Indian, Klamath, Gold Miners, Gold Mining, Sports, Sporting, Oregon Trail, California Trail, Charles Graves, Signed copies
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Before the white man came: Pacific Northwest Indian culture;
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