THE LAST WILD TRIBE OF CALIFORNIA 



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Map of Nokthehn Califobxta showing the location of the Yahi and Nozi peoples. 



prociu'iDg of food b}' hunting and fishing. They did not, however, 

 allow themselves to be seen. They undoubtedly expected annihilation 

 to follow on discovery, and probably there was sound judgment behind 

 this belief. The almost entire absence of information concerning them 

 proves that they took to the wildest places, and stayed there. All that 

 we positively know about them is that they disappeared in 1865, but 

 were still alive in 1908. Under the circumstances, they must have 

 remained "primitive." Only the primitive mode of life was open to 

 them. They were primitive when they went into retirement, and it 

 was their salvation. When seen again in 1908 they still used the bow 

 and arrow and other aboriginal appliances, and were absolutely un- 

 familiar with the usages of civilization. Their avoidance of observa- 

 tion of any kind left them as isolated as if they had been literally on 

 another continent. 



Our information concerning them during this period is very scanty. 



Deer Cheek Ca>;ox. The last refuge of the " Yahi " tribe. 



