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CHAPTER XXXV. 
THE YO-KUTS. 
Boundaries and tribes—Military style of camps—Political hierarchy—Chief and captains—Pascnzl— 
Naidkawe—Rain-makers—Bows and arrows—War-arrows and game-arrows—Making arrow-heads— 
Tanning—Shell-money—Manzanita cider—Fishing—Stone mortars—Basket-making—Women gam- 
bling—Seasons and. days of the week—Food—Sacred animals—Midwifery—Wizards—Pestilence— 
Rattlesnake dance—Dances—Modesty of women—Story of the captives—Death and annihilation— 
Origin of the mountains—Dance for the dead—An extraordinary spectacle, lasting all night—Ex- 
tended description of it. 
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CHAPTER XXXVI. 
TRIBES RELATED TO THE PAI-U-TI. 
On Kern River—Lodges and canoes of tule—Chico—An aboriginal philosopher—A number of quaint and 
curious conceits—Pokoh’/—The sun and the coyote—The Tilli—The Pohalli-Tilli—The Mouos—Per- 
sonal appearance—More warlike than Californians—T be black eagle—The big trees—Bears in council. 
CHAPTER XXXVII. 
GENERAL FACTS. 
Fate of California Indians—A shy race—The reservations—A failure for lack of management—Terror 
of the reservation—Moral abdication—Physically considered—Superior to Chinese—Height and _ 
weight—Fine teeth—Fondness for bathing—Half-breed girls—War and women—Not a warlike 
race—Contests with the Spaniards— Women not so low as among the Algonkins— Abseuce of 
bloody rites—Lack of breadth of character—Very imitative—Indifference to defeat in gaming—Lack 
of poetry in character—Quickness of their self-adaptation to civilization—Native huamor—Naturally 
thievish—Northern tribes avaricious—Rule of the gift-givers—Feuds, murder, and revenge—A licen- 
tious race—But outwardly modest—No aboriginal idea of a Supreme Being—Spirits and devils— 
Rey. J. G. Wood’s theory of savage vices combated—The Californians were prosperous and happy— 
Dense populations—A healthy race—Romance of savage life a delusion. 
CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
ABORIGINAL BOTANY. 
No classification—Minute observation—Great number of edible matters—Subtilty of the medicine men— 
The oaks—The pifion—Arrows and baskets—Poison-oak—Soap-root—Various medicines—Poisons— 
Grasses—Mushrooms—Grass-uuts—Greens—Seeds—Wild potato—Wild tobacco—Textile plants— 
Medicines of commerce. 
CHAPTER XXXIX. 
SUPPLEMENTARY FACTS. 
Prebistories of Culifornia—Theory of degeneratioc—Stone implements as evidence—Difierent kinds of 
lodges—A Kon-kau anniversary—A savage New Year, 
