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The Graphic art of the Eskimos
Walter James Hoffman; Created by United States National Museum
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R1,023
Discovery Miles 10 230
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
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The Graphic art of the Eskimos
Walter James Hoffman; Created by United States National Museum
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R795
Discovery Miles 7 950
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Based Upon The Collections In The National Museum.
Based Upon The Collections In The National Museum.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series.
Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,
notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this
work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of
our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's
literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of
thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of intere
The Midewiwin is the society of the Mide or Shamans, popularly
designated as the Grand Medicine Society. It is found in many
Algonkin tribes. Its ritual, and the traditions of Indian genesis
and cosmogony, constitute a powerful religion. Originally published
in 1891 in the Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology,
Seventh Annual Report, 1885-1886.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:
Elevation above Sea Level. 5ECTION IV. MT. NAGLE SECTION V. MT.
MAGRUDER PROFILES Illustrating the Distribution OF The
PREDOMINATING VEGETATION Oy SOME OP THE MOUNTAINS OF NEVADA.
VERTICAL SCALE. CONIFER/t. C.LEDIFOLIUS. SALICACIS.. COMPOSIT/t
ARTIMISI/t. PROSOPIS. (RARE) CACTAOE/t, VUCCA ETC. r ftrr Y.
BREVIFOLIA. ffesperocichla ncevia (Gmel.) Baird.?Varied Eobin. This
species is distributed more particularly over the northwestern
coast region of the United States, thence northward to Alaska.
Lieutenant Ives' party procured one specimen in the Colorado Valley
in 1858, which thus far seems to limit its southern range. Dr.
Cooper found it in the lower portion of California in winter, and
states that it is very probable that some breed in the evergreen
forests of the north, as they do near the mouth of the Columbia,
and that in October they come down to the valleys, and are quite
common in winter near San Francisco. Mr. Henshaw says: " A male of
this species which I saw confined in a cage in a store in Carson
City was said by the owner to have been captured during the
previous spring (1876) in the adjoining mountains. For this
statement I cannot vouch, but give it for what it is worth." This
thrush had not been recorded from any locality east of the Sierras,
excepting four instances of its occurrence on the Atlantic coast,
all within a limited area, though, as Mr. Heushaw says, there seems
to be no reason why during the migrations, as in the case of other
birds possessing a similar summer habitat, the species may not
occur along the eastern slope. Since the above notes were published
by Mr. Henshaw the following has been received from him regarding
this species: t " In winter occurs along the eastern slope [of the
Sierras] and is...
Based Upon The Collections In The National Museum.
Based Upon The Collections In The National Museum.
The Midewiwin is the society of the Mide or Shamans, popularly
designated as the Grand Medicine Society. It is found in many
Algonkin tribes. Its ritual, and the traditions of Indian genesis
and cosmogony, constitute a powerful religion. Originally published
in 1891 in the Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology,
Seventh Annual Report, 1885-1886.
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