. C. Hart Merriam papers : including correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey, 1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942). 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. i: I f. U I 4 u M ll!J in ^»i« liarch 18, 1925 iir. H.
. C. Hart Merriam papers : including correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey, 1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942). 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. i: I f. U I 4 u M ll!J in ^»i« liarch 18, 1925 iir. H. R. IfVagner California liistoricr/i Society 503 Wells Pargo Building oan i^Vancisco, C^lifcrnii XB Dear Ur. Ifiagn^jr: Your letter of February £, enclosing a copy of another manu- script by ^\ t:. i^'letchor on Jedediah Smith's probable route across the Jierra^ reached me in due course, and would have re- ceived earlier attention but for the constant pres^^ure of other work. After reading tir. i^letcher's article carefully four or five times, I fail to see that he submits any^iidisiicejsbiJever in support of the reiteration of hi? former QpjjiJQp that Jedediah Smith crossed the Sierra by 7;ay of the Stanislaus Fiver. He still believes, he ^ays, ''that the Stanislaus route is the more probable and that the American route is impossible.'' but fails to give any reaeon .vhatever for the absolutely preposterous state ment that the Anerican route is 'im^pgsibJLe.' And after repeated reiterations of his firm belief ''that the only reasonable conclupicn is th?.t Smith crossed the Sierra by the 3tanisl^^us route," he a )perently contradicts himself by re- ef firriing the opinion, expressed in 'us first article, that Smith left his party on tho river named fVimmelche, after the Indians, adding, ''but thp Wimmulches resided on Kings Eiver"-- thus aceeoting my identification of the Tiimmelche with Kings 'Â¥ 'iKs ffj 'f' k t't 'â¢J â » 4* 1^ ^ "W.
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