National Anthropological Archives

MS 2416 Letter from Col. Force addressed to Dr. Thomas

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2416
Creators:
Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson), 1824-1899
Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910
Dates:
1892 October
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
9 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Concerns the Shawnee as mound builders, and the identification of box stone graves with that tribe; mounds in Georgia, near Carthage; earthworks near Savannah on the Tennessee River; route of De Soto through Georgia; Shawnees not identified with Eries; charcoal pit constructed by De Soto(?).

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2416, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2416


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Archeology -- Mounds Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mortuary customs -- Shawnee Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Georgia -- Carthage -- Archeology Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tennessee -- Hardin County -- Savannah -- Archeology 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
Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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