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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "The Chinookan tribes on the Columbia obtained their canoes for the greater part from the coast tribes of Washington. The woman... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "A Hupa youth is waiting with poised spear for the shadowy outline of a salmon lurking in a quiet pool and gathering its streng... |
| Date: | 1758 |
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| Description: | This map of the north-west hemisphere shows the cities, lakes, rivers, mountains, and political borders. In the upper left corner sits a decorative cartouc... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "A wonderfully scenic spot is this in northeastern Arizona, in the heart of the Navaho country — one of their strongholds, in f... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "The Kalispel, who now number about a hundred, are scattered along the eastern side of the Pend d'Oreille river in eastern Wash... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "Spokane river, from a short distance below its head in Coeur d'Alene lake to its confluence with the Columbia, flows through t... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "The basketry of the Karok does not differ from that of the Hupa and the Yurok. The process is always twining, and the usual ma... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "Medicine-pipes, of which the Piegan have many, are simply long pipe-stems variously decorated with beads, paint, feathers, and... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "Little Plume with his son Yellow Kidney occupies the position of honor, the space at the rear opposite the entrance. The pictu... |
| A Bizarre Story of Land Prospecting Gone Awry |
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| Read the amazing story of a man who watched his potential 10,000-square-mile northern Wisconsin empire disappear into thin air. |
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