Theodora Kroebers Two Worlds A Biography Of The Last...

The book Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber, is an introduction to the life of Ishi the last wild Indian. Ishi was a Yahi from the tribe Yana. The book introduces us to Ishi’s life, and gives us so much information on Indians housing, marriage, eating habits, hunting, and language. This story takes us through his life before the finding modern life, living in the museum discovering modern life, and through his death. I really enjoyed reading this book the author did a great job organizing it and it was touching to read how great man Ishi was. The author’s husband Alfred Kroeber, who was an anthropologist in University of California he had interest in Ishi the moment he knew Ishi†¦show more content†¦It first gives us history of Ishi s live when he lived with his tribe before they were slaughtered by whites in the Gold Rush. His tribe constituted about no more than 3000 individuals. The Yana had been in northern California for three or four thousand years. The Yana country was located in the foothills of Mount Lassen along the streams that move west and southwest. After almost their whole tribe was wiped out Ishi and three or four other people are able to escape into hiding. When his only family members die, he is left alone. After years of living alone he is left hungry walking to find death. Ishi found the slaughter house the morning of twenty-ninth day of August in the year 1911. Sleeping butchers were awaken by their dogs barking. They then found a man crouching against the fence. They called the Oroville Sherriffs to take the wild man. Ishi did not resist arrest and allowed himself for capture. Sheriff Webber took him and placed him in a cell for the insane. News quickly spread and people filled the jail gazing at Ishi. In the beginning Ishi would not eat or sleep. They were not able to communicate with him until the anthropologist Waterman was able to realize he was a Yahi. He did not want to say his name, so he accepted the name Ishi that meant man in Yahi language. He thought the white men were going to kill him, since that is what had happened to his people. Instead he was welcomed by