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National Anthropological Archives
MS 229 Hotcangara [Winnebago] Syllabary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS229
- Creators:
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Meeker, Louis L.Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
- Dates:
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October 29, 1895
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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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
| 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 | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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