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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1682 Reports of Western Union Telegraph Company explorations in western Canada, under Maj. Frank L. Pope
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1682
- Creators:
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Pope, Frank L. (Franklin Leonard), 1840-1895Butler, James L. CaptRothrock, Joseph T., 1839-1922Blenkinsop, George
- Dates:
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1865-1866
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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115 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Reports as follows: Number 2. Report of the Exploration from Quesnal to Lake Tatla, via Natla and Nakosla, by Major Frank L. Pope. 1865. Title page, map, and pages 1-36. (Pages 15-17: Indian tribes; pages 32-36: vocabulary of "Siccany" (Sekani) tribe, living n. w. of Lake Tatla.) Number 3. Report of the British Columbia and Stekine Exploring Expedition, by Major Frank L Pope. 1866. Title page and pages 1-42. (Pages 27-28: Indian tribes; pages 29-30, Trading with Indians.) Number 4. Report of the Lake Babine and Skeena River Exploration, by Captain James L. Butler. 1866. 19 pages. Number 5. Report of the Atnah & Northern Explorations, by CAptain J. Trimble Rothrock. 1866. 10 pages. Number 6. Report of Provisions Expended by the Stekine Exploring party; and proposed plan of an exploration from the Stekine to the Youkon, by George Blenkinsop. 1866. 8 pages, including map.
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Citation
Manuscript 1682, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 1682
Keywords
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Expeditions -- British Columbia and Stekine Exploring Expedition | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Maps | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Northern Athabascan | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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