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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2260 Extracts from documents in the Dominion Archives regarding Tecumseh and related correspondence
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2260
- Creators:
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Library and Archives CanadaTecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813Elliott, Matthew, approximately 1739-1814Gurd, Norman S., 1870-1943
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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6 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes speech by Tecumseh, November 1810 at Amherstburg; account by a Kickapoo Indian, January 1812, of the Battle of Tippecanoe; speech by Tecumseh, June 1812, at Machethie, on the Wabash; as recorded by Col. Matthew Elliott, Deputy Supt. of Indian Affairs at Amherstburg.
Administration
Custodial History
Forwarded 1910, by Norman S. Gurd, Sarnia, Ontario; see letters of April 18 and 23 filed with extracts. Gurd correspondence also includes a correction for Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30 (Handbook), page 942, "Moravians." Gurd correspondence and Bureau of American Ethnology replies, 7 pages.
Custodial History
Previously titled "Extracts regarding Tecumseh and Uprising."
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2260, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2260
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Kickapoo Indians | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
War -- Battle of Tippecanoe, account of | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Shawnee | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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