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Join John Wesley Powell's expedition to explore one of the 7 Wonders of the Natural World, and one of the last unmapped portions of the continental United States. Powell's detailed descriptions of the rocks, plants, and animals seen in the canyon, the geography of the area, and his team's interactions with native groups of the area and mishaps along the trail allow readers to feel the thrill, the awe, and the humility of standing on the canyon...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Excerpt from On Primitive InstitutionsTwo radically distinct methods of regimentation are found extant in the world and recorded in the history of the past, these may be known as the tribal system and the national sys tem. By the tribal system men are organized on the basis of kinship, real or artificial. By the national system men are organized on the basis of territory. Thus kinship groups are found in tribal society, territorial groups in n...

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Excerpt from Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages: With Words, Phrases and Sentences to Be CollectedIt is believed that the system of schedules, followed seriatim, will lead the student in a proper way to the collection of linguistic materials, that the explanations given will assist him in overcoming the difficulties which he is sure to encounter, and that the materials when collected will consti tute valuable contributions to philol...

Excerpt from Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-96, Vol. 1 of 2Battle of the Washita - Removal to the reservation Further insolence of the Kiowa - Raids into Texas Intertribal peace council, 1872.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an importa...

Excerpt from Philology, or the Science of Activities Designed for ExpressionThe fourth group of arts in the scheme hitherto presented In this journal consists of the languages which men devise to express their thoughts. Every art has its foundation In nature, for art arises through the attempt to improve on nature. Activity, as we have defined it, or self-activity as it is often called in psychology, is the primeval expression of animals by wh...

Excerpt from The Philosophic Bearings of DarwinismNow, the phenomena of the universe are embraced in many vast categories.First, we have the constitution of the heavenly bodies, and their real and apparent motions to be explained. What are they, and how came they to be what they are?Then we have the earth itself, its forms, its lands and seas, its mountains and valleys, its rivers and lakes, the winds which blow about it, the storms which fall...

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Excerpt from The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons: Formerly Titled: Canyons of the ColoradoN my return from the first exploration of the canyons of the Colorado, I found that our journey had been the theme of much newspaper writing. A story of disaster had been circulated, with many particulars of hardship and tragedy, so that it was currently believed throughout the United States that all the mem bers of the party were lost s...

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