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Bureau of Ethnology, Coronado Expedition and The Ghost Dance (14th Annual Report) Part I and Part II

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Bureau of Ethnology, Coronado Expedition and The Ghost Dance (14th Annual Report) Part I and Part II
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Part I: Introduction by Powell and accompanying papers: 1) The Menomini Indians, Hoffman, Walter James. Includes sections on antiquities, tribal government, language employed in cult rituals, cult societies, mythology, folk tales, mortuary customs, games and dances, architecture, furniture and implements, manufacturing, hunting and fishing, food, and canoes. 2) The Coronado Expedition, Winship, George Parker. Includes itinerary of the expedition (1540-1542) to New Mexico and the Great Plains. With focus on the effect of Fray Marcos de Niza's report, organization and departure of the expedition, winter along the Rio Grande (1541-1542), results of the expedition and the narratives of several expedition members. Rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering. 536 pp. 8 x 10.5. Part II: The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890, Mooney, James. Opens with English translation of an Arapaho Ghost Song. 1) Introduction by director J.W. Powell. With several color plates including one of sacred objects of the Sioux Ghost Dance. Rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering. Roughly 500 pp. 8 x 10.5. Note: Volume I and II are not commonly found together. Though in modern bindings, this set shows the diligence of the Bureau of Ethnology to pair varied research from diverse and highly skilled authors/ethnographers. Vinegar Collection HKA#56770