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C-B 385 6041 Yosemite Oct. 21st 1904 Dear Mr. Muir Your letter of the 19th inst. requesting a copy of my little Book
Indians of Yosemite , was received today, By return mail I send to you the Book which I trust you will accept as a slight
token of my appreciation of the many esteemed favors which I have from time to time received from you I was urged to write
this Book to satisfy an earnest desire on the part of visiting tourists to know something of the original condition, habits
and mode of life of the Indians at the time the