John Wesley Powell

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1) Canyons of the Colorado

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Powell, John Wesley

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John Wesley Powell was a U.S. 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 passage of European Americans through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as second director of the US Geological Survey (1881-1894), and was also the director of the Bureau...

2) 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

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Powell, John Wesley

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

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Powell, John Wesley

4) 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

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Powell, John Wesley

5) On Limitations To The Use Of Some Anthropologic Data

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Powell, John Wesley

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

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Powell, John Wesley

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

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Powell, John Wesley

8) Eighth Annual Report: of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891

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