. 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. T8S 288 r for the side aont^ of Heroed RiTer. tmmmm^ The
. 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. T8S 288 r for the side aont^ of Heroed RiTer. tmmmm^ The names most commonly used "by the Indiaxm them* selyes for the two sides are QoAoo^inS-ffit Â¥^"t<f-lfP^ (r Qo,hnQ%ig^te ha-Wffch^ the Grizzly Bear Side, and h\\-]tt^ln\ Vn-tolwaht (or Ah-hrflfi hR^^iSsh) the Coyote Side ~ from OoAooCmfl^te the Bear and Ah^hT-le the Coyote respectirely. It is not difficult to see how Qo^hoolma^ Bear, an important personage arniong the early animal-people, might^^a chosen to represent the land aniroalB; but why Ah^ha^le. the Coyote, should stand for the water-people is not so obvious⢠For the explanation one must look far back into the Mythology of these Indiana, in which it appears thai before there were any real people in the world Ah^^il^g ^ the CoyoteHoan, one of the early divinities of the animal people^ came oyer the ocean from beyond the sea â for which reason he is ranked with the water people⢠Returning to the more immediate subject Â¥ ^. ^ / ^ u â the village and camp sites of losemite â¼alley â it is now easier to understand the grouping em- ployed hy the Indians. Indians are naturally methodical and it is their custom to classify objects and places, and in speaking of them to be^n at a fixed point and proceed in orderly sequence, ''^us in seeking the names of animals and plants, and of geograihic locations. I have several times provoked the undisguised disgust of my informant by not put- ting my ques
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