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MS 68 A.S. Gatschet Notebook with vocabularies, texts, notes

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Local Numbers
NAA MS 68
Other Title
Story of the fox and the wolf
Story about the end of the world
Waputhua story
Great rabbit story
Collector
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Informant
Bottineau, Jno. B. (John B.)
Toposh, A. J. (Chippewa)
Bluejacket, Charles, 1817-1897
Names
Pokagon, Simon, 1830-1899
Topic
Eschatology
Shawnee language
Chippewa language
Ojibwa language
Potawatomi language
Natchez language
Narragansett language
Folklore -- Shawnee
Kinship -- Shawnee
Kinship -- Chippewa
Names, tribal -- Shawnee
Language and languages -- Documentation
Indians of North America -- Northeast
Indians of North America -- Southern states
Collector
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Informant
Bottineau, Jno. B. (John B.)
Toposh, A. J. (Chippewa)
Bluejacket, Charles, 1817-1897
Culture
Shawnee
Natchez
Potawatomi
Narragansett
Indians of North America -- Subarctic
Extent
54 Pages
Date
mainly 1878-1879
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Identifier
NAA.MS68
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Citation
Manuscript 68, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Contents: Shawnee, 48 pages. (3-19; 48-62, even pages only; 72-93). Includes texts with interlinear translation: Story of the fox and the wolf, pages 3-6; story about the end of the world, page 18; Waputhua (great rabbit) story, pages 18-19. Vocabulary includes Shawnee names for other tribes, pages 76-79; Shawnee clans, page 80. Informant for part of data, Blue Jacket, Vinita, I. T. Chippewa, 22 pages. (23-65, odd pages only). Mainly vocabulary from Jean Baptiste Bottineau, Pembina Band; includes clans of Pembina Band, page 59. Pottawatomi, 7 pages (22-32a, odd pages only). Mainly vocabulary, from A. J. Toposh, Dowagiac, Michigan. Obituary of Simon Pokagon, Pottawatomi chief (died January 27, 1899), page 30. Narragansett notes, 4 pages. (94-97). Natchez word, page 97. Miscellaneous Algonquian vocabulary notes, 1 page (back cover).
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Record ID
ebl-1538137219888-1538137219891-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3cdfc902a-5e5d-4dda-ac5f-0205f9307e1f
MS 68 A.S. Gatschet Notebook with vocabularies, texts, notes
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