Authors' Statement -- xi
A Tribute to Helen Hunt Jackson, Carlyle Channing Davis -- 1
Inspiration of Ramona--The Coronels -- 15
Meeting the Coronels--Bishop Mora--Mrs. Jackson's Affection for the Coronels -- 20
First Meeting with Mission Indians--Preparations to Visit Indian Settlements--Camulos Ranch --Home of Ramona -- 27
The Real Ramona and Other Characters--Alessandro--Guadalupe--The Ramona Jewels--Killing of Alessandro--The Alessandro-Ramona Romance -- 33
Where Ramona was Written--The Name Ramona--Helping the Mission Indians--Mrs. Jackson's Death--Love of the Indians for Her -- 46
Don Antonio Francisco de Coronel -- 55
Mrs. Jackson's Home at Colorado Springs--Indian Environments--The Utes and Other Tribes--A Festival in Her Honor -- 63
Investigating the Mission Indians--The Meeker Tragedy--Ramona and Uncle Tom's Cabin -- 74
Publication of Report upon the Indians--An Indian School--Mrs. Jackson's Burial Place--Personal Interview--Preparing for Ramona -- 82
The Coronels--The ‘‘Real’’ Ramona and Her Baskets--The Inspiration of Ramona--Camulos Ranch and Its Customs--The Ramona Jewels -- 89
Hon. Reginald F. del Valle--The Character of Felipe--The Mission Play--Lucretia Louise del Valle--The Ramona Story and the del Valle Family--Offensive Tourists -- 102
Doña Ysabel del Valle--The Mistress of Camulos Ranch--Señora Moreno of Ramona -- 108
The Originals of the Characters of Ramona -- 117
Doña Mariana de Coronel--The Coronel Collection--Bishop Amat--Saint Vibiana's Cathedral--Don Antonio and General Kearney--Letters of Mrs. Jackson to the Coronels -- 164
Contributed by Doña Mariana de Coronel--Her Association with Mrs. Jackson -- 185
The Home of Ramona, July, 1913, William A. Alderson -- 197
Abbot Kinney, Co-Commissioner with Mrs. Jackson--N. H. Mitchell -- 215
Henry Sandham, the Artist of Ramona -- 234
The Dramatization of Ramona--Helen Hunt Jackson, Ina Coolbrith -- 256

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