Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS296
- Creators:
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Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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- Repository:
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Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contains: (1) Santa Clara (Costanoan) as given by Felix Buelna, at Mission of San Antonio, California September 27, 1884; (2) Obispeno Chumash, recorded near San Luis Obispo, California, October 19-28, 1884; (3) Santa Rosa Island Chumash, recorded from Pa-hi-la-tcet' at Los Alamos, California, October 30-November 7, 1884. Approximately 105 pages in pencil, in Powell's schedule of Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. (Approximately 247, 313, 410 terms respectively.)
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Note on the Santa Clara informant, Felix Buelna, page 228. The Reverend A.D. Spearman, S.J., University of Santa Clara, California, in postal card of October 4, 1960 adds: "Felix Buelna was an altar boy at M. Sta. Clara c. 1804 and later taught in the Mission school of the Franciscans prior to the coming of the Jesuits. I haven't the year yet." See also Number 868, apparently a neat copy of the Obispeno Chumash. Note on Santa Rosa informant, Pa-hi-la-tcet', page 222. See also Number 866, apparently a neat copy of the Santa Rosa Chumash.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfiim reel 1; title page not on film.
Custodial History
Previously titled "Comparative Vocabulary."
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 296, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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