Warner's Ranch Indian Advisory Commission reports : Los Angeles, 1902.

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Warner's Ranch Indian Advisory Commission reports : Los Angeles, 1902.

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Two bound carbon copy typescript reports: Preliminary Report (July 23, 1902) and Final Report (August 26, 1903) of the Warner's Ranch Indian Advisory Commission, containing descriptions of tracts of land surveyed in Southern California and recommendations for the purchase of lands to which the Warner's Ranch Indians, and other Indians of Southern California, could be relocated. Included in the reports are captioned cyanotype photographs taken by Charles F. Lummis of Indians and properties described in the text. The Final Report contains an account of the expenses of the commission. The title page of each report contains a presentation inscription to Hon. Wm. A. Jones, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, from Charles F. Lummis. The Preliminary Report is signed by Charles F. Lummis, Russell C. Allen, and Charles L. Partridge.

2 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.

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