Powell, J. W. Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-93 (2 volume set). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. First Edition. [11893]
Two large volumes in green cloth, shaken, covers loosening, a few end papers detached, board edges worn, ex library with labels & stamps. 11 1/2 x 8 inches. LXI, 1136 pp, 122 b/w plates plus over 100 text illustrations. Complete contents; vol. i. binding is poor with a detached title page, vol. ii. binding is good. Priced accordingly. Fair. Hardcover.
54th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Doc. No. 230, Parts I & II.
In addition to the Report of the Director, this set has the following papers:
The Menomini Indians, by Walter James Hoffman;
The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542, by George Parker Winship (much of this is in Spanish);
The Ghost-Dance Religion, by James Mooney (this includes many songs by the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Pauite, Washo, Pit River, Sioux, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache and the Caddo tribes.
John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), b. Mount Morris, NY; US Soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions.
"He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included the first known passage through the Grand Canyon...Powell served as second director of the US Geological Survey (1881–1894) and proposed policies for development of the arid West which were prescient for his accurate evaluation of conditions. He was director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution, where he supported linguistic and sociological research and publications." - wikipedia.
