California mammals . separated the in-habitants of America from those of Europe and America. Thedifference in construction of the languages of the two continentsindicates that this separation occured in a very early stage oflanguage formation. With the melting of the ice and the retreatof the glaciers, which is still progressing, the tribes of Indiansnearest the vacated region were able to move slowly northward, al-lowing other tribes to expand or follow if they chose. The highSierra Nevada range, being heavily capped with snow and ice, wasan impassable barrier between the interior of the cont
California mammals . separated the in-habitants of America from those of Europe and America. Thedifference in construction of the languages of the two continentsindicates that this separation occured in a very early stage oflanguage formation. With the melting of the ice and the retreatof the glaciers, which is still progressing, the tribes of Indiansnearest the vacated region were able to move slowly northward, al-lowing other tribes to expand or follow if they chose. The highSierra Nevada range, being heavily capped with snow and ice, wasan impassable barrier between the interior of the continent andthe comparatively warm coast region of California. Probablyfragments of migrating tribes were forced through the passes be-fore these became impassable, and could get no further. Whenthe glaciers retreated the California Indians did not follow, asthere was no pressure fromi beyond and no inducemient tO the rush of gold seekers no great change occurred in HOMINID^ 281 California Linguistic Stocks. 1. Athabascan. 2. Yurok. 3. Karok. 4. Shasta. 5. Lithuami. 6. Wishosk. 7. 9. Yana. 10. Maidu. 11. Yuki. 12. 17. Yokuts. 18. 282 CALIFORNIA MAMMAIiS. !the number of Indians in California, but a rapid diminution thenbegan; partly through the unjustifiable persecution by the strong-?er, better armed, aggressive gold-seekers, many of whom carednothing for the moral rights of the Indians; partly through theintroduction of intoxicating liquors; but more through the efifectsof epidemic and other diseases which came with the whites. Now?some of the smaller tribes are practically extinct, but under morewholesome conditions the younger generation seems to be nearlyholding its own or iWowly increasing in a few places. The Cali-fornia Indians seemed to lack the power of organization and thefaculty of invention, hence they made little progress toward civili-zation until the whites cam
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