National Anthropological Archives

MS 229 Hotcangara [Winnebago] Syllabary

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.MS229
Creators:
Meeker, Louis L.
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
Dates:
October 29, 1895
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
10 Pages
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Also Meeker to Bureau of American Ethnology, Winnebago, Nebraska transmitting this syllabary October 29, 1895. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Presents the native Winnebago syllabary with corresponding transcriptions in a phonetic system improvised by Meeker, and in the Bureau of American Ethnology system. Meeker attempts to establish a root meaning for each syllable. The manuscript has marginal notes in the hand of J.N.B. Hewitt dated November 22, 1896.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 229, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 229
Local Note
Local Note
autograph document signed
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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