National Anthropological Archives

MS 1043 Observations on the Indians of the Colorado River, California, by George Gibbs; Accompanying vocabularies of the Yuma and Mohave tribes

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1043
Creators:
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Milhau, John J.
Oatman, Olive Ann
Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871
Dates:
1856
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
22 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Includes Gibbs' draft of the same, 3 pages. "Map of the Indian Tribes in the neighborhood of Fort Yuma, Cal.," document 1 page. "Notes on the Indians of the Colorado," by Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry, Third Artillery. Fort Yuma, Calif. March 23, 1856. Autograph document signed. 10 pages including note of transmittal on page 8. (21 pages, total)
Scope and Contents
Gibbs states that his paper is based on data received from Milhau and Mowry; the latter in turn obtained data from Olive Oatman, Apache captive, 1851-55.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Preferred Citation
Manuscript 1043, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1043

Local Note

Local Note
manuscript document

Other Title

Other Title
Notes on the Indians of the Colorado


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Maps Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Quechan (Yuma/Cuchan) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mojave (Mohave) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yuma Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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