National Anthropological Archives

MS 3675 Letter to George Gibbs

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS3675
Creators:
Gray, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1889
Dates:
July 3, 1869
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
4 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Contains brief remarks on the languages, religious practices, and legends of various northwestern tribes, including the Cayuse, Kalapuya, Shoshone, Nez Perce, Wallawalla, Chehalis, etc.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 3675, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 3675

Local Note

Local Note
Promises to make and send corrected version of the "vocabulary of the Indian languages made by Rev S. Parker in 1835," [Journal of an Exploring Tour beyond the Rocky Mountains in the Years 1835-37, Ithaca, 1838, pages 327-338.] and "contents of Gray's history of Oregon" [A History of Oregon, 1792-1849, Portland, 1870]. Neither of these has been found in National Anthropological Archives, 11/1971.
Local Note
autograph letter signed


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Religion -- American Indian -- Northwest Coast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Folklore -- American Indian -- Northwest Coast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
American Indian -- Northwest Coast Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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