National Anthropological Archives

MS 2475 Vocabulary of the Cayuse (Lower Nez Perce)

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2475
Creators:
St. Onge, L. N. (Louis Napoléon), 1842-1901
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Identified as
French
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Lower Nez Perce
by Bruce J. Rigsby, University of Toronto, in letter of March 22, 1965, in which he states: "The confusion enters in that the Cayuse also spoke a Lower Nez Perce dialect that many people call Cayuse."
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Title page reads, "Vocabulary of the Cayuse collected by the Rev. L. N. St. Onge, missionary at the Walawala Reserve."
Contents: pages 1-39 in notebook, in hand of A. S. Gatschet. Also French - "Yakima" vocabulary, pages 39-40.

Administration

Custodial History
Previously titled "French - Lower Nez Perce (Cayuse) vocabulary"

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation
Manuscript 2475, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2475

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yakima Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sahaptin Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yakama (Yakima) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Plateau Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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