Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-333) and index.
Contents
Trails to Ishi -- A "compromise between science and sentiment" -- The wild man of Deer Creek -- Ishi, Alfred, and Theodora -- Ishi's ancestors -- Oroville -- The destruction of the Yahi -- Niche 601 -- "Doctor Kroeber's pet buffalo" -- The paper trail -- The wet collection -- Aleš Hrdlička and the great brain hunt -- The Maidu go to Washington -- Lines of descent -- Ancestral gatherings -- Grizzly bear's hiding place -- The sacred fire -- Dersch meadow -- Vera's party.
