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National Anthropological Archives
MS 13 Melicite (Malisit') vocabulary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS13
- Creators:
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Chamberlain, MontagueGatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907Paul, JamesPaul, MaryAdney, E. Tappan
- Dates:
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1880
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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112 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes letter of transmittal. St John, New Brunswick. December 13, 1880. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Recorded in Schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, 1877. Includes brief explanatory notes and ethnological remarks, also the text of "Story of the man the Bear gens take their name from," with English interlinear translations, pages 106-109.. Includes occasional comparative notes on Abnaki in the handwriting of A.S. Gatschet.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 13, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 13
Local Note
Local Note
With the Manuscript are filed some corrections concerning bird names received by the Bureau of American Ethnology from E. Tappan Adney, Typescript document. 1 page, and a reprint of Adney's article, "The Malecite Indian Names for Native Berries and Fruits, and their Meanings," Acadian Naturalist, volume 1, 1944, pages 103-110, with Manuscript corrections by Adney.
Local Note
autograph document
Other Title
Other Title
Story of the man the Bear Gens take their name from
Other Title
The Malecite Indian Names for Native Berries and Fruits, and their Meanings
Bibliography
Bibliography
Much of this vocabulary is printed in Montague Chamberlain, Maliseet Vocabulary, Cambridge, 1899 with some changes in orthography and occasional additions. No reference is made to this Manuscript in the published work. Informants are given in the published work as James Paul of Apohaqui and his daughter, Mary Paul.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Folklore -- Malecite | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bird names -- Malecite | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Maliseet-Passamaquoddy | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Maliseet (Malecite) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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