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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1818 "Second Series" of Koasati texts
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1818
- Creators:
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958Langley, JacksonLangley, Salin
- Dates:
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1912-1920
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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160 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
With interlinear English translation. Section VI includes "Sentences" and sections XII and XXIV of autograph document only include "Words that differ in Koasati and Alabama."
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Swanton worked with the Koasati in 1912-1920, according to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 34, page 13; AR 38, page 6; AR 41, page 7. The typescript was received in Bureau of American Ethnology Archives September 16, 1920 (according to old catalog card).
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Citation
Manuscript 1818, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 1818
Local Note
Local Note
Informants: Stories "I-XVI and XXXIII-XXXVI from Jackson Langley; the rest from his mother Salin Langley."
Local Note
The handwritten texts were formerly filed under Manuscript file Number 4145, and were added to this file in 1970.
Local Note
autograph document
Local Note
typescript document
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Coushatta (Koasati) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Southern states | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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