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