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CHAPTER XXIX. 
THE NO-ZI, ETC. 
A small, fierce, mountain tribe—Their home—Pwiéssy—Aboriginal honesty—Nearly extinect—Tradition 
of their eastern origin—Mill Creek Indians—A doomed race—Wonderful resistance to civilization— 
Five Indians against the world—Present home—Summary of customs—Apparently foreign to Cali- 
fornia—Story of Snowflake. 
CHAPTER XXX. 
on THE MAI-DU. 
Distribution of tribes— Sites of villages—Guarded against surprise—Hill-stations—Old camps—Descrip- 
tion of a village—Daily life—Fowling-snares—Acorn dance—Clover dance—Manzanita dance—Great 
Spirit dance—Annihilation—Beliefs—An Indian schottish—Legend of the Flood—Wo6-lok-ki and 
Y6-to-wi—The lion and the cat—Legend of Oan-koi’-tu-peh—Sacred songs. 
CHAPTER XXXI. 
THE NI-SHIL-NAM. 
Classification—Differences in langnage—Great number of dialects—Boundaries—System of names—Per- 
sonal names—Villages and geography—Low estate of the tribe—Instances—No payment made for 
wife—Childless women—Murder of a woman—Nomadic habits—Origin of government—Penalty of 
crimes—Customs in war—Spears— Collecting debts—Sacrifice of the aged—Indian field-commissary— 
Captain Sutter’s Indians—Not misers—First grass dance—Second grass dance—A gala-day in 
spring—Spiritualism—Women’s dance-house—Medical art—Death scenes—Mourning of widows— 
Dance for the dead—The “‘ ery ””—Story of Captain Tom. 
CHAPTER XXXII. 
THE NISHINAM—Continued. 
CGames—Shooting at target—Boys’ games—Different kinds of gambling—An athletic game—“ Learning 
the rules”—Jugglery—Shell-money—Wealth of the aborigines—Two kinds of money—Personal 
ornaments—Mythology—Ai-kutand Yo-t6-to-wi—Origin of incremation—The bear and the deer— 
Origin of fire —The old man-eater—The road-woman—Insanity—Hermaphrodites. 
CHAPTER XXAXIII. 
THE MI-WOK. 
A dense abori_inal population—A. common langnage, but no nationality—Greeting—Characteristics— 
Tribal geography—The Walli—Houses—Food—Shell-money—Chieftainship—Old Sam—Tai-pok’/-si— 
Honeymoons—Kill one of twins—Medicine—Dances—Annual mourning—A legend of the Tu-ol- 
um-ne—Creation of man—Numerals. 
CHAPTER XXXIV. 
YOSEMITE. 
Meaning of names—Origin of the word—Interpreters—Old Jim—List of names—Translations—Villages 
in the valley—Legend of Tu-tok-a-nu’-la—Legend of Tis-sé-yak—Other legends. 
