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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1813 Caddo Notes
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1813
- Creators:
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958Leonard, JosephyDunlap, RichardDunlap, HarrisonWhite BeadReynolds, BobCaddo Jake
- Dates:
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1912
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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9 Pages1 Itemslip
- 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
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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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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