National Anthropological Archives

MS 1813 Caddo Notes

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1813
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Leonard, Josephy
Dunlap, Richard
Dunlap, Harrison
White Bead
Reynolds, Bob
Caddo Jake
Dates:
1912
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
9 Pages
1 Item
slip
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Contents: Notes on social organization, burial rites and games, pages 1-2; origin myth, page 3; vocabulary "Taken with the Main Purpose of Bringing out Words Peculiar to the Natchitoches Dialect," pages 4-6; notes on tribe names and personal names, pages 7-8; and a flood story ("Evidently . . . a French story"), page 9.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Annotated note reads: "Made during a short trip to the Caddo in April, 1912 for the purpose of finding out something about the Bidai and Eyeish (or Haish) tribes."

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 1813, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1813


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Social organization -- Caddo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mortuary -- Caddo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, tribal -- Caddo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, Personal -- Caddo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Folklore -- Caddo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Caddo Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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