Creator
Cha[rle]s F. Lummis
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
I always read it, for I am heartily in sympathy with so many of
the things for which it works.—PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
FORMERLY "THE LAND OF SUNSHINE"
THE NATION BACK OF US, THE WORLD IN FRONT
OUT WEST
A MAGAZINE OF
THE OLD PACIFIC AND THE NEW
EDITED BY CHAS. F. LUMMIS
"A magazine wholly unlike any other published anywhere. . . . The best there is in periodical literature on the Pacific Coast. . . . Ability and individuality powerful enough and original enough to give distinction to any periodical. ... A voice listened to with respect and interest in all parts of the country." —The Dial.
"Its lively independence and its genuine learning. . . . A steady evenness of worth and interest."— The Nation.
Editor's Office
Los Angeles. Cal. Mch. 21st 1902.
My dear Muir:--
Thank you heartily for the $10.00 for the Indians, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. When we get our official stationery you shall have a formal receipt.
I am just back from a week’s wagon trip through the Warner's Ranch country, and have had Juntas with several hundred Indians, to whom I have "preached" in Spanish a great many hours within the week. I wish you could hear me in the pulpit. Poor devils, they are good people, gentle, dignified and tender hearted even under the bitter stress of losing their
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immemorial homes. I believe fully that we are going to do something actual and sensible for them now, and one reason for my faith is that we have got through the thick hide of the Indian Department, which is a good deal harder to penetrate than the Indians are. Our Commission has been agreed upon at last and will soon be at work.
Your book was a joy to me which will not wear out, and my notice of it was a very little to what I would like to say.
Turbesé sends love to all of you, and I would like you to remember me kindly to your family.
Hastily but sincerely yours,
[illegible]
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1902 Mar 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 14 cm.
Recommended Citation
Lummis, Charles F., "Letter from Cha[rle]s F. Lummis to John Muir, 1902 Mar 21." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4629.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4629
Resource Identifier
muir12_0287-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0287
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
