National Anthropological Archives

MS 1017 Old Pecos, a dialect of the Tewa or Taño family, New Mexico

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1017
Creators:
Stevenson, James, 1840-1888
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Consists of 8 words in dialect of Old Pecos. Includes copy, not in Stevenson's handwriting. 1 page. Also cover sheet, inscribed by A. S. Gatschet, 1 page.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Obtained September, 1887 from two old Pecos men, the only survivors of the tribe, then living at Jemez.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 1017, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1017

Local Note

Local Note
For sample of handwriting of James Stevenson, see letter Number 226, year 1883, Bureau of American Ethnology correspondence files.

General

General
Previously titled "Vocabulary."


Keywords

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