| 1 | Creator: | Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 | Requires cookie* |
| Title: | Reminiscences of the Far West, and other trips, 1861-1918 | ||
| Dates: | 1861-1918 | ||
| Abstract: | Narratives of travels and adventures, 1861-1864, 1881-1916, in the far western, southwestern, northwestern United States, as well as Ohio and New York; northern Mexico and Europe; apparently written from memory about 1916. Mentions hostilities of Pawnee and Apache, describes an Indian attack. Visits Navajo reservation; sees Taos Indian dance. Observes Mitla ruins; mentions Indians in Mexico. Visits Sacatoon Pima reservation; visits California Indian schools. Describes music for Indians at mission; visits Ohio mounds; comments on northwest Indian art, statues of Indian heroes in northwest. Also writes of the Nevada mines and of military service in the Southwest, 1860-1864. Two letters relate to Ayer and the Field Museum. | ||
| Call #: | Mss.B.Ay2 | ||
| Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | ||
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| Subjects: | Apache Indians | Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 | California--Description and travel | Field Museum of Natural History. | Indians of Mexico | Indians of North America | Indians of North America--Education--California | Indians of North America--Missions | Indians of North America--Ohio--Antiquities | Mexico - Description and travel | Military service, Voluntary -- United States. | Mines and mineral resources - Nevada | Navajo Indians. | New York (State) -- Description and travel. | Ohio -- Description and travel. | Pawnee Indians | Pima Indian Reservation (Sacatoon) | Rosenwald, Lessing J., (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979 | Taos Indians | United States - Description and travel |