The bestknown work by the eccentric anthropologist Jaime de Angulo Indians in Overalls is a fascinating account of his first linguistic field tripamp151in 1921amp151to the Achumawi tribe of northeastern California. The Pit River tribe had lived in the barren high country for thousands of years and despite the harsh climate and difficult living conditions they had developed an extraordinary complex language and a rich mythology.As he traveled with the tribe and learned the spoken language he observed gambling games and shamanistic practices and he collected some of the marvelous stories told around the fire in the winter lodges. Of all the people he worked with he felt closest to the Achumawi among whom he discovered amp147the spirit of wonder the recognition of life as power. . .One of the most outstanding writers I have ever encountered. amp151 William Carlos WilliamsJaime de Angulo 18871950 was a Parisborn Spanish novelist and linguist. His other works include Coyote Man and Old Doctor Loon Coyotes Bones and The Lariat and Other Writings.