Tule George 1933

Tule George 1933

Tule George

Tule George, Indian photographed near DS Post Office, no further information

Walter Balderston DS30

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Collection 37/4/1770, Lucien L Nunn papers, [ca. 1890-1971], Box 33

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1933

Dens Clark

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

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Still image

17DEC0241

Deep Springs

photographic print

approximately 3 x 5 in.

Caption reads, "Tule George - An indian who got drunk last summer." Perhaps Walter could have done better than that for a caption, but the history of Native Americans at Deep Springs tends to reflect attitudes like this. This got better in later years, but I think there were fewer of them were around as time went on, compared with the early days of the college. This is the only reference I have ever seen to Tule George. Nicknames were bestowed by whites - Deep Springs Mary, Captain Harry, etc. There is a Tule River tribe, in the southern San Joaquin Valley near Porterville, but I don't know if George would have been from that tribe. It's also a more general term for the tule reeds that grow in wetlands. DEC 1/2017

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Collection 37/4/1770, Lucien L Nunn papers, [ca. 1890-1971], Box 33