Book Contents

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments 9

Prologue/Overview : A Discovery at Belle’s 13
People Involved 20

Part One: Henrietta’s Journey 23

   Roots 29
   Budding Anthropologist 39
   On the Reservation 47
   The Ride to Canyon Day 63
   Interchapter: At the Dance 75
   The Search for Henrietta 77
   Response to the News 90
   The Anthropologists 95

Part Two: The Hunt for the Killer(s) 103

The Hunt Begins 105
   Outsiders and More False Starts 117
   The FBI Gets Serious 130

Part Three: Facing the Trial 151

   Each Side Struggles to Frame Its Case 153
   The Grand Jury Indicts, But Issues Remain 166

Part Four: The Trial of Golney Seymour 179

   Seven Days in the Courthouse 181
   Sentencing and Departure for McNeil Island 229

Part Five: Ending the Story 233

Making Sense of Henrietta, 85 Years Later 235

Afterword 249
Appendix A: Selected Field Notes 251
Appendix B: Selected Documents and Photos 257
About the Author 269