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Albert Gatschet
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Albert Louis Samuel Gatschet was a Swiss-American linguist, philologist, and ethnologist. He is best known for his contributions to the study of the Indigenous peoples and languages of North America.
Gatschet's death certificate
Gatschet's death certificate
John Wesley Powell
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John Wesley Powell was a U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month ri
Albert Gatschet
…Wheeler Survey. His analysis was presented to the United States Congress and culminated in a German-language book which earned him the attention of Major John Wesley Powell, who hired Gatschet as an ethnologist for the Smithsonian Institution. Gatschet was later a founding member of the Bureau of American Ethnology and…
Powell as he appears at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Powell as he appears at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
John Wesley Powell and his wife, Emma, in Detroit in 1863.
John Wesley Powell and his wife, Emma, in Detroit in 1863.
First camp of the John Wesley Powell expedition [second Colorado River expedition], in the willows, Green River, Wyoming, 1871.
First camp of the John Wesley Powell expedition [second Colorado River expedition], in the willows, Green River, Wyoming, 1871.
Powell (right) with Tau-gu, a Southern Paiute, 1871–1872.
Powell (right) with Tau-gu, a Southern Paiute, 1871–1872.