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1) Canyons of the Colorado

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Language

English

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2) Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico: Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

Project Gutenberg

Language

English

3) On the Evolution of Language: First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

Project Gutenberg

Language

English

4) Seventh Annual Report: of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

Project Gutenberg

Language

English

5) Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society: Bureau of American Ethnology

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

Project Gutenberg

Language

English

6) Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians: First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

Project Gutenberg

Language

English

7) On Limitations To The Use Of Some Anthropologic Data

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

Project Gutenberg

Language

English

8) The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Series

Penguin nature classics
Penguin classics

Language

English

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The author, a Civil War veteran, recounts the scientific expedition he led to explore the Colorado River and describes the hardships and discoveries of the ten-month trip

9) Down the Colorado: diary of the first trip through the Grand Canyon 1869

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Language

English

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An abridgement of the author's journal originally published in pt. 1, "History of the exploration of the canyons of the Colorado," of the report of the Smithsonian Institution: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries.