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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variant(s): American aborigines American Indians First Nations (North America) Indians of North America --Culture Indians of North America --Ethnology Indians of North America --United States Indians of the United States Indigenous peoples --United States Native Americans North American Indians

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Joseph and Henry Bennett Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1731
Overview Letters of Henry and Joseph Bennett concerning travel by sea from New York to Chagres, Panama, overland across Panama and by ship to San Francisco in 1851. Letters from California, 1852-1853, discuss arrival of immigrants; employment conditions and wages; gambling and social life in San Francisco; investment opportunities; conditions in the gold mines; travel by steamboat to Hangtown (Placerville); churches; crime; Indians; mining profits; cost of land; ranching; blacksmith and plough shop...
Dates: 1849-1923