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California Condor Continued Eben Mcmillan 22 March-196
of the Central Sierra Nevada. He also said the Indians
of the Tule Reservation know and see Condor. I asked
about the rumor we had heard regarding an Indian
on the Tule Reservation, who some 15 years ago had
possessed a young Condor she had found on the Reserv
Mr. Sutch had heard of no word that would bring th
matter to his mind.
Mr. Sutch and the others speak of only seeing Condor in
summer and late spring. I am thinking this could be du
to no one being in the mountains to speak of due to snow an
bad weather.
From Mr. Sutches we drove to the home of Till Bryant, in
Springville. Mrs. Bryant was born in this area over 70 year
ago. Her brother Bob Maxon lives near her and was at her
house when we called as was her sister, Mrs. Alex Cole
and her cousin Mrs. Camp who lives in Exeter.
Mrs. Till Bryant had seen Condor in 1921 and 1936 in
the Blue Ridge area of Grouse Valley where her husband
and she ran goats. Brother Bob Maxon remembers of
Condor coming to feed on pigs that had died of cholera
his folks lived near Exeter. He has seen Condor throughout the
years he has lived in the general area of Three Rivers and
Springville.
Mrs. Camp, who lives near Exeter, had, in past years, spent
considerable time on a mining claim near Coulterville, in
Mariposa County, where she was sure she had seen Condor.
A Mr. Walter McLean, who lives 8 miles above Coulterville
on old highway 132, is a close friend of Mrs. Georgia
Camp. He knows everything that goes on in the Coulterville
area and would be helpful to us. Mrs. Camp felt. Mrs. Camp
maiden name was Garder.
We will get more information from these people later.