The Indians of Southern California : Los Angeles, Calif. : ms., 1852.

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The Indians of Southern California : Los Angeles, Calif. : ms., 1852.

Copy of letter and report, Dec. 20, 1852, to Edward F. Beale, U.S. Superintendent of Indian Affairs. In the handwriting of Benjamin Ignatius Hayes. Deals with conditions and prospects of the Mohave, Yuma, Tulareño, Cahuilla, Luiseño and Diegueño tribes. Published in the Los Angeles Star beginning Aug. 1, 1868.

Original : 66 p. ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 530:6) and positive (C-E, reel 20)

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