Lost Indian Tribe Discovered

[jeff of pa]

The San Francisco Examiner​

 

[DizzyDigger]

Don't know about that tribe, but Ishi was the last of his tribe, and a very important
figure of his time.

Ishi - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[BAW]

The newspaper article refers to Ishi, who was still in hiding at the time it was written. He was encountered in person a few months later. His group, the Yahi, were called the Mill Creeks and the Kombo, among other names, by the settlers and nearby tribes. Anyone who is not familiar with Ishis story will be amply rewarded by reading “Ishi in Two Worlds” by Theodora Kroeber, the wife of the Professor Kroeber mentioned in the article.

 

[BigWaveDave]

I saw the post, and thought you had found a handful of Indian Head Cents.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Here's an interesting addition to Ishi's story. He became good friends with Dr. Saxton
Pope, and as a result Pope learned of how Ishi and his people hunted using the longbow.
Saxton pope is often considered the "Father of traditional archery in the modern world".

Saxton Pope - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[releventchair]

Lost?
They knew right here they were.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Lost?
They knew right here they were.

Like the LDM ...

or this ...

In a cavern, In a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner,
And his daughter, Clementine.

Chorus:
Oh my darling, Oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine,
You are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry Clementine.



Light she was, and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine;
Herring boxes without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.

 

[releventchair]

Like the LDM ...

or this ...

In a cavern, In a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner,
And his daughter, Clementine.

Chorus:
Oh my darling, Oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine,
You are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry Clementine.



Light she was, and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine;
Herring boxes without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.

 

[newnan man]

They were part of the Fug-owee tribe. They got their name by climbing tall trees and looking around saying, "where in the Fug-owee?"