National Anthropological Archives

MS 125 Coquille vocabulary, map, and census

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS125
Creators:
Abbott, G.H.
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Dates:
August 31, 1858
Languages:
Undetermined
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Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
With map and census of Coquille and adjoining tribes (census dated August, 1861 in Gibbs' hand). 9 pages. Also Coquille vocabulary, 6 pages in Smithsonian printed outline and 6 page copy of same in hand of George Gibbs.

Administration

Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded by the National Science Foundation under BCS Grant No. 1561167 and the Recovering Voices initiative at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 125, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 125

Local Note

Local Note
"Altho apparently dated 1858, the census and map must refer to a period before the removal of these tribes to Siletz Resn. about 1857, and presumably before the Rogue River war of 1855. The treaties were made in 1854 and it may belong to that period. J.M." (James Mooney)

Place

Place
Siletz Agency Oregon Territory

General

General
Previously titled "Letter to George Gibbs"


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Censuses -- Coquille Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Maps Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coquille Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coos (Kusan) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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