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OP 14961-52

Nov 20, 2012

(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of houses with thatched roofs, people, and horses at Arroyo Leon. Photographed near sunset.

According to notes on the original negative envelope, Arroyo Leon is a rugged canyon in foot hills of Mt. San Pedro Martir, 12 miles south of Valle Trinidad. The Indian name of the locality is Ne ail’ aha’.

Notes on verso of print:
OP 14961-52/ 88:17050-52/ 1/23/26/ [Possibly written by Davis:] Houses + people at/ Arroyo Leon/ near sunset/ 7-7

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OP 14961-53

Nov 20, 2012

(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of an unidentified girl and woman sitting against a house at Arroyo Leon. A sleeping dog lays nearby.

According to notes on the original negative envelope, Arroyo Leon is a rugged canyon in foot hills of Mt. San Pedro Martir, 12 miles south of Valle Trinidad. The Indian name of the locality is Ne ail’ aha’.

Same image as the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) negative, N24662.

Notes on verso of print:
OP 14961-53/ 88:17050-53/ 1/23/26/ INDIAN girl + woman SITTING BY/ HOUSE AT Arroyo Leon/ 7/ 7-8

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OP 14961-54

Nov 20, 2012

(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of a ranch house at Valle Trinidad where Edward H. Davis stayed for two nights. The ranch house is made of adobe brick with a thatched roof. A group of men and horses are outside. A car is on the left.

Notes on verso of print:
OP 14961-54/ 88:17050-54/ [Written by Davis:] Ranch House at Valle Trinidad/ we staid [stayed] here – 2 nights/ Jan 23 1926

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OP 14961-55

Nov 20, 2012

(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of (L-R) Pancho Ochurita, Davis’ guide to Arroyo Leon and Jose Espinosa, Chief of Kiliwa Indians at Arroyo Leon. Photographed at Valle Trinidad.

Notes on verso of print:
OP 14961-55/ 88:17050-55/ 1/23/26/ 7-9/ [Written by Davis:] Jose Espinosa/ Chief of Kil-e-was [Kiliwa]/ at Arroyo Leon/ + Pancho Ochurita/ our guide to Arroyo Leon/ taken at Valle Trinidad/ Jan. 23, 1926

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OP 14961-56

Nov 20, 2012

(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of two boys wearing overalls at the ruins of a burned house. The house belonged to a woman who died approximately one month earlier.

Notes on verso of print:
OP 14961-56/ 88:17050-56/ 1/17/26/ 3/A/ 3-1/ SAN MIGUEL, BC/ PIPI INDIANS/ JAN 17, 1926/ RUINS OF A HOUSE & THINGS/ BURNED & BROKEN WHERE AN INDIAN WOMAN DIED/ APPROX. 1 MONTH BEFORE

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