Fox story of Red Leggins collected by Truman Michelson
Fox story of Red Leggins collected by Truman Michelson
Fox story of Red Leggins collected by Truman Michelson
MS 2985 Fox story of Red Leggins collected by Truman Michelson
NAA MS 2985
Story of Red Leggins handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary with an English paraphrase by Ida Poweshiek. These texts were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.The author of the story was originally identified as Bill Leaf, but the Meskwaki text is not in his hand. The writer may be Joe Tesson, Jr.
Manuscript 2985, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Digital surrogates are available online.
Title changed from "Red Leggins Legend" 4/30/2014.