National Anthropological Archives

MS 104-b Navajo vocabulary

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS104B
Creators:
Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883
Dates:
1849
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
2 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Copy in the handwriting of George Gibbs from Simpson's vocabulary published in 1852 (see Gibbs Manuscript Number 104-a for citation). This copy is not an exact duplicate of the published vocabulary; it lacks a few terms.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm with the manuscript. 3/1971.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 104-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 104-b

Local Note

Local Note
Simpson's informant was Tus-ca ho-gont-le, a "friendly Navajo chief...Mexican name, Sandoval."
Local Note
manuscript document


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Diné (Navajo) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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