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MS 1001 Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla comparative vocabulary in Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1001
Creators:
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930
Old Pus
Yah-tin Wi-shi-an-sha
Dates:
Fall 1888
Languages:
Multiple languages
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Physical Description:
65 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Informant for "Umatilla" given on title page as Old Pus; informant for the Cayuse is Yah-tin Wi-shi-an-sha. Second language identified as probably Walla Walla by Bruce J. Rigsby, University of Toronto, in letter of March 22, 1965, in which he states that this "is definitely not Umatilla, but is rather one of the Northeast Sahaptin dialects, most likely Walla Walla." In John Wesley Powell schedule that is part of Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages.

Administration

Custodial History
Previously titled "Cayuse - probably Walla Walla (not "Umatilla" as marked) comparative vocabulary"

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation
Manuscript 1001, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1001

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Walla Walla (Wallawalla) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cayuse Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Plateau Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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