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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:
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Gibbs, George, 1815-1873Milhau, John J.Oatman, Olive AnnMowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871
- Dates:
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1856
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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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.
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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
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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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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