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National Anthropological Archives
MS 186 Terms, phrases and sentences from Apache dialects gathered from various informants by Albert S. Gatschet
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS186
- Creators:
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Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
- Dates:
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1882, 1884 and 1885
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Volume14 pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Apache terms obtained from some Chiricahua Apaches, sent as delegates to the U. S. Government from the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, and present at the Fremont House, Washington, on February 12, 1884, pages 5-6; terms of the Tsigakina dialect, pages 7-8; Sentences in the Navajo dialect of Apache, obtained from Frank Hamilton Cushing, 1882, and Single terms in the Navajo dialect of Apache, obtained from the same, pages 9-12; Navajo terms obtained from the interpreter of a Navajo delegation present in Washington in 1885, Saturday, November 28, 1885, pages 14-16; and Some words of Jicarilla Apache, from Eski'e, present in Washington, D.C. January 5, 1884, with comparison from Buschmann's Collection, pages 18-19.
Informants for Apache data on pages 1-8 (according to account in Washington Evening Star noted by Gatschet, page 8): Antonio (San Carlos); Chiquito Hey (Tonto); As-Kadsdilges (Chiricahua); Sergeant Not (Knott?), scout for the army division under General Crook. The informant, Eski'e, called himself a Mescalero Apache. (page 19).
Scope and Contents
A note on page 8, referring to the foregoing vocabulary, reads, "Original in my folio manuscript XX, page 189. (This original not located as of 12/1969).
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 186, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 186
Place
Place
Washington D.C.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Navaho | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Apache | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Diné (Navajo) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Dilzhe'e (Tonto Apache) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Chiricahua Apache | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Mescalero Apache | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Jicarilla Apache | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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