Letter to Mr. Gibbs /by George Henry Thomas, 1867 Nov 18.

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Letter to Mr. Gibbs /by George Henry Thomas, 1867 Nov 18.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702129210

Discusses the language and habits of the Colorado River Indians.

4 p.; 20 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8012925

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

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Thomas was born at Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virginia, five miles (8 km) from the North Carolina border. His father, John Thomas, of Welsh descent, and his mother, Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas, a descendant of French Huguenot immigrants, had six children. George had three sisters and two brothers. The family led an upper-class plantation lifestyle. By 1829, they owned 685 acres (2.77 km2) and 24 slaves. John died in a farm accident when George was 13, leaving the family in financial diffi...

Gibbs, George, 1815-1873

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George Gibbs, a New York lawyer, joined the Regiment of Mounted Rifles in 1849, went to Fort Vancouver, Washington, and remained in the Pacific Northwest for the next eleven years. During that time he held a number of positions, including that of an ethnologist and geologist with the Northern Pacific segment of the U.S. Army railroad survey from 1853 to 1855, and the Northwest boundary survey of the Northwest Boundary Commission from 1857 to 1860. He wrote numerous works on Indian languages and ...