Record details

• ISBN: 9781597140539
• ISBN: 1597140538
• Physical Description: xvii, 292 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
• Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Heyday Books, ©2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The natural world of the Coast Miwok -- Marino's village : archaeological evidence -- Culture of the Coast Miwok -- Early contact with Europeans -- Mission Dolores : Huicmuse becomes Marino -- Early San Rafael Mission -- Marino joins an expedition -- Defiance : Marino, Quintino, and Pomponio -- Marino's whereabouts, 1825-1832 -- Marino returns to the San Rafael Mission -- The owl brings bad news : deaths at San Rafael -- The last days of Mexican California -- The Coast Miwok lose their Nicasio land -- Against all odds.

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Marin, Chief, approximately 1780-1839.
San Rafael Mission (Marin County, Calif.) > History.
Miwok Indians > Biography.
Miwok Indians > History.
Miwok Indians > Missions.
Marin County (Calif.) > History.
Miwok (Indiens) > Biographies.
Miwok (Indiens) > Histoire.
Miwok (Indiens) > Missions.
Marin, Chief, approximately 1780-1839.
San Rafael Mission (Marin County, Calif.)
Miwok Indians.
California > Marin County.

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History.
Biographies.