The Pima Indians (Bureau of American Ethnology)

Description

Author: Russell, Frank  (1868-1903)

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Pub Date: 1908

Binding: Hardcover

Condition:  Fair to Good.  This is a portion of the original Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the  Bureau of American Ethnology, 1905-1906,  that was falling apart, and I had rebound in hardcover.  The pages are the original pages, but the hardcover binding is new (see photo).

Notes: Published posthumously–Russell died of tuberculosis in 1903.  “The American people owe the Pimas a lasting debt of gratitude.  The California pioneers that traversed the southern route before the days of transcontinental railroads often owed their lives to the friendly brown-skinned farmers whom they met up the Gila.  This tribe rendered notable assistance as scouts in the long contest with the Apaches.  Even had they remained neutral, they would have deserved friendly consideration on the part of the whites, but as they fought bravely in the latter’s behalf justice requires that their services be accorded proper recognition. ” (Pages 18-19).  Almost 500 pages of Pima ethnography, with photographs.