National Anthropological Archives

MS 193 Vocabularies of Umpqua Valley (proper) Oregon

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS193
Creators:
Milhau, John J.
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Dates:
1856
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
18 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
MS 191-a: Note in hand of Milhau: "...this language was spoken by nearly all the Indians who formerly occupied the valley of the Umpqua east of the Coast Range and is very similar to that spoken on the Headwaters of the Coquille."
MS 191-b: Two copies by George Gibbs of John J. Milhau's Upper Umpqua vocabulary. Consists of 1 literal copy, 6 pages, and 1 transliterated copy, 6 pages.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm reel 33.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 193, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 193

Local Note

Local Note
Letter of November 14, 1856 (Manuscript Number 191-a) states: "I enclose you herewith vocabularies of the Indian languages spoken between Cape Arago and Cape Foulweather viz the Coose Bay [Manuscript Number 191-a] lower Umpque or Kallawatsett [Manuscript Number 958], and the Alseya [Manuscript Number 955-a], also the Umpqua proper [Manuscript Number 193-a].
Local Note
Note in hand of G. Gibbs: "The real Tinne-Umpqua."


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Umpqua -- Upper Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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