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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1506 French-Lower Nez Perce ("Cayuse") vocabulary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1506
- Creators:
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St. Onge, L. N. (Louis Napoléon), 1842-1901Brouillet, J. B. A. (Jean Baptiste Abraham), 1813-1884
- Dates:
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ca. 1871
- Languages:
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Identified as Franch-Lower Nez Perce vocabulary by Bruce J. Rigsby, University of Toronto, in letter of March 22, 1965, in which he states: "The confusion enters in that the Cayuse also spoke a Lower Nez Perce dialect that many people call Cayuse."
- Physical Description:
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659 Itemscards
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
First card reads: "Vocabulaire Cayuse. Tir'e d'un memorandum du Tres Rev. I. B. Brouillet, V[icar] G[eneral], et de notes prises en route, par L. N. St Onge, Missionaire des Yakamas. Partie Francais--Cayuse, Contenant 759 mots."
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 1506, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 1506
Local Note
Local Note
Typed by John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt in 1894.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Plateau | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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