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Department of Anthropology. Because Ishi had grown up in the isolated Yahi tribe, he had little immunity to diseases, and Pope met Ishi during his stays at the University hospital. Pope learned some of the Yahi language, and spent much time with Ishi, learning of his life and listening to the Yahi
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Saxton Pope and Arthur Young have been honored as the namesakes of the Pope and Young Club, an organization dedicated to bowhunting which continues today and includes its own world record book for North American game, taken in Fair Chase, with bow and arrow. He also reintroduced traditional bow and
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as the son of an army surgeon, Pope grew up in military camps and frontier towns, where he learned outdoor skills and became an athlete. This is where he first learned archery, as well as horsemanship, riflery, knifemaking, and other skills. He built and attempted to fly a glider.
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Pope became an avid bowhunter during his time with Ishi, and he continued that after Ishi's death. In 1920, with special permission, Pope and a companion, Arthur Young, went hunting
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in 1916. In spite of this close relationship and against the frequently stated wishes of his Yahi friend, Pope insisted that Ishi be autopsied after death and his brain removed.
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with hand made bows and steel tipped arrows, taking several. The stuffed and mounted bears are on display at the California Academy of Sciences. Pope later wrote a book,
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The medical school where Pope taught was located near the museum where Ishi worked as a janitor, having been brought there for study by Professor T. T. Waterman of the
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tribal folklore. Ishi taught Pope how to make bows and arrows as the Yahi did, and how to hunt with them. Pope and Ishi remained close until Ishi's death from
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near San Francisco, married Emma Wightman, a medical school classmate, and had four children. In 1912, he became a surgical instructor at the medical school.
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He later went to medical school at the University of California, graduating in 1899. He set up a practice in
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arrow making skills learned from Ishi to other Native Americans whose communities had lost the art.
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Picture of Pope taken while grizzly hunting at Yellowstone
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to be raised largely isolated from Western culture.
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bow hunting
Ishi
Yahi
American Indian
Fort Stockton, Texas
Watsonville, California
University of California
tuberculosis
grizzly bears
Yellowstone National Park
pneumonia




"Saxton Temple Pope"
the original
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
Ishi's Brain
ISBN
978-0-393-05133-9
Works by Saxton Pope
Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Saxton Pope
Internet Archive
Works by Saxton Pope
LibriVox
Saxton T. Pope archival collection at UCSF

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