Title: C. Hart Merriam papers : including correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey, 1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942)
Identifier: chartmerriampape004merr (find matches)
Year: 1798 (1790s)
Authors: Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948; Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942; Muir, John, 1838-1914. crp; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. crp; Online Archive of California
Subjects: United States. Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy; United States. Division of Biological Survey; United States. Biological Survey; United States. Bureau of Biological Survey; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U. S. ); Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Bering Sea controversy; Bears; Biogeography; Natural history; Ornithology; Botany; Life zones; Wildlife conservation
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Contributing Library: The Bancroft Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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British GoluRibia Indians do make trunk baskets, so that Pitt Hiver is probably an error for Thompson River pr fraser Rivor, 209, jCowlitx. The Cowlitz Hiyer and people are In Washii^ton, not Oregon. 214. Wiclnuima, is given froa Kii^gs River, Kem County. Kii^s Hiver I3 not In Kern County, and iio Indians of this tribe live cither on Kin^s ?lver rr in Kern County. T)ioy live, as before stated, en Ka^aoh River in Tulare Coiuity, except the ffli^le family ncfv livirg in Yrt3iY) County⢠231, Chico. Chi CO and the Cliico Indians arc in Butte County, not Ciilusa County. 250-252 are entered 4S Pteno from Mendocino County, but in each case the word Inyo* is added. Thi^ inudt be a mistake, as Inyo County is on the desert east of the Sierra, raany hundred miles away frau the Pome coimtry. Does the difference in the two sets of mzmbers (totals 260 and 288' indicate that about thirty baskets are -njssiJTg from the col- lection? hxid does the word 'sold' entered in a few places indicate that the basket was disposed of prior or rabsequent to Ur. Plimpton^s death? - . The collection contains a surprisirgly lar^;o timber of Po.no baskets. You are probably aware that thoso are regarded by the trade as aaicnfi tho mst valuable of baskets. They have one very weak point., however. Moat cf them nro -leavlly decorated with feathersâquails' pltwses, ^odpecker heads, meadowlark breasts, bluo^ jay backs, duck necks, Siid so on. These feaUiers uni^iapplly are greedily devoured by luoths and denaestes, ao that the utmost care is 360 C r? i.i n-** â¢â > â¢J^t.^ >o pfO'^firv : . hcnt. >al(Vr. :!-"DrOCl V â¢Â« A- ;.-i r;f« \- V t. , V-.* i- -;;a;.or^"-', f.hii, s % ;o r. * ,⢠; ⢠-T ⢠> 1 i^'C- " 4. f !»/ :.Cu;'.*a w -.1 aL 'wir^ 7r i-^- 4*- 4 will of CO.' w- ie- I *ut "J t, O r^ â¢â¦â¢ you V- I i Jl ^ '⢠^ 4 i , vVi -' cr/ colors i.aU- V , ar-J ".-â¢â .â¢ioac ,;v -"â â ^^^â¢^ v*^ Uv > ^^ ^K. -%>%.*1?. â¢Â»t fjfc. -3 .Ji 4 â ⢠*' â » â WV^*- .**L>»-\

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