National Anthropological Archives

MS 2197 Pamunkey notebook

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2197
Creators:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Cook, Lavinia
C., R., Mrs
Smith, John, 1580-1631
Strachey, Thomas
Dalrymple, William
Dates:
post 1893
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
38 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Includes occasional brief references to the Mattaponi and Chickahominy. Contents: Indian medicines by Lavinia Cook, 3 pages; names of Chiefs, from "Mrs R. C.," 1 page; the country and animals hunted, 1 page; tenure of lands, 1 page; population, 1 page; government, 1 page; "sustentation," 1 page; local names in King William Co., Virginia, 3 pages, note about Roxy (Roxanna) Indians near Norfolk, Virginia: "Meherrins?," 1 page; note on Cumberland town, English settlement on Pamunkey river, and "Cumberland Indians" visited by Gatschet, November 16, 1890, 3 pages; vocabulary notes from John Smith, Thomas Strachey, and the Reverend William Dalrymple, 3 pages; historical notes extracted in Virginia State Library, 2 pages; sketch map of King William County, Virginia, 1 page; sketch map of same area, after John Smith, 1608, 1 page.
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, as follows: "Tribe of Pamunkey," The Daily Times, Richmond, Virginia, October 26, 1890 and November 2, 1890, 6 pages; a notice of the Pamunkey Indians on a reservation near Richmond, Virginia having sent a delegation to the World's Fair to invite other Indians to come and settle on their reservation, Indian Journal of Muskogee, Eufaula, Indian Territory, August 3, 1893, 1 page; "Pamunkeys Want a Sea Trip," Times, Washington, D.C., July 6, 1899, 1 page; "Powhatan's Men Yet Live," Washington [D.C.] Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 25, 1894, 2 pages; "Pamunkey Indians and Their Little Reservation," Washington Chronicle, Washington, D.C., December 14, 1890, 2 pages. Reference added to file, 1956: The Historical Magazine, 1858, Volume 2, Number 6, page 182, containing Pamunkey vocabulary by Reverend Dalrymple (transcribed by Gatschet in his notebook). Photostat, 1 page.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2197, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2197

Local Note

Local Note
printed document

Other Title

Other Title
Tribe of Pamunkey
Other Title
Pamunkeys Want a Sea Trip
Other Title
Powhatan's Men Yet Live
Other Title
Pamunkey Indians and Their Little Reservation


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Medicine -- Pamunkey Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, Personal -- Pamunkey Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, place -- King William County, Virginia -- Pamunkey Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hunting -- Pamunkey Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Land tenure -- Pamunkey Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
population -- Pamunkey Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Government -- Pamunkey Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Maps Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Newsclippings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
King William County (Virginia) -- Place names Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cumberland Town (Virginia) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pamunkey Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mattaponi Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chickahominy Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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