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Sleeping Where I Fall: A Chronicle

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by Peter Coyote

Eagle Fuck, 58

  Eames, Charles, 149

  Easy Rider (film), 101–3

  Eckloff (dog), 108

  Eeja (coyote), 169–70

  Elmer (hitchhiker), 224

  Emmett. See Grogan, Emmett

  Englewood, New Jersey, 263–73

  Ericson, Gail, 150

  Ernst, Bob, 5

  Esparza, Phil, 320

  E. T. (film), 4

  Eva Bess. See Myeba

  Evers, Richard, 250

  Ewing, Eileen “Sam,” 84–85, 159–60, 197, 255, 320, 324

  and Ariel, 78, 179, 184–85, 224, 293, 331–32

  and Caravan, 227, 230–31, 233–35, 248–49, 262

  and Coyote’s relationships, 85, 107–8, 159, 235–36, 243, 251, 252–53, 276, 283, 291–93

  in Englewood, 159, 268

  at Huerfano Valley, 224–25

  at Olema, 173, 179, 180, 186, 192, 194, 201, 204, 210, 211, 212

  and peyote meeting, 261

  pregnancy of, 159, 166, 173

  at Red House, 139

  at Red Rockers commune, 215

  in San Francisco area, 313, 314

  at Turkey Ridge, 270, 274, 280, 289, 290

  at Ward, 243–44

  Farm, the, 328–29

  Farner, Richard, 135–36

  Ferrer, Lynn, 135

  Flash (Angel), 126

  Flores, Gloriamalia, 336

  Fonda, Peter, 100, 101, 102, 103

  Fort Hill community, 19

  Fosmo, Nick, 211, 215, 225

  Coyote’s journey with, 188, 190–99

  and Rolling Thunder, 186, 187, 188

  Frank, Freewheeling, 96

  Frankham, Peter, 330

  Free Bakery, 92, 130, 217

  Free Bank, 70, 117, 131–32

  Free City News, 86

  Freedman, Myra, 104

  Free Family, 96, 130–42, 272

  and absolute freedom, 258

  and Arcata house, 130

  breakup of, 309–10, 311

  and Carl Street house, 130

  and Garberville house, 130

  group intelligence in, 137, 139

  idea of, 208

  and Libré commune, 216, 224, 227, 235, 244, 245

  and local communities, 138, 256, 316, 317

  in Maine, 304

  malaise of, 295

  networks of, 130, 157, 322

  and Red House, 130, 133–42, 216, 225, 276, 284

  and Salmon River house, 130, 216, 217–20, 224

  and Trinidad House, 130, 216, 217, 224

  vehicles of, 131

  and Welfare Department inspections, 138–39

  and Willard Street house, 130

  and Willits house, 130

  See also Black Bear Ranch; Diggers; Free Family Caravan; Olema commune; Turkey Ridge Farm

  Free Family Caravan, 126–27, 215–41

  at Black Bear Ranch, 216, 220–23

  in Boulder, 236–37

  at Cave Lake, 233–34

  idea of, 215–16, 228, 248, 258

  at Middle Gate, 232–33

  at Ortiviz, 245–53, 256

  and peyote meeting, 254–62

  and Planetedge, 220, 221

  preparation for, 216–17

  at Pyramid Lake, 229–32

  at Salmon Creek, 217–20

  at San Juan Ridge, 228–29

  at Ward, 243–44

  free fishing boat (Bare Minimum), 108, 217–18

  Free Food, Digger, 70–71, 80, 117

  Free Store, Black Man’s, 95

  Free Stores, Digger, 80, 89–91

  Freewheeling Frank, 96

  Fritsch, Bill (Sweet William Tumbleweed), 82, 113–29, 143, 186

  and African Student Movement, 125

  and Altamont, 120–24

  attacks on, 125–26

  and Diggers, 77, 86, 98–99, 117–18, 128–29, 144, 146

  and Easy Rider, 100–101

  in England, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166

  and Hell’s Angels, 73, 100, 108, 118–28, 160, 186, 210–11

  and Lenore, 77, 116, 117, 118, 119, 147

  in Los Angeles, 98–99

  and Panama Hat Bandits, 115

  poetry by, 128–29

  Gallagher, Peter, 5

  Gannon, Mary, 136–37

  Gannon, Thelina, 137

  Garberville house, 130

  García, Dora, 230, 231

  Geba (at Black Bear), 152–53, 222–23

  Genly, Jerry, 124

  George, Chocolate, 96, 97–98

  Gerash, Walter, 50

  Gimme Shelter (film), 122, 124

  Ginsberg, Allen, 54–55, 75

  Glazer, Jon and Sarah, 118, 153

  Glide Memorial Church, 77–79, 91

  Gofman, John W., 296

  Goldberg, Whoopi, 4–5

  Goldhaft, Judy, 18–19, 20, 319

  and Caravan, 216, 227, 231, 245, 253

  children of, 227

  and Diggers, 77, 91, 132

  and the Farm, 328–29

  and Mime Troupe, 18, 37

  Goldstine, Stephen, 329–30

  Gottlieb, Lou, 140

  Gould, Chuck, 136, 173–74, 184–85

  Gould, Destiny, 136

  Graham, William (Grishonka), 32, 50, 51, 55–56, 57

  Grant, Ulysses S., 193–94

  Grateful Dead, 50, 97, 313–14

  and Altamont, 120–23

  and English trip, 160–61

  Novato ranch of, 173, 177

  and Rifkin, 105, 174, 311–12, 320

  and Rolling Thunder, 170

  Gravenites, Linda, 173

  Gregg (at Olema), 183–84, 186–87

  Gregory, Dick, 49

  Grinnell College, 65

  Grishonka, William (Graham), 32, 50, 51, 55–56, 57

  Gristle (Gypsy Trucker), 207, 217, 243, 244

  and Bryceland, 257

  and Ortiviz Farm, 245, 248

  and peyote meeting, 259

  and Turkey Ridge, 299

  Grogan, Emmett, 66, 69, 73, 91–92, 101, 107, 173, 211

  and Black Bear Ranch, 149

  and Communication Company, 86

  and Diggers, 68, 70–72, 77, 81, 86, 98–100, 103–6, 131–32

  in England, 160

  and Hell’s Angels, 97–98, 110, 111

  and Invisible Circus, 78

  loss of, 324–26

  and Mime Troupe, 54–55, 67–68

  in New York, 103–6

  and Sweet William, 117, 118

  Grossman, Albert, 104

  Guskin, Harold, 55

  Gypsy Truckers, 200, 201–2, 203, 207, 217

  Hadley Drummond, 194

  Haight-Ashbury district, 75–83, 275

  and Artists’ Liberation Front, 77

  Blue Unicorn, 80

  “Death of Hippie” parade, 135

  “Death of Money” parade, 96–97

  and Fillmore district, 76–77, 89

  Free Medical Clinic, 93

  Haight-Ashbury Switchboard, 80

  Human Be-In of, 75–76, 77, 78

  and Invisible Circus, 78–79, 146

  migration from, 82–83, 130, 135

  Oracle in, 76

  Psychedelic Shop, 79, 116, 134–35

  Summer of Love, 82, 130, 135

  Hairy Henry, 96, 215, 237

  Hamlin, Harry, 5

  Hancock, John, 9, 10

  Hansen, Beverly, 234

  Hansen, Chuck, 234

  Hardy, Tracy and Scott, 146

  Harmonica Jack, 251

  Harradence, Milton, 53, 55

  Harrison, George, 163

  Harry the Horse, 124

  Hart, Kitty Carlisle, 344

  Hart, Willie B., 41, 44, 45, 47, 54, 81, 210

  Harvey (Disciple of Thunder), 189

  Hayward, Brooke, 101

  Hayward, Claude, 78–79, 85–88

  Hayward, Kay, 13

  Helen (Rolling Thunder’s lady), 188

  Helen
e (Hayward’s companion), 85–86

  Hell’s Angels, 108–12

  and Altamont, 120–24

  Buttons, 163

  Chocolate George, 96, 97–98

  and Diggers, 95, 96–98, 110–12

  and Emmett, 97–98, 110, 111

  and females, 119

  Flash, 126

  Freewheeling Frank, 96

  Jerry Genly, 124

  Hairy Henry, 96, 215, 237

  Harry the Horse, 124

  and Jeff, 253

  Pete Knell, 96–97, 98, 108–11, 145, 160, 213 (see also Knell, Pete)

  Larry, 184

  Little Mike, 210

  Moose, 126–27, 184, 186, 211, 215, 244, 253, 323

  at Olema, 111–12, 207, 209–13

  Sweet William, 73, 100, 108, 112, 118–28, 160, 186, 210, 211

  Terry the Tramp, 124

  Phyllis Wilner, 92, 96

  Hendrix, Jimmy, 124

  Henry, Hairy, 96, 215, 237

  Herms, George, 101

  Heyman, Barton, 10, 136

  Hill, Everett, 284

  Hill, Jagger “Froggy,” 284

  hippies, coining of term, 76

  Hodge, Karney, 339, 342

  Hoffman, Abbie, 71

  Hoffman, Alan, 304

  Hogan, Frank, 49

  Holiday, Doc, 185

  Holocaust Oral History Project, 55

  Holzer, Baby Jane, 104

  Hopi, “last days” of, 197–98

  Hopper, Dennis, 100–103

  Hotchkiss, Marlow, 329

  House, Freeman, 217, 303, 321, 322

  and Bare Minimum, 108, 218

  and Free City News, 86

  at Mattole River, 323

  House, Ivory, 217, 224

  Hoyle, Geoff, 330

  Huberman, Leo, 22, 271

  Hudson, Bob, 254

  Huerfano Valley, 224–25

  Human Be-In, 75–76, 77, 78

  Hunter, Meredith, 122–23

  Hurwitt, Bob, 55

  Hutton, Bobby, 89

  Ícu, Reina, 311

  “I’ll Be Back as the Rain” (Coyote), 142

  “Image Role, The” (Fritsch), 128–29

  Invisible Circus, 78–79, 146

  Irving, Jules, 8

  Irwin, Bill, 330

  Irwin (Shoshone), 232

  Jack, Harmonica, 251

  Jackson, Suzanne, 335

  Jagger, Mick, 122, 165

  Jahrmarkt, Billy “Batman,” 101, 108, 323

  James, Etta, 324

  James, Teddy, 232

  Jeff (and Caravan), 244, 253

  Jefferson Airplane, 50

  Jelinek, Bill, 285–86

  Jerry (singer), 193

  Joel the potter, 229

  Johnson, Mathew, 76

  Jones, Quincy, 4

  Joplin, Janis, 103, 104, 145, 173

  in concerts, 97, 135

  death of, 124, 323

  Josephine (dog), 169–70, 220, 268, 318

  Jurick Jim, 138

  Kandel, Lenore, 73, 77, 116–17, 118, 119, 144, 147

  Kapleau, Philip, 312

  Kardon, Redwood, 148, 149, 150

  karma, meaning of, 331

  Kaufman, Denise, 123

  Kennedy, Robert, 55

  Kesey, Ken, 160

  Kessler, Bruce, 316

  Kline, Franz, 143

  Knell, Pete, 98, 108–11, 118, 124, 145, 213

  and Altamont, 120–21

  death of, 323

  and “Death of Money,” 96–97

  and Eckloff, 108

  in England, 160, 163, 164

  at Olema, 210

  Koller, Jim, 66, 194, 195, 215, 224–25, 314

  Konwiser, Jean, 271

  Konwiser, Joe, 270–73, 276, 277

  Korngold, Carol, 150, 156

  Korngold, Efrem, 150, 151, 155–57, 221, 327

  Korngold, Harriet Beinfeld, 156–57, 327

  Krause, Marshall, 33

  Kreidler, John, 329

  L’Aimant Militaire, 57

  La Morticella, Roberto, 58

  Landau, Saul, 39

  Lapiner, Jane, 37, 136, 217, 323

  Larry (Angel), 184

  Larry, Tattoo, 126, 155, 156, 183–83

  Lars (from Triple A), 257, 258

  Lasker, Edward, 28, 271

  Latraverse, Louise, 324

  Laughlin, Tom, 170

  Lavigne, Tommy, 312–13, 318

  Law, Eileen, 160, 169, 172

  Leader, Zoe, 156, 222

  Leary, Timothy, 33, 75

  LeFan, John, 4–5

  Lennon, John, 163, 164–65

  Les Crane Show, The, 82

  Levinson, Barry, 55

  Lewis, Duvall, 325–26

  Lewis, Huey, 205

  Libré commune, 216, 224, 227, 235, 244, 245

  Lief, Peter, 149, 150

  Linhart, Marty, 149, 151, 154

  Lipchitz, Jacques, 23

  Lisch, Arthur, 91

  Little Bill, 124

  Little Mike, 210

  Little Richard, 257, 258

  Loading Zone, The, 51

  Lockwood, Freeman (Steamin’ Freeman), 203

  Louise (Emmett Grogan’s wife, Louise Latraverse), 324

  Love Book, The (Kandel), 116–17

  Lum, Freddie, 4–5

  Lyman, Mel, 19

  Lyndon, Anne, 46

  Lyndon, Bill, 45–47, 49, 50, 323

  Lyons, Glenn, 153

  Lytton, Bart, 82

  McCann, Marilyn, 311–12, 331–32

  McCartney, Paul, 163

  McClure, Michael, 9, 96, 101, 111

  McCoy, Paula, 107, 124, 159–60, 163, 173, 323

  Mackendrick, Alexander, 334–35

  McKibbon, Mike, 81

  McLuhan, Marshall, 14

  McNamara, Robert, 70

  McQueen, Steve, 149

  Magda (Lew Welch’s lady), 205

  Magic Theater, San Francisco, 345

  Mai-Ting (Dragon Lady), 227, 244, 249, 253, 255–56

  Make-a-Circus, 330

  Manson, Charles, 164

  Marc-Alexander, Jason, 44, 45, 47, 54, 81

  Marceau, Marcel, 16

  Marcus (suicide), 323

  Marcuse, Yeshi, 153

  Marley, Aaron, 145, 150

  Marley, Elsa, 143–58

  and Black Bear Ranch, 143, 147, 148–58, 220, 222

  and Diggers, 144, 145–47

  “Joint Projects” of, 158

  Revelations of, 144, 145

  Marley, Indira Star, 146, 147, 149, 150

  Marley, Richard, 114, 115–16, 143, 144

  and Black Bear Ranch, 148–53, 220

  and Diggers, 145–47

  Mathieu, Allaudin, 335

  Mattole River community, 323–24

  Maysles brothers, 122, 124

  Mekas, Jonas, 60

  Merkin, Trixie, 249

  Metropolitan Edison Company (MECO), 295–97

  Middle Gate, 232–33

  Miller, Roy, 114–15

  Mime Troupe. See San Francisco Mime Troupe

  mime vs. pantomime, 16–17

  Minacucci, Paul, 343

  Minault, Angeline, 136, 276, 306

  Minault, Kent, 54, 77, 86, 306, 324

  and Minstrel Show, 51

  at Red House, 136

  at Turkey Ridge, 137, 276, 285, 290, 302, 305

  Minault, Nina (Blasenheim), 78, 132

  illness of, 305–6, 308

  at Mattole River, 323

  at Red House, 136, 138, 276, 285

  at Turkey Ridge, 137, 276, 285, 287, 295, 308–10

  Minstrel Show, The, 39–55

  and arrests, 50–55

  touring production of, 48–53

  Moby Grape, 50

  Monkerud, Don, 153–54

  Monongye, David, 196–99

  Moose (Lorenzo), 126–27, 215, 244, 253

  at Olema, 184, 186, 211

  and witness protection program, 323
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  Moose (Willis’s nephew), 223

  Morris Cohon and Company, 264–70, 271–73

  Coyote’s stint with, 276–80, 307

  Ruth as partner in, 265, 267–68

  Mouse, Stanley, 163

  Mulligan, Eddie, 279

  Murcott, Billy, 69

  Mushen, Tall Paul, 253

  Myeba (Eva Bess), 132, 148–49, 150

  Natural Suzanne (Siena Riffia), 132

  and Caravan, 216–22

  and Invisible Circus, 78

  as public defender, 323

  twins of, 92, 216

  Neihardt, John, 71

  Newton, Huey, 89, 100

  Nichole. See Wills, Nichole

  Nichols, David, 243

  Nicholson, Jack, 103

  O’Brian, Philadelphia Jack, 24

  Olema commune, 126, 130, 167–78, 179–87, 285

  eviction from, 214–15

  in full flower, 202–5

  and Gypsy Truckers, 200, 201–2, 203, 207

  and Hell’s Angels, 111–12, 207, 209–13

  idea of, 202, 208

  journey from, 187–98

  leadership in, 179–80, 181–84, 202

  Morris and Ruth’s visit in, 207–9

  return to, 199–200, 347–51

  Olive Pits, 57–58, 60

  Olmos, Edward James, 335

  One-eyed Orville, 219, 223

  Ortiviz Ranch/Farm, 245–53, 256

  Oscar Johnny (Shoshone), 189–90

  Osha (Yeshi’s husband), 153

  Ottinger, Doc, 168

  Owsley, Stanley “Bear,” 76, 133

  Padwa, David, 105–6

  Panama Hat Bandits, 115

  pantomime vs. mime, 16–17

  Parker, Pam, 77–78, 323

  Pat (Susanka’s friend), 251, 252

  Paul, Pussy, 125

  Percy (chauffeur), 265

  Peter Rabbit, 190–91, 224, 245

  Phoenix (police officer), 231, 232

  Pickens, Cheryl Lynn, 235

  Pickens, J. P., 180–83, 184, 199–200

  and Caravan, 216–17, 226–27, 235, 244

  death of, 274, 323

  Pickens, Maryanne, 182, 199–200, 216

  Pickens, Owl, 184, 218, 222, 242, 250, 253, 257, 274

  Pickle Family Circus, 330

  Pisoni, Larry, 330

  Pizzaro, Allen, 123

  Placitas, New Mexico, commune, 135

  Planet Drum, 321–22, 324

  Planetedge, 220, 221

  Polanski, Roman, 5, 36, 55

  Poliscewicz, Johnny, 286

  Poliscewicz, Pete, 286

  Poliscewicz, Walt, 285–88, 316, 317

  Pollack, Vicky, 132

  Powshiek Indians, 65

  Provos, 160

  Purifoy, Noah, 337–38, 342

  Pussy Paul, 125

  Putterman, Zev, 81–82

  Pyramid Lake, 229–32

  Quick, Judi, 136–37, 275

  Quicksilver Messenger Service, 50

  Quinn, Tom, 214–15

  Rabbit, Peter, 190–91, 224, 245

  Rainbow (Yeshi’s daughter), 153

  “Rainbow Woman Song” (Coyote), 229

  Raines, Pat, 190, 191

  Raines, Steve, 190, 191

  Reagan, Ronald, 116–17

 

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