National Anthropological Archives

MS 3524 Biographical notes on Deganawida and Hiawatha by Seth Newhouse

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS3524
Creators:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
Newhouse, Seth
Dates:
1898, 1936-7
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
75 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Also three carbon copies. Number 3504- Text in Mohawk by Seth Newhouse. 12 pages. First sheet marked Chapter IV- "Seh-ha-wih Ska-naa-wah-tih, pages 58-ff. These were translated, revised and typed in 1936-7. Number 3491- "Newhouse translation of Mohawk Biography of Deganawida" (Original Number 1328), 1898- 3 pages (3 typed copies of revision in Number 3524) Newhouse 1937- This has been typewritten (copies in 3524) Manuscript note on Hiawatha, the cannibal.

Administration

Custodial History
Previously titled "Biography of Dekanawidah."

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 3524, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 3524


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Biography -- Dekanawida Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mohawk Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dekanawidah, 16th century? Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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