# Indians — Travel Essays character guide

> Indians in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Indians, other Indians

**First appearance:** 0074-the-emigrant-train

## Who they are

Native Americans encountered during the American travel sections.

## In the story

### [The Desert of Wyoming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-desert-of-wyoming)

The attacking party in the boy's narrative, described as 'redskins'.

### [Despised Races](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/despised-races)

Seen at way stations, degraded and stared at; their historical dispossession and suffering lamented by Stevenson.

### [Monterey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/monterey)

The Indians of Carmel, whose lands are encroached upon, gather once a year for a service at the ruined mission, singing Gregorian music with joy.

### [Mexicans, Americans, and Indians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/mexicans-americans-and-indians)

Referenced in the context of the founding of Monterey by Catholic missionaries and as a nearly pure blood individual in the restaurant.

### [San Francisco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/san-francisco)

Mentioned in the context of Indian tales about the peninsula rising and sinking from the sea.

### [In the Valley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/in-the-valley)

Mentioned in the context of the Geysers being a health resort for Indians before the whites, and in the description of the frontier.

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