James O. Dorsey papers
This collection contains James O. Dorsey's research and writings as a BAE ethnologist, as well as his earlier work as a missionary among the Ponca. The vast majority of the collection pertains to his research on Siouan-Catawban languages, including the Dakota and Dhegiha languages, Chiwere, Winnebago, Mandan, Hidatsa, Tutelo, Biloxi, and Catawba. His research on Athapascan, Kusan, Takilman, and Yakonan languages from his field work at Siletz Reservation are also present, as well as some notes on the Caddoan languages. Dorsey's research files include linguistic and ethnological field notes, reading notes, stories and myths, vocabularies, drawings, and unpublished and published manuscripts. The collection also contains Omaha, Ponca, Quapaw, and Biloxi dictionaries that he compiled and materials relating to his work editing Steven Riggs' Dakota-English Dictionary. Additional noteworthy materials in the collection are Teton texts and drawings from George Bushotter and drawings by Stephen Stubbs (Kansa), Pahaule-gagli (Kansa), and George Miller (Omaha). The collection also contains Dorsey's correspondence, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and his collection of reprints.
The collection is organized into 6 series: 1) Siouan; 2) Siletz Reservation; 3) Caddoan; 4) General Correspondence; 5) Personal Papers; 6) Miscellaneous & Reprints.
Reverend James Owen Dorsey (1848-1895) was a missionary and Bureau of American Ethnology ethnologist who conducted extensive research on Siouan tribes and languages.
Dorsey was born on October 31, 1848 in Baltimore, Maryland. He exhibited a talent for languages at an early age. At age 6 he learned the Hebrew alphabet and was able to read the language at age 10. In 1867 Dorsey attended the Theological Seminary of Virginia and was ordained a deacon of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1871. In May of that year, Dorsey traveled to the Dakota Territory to serve as a missionary among the Ponca. Plagued by ill health, Dorsey was forced to end his missionary work in August 1873. By that time, however, he had learned the Ponca language well enough to converse with members of the tribe without an interpreter.
Dorsey returned to Maryland and engaged in parish work while continuing his studies of Siouan languages. His linguistic talents and knowledge of these languages attracted the attention of Major John Wesley Powell. Powell arranged for Dorsey to work among the Omaha in Nebraska from 1878 to 1880 to collect linguistic and ethnological notes. When the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) was established in 1879, Powell recruited Dorsey to join the staff.
As an ethnologist for the BAE, Dorsey continued his research on Siouan tribes. His studies focused on languages but also included Siouan personal names, folklore, social organization, religion, beliefs, and customs. He conducted fieldwork among the Tutelo at Six Nations on Grand River in Upper Canada (1882); the Kansa, Osage, and Quapaw in Indian Territory (1883-1884); the Biloxi at Lecompte, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (1892); and again with the Quapaw at the Quapaw Mission (1894). He also worked with Native Americans that visited DC, including George Bushotter (Teton), Philip Longtail (Winnebago), Samuel Fremont (Omaha), and Little Standing Buffalo (Ponca). He also spent time at Siletz Reservation in 1884 to collect linguistic notes on the Athapascan, Kusan, Takilman, and Yakonan stocks.
In addition to his research, Dorsey helped found the American Folklore Society and served as the first vice-president of the association. He also served as vice-president of Section H of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
At the age of 47, Dorsey died of typhoid fever on February 4, 1895.
1st-16th Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology. 1881-1897.
Hewitt, J.N.B. 1895. "James Owen Dorsey"
McGee, W.J. 1895. "In Memoriam."
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Manuscript 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portions of this collection have been microfilmed and digitized.
This series is organized into the following subseries: 1) General Siouan; 2) Dakota; 3) Dhegiha; 4) Chiwere-Winnebago; 5) Mandan & Hidatsa; 6) Tutelo & Biloxi; 7) Catawba.
This series contains Dorsey's linguistic and ethnological research on the tribes of the Siouan-Catawba language family, spanning from his days as a missionary among the Ponca to his research as a BAE ethnologist. Materials consist of field notes, census, reading notes, drafts of manuscripts for publication, and papers for presentations. The series also contains dictionaries that he compiled on Omaha, Ponca, Quapaw, and Biloxi, as well as his work editing Steven Riggs' Dakota-English Dictionary. As part of his research, Dorsey also gathered and analyzed the linguistic data collected by his colleagues. These notes and a small amount of correspondence with his colleagues are also in this series.
This subseries contains notes and manuscripts on Siouan social structure; religion; folklore; and comparative vocabulary, grammar, and phonology. Additional materials include notes on personal names; reading notes on Siouan history and migrations; and drawings of beadwork and designs.
Places of gentes in Siouan camping circles
Places of gentes in Siouan camping circles
Abstract of address before section H of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The places of gentes in Siouan camping circles
The places of gentes in Siouan camping circles
Incomplete draft of lecture before section H of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Printed in American Anthropologist 2: 375-379.
Camping circles of Siouan tribes
Camping circles of Siouan tribes
Two drafts of a lecture intended for the A.A.A.S. Section H. Printed in American Anthropologist 2: 175-177.
Partial draft of "The social organization of the Siouan tribes"
Partial draft of "The social organization of the Siouan tribes"
Published in the Journal of American Folklore 4: 257-266 and 331-342.
Notes on Siouan clans, lists of Kansa and Osage clans.
Notes on Siouan clans, lists of Kansa and Osage clans.
In Dakota, Dhegiha, Chiwere, and Winnebago.
Address before Section H of AAAS. In Dakota, Dhegiha, Chiwere, and Winnebago.
Lists of Winnebago, Mandan, Hidatsa, Crow and Tutelo gentes; note on Omaha social relations.
Notes for a lecture intended for the AAAS Section H, but attached note by Dorsey reads: "Not prepared. Wait for more knowledge. July 31/85."
Notes on Dakota and Omaha social organization
Digital surrogates are available.
Words for human beings and kinship terms in Siouan languages
Brief historical sketch of each group.
Folder empty. 12/2/85. KTB. Ray DeMallie donated a copy of his copy of manuscript- original still not located.
Two drafts of a chart showing Siouan populations 1883-1892.
Only see 1 page in folder- KTB 12/2/85.
NAA MS.4800: (3.0) [18]
Folder empty (with oversized ?) 12//85. KTB
Old number 3442 (part)
autograph document
This seems to be the document cited as Bureau of American Ethnology manuscript number 3804 in Carl Miller, "Revaluation of the Eastern Siouan Problem with Particular Emphasis on the Virginia Branches..." Bureau of American Ethnology-AP Number 52, Bureau of American Ethnology-Bulletin 164, Washington, D. C., 1957.
From Lewis and Clark, Maximilian, Schoolcraft, etc. Mainly concerns Chiwere groups and the Winnebago.
34 drawings of beadwork and other designs
34 drawings of beadwork and other designs
34 drawings of beadwork and other designs
NAA MS.4800: (3.0) [23]
Drawings are of beadwork and other designs on articles used by the Winnebago, Omaha, Dakota, and possibly other Siouan tribes; 32 colored with watercolors; some have numbers or captions in Dorsey's hand.
Old number 939 (complete)
Digital surrogates are available. Photocopies of drawings are in Box 1.
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Red and Green Bird
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Multicolored Band with Fringe Represented and Split Tail (Paper Torn)
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Multicolored with Pink Trim
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Design with Red, Blue, Yellow, and White Rectangles Arranged in Pyramids
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Pencil Drawing with Blue Trim
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Multicolored Stripes with Diamond Shapes
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Multicolored Band with Split Tail And Light Blue Trim
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Black, Yellow, Red, and Green
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Red, Green, and Yellow on White Background
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Multicolored Design on White Background, in Shape of Moccasin
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Two Multicolored Symmetrical Designs
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Three Multicolored Symmetrical Designs
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Red, Black, Blue, White, and Yellow with Brown Tassel
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Red, Green, Blue, and Brown, with Black Trim (Hin-Be-Di-Ha)
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Multicolored on White Background
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Multicolored Patterns, One on Blue Background, Other on White Background
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One Multicolored Symmetrical Design, and a Red Hand with White Fingertips, and Black Trim
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Multicolored Band with Split Tail Which Has Crosses on It
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Three Multicolored Bands, Each with Green Tassel
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Red and Blue Pyramid Shapes on White Background
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Multicolored on White Background
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Multicolored Geometric Design with Tan Tail
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Black and Yellow Attached to Pink And Green Band with Brown Tassel
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Blue and Red on White Background with Brown Tassel
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Pink, Gray, Green, and Yellow on White Background with Brown Tassel
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White, Pink, Blue, and Gray in Half-Oval Shape
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White, Green, Yellow, and Gray in Horseshoe Shape
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Pink, Brown, Green, Yellow, and White
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Draft of article printed in The Archaeologist, volume II, pages 38-42.
Covers Tutu'tunne, Dhegiha, Dakota, and Biloxi.
Concerns Omaha religious concepts.
Incomplete draft of article printed in The Protestant Episcopal Review, volume 6, number 2, 1892, pages 77-101.
Published in Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 11.
Page numbered "V".
A list of things associated with Unktehi, the Dakota water spirit, and the elements they symbolize. Page numbered "VII". Reverse of sheet has notes on Mandan, Hidatsa and Crow clans [?].
Comparison of terms for 'serpent,' 'mysterious being,' etc., in the Siouan languages
Comparison of terms for 'serpent,' 'mysterious being,' etc., in the Siouan languages
Printer's copy, incomplete. Printed in JAFL, volume V, 1892, pages 293-304.
Concerns Dhegiha and Chiwere.
Includes personal names; names of flora and fauna; and names of gentes, subgentes, etc. among the Dakota, Omaha, Ponca, Kansa, and Iowa.
Notes on Siouan personal names
Notes on Siouan personal names
Also Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan and Winnebago color names, 2 pages; "Dakota composite names referring to different elements," 2 pages.
Notes on Siouan personal names which include the term "iron"
Notes on Siouan personal names which include the term "iron"
Also Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan and Winnebago color names, 2 pages; "Dakota composite names referring to different elements," 2 pages.
Digital surrogates available.
Digital surrogates are available.
Abstract of an address before Section H of the AAAS.
Abstract of an address before Section H of the AAAS, 1 page and pages 8-10 of the text. Published in American Anthropologist A5(1): 1-8.
Draft manuscript.
Comparative phonology of Dakota, Dhegiha, Chiwere and Winnebago
Comparative phonology of Dakota, Dhegiha, Chiwere and Winnebago
Comparative charts. Early draft of material appearing in Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 1883, pages 919-929.
Includes notes on Alice Fletcher's "Phonetic Alphabet of the Winnebago Indians" in Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 38 (1890): 354-57; also in Journal of American Folk-Lore 3 (1890): 299-301.
Draft of an article, with miscellaneous notes.
Three drafts: 1. Printer's copy, 26 pages (pages 23-25 missing). 2. Draft, pages 1-8 and Chart II. 3. Draft, pages 1-6. Dakota, Dhegiha, Chiwere, Winnebago.
Manuscript published in Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 1883, pages 919-929.
On page of galley sheets, with additions and corrections by Dorsey. These appear in the printed version.
Digital surrogates are available.
Contents: "Omaha Syllabary," 1 page; Dakota and Omaha place names, 2 pages; Ponca paradigm of "with," [1870s ?]; "The Siouan Alphabet," 3 pages; Ponca [?] song, 1 page.
Part of the typed material appears in Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 1883, pages 919-929, "On the Comparative Phonology of Four Siouan Languages."
Includes copy of "[Washington] Matthews' Hidatsa Syllabarium," in Dorsey's hand.
Digital surrogates are available.
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"Notes explanatory of Higan, Inca, etc. obtained from L[ouis] Sanssouci."
Material on Siouan linguistics
Material on Siouan linguistics
Includes 47 page paper on Omaha, Oto, and Winnebago verbal roots, miscellaneous notes on "Omaha-Cegiha verbal roots," and an "Omaha Syllabary."
In reply to queries sent by Dorsey. This material has been revised with the assistance of Joseph LaFlesche, etc. (1878-80). Covers Dhegiha and Dakota.
Includes a few notes on the Pawnee, including list of gentes.
Omaha and Oto linguistic notes
Omaha and Oto linguistic notes
Manuscript prepared "for the use of the Director," with miscellaneous notes and drafts.
Notes on Iowa and Oto Pronouns, from Louis Sanssouci, Kansa and Osage names, and clan relationships
Notes on the Pronouns in Omaha and Otoe
Notes on the Pronouns in Omaha and Otoe
On the correlative adverbial pronouns of time and space
Ponca and Dakota.
Numerals expressed in Siouan languages
Digital surrogates are available.
"Prepared...under the direction of Major J. W. Powell from the vocabularies of Riggs, Hamilton, Kipp, Hayden, Matthews, etc...326 English words."
Comparative Siouan vocabulary
Comparative Siouan vocabulary
Comparative Siouan vocabulary
Comparative Siouan vocabulary
Includes most Siouan languages, exclusive of Eastern and Ohio Valley Siouan.
Iowa, Oto, and Omaha phrases extracted from manuscript by William Hamilton
Iowa, Oto, and Omaha phrases extracted from manuscript by William Hamilton
Includes 8 page autograph document copy by Dorsey.
Comparative Ponca and Santee Dakota vocabulary by Reverand Paul Mazakute
Comparative Ponca and Santee Dakota vocabulary by Reverand Paul Mazakute
Winnebago, Omaha, Ponca, and Dakota comparative vocabulary, with English equivalents, and comparative grammatical notes
Comparative vocabulary of Winnebago, Omaha, Ponka and Dakota
In 1887, George Bushotter, a Teton (Lakota) man, was employed by the Bureau of American Ethnology to provide information about the Dakota language and culture. Working closely with Dorsey, Bushotter provided over 200 Teton texts, consisting of stories, historical accounts, explanations of Dakota customs and beliefs, and Bushotter's autobiography. These texts can be found in this subseries, along with Bushotter's illustrations for some of the texts, and English translations. Some of the texts include revisions and notes by John Bruyier of Cheyenne River Agency, with whom Dorsey worked in the following year. The subseries also contains notes on Dakota social structure; diagrams of Dakota camping circles; his work editing Stephen R. Rigg's manuscripts; and notes on Assiniboine sociology.
The Siouan class system. I. Dakotas
Gentes and sub-gentes of Dakota.
Diagrams of Dakota camping circles, showing Sisitonwan, Wanpetonwan, and Sichangu (Brule) gentes.
Digital surrogates are available.
List of members of Dakota delegation
Notes and queries on Dakota
Apparently intended for editing S. R. Riggs, "Dakota Grammar, Texts and Ethnology," Contributions to North American ethnology IX, Washington, D. C., 1893. Manuscript includes annotations by S. R. Riggs.
Notes on Dakota grammar
Grammar to be used in revising S. R. Riggs, "Grammar and Dictionary of the Dakota Language," Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge IV, Washington, D. C., 1852.
Miscellaneous notes
Notes are on Dakota and on the revision of S. R. Riggs, "A Grammar and Dictionary of the Dakota Language," Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge IV, Washington, D. C., 1852.
Dakota substantive verbs
Printed in part in S. R. Riggs, "Dakota Grammar, Texts and Ethnography," edited by Dorsey, Contributions to North American Ethnology IX, Washington, D. C., 1893, page 70.
Dakota substantive verbs
From Dorsey's interleaved copy of S. R. Riggs, "A Dakota-English Dictionary," Contributions to North American Ethnology VII.
Lists of words arranged to show dialectal and sub-dialectal differences and male-female differences in the Dakota language
Lists of words arranged to show dialectal and sub-dialectal differences and male-female differences in the Dakota language.
English-Dakota vocabulary
Page is titled "English-Dakota Record...1883," showing Dorsey's progress on Dakota during June, 1883. Copied from S. R. Riggs, "A Grammar and Dictionary of Dakota," Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge IV, Washington, D. C., 1852.
Letter from Joseph W. Cook
Includes copy of George Bushotter's 17th text on the myth of Waziya, as re-written by Bushotter in the Yankton Dakota dialect, with 1 page critical note by Cook.
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259 texts; numbers 189 and 253, as well as parts of 223 and 224 are by John Bruyier, 1888. Interlinear translations by Dorsey, aided by Bushotter and Bruyier.
Lakota text contents: 1. Sword Keeper and his brother. The latter meets Two Faces, a mythic giant. 8 pages and 3 pages (notes) and 1 page partial translation. 2. The Mythic Buffalo. 10 pages. 3. Two Faces. Explains the origin of arrows, pipes, axes, knife-sharpeners, beads, etc. 14 pages. 4. Three brothers who had a witch sister. 17 pages. (incomplete) 5. Children, a bad old woman cannibal, and Spider (the Mythic Trickster). 12 pages. 6. Spider, animals, and women. 15 pages and 6 pages. 7. A man and his ghost wife. 9 and 5 pages. 8. Two against one: a ghost story with a song. 10 pages. 9. A man, a female ghost, and a male ghost who wrestled with the man. 15 pages. 10. Ghost on the hill, who could not be hit by arrows. 8 pages. 11. Treatment of the sick, burial customs. 22 pages and 4 pages (notes) and 2 pages and 1 sketch. 12. The man who came to life again. 14 and 2 (translation) pages. Note by Bruyier at end. 13. The man and woman in the moon. 6 pages. 14. Man, two in the lodge, female ghost, and the friendly wolf. 8 pages. 15. The man who spared the wolf cubs. 11 pages. 16. The Thunder Being and the Unkcegila (a mastadon ?) 12 pages. 17. Waziya, the northern giant who brings snow. 4 pages. 18. Buffalo people who attacked the Indian people. 10 pages. 19. Spider and the land turtle. 29 pages. 20. The man and his two sons. 18 pages and 2 pages (notes). 21. The turtle who wished to fly. 10 pages. 22. The man who could become a grizzly bear. 6 pages. 23. How the Indians cured the sun. 3 pages. 24. Spider and the horned water monster. 7 pages. 25. The strange lake with large subaquatic animals. 6 pages. 26. The warrior surrounded by a serpent. 4 pages. 27. The one-eyed serpent with short legs and large body. 3 pages. 28. Why they pray to stones, the sun, etc. 9 pages.
29. The mountain in which was a large serpent.. 6 pages. 30. Adventures of a man and his wife.. 8 pages. 31. Spider and the Prairie Chicken. 6 pages. 32. Adventure of RAbbit Carrier. 6 pages. 33. The woman who turned to a fish from her waist down. 22 pages. 34. Spider and the Rabbit; how the latter made snow. 5 pages. 35. The male ghost and his living wife. 8 pages. 36. The man with the magic sword, and the one with the powerful breath. 6 pages. 37. Swift Runner (he who tied stones to his legs). 10 pages. 38. The man who was rescued by eaglets. 10 pages. 39. The Double-woman. 5 pages. 40. Spider and the mice. 14 pages. 41. Spider and the ducks--how they got red eyes. 13 pages and 1 sketch. 42. Spider and the Rabbit; how the latter lost his long tail. 11 pages. 43. The man who ressembled the man in the moon. 11 pages. 44. The young lover who was rescued by the girl. 12 pages. 45. The warriors who met Heyoka (Sunflower) who was singing and dancing. 2 pages. 46. The flying Santee (a ghoul). 8 pages. 47. How the Santees first saw buffalo. 8 pages. 48. How the Lakotas went against the Rees. 5 pages. 49. Adventures of the Short Man. 8 pages. 50. Smoke Maker's adventures: a war story. 7 pages. 51. Fight between the Lakota and the Blackfeet. 4 pages (incomplete) 52. Fight between two unarmed men and a grizzly bear. 8 pages. 53. Treatment of an Omaha spy caught by the Lakotas. 6 pages. 54. The wild man, a nude cannibal. 4 pages. 55. He who uses the earth as an ear. 7 pages. 56. Why horses are called, in Lakota, "mysterious dogs." 7 ages. 57. The man who could understand ravens. 5 pages. 58. Of the two small stones that were servants of the people. 6 pages. (Brief note at the end appears to be in Swanton's hand.) 59. The Wahanksica, a strange animal. 3 pages. 60. The animal in the Missouri River which breaks up the ice in the spring of the year. 4 pages.
61. How thw wind brought sickness to Medicine Butte Creek. 6 pages. 62. Beliefs about day and night. 6 pages. 63. The man in the forest and his contest with ghosts. 8 pages. 64. The feast in honor of the Anti-Natural God. 18 pages. 65. Of the Heyoka man who dreamed of his death by lightening. 13 pages. 66. Fight between the Lakota and the Blackfeet. 6 pages. 67. Of the mysteriousman who knew about the distant war party, 5 pages. 68. Of the wise man who caught his eloping wife. 8 pages. 69. How the Rees or Blackfeet came against the Lakotas. 5 pages. 70. Origin of the buffalo. 5 pages. 71. The Sun Dance. A. 98 pages and 3 figures. B. 9 pages. C. 4 pages. D. 7 pages and 1 diagram. E. 6 pages. F. 4 pages. G. 14 pages. H. 3 pages and 2 diagrams. I. 3 pages. 72. The man who could lengthen his arm at will. 7 pages. 73. What a young man must do before he can marry. 11 pages. 74. How the Crows surrounded some Lakotas. 12 pages. 75. A raid on a Lakota camp. 4 pages. 76. Story of a warrior who was not wounded. 9 pages. 77. Fight between the Lakota and white soldiers. 20 pages. 78. Of the Santees, and their fondness for certain foods. 4 pages. 79. What the Lakota thought of the first white people whom they saw. 13 pages. 80. Belief respecting lakes. 6 pages. 81. Belief about this world. 7 pages. 82. The calumet dance. 39 pages and 2 diagrams. 83. How they honor the dead (the Ghost Feast). 15 and 2 and 18 pages. 84. Men who are arrow and bullet proof. 8 pages. 85. Of love potions, etc. 5 pages. 86. The acts of a wounded warrior. 7 pages. 87. Actors clothed in buffalo robes with the hair out detect wrongdoers. 11 pages. 88. Those who imitate the elk. 14 pages. 89. Why a man may not speak to his mother in law. 11 pages. 90. Rules for feasting, smoking, and visiting. 11 pages. 91. Of certain boyish customs. 8 pages. 92. A ghost story. 7 pages. 93. Origin of the white people. 10 pages. 94. Games and their seasons. 10 pages. 95. Education of a boy. 10 pages. 96. Of youth killed in battle, and of his faithful horse. 12 pages. 97. The people who lived in the north. 7 pages and 2 sketches. 98. The ghost woman and the robin. 9 pages. Note at end by Bruyier. 99. The Flying serpent whose touch was fatal. 5 pages. 100. Origin of twins. 5 pages. 101. George Bushotter's autobiography. 117 pages. 102. Belief concerning a loved one who has been called by a ghost. 7 pages. 103. Fight between two gamblers near Chamberlain, Dakota. 7 pages.
104. The singing elk. 7 pages. 105. Belief about Spider. 9 pages. 106. War of the Lakota against the Omaha. 7 pages. 107. Narrow escape of Bark Bird's Tail (a Lakota). 5 pages. 108. Busnotter's cousin's war adventure. 11 pages. 109. How certain men (doctors, priests, etc.) have become mysterious. 16 pages. 110. How the Lakota fought the Cheyennes and Black Men (Commanches ?). 22 pages. 111. Rules of etiquette for brothers, sisters, cousins. 21 pages. 112. Ghost story. 5 pages. 113. The habits of beavers. 8 pages. 114. Spider and the old woman who fed all the animals. 24 pages. 115. The handsome man who was rescued from a pit by a wolf. 32 pages. 116. Trick of a myth-teller. 9 pages. 117. Of thistles. 4 pages. 118. How Indians regard the past and their ancestors. 22 pages. 119. The grass dance. 12 pages. 120. The Big Belly Society. 6 pages. 121. The Mandan Society. 10 pages. 122. "Following one another," a Lakota game. 7 pages. 123. "They make it run by pushing," a Lakota game. 46 pages and 2 (colored) diagrams. 124. Horse racing. 5 pages. 125. Hitting the moccasin, a game. 9 pages. 126. Shooting at the cactus, a gane. 5 pages. 127. Hitting the bow, a game. 5 pages. 128. Shooting at bunches of grass, a game. 5 pages. 129. Shooting at the lights of an animal, a game. 6 pages. 130. Taking captives from one another, a game. 9 pages. 131. Trampling on the beaver, a game. 6 pages. 132. "Howi ! Howi !" a ring game for boys or youths. 12 pages. 133. "They touch not one another," a game. 6 pages. 134. Game with a long grass which has a long, sharp beard. 6 pages. 135. The old woman accuses them," a game. 8 pages. 136. A game with slings. 5 pages. 137. "Goose and her children," a game. 10 pages. 138. Buffalo horn game. 7 and 1 page. 139. A stick which is hurled. 5 and 1 page and 2 figures. 140. "Making the wood dance by hitting it," a game. 8 pages. 41. "Making the wood jump by hitting it," a game. 8 pages. 142. "Making the bow glide by throwing," a game. 6 pages. 143. Coasting. 8 pages. 144. Game of ball. 12 pages. 145. "Shotting at an arrow set up," a game. 7 pages. 146. Grizzly bear game. 12 pages. 147. Deer game. 10 pages. 148. "Running towards one another," a game. 9 pages. 149. "They cause one another to carry packs on their backs," a game. 10 pages. 150. "They hit one another with mud," a game. 10 pages. 151. Hitting the ball, a game. 11 pages. 152. A game with a rawhide hoop. 43 pages and 2 figures. 153. Game of earthen horses. 8 pages. 154. "They slide by pushing," a game. 14 pages. 155. "They kick at one another," a game. 14 pages.
156. "The hoop is made to roll in the wind," a game. 9 pages. 157. [Popgun game.] Missing July, 1966. (not on microfilm made 1958) 1 page illustration found July, 1968. 158. Wrestling. 8 pages. 159. Courting the girls. 9 pages. 160. Game with bow and small wood-pointed arrows. 10 pages. 161. Swinging. 10 pages. 162. "Taking Places from one another," a game. 9 pages. 163. "Playing with small things," a game. 18 pages. 164. Pinching the backs of hands, a game. 11 pages. 165. "Scattering them," a game. 9 pages. 166. "Who shall get threr first," a game. 10 pages. 167. Hopping. 9 pages. 168. Throwing arrows by hand, at a target. 6 pages. 169. Ghost game. 21 pages. 170. Hide and seek. 13 pages. 171. Jumping down from a high object. 12 pages. 172. Plumstone game. 18 pages. 173. Odd or even ? A game with sticks. 12 pages. 174. Throwing chewed leaves into the eyes, a game. 7 pages. 175. Game with the ankle-bones of a deer. 12 pages. 176. Native wooden harminicon, played by boys. 14 pages and 5 figures. 177. Mysterious game. 17 pages. 178. Playing doctor. 10 pages. 179. Pretending to be dead, a game. 10 pages. 180. Hunting young birds in summer. 12 pages. 181. Hunting eggs in spring. 10 pages. 182. Going to make a grass lodge. 11 pages. 183. Scrambling for presents. 11 pages. 184. Sitting on wooden horses, a game. 8 pages. 185. Making a bone turn and hum by twisting a cord. 15 pages and 2 figures. 186. "String twisted in and out among the fingers." 8 pages. 187. Tumbling and somersault. 7 pages. 188. "Game with large things." 17 pages. 189. About two young men who were friends. 51 pages. By Bruyier. 190. A bird that foretells cold weather. 14 pages. 191. Cause of scrofulous sore on the neck. 10 pages. 192. Meaning of ringing sounds in the ears. 10 pages. 193. The Brave and Fox societies. 18 pages and 4 sketches. 194. Dog Society. 31 pages and 2 sketches and 1 page drawing.
195. "Killing by Hitting," or "Taking the Buffalo paunch," a society of women. 12 pages. 196. Scalpdance society. 16 pages and 1 sketch. 197. Night dance. 18 pages. 198. Mysterious society. 16 pages. 199. Grizzly Bear dance. 19 pages. 200. Belief about the Kildeer. 13 pages. 201. The acts of a leader. 17 pages. 202. Return of the night hawk in the spring. 7 pages. 203. Belief concerning the Ski-bi-bi-la, a small grey bird which says Gli Hunwo ?" ("Coming home ?). 16 pages. Also earlier version of the same, with mistakes. 10 pages. 204. About hanging the "tablo" ("shoulder blade") at the door of the lodge. 7 pages. 205. Trying to excell others. 12 pages. 206. Scolding or whipping a woman. 12 pages. 207. How Indian paints are made. 18 pagrs. 208. Acting like the buffalo bull. 9 pages and 1 page drawing. 209. Law about bowls. 9 pages. 210. Meaning of a rooster's crowing. 8 pages. 211. The taking apart of fetishes. 24 pages. 212. How one man drowned another. 21 pages. 213. Concerning warts. 8 pages. 214. Of a woman who qas killed by mosquitoes. 32 pages. 215. Concerning hermaphrodites. 22 pages. 216. Belief concerning the grebe or dabchick. 10 pages. 217. Rules for eating dogs. 8 pages. 218. Bushotter's recollections of a certain famine. 219. Why Lakota men should not wear women's moccasins. 16 pages. 220. Customs relating to bowls. 10 pages. 221. Meanings of various kinds of twitchings. 10 pages. 222. "Kicking out his elder brother's teeth." 10 pages. 223. How a boy wounded his grandfather in the scrotum. 13 pages. Bruyier's revision of the same. 13 pages. 224. Legend of the nude Spider woman. 12 pages. About the woman who was deceived by the grizzly bear, with an account of the prairie hen. 20 pages. By Bruyier. 225. "Punishment of the prairie." 19 pages.
226. Part of the punishment of a murderer. 12 pages. 227. About a foolish wife. 42 pages. 228. How a ghost stunned Bushotter's father. 21 pages. 229. Occasions for scolding wives. 12 pages. Half-page corrected sentence at end by Buyier. 230. Setting out food, etc. for ghosts. 16 pages. 231. Concerning widows and widowers. 30 pages. 232. About a newborn child. 9 pages. 233. Tatala, a humorist. 6 pages. 234. Vegetal lore. 16 pages. 235. About the year when the stars fell (1833). 18 pages. 236. Concerning shells used as necklaces. 8 pages and 2 sketches. 237. Game with a ball of mud. 8 pages. 238. "Throwing fire at one another." 11 pages. 239. Punishment of a liar. 8 pages. 240. Invocation of the Thunder. 13 pages. 241. About spiders. 15 pages. 242. The mysterious imitation of ghosts. 14 pages. 243. What they carry when they migrate. 20 pages. 244. What happened when the Lower Brules went to a mountain. 24 pages. 245. Concerning guardian spirits. 16 pages. 246. About the Thunderers (People dwelling in the clouds.) 25 pages. 247. About lizards, frogs, etc. rained from the sky. 11 pages. 248. Deer Women. 28 pages. 249. Bird societies. 31 pages. 250. Ways od dancing. 26 pages. 251. About gashing the limbs when mourning. 7 pages. 252. On Fellowhood. 16 pages. 253. Ceremonies at birth. 8 pages. Bruyier's revision. 5 pages. 254. Bushotter's stepfather's prophetic gifts. 15 pages. 255. The recovery of Bushotter's younger brother. 14 pages. 256. Why a son or daughter acts in a childish manner. 9 pages. 257. Giving birth to one child while still nursing another. 13 pages. 258. Courting. 48 pages and 3 page color folding drawing and 1 page drawing. 259. Heyoka woman. 8 pages.
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George Bushotter (1864-1892), or Oteri, was a Teton Lakota born in Dakota Territory to a Yankton man and his wife Grey Whirlwind, a Minneconjou Lakota. Raised to be a warrior, Bushotter nevertheless left to study at the Hampton Institute in Virginia from 1878-1881. He entered the Theological Seminary of Virginia in 1885 to become a minister, but his inadequate knowledge of English made the study of Latin and Greek incredibly difficult for him. At the advice of the faculty, Bushotter left the seminary in 1887. While at Hampton, he met Rev. James Owen Dorsey and recognized the potential in working with him to complete ethnographic studies, and worked with the BAE for approximately ten months in 1887. His primary contributions were in the comparative linguistics of Teton Lakota, writing myths and other texts in Lakota, and assisting Dorsey in creating the synonomy of Lakota tribal names that formed a major part of what was to become the Handbook of North American Indians North of Mexico. For more information on George Bushotter, see American Indian Intellectuals, ed. Margot Liberty, 1978.
Old number 2632 (Parts 1-3)
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Historical data on the Bushotter texts. 1927: May 24. Stories 102-189 sent to Franz Boas, at Columbia. 1928: March 15. Stories 137-189 returned. April 17. 16 miscellaneous sheets sent to Boas. May 14. All the remaining Bushotter material returned. 1936: June 26. All the Bushotter texts sent to Boas. 1939: July 11. Stories 102-259 returned. 1942: April 16. Stories 1-101 returned. 1966: Survey by R. J. DeMallie showed all stories present with the exception of last part of Number 4, last part of Number 51, and all of Number 157. A few illustrations are also missing.
George Bushotter texts 1-5
George Bushotter texts 1-5
1.) Sword Keeper and his brother. The latter meets Two Faces, a mythic giant. Includes 1 page partial translation. 2.) The Mythic Buffalo. 3.) Two Faces. Explains the origin of arrows, pipes, axes, knife-sharpeners, beads, etc. 4.) Three brothers who had a witch sister. (incomplete) 5.) Children, a bad old woman cannibal, and Spider (the Mythic Trickster).
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George Bushotter texts 6-10
George Bushotter texts 6-10
6.) Spider, animals, and women. 7.) A man and his ghost wife. 8.) Two against one: a ghost story with a song. 9.) A man, a female ghost, and a male ghost who wrestled with the man. 10.) Ghost on the hill, who could not be hit by arrows.
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George Bushotter texts 11-15
George Bushotter texts 11-15
11.) Treatment of the sick, burial customs. Includes a sketch. 12.) The man who came to life again. Includes translation and note by Bruyier at end. 13.) The man and woman in the moon. 14.) Man, two in the lodge, female ghost, and the friendly wolf. 15.) The man who spared the wolf cubs.
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George Bushotter texts 16-20
George Bushotter texts 16-20
16.) The Thunder Being and the Unkcegila (a mastadon ?) 17.) Waziya, the northern giant who brings snow. 18.) Buffalo people who attacked the Indian people. 19.) Spider and the land turtle. 20.) The man and his two sons.
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George Bushotter texts 21-30
George Bushotter texts 21-30
21.) The turtle who wished to fly. 22.) The man who could become a grizzly bear. 23.) How the Indians cured the sun. 24.) Spider and the horned water monster. 25.) The strange lake with large subaquatic animals. 26.) The warrior surrounded by a serpent. 27.) The one-eyed serpent with short legs and large body. 28.) Why they pray to stones, the sun, etc. 29.) The mountain in which was a large serpent. 30.) Adventures of a man and his wife.
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George Bushotter texts 31-35
George Bushotter texts 31-35
31.) Spider and the Prairie Chicken. 32.) Adventure of Rabbit Carrier. 33.) The woman who turned to a fish from her waist down. 34.) Spider and the Rabbit; how the latter made snow. 35.) The male ghost and his living wife.
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George Bushotter texts 36-40
George Bushotter texts 36-40
36.) The man with the magic sword, and the one with the powerful breath. 37.) Swift Runner (he who tied stones to his legs). 38.) The man who was rescued by eaglets. 39.) The Double-woman. 40.) Spider and the mice.
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George Bushotter texts 41-45
George Bushotter texts 41-45
41.) Spider and the ducks--how they got red eyes. Includes a sketch. 42.) Spider and the Rabbit; how the latter lost his long tail. 43.) The man who ressembled the man in the moon. 44.) The young lover who was rescued by the girl. 45.) The warriors who met Heyoka (Sunflower) who was singing and dancing.
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George Bushotter texts 46-50
George Bushotter texts 46-50
46.) The flying Santee (a ghoul). 47.) How the Santees first saw buffalo. 48.) How the Lakotas went against the Rees. 49.) Adventures of the Short Man. 50.) Smoke Maker's adventures: a war story.
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George Bushotter texts 51-55
George Bushotter texts 51-55
51.) Fight between the Lakota and the Blackfeet. (incomplete) 52.) Fight between two unarmed men and a grizzly bear. 53.) Treatment of an Omaha spy caught by the Lakotas. 54.) The wild man, a nude cannibal. 55.) He who uses the earth as an ear.
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George Bushotter texts 56-60
George Bushotter texts 56-60
56.) Why horses are called, in Lakota, "mysterious dogs." 57.) The man who could understand ravens. 58.) Of the two small stones that were servants of the people. (Brief note at the end appears to be in Swanton's hand.) 59.) The Wahanksica, a strange animal. 60.) The animal in the Missouri River which breaks up the ice in the spring of the year.
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George Bushotter texts 61-65
George Bushotter texts 61-65
61.) How the wind brought sickness to Medicine Butte Creek. 62.) Beliefs about day and night. 63.) The man in the forest and his contest with ghosts. 64.) The feast in honor of the Anti-Natural God. 65.) Of the Heyoka man who dreamed of his death by lightening.
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George Bushotter texts 66-70
George Bushotter texts 66-70
66.) Fight between the Lakota and the Blackfeet. 67.) Of the mysteriousman who knew about the distant war party. 68.) Of the wise man who caught his eloping wife. 69.) How the Rees or Blackfeet came against the Lakotas. 70.) Origin of the buffalo.
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George Bushotter texts 71
George Bushotter texts 71
The Sun Dance. Includes figures and diagrams.
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George Bushotter texts 72-79
George Bushotter texts 72-79
72.) The man who could lengthen his arm at will. 73.) What a young man must do before he can marry. 74.) How the Crows surrounded some Lakotas. 75.) A raid on a Lakota camp. 76.) Story of a warrior who was not wounded. 77.) Fight between the Lakota and white soldiers. 78.) Of the Santees, and their fondness for certain foods. 79.) What the Lakota thought of the first white people whom they saw.
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George Bushotter texts 80-84
80.) Belief respecting lakes. 81.) Belief about this world. 82.) The calumet dance. Includes 2 diagrams. 83. How they honor the dead (the Ghost Feast). 84.) Men who are arrow and bullet proof.
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George Bushotter texts 85-91
85.) Of love potions, etc. 86.) The acts of a wounded warrior. 87.) Actors clothed in buffalo robes with the hair out detect wrongdoers. 88.) Those who imitate the elk. 89.) Why a man may not speak to his mother in law. 90.) Rules for feasting, smoking, and visiting. 91.) Of certain boyish customs.
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George Bushotter texts 92-100
92.) A ghost story. 93.) Origin of the white people. 94.) Games and their seasons. 95.) Education of a boy. 96.) Of youth killed in battle, and of his faithful horse. 97.) The people who lived in the north. Includes 2 sketches. 98.) The ghost woman and the robin. Note at end by Bruyier. 99.) The Flying serpent whose touch was fatal. 100.) Origin of twins.
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George Bushotter texts 101
George Bushotter texts 101
George Bushotter's autobiography.
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George Bushotter texts 102-110
102.) Belief concerning a loved one who has been called by a ghost. 103.) Fight between two gamblers near Chamberlain, Dakota. 104.) The singing elk. 105.) Belief about Spider. 106.) War of the Lakota against the Omaha. 107.) Narrow escape of Bark Bird's Tail (a Lakota). 108.) Busnotter's cousin's war adventure. 109.) How certain men (doctors, priests, etc.) have become mysterious. 110.) How the Lakota fought the Cheyennes and Black Men (Commanches ?).
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George Bushotter texts 1513
George Bushotter texts 1513
Transcription of beginning of text 109. Also note from W. H. Holmes to J. N. B. Hewitt requesting the latter to identify the manuscript. Previously Manuscript 1513.
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George Bushotter texts 111-115
George Bushotter texts 111-115
111.) Rules of etiquette for brothers, sisters, cousins. 112.) Ghost story. 113.) The habits of beavers. 114.) Spider and the old woman who fed all the animals. 115.) The handsome man who was rescued from a pit by a wolf.
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George Bushotter texts 116-123
George Bushotter texts 116-123
116.) Trick of a myth-teller. 117.) Of thistles. 118.) How Indians regard the past and their ancestors. 119.) The grass dance. 120.) The Big Belly Society. 121.) The Mandan Society. 122.) "Following one another," a Lakota game. 123.) "They make it run by pushing," a Lakota game. Includes 2 (colored) diagrams.
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George Bushotter texts 124-133
George Bushotter texts 124-133
124.) Horse racing. 125.) Hitting the moccasin, a game. 9 pages. 126. Shooting at the cactus, a gane. 5 pages. 127. Hitting the bow, a game. 5 pages. 128. Shooting at bunches of grass, a game. 129.) Shooting at the lights of an animal, a game. 130.) Taking captives from one another, a game. 131.) Trampling on the beaver, a game. 132.) "Howi ! Howi !" a ring game for boys or youths. 133.) "They touch not one another," a game.
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George Bushotter texts 134-145
George Bushotter texts 134-145
134.) Game with a long grass which has a long, sharp beard. 135.) The old woman accuses them," a game. 136.) A game with slings. 5 pages. 137.) "Goose and her children," a game. 138.) Buffalo horn game. 139.) A stick which is hurled. Includes 2 figures. 140.) "Making the wood dance by hitting it," a game. 141.) "Making the wood jump by hitting it," a game. 142.) "Making the bow glide by throwing," a game. 143.) Coasting. 144.) Game of ball. 145.) "Shotting at an arrow set up," a game.
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George Bushotter texts 146-152
George Bushotter texts 146-152
146.) Grizzly bear game. 147.) Deer game. 148.) "Running towards one another," a game. 149.) "They cause one another to carry packs on their backs," a game. 150.) "They hit one another with mud," a game. =151.) Hitting the ball, a game. 152.) A game with a rawhide hoop. Includes 2 figures.
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George Bushotter texts 153-163
George Bushotter texts 153-163
153.) Game of earthen horses. 154.) "They slide by pushing," a game. 155.) "They kick at one another," a game. 156.) "The hoop is made to roll in the wind," a game. 9 pages. 157. [Popgun game.] Missing July, 1966. (not on microfilm made 1958) 1 page illustration found July, 1968. 158. Wrestling. 159.) Courting the girls. 160.) Game with bow and small wood-pointed arrows. 161.) Swinging. 162.) "Taking Places from one another," a game. 163.) "Playing with small things," a game.
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George Bushotter texts 164-172
George Bushotter texts 164-172
164.) Pinching the backs of hands, a game. 165.) "Scattering them," a game. 166.) "Who shall get threr first," a game. 167.) Hopping. 168.) Throwing arrows by hand, at a target. 169.) Ghost game. 170.) Hide and seek. 171.)Jumping down from a high object. 172.) Plumstone game.
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George Bushotter texts 173-179
George Bushotter texts 173-179
173. Odd or even ? A game with sticks. 174.) Throwing chewed leaves into the eyes, a game. 175.) Game with the ankle-bones of a deer. 176.) Native wooden harminicon, played by boys. Includes 5 figures. 177.) Mysterious game. 178.) Playing doctor. 179.) Pretending to be dead, a game.
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George Bushotter texts 180-185
George Bushotter texts 180-185
180.) Hunting young birds in summer. 181.) Hunting eggs in spring. 182.) Going to make a grass lodge. 183.) Scrambling for presents. 184.) Sitting on wooden horses, a game. 185.) Making a bone turn and hum by twisting a cord. Includes 2 figures.
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George Bushotter texts 186-189
George Bushotter texts 186-189
186.) "String twisted in and out among the fingers." 187.) Tumbling and somersault. 188.) "Game with large things." 189.) About two young men who were friends. By Bruyier.
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George Bushotter texts 190-194
George Bushotter texts 190-194
190.) A bird that foretells cold weather. 191.) Cause of scrofulous sore on the neck. 192.) Meaning of ringing sounds in the ears. 193.) The Brave and Fox societies. Includes 4 sketches. 194.) Dog Society. Includes 2 sketches and 1 page drawing.
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George Bushotter texts 195-199
195.) "Killing by Hitting," or "Taking the Buffalo paunch," a society of women. 196.) Scalpdance society. Includes 1 sketch. 197.) Night dance. 198.) Mysterious society. 199.) Grizzly Bear dance.
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George Bushotter texts 200-205
George Bushotter texts 200-205
200.) Belief about the Kildeer. 201.) The acts of a leader. 202.) Return of the night hawk in the spring. 203.) Belief concerning the Ski-bi-bi-la, a small grey bird which says Gli Hunwo ?" ("Coming home ?). Also earlier version of the same, with mistakes. 204.) About hanging the "tablo" ("shoulder blade") at the door of the lodge. 205.) Trying to excell others.
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George Bushotter texts 206-211
George Bushotter texts 206-211
206.) Scolding or whipping a woman. 207.) How Indian paints are made. 208.) Acting like the buffalo bull. Includes 1 drawing. 209.) Law about bowls. 210.) Meaning of a rooster's crowing. 211.) The taking apart of fetishes.
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212.) How one man drowned another. 213.) Concerning warts. 214.) Of a woman who was killed by mosquitoes. 215.) Concerning hermaphrodites.
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George Bushotter texts 216-222
George Bushotter texts 216-222
216.) Belief concerning the grebe or dabchick. 217.) Rules for eating dogs. 218.) Bushotter's recollections of a certain famine. 219.) Why Lakota men should not wear women's moccasins. 220.) Customs relating to bowls. 221.) Meanings of various kinds of twitchings. 222.) "Kicking out his elder brother's teeth."
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George Bushotter texts 223-225
George Bushotter texts 223-225
223.) How a boy wounded his grandfather in the scrotum. Bruyier's revision of the same. 224.) Legend of the nude Spider woman. About the woman who was deceived by the grizzly bear, with an account of the prairie hen. By Bruyier. 225.) "Punishment of the prairie.
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George Bushotter texts 226-229
George Bushotter texts 226-229
226.) Part of the punishment of a murderer. 227.) About a foolish wife. 228.) How a ghost stunned Bushotter's father. 229.) Occasions for scolding wives. Half-page corrected sentence at end by Buyier.
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George Bushotter texts 230-235
George Bushotter texts 230-235
230.) Setting out food, etc. for ghosts. 231.) Concerning widows and widowers. 232.) About a newborn child. 233.) Tatala, a humorist. 234.) Vegetal lore. 235.) About the year when the stars fell (1833).
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George Bushotter texts 236-240
George Bushotter texts 236-240
236.) Concerning shells used as necklaces. Includes 2 sketches. 237.) Game with a ball of mud. 238.) "Throwing fire at one another." 239.) Punishment of a liar. 240.) Invocation of the Thunder.
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George Bushotter texts 241-244
241.) About spiders. 242.) The mysterious imitation of ghosts. 243.) What they carry when they migrate. 244.) What happened when the Lower Brules went to a mountain.
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George Bushotter texts 245-249
George Bushotter texts 245-249
245.) Concerning guardian spirits. 246.) About the Thunderers (People dwelling in the clouds.) 247.) About lizards, frogs, etc. rained from the sky. 248.) Deer Women. 249.) Bird societies.
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George Bushotter texts 250-254
George Bushotter texts 250-254
250.) Ways of dancing. 251.) About gashing the limbs when mourning. 252.) On Fellowhood. 253.) Ceremonies at birth. Bruyier's revision. 254.) Bushotter's stepfather's prophetic gifts.
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George Bushotter texts 255-259
George Bushotter texts 255-259
255.) The recovery of Bushotter's younger brother. 256.) Why a son or daughter acts in a childish manner. 257.) Giving birth to one child while still nursing another. 258.) Courting. Includes 3 page color folding drawing and 1 page drawing. 259.) Heyoka woman.
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George Bushotter text 2632
George Bushotter text 2632
Typescript fragments of the following stories: 258.) Courting, 231.) Concerning widows and widowers, 209.) Law about bowls, 208.) Acting like the buffalo bull, and 111.) Rules of etiquette for brothers, sisters, cousins in Lakota with handwritten interlineal translations in English. Includes two pages of sketches.
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The myth of Miwakan yuhala
George Bushotter's first text.
Teton Lakota with interlinear translation by Dorsey. Includes 4 pages notes by Dorsey, and 2 pages incomplete free translation. Pencil notation at top of page 1 reads: "Prepared for publication by J. O. Dorsey: Revised by J. R. Swanton." Swanton, however, never finished his proposed revision.
See Manuscript number 2632 for work done by Swanton with the intention of preparing the Bushotter texts for publication.
George Bushotter drawings to accompany his work on Lakota Tetons
NAA MS.4800: (3.1.1.3) [105]
Ten drawings on nine leaves. Illustrations of figures and materials relating to the Sun Dance, Ghost Lodge, and Heyoka.
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George Bushotter (1864-1892), or Oteri, was a Teton Lakota born in Dakota Territory to a Yankton man and his wife Grey Whirlwind, a Minneconjou Lakota. Raised to be a warrior, Bushotter nevertheless left to study at the Hampton Institute in Virginia from 1878-1881. He entered the Theological Seminary of Virginia in 1885 to become a minister, but his inadequate knowledge of English made the study of Latin and Greek incredibly difficult for him. At the advice of the faculty, Bushotter left the seminary in 1887. While at Hampton, he met Rev. James Owen Dorsey and recognized the potential in working with him to complete ethnographic studies, and worked with the BAE for approximately ten months in 1887. His primary contributions were in the comparative linguistics of Teton Lakota, writing myths and other texts in Lakota, and assisting Dorsey in creating the synonomy of Lakota tribal names that formed a major part of what was to become the Handbook of North American Indians North of Mexico. For more information on George Bushotter, see American Indian Intellectuals, ed. Margot Liberty, 1978.
Old number 932 (part), changed to 1466
MS 4800-105 000
George Bushotter drawing of male Heyoka dreamer
NAA INV.08729300
NAA MS.4800: 105
Drawing depicts man on horseback holding a pipe. Inscription reads: "The male Heyoka dreamer."
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MS 4800-105 001
George Bushotter drawing of male and female ghosts
NAA INV.08729400
NAA MS.4800: 105
Inscriptions read: "Ghost pictures," "male ghost," and "female ghost."
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MS 4800-105 002
George Bushotter drawing of female Heyoka dreamer
NAA INV.08729500
NAA MS.4800: 105
Drawing depicts woman in dress and breechclout holding a pipe. Inscription reads: "The female Heyoka dreamer."
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MS 4800-105 003
George Bushotter elevation drawing and ground plan of Ghost Lodge
George Bushotter elevation drawing and ground plan of Ghost Lodge
NAA INV.08729600
NAA INV.08729700
NAA MS.4800: 105
Inscriptions read "The Ghost Lodge (elevation), Wanagi Tipi" and "Ground plan of the Ghost Lodge, as drawn by Bushotter." Recto and verso of leaf were given separate inventory numbers. Drawing on verso depicts circular diagram of interior of tipi with south entry marked at top, with arrows indicating path of ritual movement.
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MS 4800-105 004-005
George Bushotter drawing of exposure ritual objects of the deceased before the Ghost Lodge
NAA INV.08729800
NAA MS.4800: 105
Drawing depicts crooked lance, painted shields, and warbonnet with long feather trailer. Inscription reads: "Exposure of the war dress, etc of the deceased before the Ghost Lodge."
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MS 4800-105 006
George Bushotter drawing of The Ghost's horse
NAA INV.08729900
NAA MS.4800: 105
Drawing depicts saddled riderless horse. Inscription reads: "The Ghost's horse."
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MS 4800-105 007
George Bushotter drawing of tree to be cut for form center pole of the Sun Dance lodge
NAA INV.08730000
NAA MS.4800: 105
Drawing also depicts 8 people shown at base, two groups of people on either side. Inscriptions read "Sketched by Bushotter" and "Felling the Mystery Tree."
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MS 4800-105 008
George Bushotter drawing of center pole for Sun Dance lodge shown in four positions from lying on ground to standing upright
NAA INV.08730100
NAA MS.4800: 105
Inscriptions read "Sketched by Bushotter" and "The Raising of the Sun-Pole."
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MS 4800-105 009
George Bushotter drawing of tent of preparation and Sun Dance lodge
NAA INV.08730200
NAA MS.4800: 105
Inscriptions read "(Sketched by Bushotter") and "The Tent of preparation and the Dancing Lodge."
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MS 4800-105 010
Pencil drawing by George Bushotter with caption "49. Illustration"
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Seems to portray plum-pit gambling counters, but does not seem to be related to Bushotter's 49th text.
Lakota vocabulary by George Bushotter
Includes pages 74-82 torn from schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880, and loose sheets numbered to correspond to schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. Includes "Persons" and "Parts of the body." In Bushotter's hand with several annotations by Dorsey.
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Miscellaneous notes by Dorsey and George Bushotter
Notes are by Dorsey and George Bushotter relating to the Bushotter collection of Lakota texts. Includes notes on text 71, the Sun Dance, in Dorsey's hand, and lists of Teton games, in Bushotter's hand.
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Letters from George Bushotter
Contents: July 26, 1887. 2 pages. Lakota with interlinear English translation, and free English translation, all in Bushotter's hand. August 2, 1887. 1 page. Lakota only. 1 page copy with interlinear translation by Dorsey. December 9, 1887. 2 pages. Lakota only. 3 page copy with interlinear translation by Dorsey.
Teton Folk-Lore
Concerns ghosts; extracted from the George Bushotter Lakota texts. Published in American Anthropologist A2(2): 143-158.
Note on the Rattlesnake people or Snake people of the Teton Dakota.
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Lakota vocabulary
Recorded in a copy of schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the study of Indian Languages 1877; each page only partially filled. Dorsey's inscription shows that he originally intended to record Iowa in this book.
Xerox copy of typescript document in Box 9.
Extracted from the George Bushotter texts (Manuscript 4800, part 103), entered into interleaved bound page-proofs of Stephen R. Riggs, "A Dakota-English Dictionary, edited by Dorsey, Contributions to North American Ethnology VII. Transcription by Raymond DeMallie of the approximately 700 manuscript entries from this volume. Washington, D. C. 1966.
Teton Record from Feb. 21/88
Gives Dorsey's progress in transcribing words from the George Bushotter Lakota texts into his interleaved copy of S. R. Riggs' Dakota-English Dictionary, Contributions to North American Ethnology VII.
Notes on Assiniboin sociology from the manuscript of Edwin T. Denig
For original Denig manuscript, see Manuscript 2600.
NAA MS.4800: (3.1.1.2) [102]
Letter in Yankton Dakota from Walking Elk and Running Bull to Two Bears. Also includes partial copy by Dorsey, Autograph document. 2 pages.
Old number 1397 (part)
autograph letter signed
This subseries contains Dorsey's Dhegiha research, covering Ponca, Omaha, Kansa, Quapaw, and Osage. Materials such as translations of sermons and hymnals in Dhegiha document his missionary work among the Ponca. The subseries also contains linguistic and ethnological notes; manuscripts; correspondence with Francis LaFlesche regarding Dhegiha language and customs; Dhegiha epistles; Omaha and Oto stories; drawings of Omaha robes and tents by George Miller; drawings by Stephen Stubbs and Pahaule-gagli of battle scenes between the Kansas and Cheyennes and a drawing by Stubbs of painted tipis and buffalo robes.
Sleight of hand among the Ponkas, Omahas, and Kansas Indians
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List of the intestines, etc. of animals in Ponca, Kansa, and Osage.
21 terms in each language, most with English equivalents.
Lists of various Dhegiha terms
Lists of various Dhegiha terms
Osage and Kansa names for hawks of the T'in genus; Ponca and Omaha birds, fish, insects; Osage and Kansa insects and worms; Osage, Kansa and Ponca kinship terms.
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Ethnological notes on the Osage and Kansa
Ethnological notes on the Osage and Kansa
Dhegiha grammatical notes
Dhegiha grammatical notes
Includes 6 large verb charts.
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Dhegiha grammatical notes
Envelope
Envelope
NAA MS.4800: (3.2) [120]
Envelope is marked "Cegiha Grammatical Notes. Not copied on slips Nov/93." With 6 large verb charts.
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Dorsey number 89-B. Old number 909 (complete)
autograph document
Notes on Dhegiha songs, music and dancing societies
Notes on Dhegiha songs, music and dancing societies
Four tables illustrating tenses and modes in Dhegiha
Four tables illustrating tenses and modes in Dhegiha
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Comparative list of Osage and Kansa terms for snakes
Comparative list of Osage and Kansa terms for snakes
NAA MS.4800: (3.2) [123]
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Old number 3857-b (part)
typescript and autograph document
Prepared from the vocabularies of A. W. Stubbs, Dr Murray, and others.
Note on Kansa and Osage sociology
Fragment of table of contents of a manuscript by Dorsey on the Dhegiha
Comparative list of color names in Osage, Kansa and Ponca
Dhegiha vocabulary
Includes some material on construction of a map of Dhegiha country.
Sketch map of country of Omahas and Poncas (Nebraska)
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Notes accumulated in preparing a map of country of the Omahas and Poncas (Nebraska)
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Includes maps, and miscellaneous correspondence (including letter from Alfred L. Riggs) regarding names and locations of streams.
A comparative list of Omaha and Ponka proper names
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Dhegiha linguistic and ethnologic notes
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Original Dhegiha epistles, phrases, and stories
Includes George Miller's version of the Orphan myth; Frank LaFlesche's manuscript, "Story of the young man who acted the ghost"; and phrases and words recorded on slips for the Dhegiha-English dictionary.
Letters printed in "The Cegiha Language," Contributions to North American Ethnology VI, Washington, D. C., 1890 and "Omaha and Ponka Letters," Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 11, Washington, D. C., 1891.
English translations of Dhegiha myths
Copied from translations published in Contributions to North American Ethnology, Vol. VI.
Word-building. English-Dhegiha
Word-building English-Cegiha..not copied To be verified
Word-building English-Cegiha..not copied To be verified
Word-building English-Cegiha..not copied To be verified
NAA MS.4800: (3.2.1) [135]
Microfilm reel # 4.
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Dorsey number 88-N. Old number 921 (complete)
Correspondence with Francis LaFlesche
Dhegiha language and customs.
Dhegiha letters (epistles)
Printed in "The Cegiha Language," Contributions to North American Ethnology VI, Washington, D. C., 1890.
Dhegiha letters (epistles)
Printed in "The Cegiha Language," Contributions to North American Ethnology VI, Washington, D. C., 1890.
Dhegiha texts and notes
Printed in "The Cegiha Language," Contributions to North American Ethnology VI, Washington, D. C., 1890.
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Dhegiha translations of material relating to Dorsey's missionary work
Includes parts of the Gospels, General Confession, Gloria Patri, Lord's Prayer, Psalms, Apostles' Creed, etc.
Dhegiha vocabulary
Miscellaneous notes on Dhegiha
Notes for dictionary and grammar of Dhegiha
Marked "Notes of [CNAE] Vol. 6...To be used for Dicty & Grammar of Cegiha."
Dhegiha grammatical notes inquired of Frank LaFlesche
Linguistic notes on Dhegiha texts
Microfilm #4.
Miscellaneous notes on Dhegiha
Dhegiha ethnological notes I and II
The kinship system and marriage laws of the Dhegiha
The kinship system and marriage laws of the Dhegiha
Dhegiha field notes
Contents: Patinnanpazhi's account of war party, war customs, and dances. Notes on an Otoe higan [story] (Louis S[ansouci]). Clan relationships. Divisions of clans and sub-clans. Sacred names (seven) of each clan and sun-clan. Verified words uedhanbe to wa-.
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Notes on Dhegiha verbs
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Omaha and Ponca kinship groups
Miscellaneous Dhegiha grammatical notes
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Notes on Dhegiha genealogies
Includes two letters from George Miller to Dorsey, Omaha Agency, Nebraska, November 25 and December 9, 1889.
Omaha and Ponca songs and music
Omaha and Ponca Songs and Music
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NAA MS.4800: (3.2.1) [156]
Microfilm reel # 4.
Pages numbered 395-409 and 411-419.
Old number 1236 (part)
typescript and autograph document
Manifold letter writer
Manifold letter writer
Contains copy of letter to John Robinson, Yankton Agency, Dakota Territory. Oxon Hill, Maryland. August 18, 1874. 4 pages. Concerns Ponca linguistics. Partial copy of letter to [J. W. Powell ?]. Oxon Hill, Maryland. January 7, 1874. 1 page. Notes on the verb utin, to strike, relating to letter to Robinson, (above). No date. 4 pages. Notes on Dhegiha linguistics. July 27, 1878. 36 pages. Loose notes on Dhegiha linguistics. [One page dated November 3, 1877.] 7 pages.
Dhegiha linguistic material
"Not yet copied on slips [for the dictionary] Nov.93."
Cegiha linguistic material not yet copied on slips for the dictionary
Cegiha linguistic material not yet copied on slips for the dictionary
Cegiha linguistic material not yet copied on slips for the dictionary
NAA MS.4800: (3.2.1) [158]
Microfilm reel # 4.
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Old number 1265 (part)
autograph and typescript document signed
Dhegiha texts
Dhegiha texts
Consists of Dhegiha texts prepared for publication in "The Cegiha Language," Contributions to North American Ethnology VI, but withheld by order of J. W. Powell. Dhegiha texts with interlinear and free translations and notes. Includes "Ictinike's adventure as a woman: an Omaha myth," "The Raccoon and the Coyote," both told by George Miller; "Ponka Story," told by One Horn; and letter from Joseph LaFlesche to T. H. Tibbles, December, 1879.
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NAA MS.4800: (3.2.1) [159]
Consists of Dhegiha texts prepared for publication in "The Cegiha Language," CNAE VI, Washington, D. C., 1890, but with held by order of J. W. Powell. Dhegiha texts with interlinear and free translations and notes. Includes "Ictinike's adventure as a woman: an Omaha myth," "The Raccoon and the Coyote," both told by George Miller; "Ponka Story," told by One Horn; letter from Joseph LaFlesche to T. H. Tibbles, December, 1879.
Dorsey Number 89-K. Old number 1462 (complete)
typescript and autograph document
Ictinikie's adventure as a woman: an Omaha myth
The Raccoon and the Coyote
Ponka Story
Dhegiha notes and stories
Dhegiha notes and stories
Includes sketch map showing Pawnee country, war story by Mandan, "Death of Paris Dorian (Picic)," etc. Seem to be fragmentary Dhegiha war stories.
Translations of various Christian hymns into Dhegiha.
Includes sketch map showing Pawnee country, war story by Mandan, "Death of Paris Dorian (Picic)," etc. Seem to be fragmentary Dhegiha war stories.
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Adventures of Ishtinike, The Young Rabbit and Ishtinike and Ishtinike, the Brothers, and Sister
Adventures of Ishtinike, The Young Rabbit and Ishtinike and Ishtinike, the Brothers, and Sister
These Omaha and Ponca myths; see "The Cegiha Language," Contributions to North American Ethnology VI, 1890, pages 41-42, and 77-78, and 82-83. These seem to be popularized versions.
Notes on the Omaha and Ponca, with some Dhegiha texts
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Ponca sermon: Gen. IV-IX
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Ponca sermon I
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Preached on the third Sunday in Advent to Candidates for baptism.
Ponca sermon II, I John iii, 13; part of Sermon III, Gen. I and II
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Omaha sermon III
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Ponca sermon V: Gen. III
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Dhegiha sermon
Last 2 pages is a translation into Dhegiha of "Nearer to Thee."
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Dhegiha sermon [?]
Begins: "Tekhiwigidhe shnankashe, Wakanda..."
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The order of Daily Evening Prayer, in Ponca
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Two drafts, 12 and 8 pages.
Order of services at the Consecration of the burial ground at Ponka Mission
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Burial Service in Dhegiha
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Gospel of St. Mark, in Ponca: I: 1-11
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Nearer my God to Thee and Holy, Holy, Holy, in the Dhegiha language
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Two hymns in Dhegiha, sent to Dorsey by Rev. William Hamilton.
One page bears note in Hamilton's hand: "I need not tell you what this is designed to be a translation of. Criticise it."
Gospel of St. Mark in Dhegiha: I: 1-34
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Hymns in Dhegiha
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Wakanda dhinketadhishan wakhube i'kigdhani te
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Four hymns in the Dhegiha language
Contents: "Nearer to Thee," Holy, Holy, Holy !," "Hold the Fort," and an untitled hymn.
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Religion of the Omahas and Ponkas
Includes fragmentary Dhegiha text.
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Fragment of a letter from Francis LaFlesche to Dorsey
Letter regarding Dhegiha linguistics. Also includes note in Dorsey's hand
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Omaha and Ponca personal mystery decorations
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The page is incomplete.
Manuscript on the Omaha and Ponca
Contents: "Chapt. VI, Customs around the sick, dying, and the dead", 12 pages; Dakotan myths and legends," 8 pages; "Chapt. XV, Mythology, Folk-lore, Astronomy, and Natural Phenomena," 11 pages; "Chapt. VII, "The practice of medicine," 65 pages; "Chapt. XIV, Religion," 9 pages; miscellaneous notes, 3 pages.
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Omaha and Ponca personal names
Omaha and Ponca personal names
Original slips for the Dhegiha-English dictionary
Apparently these have all been recopied on slips in the Dhegiha-English dictionary [188].
Map of Nebraska
Map has stream names in the Eastern section given in Dhegiha.
Drawings of Omaha tents and robes by George Miller
Drawings of Omaha tents and robes by George Miller
Published in "A Study of Siouan Cults," Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 11, plates XLIV-A--E and figures 156-177 and 181-187. Several of these drawings appear to be variants of the published drawings.
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Box 31 contains photocopies of artwork.
Drawings of Omaha tents and robes, and one drawing of man in war costume, by George Miller
Drawings of Omaha tents and robes, and one drawing of man in war costume, by George Miller
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Includes captions and notes by Dorsey. Unpublished.
George Miller drawings of Omaha tents and robes
George Miller drawings of Omaha tents and robes
Drawings of Omaha tents and robes by George Miller
Drawings of Omaha tents and robes, and one drawing of man in war costume, by George Miller
NAA MS.4800: 190-191
Consists of 46 drawings. Includes captions and notes by Dorsey.
Old number 1466 (part).
Candace Greene identified INV 08728500-08729200 as drawings possibly by George Miller, which are part of 4800: 191.
MS 4800-190 000
George Miller drawing of Little Chief's father's tipi painted with stripes
NAA INV.08724700
NAA MS.4800: 190
Drawing depicts the tipi of the father of Little Chief, or Jin-Ga' Ga-Hi-Ge, who made the tipi. The tipi is decorated with stripes that represent roads.
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MS 4800-190 001
George Miller drawing of Old Big Elk's tipi, painted with pictures of steam boats
NAA INV.08724800
OPPS NEG.98-10213
NAA MS.4800: 190
Inscription reads "Old Big Elk's Tent. The steam-boats he saw when he went to Washington and saw the white people there for the first time. To show that the White people acknowledged him as a great chief."
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Originally referred to as "Old Oak's tipi" in title. Corrected 9/10/2012.
MS 4800-190 002
George Miller drawing of painted tipi of of Hupeca, Sr., and Agaha-Wacuce
NAA INV.08724900
NAA MS.4800: 190
Tipi painted with rust-colored circle at top, zigzag lines, bear's pawprints on blue background, and gray at bottom.
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MS 4800-190 003
George Miller drawing of tipi of Nikucibca, painted with rainbow
NAA INV.08725000
NAA MS.4800: 190
Tipi painted with rainbow and dots at the top.
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MS 4800-190 004
George Miller drawing of tipi of Pazhachuta, with red and blue striped banners flanking door
NAA INV.08725100
NAA MS.4800: 190
Owner alternately identified as Pejequta. Inscribed on verso "Rev. J. Owen Dorsey"
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MS 4800-190 005
George Miller drawing of painted tipi of Mazi-Jinga (Man in the Sun)
NAA INV.08725200
NAA MS.4800: 190
Tipi painted with blue on bottom, human representation in red circular design on top.
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MS 4800-190 006
George Miller drawing of tipi of Heqaga painted with images of sacred pipes
George Miller drawing of tipi of Heqaga painted with images of sacred pipes
NAA INV.08725300
NAA MS.4800: 190
Tipi painted with two sacred pipes on each side.
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MS 4800-190 007
George Miller drawing of tipi of Kaxe-Canba's father, painted with image of bear emerging from hole
NAA INV.08725400
NAA MS.4800: 190
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MS 4800-190 008
George Miller drawing of his ornamented blanket
NAA INV.08725500
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts ornamented blanket with orange border and four circles with zigzag lines coming from bottom. Inscription reads "George Miller's personal mystery decoration, furnished by himself." Signed "George Miller."
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MS 4800-190 009
George Miller drawing of his ornamented blanket
NAA INV.08725600
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts blanket with blue border and four orange circles with zigzag lines coming from bottom. Inscription reads "Decoration of white blanket of Geo. Miller of Ictasanda gens of Omaha tribe. Drawn in Washington."
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MS 4800-190 010
George Miller drawing of a variant design of his ornamented blanket
NAA INV.08725700
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts blanket with blue border on top, two orange circles with zigzag lines coming from bottom, black line on either side. Inscription reads "George Miller's personal mystery decoration, a variant furnished by himself."
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MS 4800-190 011
George Miller drawing of painted animal hide robe of Wanukige
NAA INV.08725800
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts robe with orange border, zigzag line, and orange stripes.
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MS 4800-190 012
George Miller drawing of painted tipi of Wanukige
NAA INV.08725900
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts tipi with orange border on bottom, zigzag line, and three stripes.
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MS 4800-190 013
George Miller drawing of painted blanket of Caqube
NAA INV.08726000
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts blanket with orange border on top, twelve circles, dash lines, and two blue stripes.
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MS 4800-190 014
George Miller drawing of painted animal skin robe of Pahe-Tape
NAA INV.08726100
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts robe painted yellow, two stars, and circle with blue half-moon shape (new moon).
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MS 4800-190 015
George Miller drawing of Omaha tipi painted in representation of night
NAA INV.08726200
NAA MS.4800: 190
Inscription reads: "Generic decoration referring to night."
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MS 4800-190 016
George Miller drawing of painted tipi of Anpanska, Sr
NAA INV.08726300
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts tent with upper section painted black above 4 pointed star.
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MS 4800-190 017
George Miller drawing of painted animal hide robe of Anpanska, Sr
NAA INV.08726400
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts hide robe of fox or wolf skin painted blue at top and a blue star with white center.
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MS 4800-190 018
George Miller drawing of painted tipi of Mazi-Jinga (Ghost Vision)
NAA INV.08726500
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts tent painted with band around center, figure (ghost) circumscribed in circle, and dots above circle.
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MS 4800-190 019
George Miller drawing of painted tipi of Nikuciba
NAA INV.08726600
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts tent painted with black bottom, star and half-moon at top.
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MS 4800-190 020
George Miller drawing of painted tipi of Nikucibcan
NAA INV.08726700
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts tent painted with two bow-shaped stripes, one blue and the other red.
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MS 4800-190 021
George Miller drawing of painted blanket of Cuka-Mancin
NAA INV.08726800
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts blanket painted with two black stripes, and one dark green stripe.
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MS 4800-190 022
George Miller drawing of tipi of Te-san, painted with a vision of a cedar tree
NAA INV.08726900
NAA MS.4800: 190
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MS 4800-190 023
George Miller drawing of tipi of Te-san, painted with a vision of a sun and rainbow
NAA INV.08727000
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts yellow tent with two blue angled stripes coming down from sun representation at top, and two black bow-shaped horsetail representations below.
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MS 4800-190 024
George Miller drawing of tipi of Fire Chief and Waqaga painted with cornstalks
NAA INV.08727100
NAA MS.4800: 190
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MS 4800-190 025
George Miller drawing of animal hide robe of Ni-Cactage painted with buffalo tracks
NAA INV.08727200
NAA MS.4800: 190
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MS 4800-190 026
George Miller drawing of tipi of Duba-Mancin's father, painted with horse tracks and horse tails
NAA INV.08727300
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts tipi painted with four blue horse-hoof designs and two blue horse tails.
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MS 4800-190 027
George Miller drawing of tipi of Mantcu-Nanba painted with horse tracks and displaying horse tail on projecting pole
NAA INV.08727400
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts tipi painted yellow with two horse-hoof designs and horse tail hanging from top of pole.
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MS 4800-190 028
George Miller drawing of tipi of Wackanhi painted with two red domestic roosters
NAA INV.08727500
NAA MS.4800: 190
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MS 4800-190 029
George Miller drawing of Omaha tipi painted with figures of deer on each side of door
NAA INV.08727600
NAA MS.4800: 190
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MS 4800-190 030
George Miller drawing of painted tipi of Tebia
NAA INV.08727700
NAA MS.4800: 190
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MS 4800-190 031
George Miller drawing of painted animal hide robe of Manze-Guhe
NAA INV.08727800
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts robe with blue border at top and spiral designs.
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MS 4800-190 032
George Miller drawing of tipi of Manze-Guhe painted with buffalo head at upper back
NAA INV.08727900
NAA MS.4800: 190
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MS 4800-190 033
George Miller drawing of painted blanket of Duba-Mancin's father
NAA INV.08728000
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts blanket with star in top center, two stripes, and spiral designs.
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MS 4800-190 034
George Miller drawing of tipi of Inki-Sabe painted with image of a pipe
NAA INV.08728100
NAA MS.4800: 190
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MS 4800-190 035
George Miller drawing of tipi of Inki-Sabe painted with images of two decorated pipe stems
NAA INV.08728200
NAA MS.4800: 190
Drawing depicts tipi painted with two green pipes with orange feathers attached, set on two feathered objects.
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MS 4800-190 036
George Miller drawing of animal hide robe of Waqaga painted with figure of an eagle
NAA INV.08728300
NAA MS.4800: 190
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MS 4800-190 037
George Miller drawing of sacred tent housing pole
NAA INV.08728400
NAA MS.4800: 190
Depicts unpainted tipi with ornament tied to back. Inscription reads "Sacred tent in which the pole was kept."
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MS 4800-190 038
Omaha drawing, possibly by George Miller, of tipi of Mun-za-goo-ha, painted with feathered pipe stems
NAA INV.08728500
NAA MS.4800: 191
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MS 4800-191 001
Omaha drawing, possibly by George Miller, of design on robe owned by Pawnees
NAA INV.08728600
NAA MS.4800: 191
Inscription reads "George Miller from an Omaha."
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MS 4800-191 002
Omaha drawing, possibly by George Miller, of painted blanket of Eba-hom-bai
NAA INV.08728700
NAA MS.4800: 191
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MS 4800-191 003
Omaha drawing, possibly by George Miller, of painted animal hide robe, inscribed on verso in Omaha
Omaha drawing, possibly by George Miller, of painted animal hide robe, inscribed on verso in Omaha
NAA INV.08728800
NAA MS.4800: 191
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MS 4800-191 004
Omaha drawing, possibly by George Miller, of Shoodagena dressed for war with medicine scarf around neck
NAA INV.08728900
NAA MS.4800: 191
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MS 4800-191 005
Omaha drawing, possibly by George Miller, of tipi of Washaga painted with wild turnips
NAA INV.08729000
NAA MS.4800: 191
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MS 4800-191 006
Omaha drawing, possibly by George Miller, of tipi of Mun-chu-num-ba, or Yellow Smoke, painted with a hand print
NAA INV.08729100
NAA MS.4800: 191
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MS 4800-191 007
Omaha drawing, possibly by George Miller, of tipi of Wa-nun-cha-zingha, or Little Soldier, painted with red horses
NAA INV.08729200
NAA MS.4800: 191
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MS 4800-191 007
Omaha folk-lore
Omaha folk-lore
Concerning the whippoorwil, magpie, and "taticinge," (a bird).
Christian hymns in the Omaha language and first chapter of Genesis in Omaha
Christian hymns in the Omaha language and first chapter of Genesis in Omaha
Possibly drafts of "Nearer My God to Thee," in Omaha, published by the Santee Normal Training School Press, Santee Agency, Nebraska, 1894.
The kinship system and marriage laws of the Omahas
Notes and several incomplete drafts. Appears to be part of manuscript for "Omaha Sociology," Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 33, pages 205-370.
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Notes on Omaha kinship system
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Appears to be part of the manuscript for "Omaha Sociology," Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 3, pages 205-370.
Ethnographic notes on the Omaha
Ethnographic notes on the Omaha
Much of this material was used in the preparation of "Omaha Sociology," Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 3.
Story of the two teachers of mankind
Story of the two teachers of mankind
"Told in English by Susette LaFlesche, an Omaha, at Omaha Agency, Neb., in 1878, to J. Owen Dorsey."
Six Omaha and one Oto myth
Contents: Omaha: 1. How the Rabbit killed the (male) Winter. 2. The brothers, Sister and the Red Bird. 3. Haxige. 4. How the Rabbit killed the Black Bears. 5. How the Rabbit caught the Sun in a trap. 6. Ictinike and the Buzzard. Oto: The Rabbit and the Grasshoppers. Includes Letter to J. W. Powell, Director, Bureau of Ethnology. Hedgesville, West Virginia. November 3, 1880.
With interlinear and free translations and notes.
All Omaha texts are published in "The Cegiha Language," Contributions to North American Ethnology VI. The Oto text appears in American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, volume III, number 1, pages 24-27.
Omaha Pronouns. I. Classifiers, or Article-Pronouns
Analysis of words in lines 1-6 of Omaha text "Battle Between the Omahas and Ponkas"
Printed in The Cegiha Language, Contributions to North American Ethnology VI, page 399
German-English-Omaha vocabulary from Maximillian of Weid
Vocabulary from page 599.
Note on "gi-a" as opposed to "gya-" in Omaha
Fragment of an account of fasting, possibly among the Omaha
Omaha linguistic and ethnological notes
Omaha genealogies, arranged by gens and sub-gens
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Material added from folder 212, identified as Omaha by R. H. Barnes, of Oxford University, 1/80.
Four Omaha myths, in English
Contents: "The Brother, sister, and the Red Bird;" "The Chief's son, Snake-woman, and the Thunders;" "Two-faces and the Brothers...told by Pacin-nanpaji;" and "The adventures of Haxige: Pacin-nanpaji's version."
Texts of these stories are printed in "The Cegiha Language," Contributions to North American Ethnology VI.
NAA MS.4800: (3.2.1.1) [207]
Contents: "The Brother, sister, and the Red Bird;" "The Chief's son, Snake-woman, and the Thunders;" "Two-faces and the Brothers...told by Pacin-nanpaji;" and "The adventures of Haxige: Pacin-nanpaji's version."
Old number 3708
typescript and autograph document
The Brother, sister, and the Red bird
The Chief's son, Snake-woman, and the Thunders
Two-faces and the Brothers...told by Pacin-nanpaji
The adventures of Haxige: Pacin-nanpaji's version
Omaha war stories, in English
Contents: "Battle between the Dakotas and Omahas in 1847," Battle between the Dakotas and Omahas in 1849--50," and "Two Crows' War Party."
Texts of these stories are printed in The Cegiha language, Contributions to North American Ethnology VI.
NAA MS.4800: (3.2.1.1) [208]
Contents: "Battle between the Dakotas and Omahas in 1847," Battle between the Dakotas and Omahas in 1849--50," and "Two Crows' War Party."
Old number 4751 (15) (part)
typescript document
Battle between the Dakotas and Omahas in 1847
Battle between the Dakotas and Omahas in 1849--50
Two Crows' War Party
Descriptions of photographs of Omaha Indians, including biographical notes
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Ponka gentes
Ponka gentes
Ponca census
Lists 116 families, with Ponka and English names and age of each individual.
Ponca genealogical charts
The 8 pages are pasted together in 2 long sheets. One sheet entitled "Pedigree of Mantcu Najin, Tenugs zi, etc of the Wajaje (Ponka) Gens" and the other "Wajaje gude sub-gens--Ponka tribe." Approximately 100 pages were originally cataloged in this manuscript with the note that some of it might relate to other Dhegiha tribes. The other pages were identified as Omaha by R. H. Barnes, of Oxford University, January 1980. They have been added to 4800 (206).
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Genealogy of Padhinnanpazhi
Letter from Fred Macdonald, to Yellow Buffalo, dictated to Dorsey
Includes 2 pages diagrams of Ponca camping circle and 1 page diagram of haircut peculiar to one gens [?].
Notes on the Ponca
Ponka notes
Contents: Chiefs. Story of Ukiabi of Hisada ("Copied for Cegiha Texts Jan. 11/90"). Miscellaneous linguistic notes. Caduxe Society, Told by Tenugazi.
A Grammar... of the Ponka Language
Includes 3 pages of notes by J. N. B. Hewitt, May, 1926.
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On the Ponka Pronoun and its uses
Includes 4 miscellaneous pages apparently related.
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Ponca [?] primer, with notes by Dorsey
Primer is written in an unidentified hand.
Notes on the Ponca verb
Some peculiarities of the Ponka dialect
Third page bears notation "Sent Feb/75" [to J. W. Powell ?].
Ponca linguistic notes
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A Ponka and English Vocabulary with words peculiar to the Omaha and other kindred dialects of the Wa-ja-ja [Osage] Language
Covers the initial letter "A" only.
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The Hisada gens and The Cixida gens of the Ponca
Notes on the Kansa culture
Kansa local (geographical) names
Kansa personal names
Kansa personal names
Includes list of Kansa gentes and sub-gentes; names classified according to gens.
NAA MS.4800: (3.2.2) [230]
Microfilm reel # 5.
Old number 3176 (part)
autograph document
Kansas MS. No. 2, vocabulary notes
Kansa vocabulary notes, with sketches
NAA MS.4800: (3.2.2) [249]
Recorded in a copy of a schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. Includes two Indian drawings in pencil.
Microfilm reel # 6.
Dorsey number 94-B (part). Old number 1272 (complete)
autograph document
"Kansas MS. No. 3," vocabulary and ethnographic notes
Kansa texts and ethnographic notes
Includes list of Kansa(s) villages and sketch map.
Kansa ethnographic and linguistic notes
Kansa war customs
Kansa marriage customs
Kansa names and census
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Printed Property Return from the Kaw Agency, Ind Ter, 187-, with Kansa names re-transcribed by Dorsey. Also includes "Kansas Census (1880)," entered in a Department of the Interior Comparative Vocabulary form.
Sketch map of Arkansas River, Neohso River and Kansas River, giving Kansa place names
Includes 2 smaller sketch maps.
Letter to John W. Powell
Encloses 1 page copy of a Kansa sacred pictographic record and 5 pages of notes on the record.
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Two specimens of oak leaves, with the Kansa term for each
Two specimens of oak leaves, with the Kansa term for each
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Translation of names on Kansas or Kaw census schedules. Census of 1880
Kansa texts. B. Historical Papers
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Kansa texts. C. Letters
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Pencil and water color drawings by Stephen Stubbs and Pahaule-gagli . Includes 3 pages of notes by Dorsey. Three of the drawings are by Stubbs and depicts battles between the Kansas and Cheyennes, and six painted tipis with buffalo robes nearby. A pencil drawing by Pahaule-gagli depicts a battle circa 1868 between Kansas and Cheyennes at near Fort Larned, Kansas.
Part printed as figures 178-180 in Dorsey's "A Study of Siouan Cults," Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 11.
NAA INV.08724400
NAA MS.4800: 248 [part]
Inscription reads "Battle Betw[een] Kanza and Cheyennes abt 1868 near Ft Larned on Pawnee Fork of Arkansas R."
See also "Stephen Stubbs drawings of Kansa warfare and tipi camp, ca. 1882," part of Manuscript 4800 Dorsey Papers: Kansa (3.2.2) [248].
MS 4800-248-PG
Stephen Stubbs drawings of Kansa warfare and tipi camp
Stephen Stubbs drawings of Kansa warfare and tipi camp
Stephen Stubbs drawings of Kansa warfare and tipi camp
NAA MS.4800: (3.2.2) [248, part]
NAA INV.08724501
NAA INV.08724502
NAA INV.08724600
Pencil and water color drawings by Stephen Stubbs. Includes 3 pages of notes by Dorsey. All of the drawings are on one leaf, with two on the recto and on verso. It is not clear why each drawing was inventoried separately. Depicts battles between the Kansas and Cheyennes, and six painted tipis with buffalo robes nearby.
Microfilm reel # 6.
See also "Pahaule-gagli drawing of battle ca. 1868 between Kansas and Cheyennes at near Fort Larned, Kansas," part of Manuscript 4800 Dorsey Papers: Kansa (3.2.2) [248]
Old number 1466 (part).
MS 4800-248-Stubbs
Recorded in a copy of a schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. Includes two Indian drawings in pencil.
Notes on Kansa sociology, genealogies and linguistics
Notes on Kansa sociology, genealogies and linguistics
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Kansa personal names
Kansa personal names
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Kansa local (place) names notecards
Kansa local (place) names notecards
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Osage sociology and history from Saucy Chief
Osage sociology and history from Saucy Chief
Material on Osage personal names
Material on Osage personal names
Includes printed ration lists with names of families at Osage Agency, Indian Territory, 187-, and translations of personal names from the Osage census schedules, 1880.
Osage linguistic, sociologic and ethnologic material
Osage linguistic, sociologic and ethnologic material
An Osage Secret Society
An Osage Secret Society
An Osage Secret Society
An Osage Secret Society
Paper presented by Dorsey at 73rd Regular Meeting of Anthropological Society of Washington in 1883. Summary in Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington, volume III, 1885, pages 3-4. Also draft, titled "An Indian Secret Society" and notes on Osage secret society of seven degrees with parts of the Unun ucake, dictated by William P. Matthews
An Indian Secret Society
An Osage Secret Society
An Indian Secret Society
NAA MS.4800: (3.2.3) [258]
Microfilm reel # 7.
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Old number 3164 (part)
autograph document signed
Notes on Osage secret society of seven degrees with parts of the Unun ucake, dictated by William P. Matthews
NAA MS.4800: (3.2.3) [259]
Microfilm reel # 7.
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Dorsey number 94-J. Old number 3173 (complete)
autograph document
Osage census lists
Osage census lists
German-Osage vocabulary, copied from Maximilliam of Wied
German-Osage vocabulary, copied from Maximilliam of Wied
Copy of "Wacace wageressa pahungreh tse, The Osage First Book"
Copy of "Wacace wageressa pahungreh tse, The Osage First Book"
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Osage myths, letters and phrases
Osage myths, letters and phrases
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Osage vocabulary
Osage vocabulary
Recorded in (a copy of) schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880, very incompletely filled.
Copy of Murray's Osage vocabulary from J. S. Vater, Analekten, Leipzig
Copy of Murray's Osage vocabulary from J. S. Vater, Analekten, Leipzig
Recorded in (a copy of) schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880, very incompletely filled.
List of signers of Osage treaty of Oct. 7, 1826
List of signers of Osage treaty of Oct. 7, 1826
A chart of the Osage Secret Society
A chart of the Osage Secret Society
Described and pictured in Dorsey's "Osage Traditions," Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 6, pages 377-378.
Previously Box 38.
Most slips give Ponca equivalents; some give Kansa, Quapaw, and/or Chiwere.
Note on Quapaw folk-lore
Note on Quapaw folk-lore
Kwapa folk-lore
Kwapa folk-lore
Notes on Quapaw mythology
Notes on Quapaw mythology
Contents: The Star Sisters, Red Sorcerer, and Grasshopper's adventures.
Notes on Quapaw history
Notes on Quapaw history
Fragment of reading notes on the Arkansa
Fragment of reading notes on the Arkansa
Quapaw vocabulary
Quapaw vocabulary
Recorded in copy of schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880.
Digital surrogates are available.
Kwapa texts recorded by Dorsey
Kwapa texts recorded by Dorsey
Recorded by Dorsey on the Quapaw reservation. Includes undated note by J. N. B. Hewitt.
Kwapa texts
Kwapa texts
Identical to folder 279.
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Quapaw linguistic notes
Quapaw linguistic notes
Revised with the aid of George Redeagle, Quapaw interpreter.
Quapaw personal names, with kinship chart
Quapaw personal names, with kinship chart
Quapaw notes from Alphonsus Volliere
Quapaw notes from Alphonsus Volliere
Quapaw texts and linguistic notes
Quapaw texts and linguistic notes
Includes some second page revisions of Contributions to North American Ethnology VI, "Cegiha Texts," for which Dorsey recorded Quapaw translations. Manuscript is marked by Dorsey "Not yet in shape for publication...not copied onto dictionary slips Jan. 11, 1892."
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Quapaw texts
Quapaw texts
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Notes from maps showing locations of historic Quapaw villages
Notes from maps showing locations of historic Quapaw villages
One card is in the hand of James Mooney.
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Arranged in alphabetical order, with names of gens and sub-gens.
This series contains notes on Chiwere and Winnebago linguistics, social organization, and personal names; an Oto and Missouri census; and folklore texts from Philip Longtail, Betsy Dick, Reverand William Hamilton, and Reuben S. St. Cyr.
Tciwere [and Winnebago] Folk-lore, including Iowa Cults
Tciwere [and Winnebago] Folk-lore, including Iowa Cults
From the letters of the late Reverend William Hamilton.
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3) [292]
Negative Microfilm on file. On reel with Chiwere parts [1]-[14].
Dorsey number 91-C (part). Old number 1422 (part)
From the letters of the late Reverend William Hamilton.
typescript document
Origin of the Iowas, Otos, and Missouris
Origin of the Iowas, Otos, and Missouris
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [293]
Negative Microfilm on file. Chiwere parts [1]-[14] on 1 reel.
Old number 3804 (part)
typescript and autograph document
Iowa, Oto and Missouri gentes and phratries
Iowa, Oto and Missouri gentes and phratries
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [294]
Negative Microfilm on file (See [1])
Old number 407 (part)
typescript and autograph document
Oto and Missouri gentes
Oto and Missouri gentes
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [295]
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Old number 2848-d (part)
typescript document
Extracts from manuscripts by William Hamilton concerning the Iowa and Oto
Extracts from Manuscripts by William Hamilton concerning the Iowa and Oto
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [296]
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Dorsey number 91-C (part). Old number 1371
manuscript document
Extracts from a series of letters
Extracts from a series of letters
Letters concern the Iowas and other Siouans published ca. 1848 by William Hamilton. The letters were originally published in a church newspaper. Manuscript includes marginal notes by Dorsey.
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [297]
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Old number 1421 (part)
manuscript document
Oto and Missouri census
Oto and Missouri census
Digital surrogates are available.
Lists Chiwere and English names of individuals, and gives family relationships.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [298]
Lists Chiwere and English names of individuals, and gives family relationships.
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Old number 2848-d (part)
autograph document
Oto and Missouri census
Oto and Missouri census
Digital surrogates are available.
Typescript of folder 298, with variations.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [299]
Typescript of 3.3.1 [298], with variations.
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Old number 2848-d (part) and 3172 (part)
typescript and autograph document
Notes on Iowa and Missouri social organization and marriage laws.
Notes on Iowa and Missouri social organization and marriage laws
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [300]
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Old number 3172 (part)
typescript and autograph document
A comparative name list of the Iowas, Otos and Missouris
Notes on Iowa and Missouri social organization and marriage laws
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [301]
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Old number 3172 (part)
typescript and autograph document
Chiwere verbal roots
Chiwere Verbal Roots
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [302]
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Dorsey number 91-C (part). Old number 3172 (part)
typescript and autograph document
Iowa, Oto and Missouri personal names
Iowa, Oto and Missouri Personal Names
Includes notes from Michel St Cyr.
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [303]
Includes notes from Michel St Cyr. March 26, 1888. Autograph document. 2 pages.
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Old number 3171 (complete)
typescript and autograph document
Chiwere texts
Chiwere texts
Contents: Day and his sons (Oto); copy of letter from a group of Indians (including Joseph LaFlesche) to Col. Meacham, May 8, 1879; The Orphan (Oto); Ishcinke and Heke; Mishcine wekan etawe; Utwaqe and Mishcine (Oto); The Rabbit and the Grasshoppers (Oto); The Snake and the Ring (Oto); How the Rabbit killed the Bears (Oto); an Iowa fable told by Charles Morgan's father to Mrs LaFlesche; an Oto story, told to Mrs Mary LaFlesche in her youth.
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [304]
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Old number 1411 (part)
typescript and autograph document
Day and his sons
The Orphan
Ishcinke and Heke
Mishcine wekan etawe
Utwaqe and Mishcine
The Rabbit and the Grasshoppers
The Snake and the Ring
How the Rabbit killed the Bears
Chiwere texts: myths and letters
Chiwere texts: myths and letters
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [305]
Negative Microfilm on file. Chiwere parts [1]-[14] all on 1 reel. No film of part 13 located October 1971.
Old number 1372-a (complete)
typescript and autograph document
Notes on verbs of saying in Chiwere
Notes on verbs of saying in Chiwere
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [306]
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Old number 1372-c (part)
typescript and autograph document
Chiwere-English vocabulary
Most slips give Dhegiha equivalents, some also give Winnebago and Dakota. Contents somewhat disarranged.
Digital surrogates are available.
Lists of Iowa personal names furnished by William Hamilton and Agent M. B. Kent
Lists of Iowa personal names furnished by William Hamilton and Agent M. B. Kent
Digital surrogates are available.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1.1) [308]
Negative Microfilm on file
Old number 2848-d (part)
typescript and autograph document
Iowa linguistics
Iowa linguistics
Consists of "Iowa Grammar," conjugations of Iowa verbs, and miscellaneous notes.
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NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1.1) [309]
Consists of "Iowa Grammar," pages 73-88 and 2 unnumbered pages. Conjugations of Iowa verbs, 26 pages. Miscellaneous notes, 6 pages.
Negative Microfilm on file.
Dorsey number 91-C (part). Old number 3172 (part)
typescript and autograph document
German-English-Oto vocabulary
German-English-Oto vocabulary
From Maximillian zu Wied, German edition, Volume II, page 612.
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NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1.2) [310]
From Maximillian zu Wied, German edition, Volume II, page 612.
Negative Microfilm on file
Dorsey number 91-C (part 6) Old number 1371 (part)
typescript document
German-Oto vocabulary
German-Oto vocabulary
From Maximillian zu Wied, German edition, Volume II, page 612.
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NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1.2) [311]
Dorsey number 291-C (part 5). Old number 1371 (part)
manuscript document
The Rabbit and the Grasshoppers: An Otoe myth
The Rabbit and the Grasshoppers: An Otoe Myth
Text with interlinear and free English translations and notes.
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1.2) [312]
Text with interlinear and free English translations and notes.
Negative Microfilm on file
Old number 3172 (part)
typescript document
Oto myths from Betsy Dick
Oto myths from Betsy Dick
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NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1.2) [313]
Negative Microfilm on file
Dorsey number 91-C (part 3). Old number 1371 (part)
autograph document
Winnebago vocabulary
Winnebago vocabulary
In schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1877, partially filled.
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Winnebago grammatical notes
Winnebago grammatical notes
Some of this material relates directly to the Longtail Winnebago texts.
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Winnebago notes: linguistic, sociologic, ethnologic
Winnebago notes: linguistic, sociologic, ethnologic
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Winnebago personal names
Winnebago personal names
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Winnebago personal names
Winnebago personal names
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Winnebago gentes, including personal names belonging to each gens
Winnebago gentes, including personal names belonging to each gens
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Winnebago vocabularies written by Philip Longtail [?], sketches, and notes
Winnebago vocabularies written by Philip Longtail [?], sketches, and notes
Vocabularies numbered according to schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Sketches show construction of Winnebago dwelling. Manuscript notes in unidentified handwriting, possibly Paul Radin's.
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Winnebago-English vocabulary
Winnebago-English vocabulary
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Includes "Winnebago Verbal Notes."
Winnebago texts dictated by Philip Longtail
Winnebago texts dictated by Philip Longtail
Contents: 1. Story of Watequka and his Brothers. Text, interlinear translation, notes, free translation. 15 pages. 2. The Captive Boys. Text, interlinear translation, notes, free translation. 11 pages. 3 The Man who went to the Upper and Lower Worlds. Text, interlinear translation, notes, free translation. 11 pages. 4. The Fatal House. Text, interlinear translation. 3 pages. 5. The Two Brothers, Waloka and Little Ghost. Text, interlinear translation. 19 pages. 6. Iron Staff and his Companions. Text, interlinear translation. 13 pages. 7. The Rich Man, Boy and Horse. Text, interlinear translation. 23 pages. 8. The Man with Two Heads. Text, interlinear translation. 8 pages.
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NAA MS.4800: (3.3.2) [322]
Contents: 1. Story of Watequka and his Brothers. Text, interlinear translation, notes, free translation. 15 pages. 2. The Captive Boys. Text, interlinear translation, notes, free translation. 11 pages. 3 The Man who went to the Upper and Lower Worlds. Text, interlinear translation, notes, free translation. 11 pages. 4. The Fatal House. Text, interlinear translation. 3 pages. 5. The Two Brothers, Waloka and Little Ghost. Text, interlinear translation. 19 pages. 6. Iron Staff and his Companions. Text, interlinear translation. 13 pages. 7. The Rich Man, Boy and Horse. Text, interlinear translation. 23 pages. 8. The Man with Two Heads. Text, interlinear translation. 8 pages.
The original Manuscript is not in Smithsonian Office of Anthropology Archives. [Perhaps Radin took it ?], although the material material from which this copy was made is here.
Old number 1438 (complete)
letter press copy of typescript and autograph document
Story of Watequka and his Brothers
The Captive Boys
The Man Who Went to the Upper and Lower Worlds
The Fatal House
The Two Brothers, Waloka and Little Ghost
Iron Staff and his Companions
The Rich Man, Boy and Horse
The Man with Two Heads
Winnebago texts
Winnebago texts
Texts written by Philip Longtail, with phonetic transcriptions and interlinear translations and notes by Dorsey. Contents: 1. Story of Watequka and his brothers. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 13 pages. Notes 27 pages. 2. The Captive Boys. Text written by Longtail, 26 pages. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 12 pages. Notes 14 pages. 3. The Man who went to the Upper and Lower Worlds. Text by Longtail, 25 pages. Phonetic transcript and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 11 pages. Notes, 12 pages. 4. The Fatal House, Text by Longtail, 9 pages. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 4 pages. Notes, 6 pages. 5. The Two Brothers. Text by Longtail, 39 pages. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 21 pages. Notes, 30 pages. 6. Iron Staff and his Companions. Text by Longtail, 34 pages. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 27 pages. Notes, 14 pages. 7. The Rich Man, Boy, and Horse. Text by Longtail, 44 pages. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 46 pages. Notes, 13 pages. Miscellaneous notes found attached, 20 pages. 8. The Man with Two Heads. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey. 19 pages.
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NAA MS.4800: (3.3.2) [323]
Texts written by Philip Longtail, with phonetic transcriptions and interlinear translations and notes by Dorsey.
Contents: 1. Story of Watequka and his brothers. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 13 pages. Notes 27 pages. 2. The Captive Boys. Text written by Longtail, 26 pages. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 12 pages. Notes 14 pages. 3. The Man who went to the Upper and Lower Worlds. Text by Longtail, 25 pages. Phonetic transcript and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 11 pages. Notes, 12 pages. 4. The Fatal House, Text by Longtail, 9 pages. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 4 pages. Notes, 6 pages. 5. The Two Brothers. Text by Longtail, 39 pages. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 21 pages. Notes, 30 pages. 6. Iron Staff and his Companions. Text by Longtail, 34 pages. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 27 pages. Notes, 14 pages. 7. The Rich Man, Boy, and Horse. Text by Longtail, 44 pages. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey, 46 pages. Notes, 13 pages. Miscellaneous notes found attached, 20 pages. 8. The Man with Two Heads. Phonetic transcription and interlinear translation by Dorsey. 19 pages.
Old numbers 402, 1237, 1238, 1417, 1438.
manuscript document
Watequka and his brothers
The Captive Boys
The Man who went to the Upper and Lower Worlds
The Fatal House
The Two Brothers
Iron Staff and his Companions
The Rich Man, Boy, and Horse
The Man with Two Heads
The beginning of the story of Watequka, as told in Winnebago 1886 by Reuben S. St. Cyr
The beginning of the story of Watequka, as told in Winnebago 1886 by Reuben S. St. Cyr
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Miscellaneous Winnebago notes, from Philip Longtail
Miscellaneous Winnebago notes, from Philip Longtail
Mostly linguistic.
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Letter from James Alexander, Winnebago, Neb., Sept. 6, 1889.
Letter from James Alexander, Winnebago, Neb., Sept. 6, 1889.
Typescript questions from Dorsey, with replies. Concerns Winnebago personal notes and social divisions, but Alexander reports that the Winnebago "refuse to give Information so I have to give up."
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A Winnebago letter, from Wakanta khro inge and Wakanjawinga to Haksihaka
A Winnebago letter, from Wakanta khro inge and Wakanjawinga to Haksihaka
"This letter was dictated by a man who speaks Omaha and Iowa, as well as Winnebago." Presumably collected by Dorsey in 1879-1880 among the Omahas.
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Winnebago-English vocabulary
Winnebago-English vocabulary
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NAA MS.4800: (3.3.2) [328]
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Old number 2452 (complete). N.B. L-Z section was found misfiled and numbered 3254-by MCB 1/67.
typescript and autograph document
English-Winnebago vocabulary
English-Winnebago vocabulary
Winnebago personal names
Winnebago personal names
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Mandan and Hidatsa syllabary and vocabulary extracted from secondary sources.
Mandan and Hidatsa syllabary
Mandan and Hidatsa syllabary
From the Washington Matthews, "Ethnography and Philology of the Hidatsa Indians," 1877.
Mandan vocabulary from Maximillian of Wied, James Kipp, F. V. Hayden and W. J. Hoffman
Mandan vocabulary from Maximillian of Wied, James Kipp, F. V. Hayden and W. J. Hoffman
Includes some Hidatsa and Crow entries, also some other Siouan comparisons. Two versions, each containing material not in the other.
In 1892, Dorsey traveled to Lecompte, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to work with the Biloxi and review and correct the linguistic information that Albert Gatschet had gathered during a previous trip in 1886. Dorsey and Gatschet's notes are in this subseries, as well as Dorsey's research on Tutelo, which includes vocabulary collected by J.N.B. Hewitt. Some of the materials were published posthumously in "A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages," Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 47.
Biloxi and Tutelo comparisons
Biloxi and Tutelo comparisons
Correspondence relating to the Tutelo language
Correspondence relating to the Tutelo language
Contents: Horatio Hale to J. W. Powell. Clinton, Ontario, Canada. April 16, 1877. Autograph letter signed. 4 pages. Same. April 18, 1877. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Includes brief comparative Dakota-Tutelo vocabulary. Extracts from the previous two letters. No date. Manuscript document. 5 pages. "Remarks on the Tutelo language," by Hale. Clinton, Ontario, Canada. June 23, 1878. Manuscript document signed. 6 pages. Tutelo vocabulary. Autograph document. 7 pages. Hale to Powell. Clinton, Ontario, Canada. December 8, 1879. Autograph letter signed. 4 pages. Tutelo vocabulary. Autograph document signed. December, 1879. 18 pages. Hale to Dorsey. Clinton, Ontario, Canada. March 22, 1880. Autograph letter signed. 4 pages. Same. July 3, 1880. Autograph letter signed.
Tutelo vocabulary sent by Hewitt to Dorsey and notes by Dorsey on the Tutelo language.
Tutelo-English vocabulary
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Also includes English-Tutelo vocabulary. July, 1892. Typescript and autograph document signed. Approximately 200 cards. Includes Siouan comparisons. Many words are attributed to Horatio Hale and J. N. B. Hewitt.
Tutelo-English vocabulary
Tutelo-English vocabulary
Tutelo-English vocabulary
NAA MS.4800: (3.6.1.1) [336]
Also includes English-Tutelo vocabulary. July, 1892. Typescript and autograph document signed. Approximately 200 cards. Includes Siouan comparisons. Many words are attributed to Horatio Hale and J. N. B. Hewitt.
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September 28, 1891 date given on original card; source ? Not found on original document by MCB and M R Haas. 6/1971
Old number 2511 (complete)
typescript and autograph document
Printed in Dorsey and John R. Swanton, "A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages," Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 47.
Biloxi texts
Biloxi texts
Printed in Dorsey and John R. Swanton, "A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo languages" BAE Bulletin 47.
Alphabet used for recording Biloxi
Alphabet used for recording Biloxi
Siouan Phonetic Types: Biloxi equivalents
Siouan Phonetic Types: Biloxi equivalents
Biloxi linguistic notes
Biloxi linguistic notes
In envelope marked in Dorsey's handwriting "Biloxi notes not yet copied on slips."
Biloxi verbs
Biloxi verbs
Biloxi and Hidatsa comparisons
Biloxi and Hidatsa comparisons
Biloxi transitons
Biloxi transitons
Biloxi kinship groups
Biloxi kinship groups
Sketch of the Biloxi tribe
Sketch of the Biloxi tribe
Gatschet's Biloxi vocabulary compared with Siouan dialects
Gatschet's Biloxi vocabulary compared with Siouan dialects
Biloxi [Ta-neks han-ya] vocabulary and notes
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In Schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880, with several slips and pages inserted, including one sheet "Biloxi informants in 1886" which is in the handwriting of Albert S. Gatschet. Verso of first page lists "Biloxis in Rapides Parish, La.," total of 16 names.
Biloxi onomatology
Biloxi onomatology
Biloxi myths
Biloxi myths
Abstracts, probably intended for publication.
Biloxi linguistic notes and texts
Biloxi linguistic notes and texts
Labelled by Dorsey "Biloxi notes which have been copied on slips for the Biloxi-English Dictionary."
Unarranged.
Biloxi verbal endings in 'ai-a'
Biloxi verbal endings in 'ai-a'
Biloxi grammatical notes
Biloxi grammatical notes
Includes Swanton's introduction to "A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages," Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 47. Typescript and Autograph document.
Includes material collected by Albert S. Gatschet.
Also includes English index to Biloxi dictionary. Typescript and autograph document. "These . . . comprise the printer's copy for the Biloxi-Eng. (1 & 2) and Eng-Bil (box 3) part of Bull. 47 by Dorsey and Swanton. The slips were typed by Swanton and some times have pencilled additions in Swanton's hand. In at least some cases the changes in orthography introduced by Swanton are indicated here. Swanton's dictionaries (others as well) were printed directly from cards such as these. I have not had time to look at Dorsey's file of slips, but it may be what Swanton copied these cards from." M. R. Haas 6-17-71.
Published in Dorsey and John Swanton, A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo languages, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 47.
Notes on Catawba words and phrases and comparisons to other Siouan languages.
From Robert Mills, Statistics of South Carolina, 1826, page 111. Also "The Catawba Language," by Chamberlain.
Contents: Catawba-Siouan comparative vocabulary; summary sheets: "Catawba and Siouan. I. Words identical in meaning," "Catawba words unlike Siouan," untitled (probably draft for first above).
Dorsey conducted research at Siletz Reservation in Oregon from August to November in 1884. This series contains his field notes from his work with various tribes at the reservation as well as his later analysis of his notes. He collected notes on Applegate Creek, Galice, Chasta Costa, Upper Coquille, Chetco (Tolowa), Mikonotunne (Mackanotin), Tutu, Joshua, Euchre Creek, Sixes, Naltunnetunne, Smith River, Upper Umpqua, Yaquina, Alsea, Siuslaw, Lower Umpqua, Takelma, Sasti (Shasta), and Klikitat. The series consists primarily of vocabulary and notes on grammar, as well as myths, sketch maps, notes on social structure, a list of villages, and a manuscript. There are also letters regarding botanical specimens and plant names that he collected at the reservation.
With language names checked off in columns.
Notes relating to Dorsey's "The Gentile System of Siletz Tribes"
Notes to article published in Journal of American Folklore, Vol 3, No 10, 1890, pages 227-237. Includes: parts of text of published article; lists of villages and gentes in vicinity of Siletz Agency (some appear to tally with published lists and some do not); miscellaneous notes; sketch maps and diagrams as follows: "Diagram of the principal streams in the priscan habitats of the Siletz Tribes" (published); sketch of Takelma localities (?) (1 page on cardboard); "Map, showing Athapascan villages in Oregon and California, according to a Naltunnetunne, Alex Ross, Siletz Agency, Oregon, October, 1884" (localities numbered in black ink and these numbers canceled and corrected in red; keyed to unidentified numbered list); "Map drawn according to directions of E'-ne-a'-ti, a Tututunne, by J. Owen Dorsey, Siletz Agency, Oregon, Sept. 1884" (localities numbered; 4-p. key apparently goes with this); sketch of Rogue River and tributaries; sketch of Curry, Josephine, and Jackson Cos., showing streams; sketch of southern Oregon and northern California. (Localities numbered; numbers all cancelled; keyed to unidentified list.)
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NAA MS.4800: (3.8) [362]
Old number 3905 (part)
autograph document
Letters regarding botanical specimens and plant names acquired on the Siletz Reservation
Letter to J.W. Powell, May 30, 1884, encloses lists of botanical and plant names gained on the Siletz Reservation. Also includes letter to Powell from Lester F. Ward, U.S.G.S. May 2, 1885, enclosing list of Latin names for the plants, as far as could be determined by Frank H. Knowlton, USNM.
A visit to the Siletz Agency
Comparative notes and notes on the relationships between dialects and languages spoken on Siletz Reservation, Oregon
Includes one page of "Conclusions" regarding the relationships of Mulluk, Coos Bay, Yaquina, Siuslaw, Alsea, and Upper and Lower Umpqua.
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Includes one page of "Conclusions" regarding the relationships of Mulluk, Coos Bay, Yaquina, Siuslaw, Alsea, and Upper and Lower Umpqua.
Notes on verbs in Tututni (Oregon Athapascan)
Notes on verbs in Tututni (Oregon Athapascan)
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Remarks on 'Applegate Creek Indians' [Dakubetede] and 'Nabiltse'
George Gibbs letter referenced by Dorsey is part of MS 154.
Concerns tribal relations and the identification of a vocabulary by "Hazen" said to be Applegate, but which Dorsey maintains are from an unidentified Athapascan tribe.
Dakube tede vocabulary from the Athapascans formerly living on Applegate Creek, Oregon
Consists of 9 pages original notes; 10 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Information collected from "Rogue River John, a Dakube on his mother's side."
Galice Creek vocabulary and grammatical notes, formerly spoken by the Athapascans in Josephine County, Oregon
Galice Creek vocabulary and grammatical notes, formerly spoken by the Athapascans in Josephine County, Oregon
Consists of 25 pages original notes; 28 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Information collected from Yacltun or Galice Creek Jim and Peter Muggins.
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Chasta Costa (Cistakawusta) vocabulary from the Athapascans formerly living on Rogue River, Oregon
Consists of 8 pages original notes; 18 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Information collected from Government George, Tatelatun or John, and Jake Orton.
Upper Coquille (Miciqwutme tunne) vocabulary and grammatical notes
Consists of 60 pages original notes; 52 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Information from Coquille Thompson, Solomon.
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Chetco (Tceti tunne) vocabulary and grammatical notes, formerly spoken by the Athapascans living on the Chetco River, Oregon
Chetco (Tceti tunne) vocabulary and grammatical notes, formerly spoken by the Athapascans living on the Chetco River, Oregon
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Consists of 41 pages original notes; 46 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Information from Baldwin Fairchild.
Mikwunu tunne vocabulary and grammatical notes, spoken by the Tututni Athapascans formerly living on Lower Rogue River, Oregon
Consists of 23 pages original notes; 21 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880.
Tutu tunne or Tutu and Joshua vocabulary, as spoken in several Athapascan villages, with grammatical and miscellaneous notes
Consists of approximately 100 pages original notes; 275 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880, with many pages interleaved, and 6 kinship charts.
Tceme tunni or Joshua vocabulary and grammatical notes
In schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Information from Henry Clay, and Alex. Catfish.
Tutu vocabulary and grammatical notes
In schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Also includes three kinship charts.
Tutu vocabulary: original notes and vocabulary on slips
Original notes copied into schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880.
Adjective correlatives (or correlative adjective pronouns) in the Tutu dialect of Oregon
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Partial paradigms of over 167 Tutu verbs
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Tutu verb
Yukitce vocabulary and grammatical notes, formerly spoken by the Athapascans living on Euchre Creek, Oregon.
Yukitce vocabulary and grammatical notes, formerly spoken by the Athapascans living on Euchre Creek, Oregon.
Consists of 20 pages original notes; 11 pages typed copy. Entries numbered to correspond to schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Information from James Warner, Sr.
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Kwatami vocabulary and grammatical notes, spoken by the Athapascans formerly living on Sixes Creek, Oregon
Kwatami vocabulary and grammatical notes, spoken by the Athapascans formerly living on Sixes Creek, Oregon
Consists of 22 pages original notes; 27 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880.
Naltunnetunne vocabulary and grammatical notes, as spoken by the Athapascans formerly living on Naltunne River, Oregon
Naltunnetunne vocabulary and grammatical notes, as spoken by the Athapascans formerly living on Naltunne River, Oregon
Consists of 100 pages original notes; 77 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880.
Qaunwate vocabulary from the Athapascans formerly living on Smith River, California
Qaunwate vocabulary from the Athapascans formerly living on Smith River, California
Consists of 4 pages original notes; 11 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Information from "Smith River John."
Remarks on Kallawotsett and Siusclau or Sa-yu-skla
Remarks on Kallawotsett and Siusclau or Sa-yu-skla
Alsea and Yaquina vocabulary and grammatical notes, spoken by the Alsea (Alsi) tribe formerly living on Alsea River, Oregon.
Alsea and Yaquina vocabulary and grammatical notes, spoken by the Alsea (Alsi) tribe formerly living on Alsea River, Oregon.
In two copies of schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880; one with 14 loose sheets seems to be the original, which was copied into the other, with additional material added, but some material not copied. Alsea information from William Jackson, Grant, Ben, and William Smith. Yaquina information from Yaquina John.
Alsea and Yaquina vocabulary and linguistic notes
Alsea and Yaquina vocabulary and linguistic notes
Yaquina (Yakwina) vocabulary, spoken by the Yakonan-speaking Indians formerly living on Yaquina River, Oregon
Consists of 15 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880; 4 pages sketch map and key of Yaquina villages and gentes.
Siuslaw vocabulary, with sketch map showing villages, and incomplete key giving village names
Siuslaw vocabulary, with sketch map showing villages, and incomplete key giving village names
Includes 1 page of Umpqua and Siuslaw comparisons.
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Lower Umpqua vocabulary and grammatical notes, spoken by the Yakonan-speaking Indians formerly living on Umpqua Bay, Oregon
Lower Umpqua vocabulary and grammatical notes, spoken by the Yakonan-speaking Indians formerly living on Umpqua Bay, Oregon
Approximately 65 pages original notes; approximately 80 pages and 1 kinship chart in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Includes 1 page (page 248) in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages listing 7 words and 2 phrases in Upper Umpqua (Umpqua Valley), an Athapascan dialect. Information from Spencer Scott and Mrs William Smith (mother of Spencer Scott).
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Mulluk or Lower Coquille vocabulary and grammatical notes as spoken by the Indians living on the north side of the Coquille River, Oregon
Mulluk or Lower Coquille vocabulary and grammatical notes as spoken by the Indians living on the north side of the Coquille River, Oregon
Consists of 16 pages original notes; 22 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880.
Takelma vocabulary and grammatical notes, spoken by the Takilman-speaking Indians formerly living in the Illinois valley and on Rogue River, Oregon
Takelma vocabulary and grammatical notes, spoken by the Takilman-speaking Indians formerly living in the Illinois valley and on Rogue River, Oregon
Consists of 24 pages original notes; 41 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Information from Evans Bill (Munkiyeau), High, Rogue River John, and John Punzie.
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Shasta (Sasti) vocabulary
Shasta (Sasti) vocabulary
Consists of 13 pages original notes; 11 pages in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Information from Klamath Smith, Klamath John or Niterinni, and John Adams.
Klikitat vocabulary
Klikitat vocabulary
Consists of 9 pages original notes; 8 pages typed in order of schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880, presumably by J. N. B. Hewitt. Manuscript additions in Hewitt's handwriting. Approximately 200 terms.
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According to the Third annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Dorsey "collected vocabularies of the Pani, Arikara, Kaddo, Kichai, and Wichita languages, to be used by the Director for comparison purposes." This series contain those notes as well as vocabulary from other Caddoan languages, notes on social structure, the names of Caddoan language tribes, and a letter from Henry Henshaw. The vocabulary that Dorsey collected was likely used in his work on Indian synonomy.
Comparative Caddoan vocabularies arranged by English equivalents
Comparative Caddoan vocabularies arranged by English equivalents
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Letter encloses 37 slips, comparisons of 35 Adai (Adahi) terms with terms in 6 other Caddoan languages.
Comparative Kaddo, Kitcai, Witcita, Pani, and Arikara vocabulary, assembled from various sources, with English equivalents
Comparative Kaddo, Kitcai, Witcita, Pani, and Arikara vocabulary, assembled from various sources, with English equivalents
Consists of 297 entries arranged alphabetically by English equivalent.
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Note on name of tribes in the Caddoan linguistic family
Note on name of tribes in the Caddoan linguistic family
Discussion of the identities of various Caddoan bands mentioned in historical records
Pawneean family
Pawneean family
Gives lists of tribes.
Witcita tribes
Witcita tribes
Information from Na-a-ctu-wi, Shot in the Foot.
Kaddo gentes
Kaddo gentes
Tco-ha ne-can, Curly Head.
General correspondence
General correspondence
General correspondence
General correspondence
General correspondence
General correspondence
General correspondence
Correspondence arranged alphabetically by name of sender or recipient.
This series consists of Dorsey's correspondence with colleagues, including members of the BAE and Native Americans with whom he worked. Includes correspondence with Franz Boas, George Bushotter, Horatio Hale, Henry Henshaw, Albert Gatschet, J.N.B. Hewitt, Francis La Flesche, Garrick Mallery, Otis Mason, John W. Powell, Charles Rau, Stephen Riggs, and Standing Buffalo. At the end of the series are copies of letters Dorsey sent, including activity reports submitted to the BAE.
NAA MS.4800: Boxes 65-66
Letters received and letters sent, all interfiled and arranged alphabetically by name of sender or recipient.
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Rosewood Agency, D. T.
Originals in possession of Ray DeMallie.
Not autograph.
Consists of newspaper clippings, obituaries for Dorsey, and letters of condolence to Dorsey's widow. The clippings pertain to Dorsey, including articles about him after his death; Native American issues; and religion.
NAA MS.4800: Boxes 71-75
Includes material related to Dorsey's and his mother's missionary work among the Ponca, newspaper clippings, Dorsey obituaries, and letters of condolance.
Includes articles about the Ponca and mentions of Dorsey.
NAA MS.4800: Box 64
Relates to missionary work among the Ponca. Includes annotations and brief entries by Dorsey.
This series consists of reprints collected by Dorsey and an assortment of materials that do not fit neatly in the other series. These include manuscripts by Dorsey, Albert Gatschet, J.N.B. Hewitt, and John Wesley Powell on Native American languages; manuscripts by Dorsey and James Mooney on folklore; general linguistic notes; and non-Native American linguistic materials. Among the manuscripts is a paper by Dorsey that he intended to be a supplement to Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. This series also contains lists of Dorsey's manuscripts and publications.
Includes copy in George Gibbs' handwriting of C. R. Lepsius phonetic alphabet.
Intended as a supplement to schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. Contains 849 numbered queries.
Includes letter of transmittal to Dorsey. Also notes by Dorsey on the Hewitt paper. Dorsey's notes are apparently incomplete.
Oregon Athapascan, Lower Umpqua, and Siouan, by Dorsey; Iroquois by J. N. B. Hewitt (with notes in Hewitt's handwriting); Creek by Albert S. Gatschet. Page numbered 3 and 4; apparently a fragment of a longer manuscript.
Apparently summary of remarks made by J. W. Powell, with some queries and Siouan examples by Dorsey.
Includes ticket of admission and poster announcing lecture. Also notes for lecture headed "Forestville" and two drafts.
See MS 1312 for original.
Comparison of four of Grimm's tales with three Omaha myths. The Grimm's stories are in the hand of James Mooney.