National Anthropological Archives

MS 411 Folklore notes, and medicine

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS411
Creators:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
Dates:
1897
Languages:
Mainly native text without translation.
Physical Description:
44 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Includes: Prevention of smallpox, scarlatina, and other contagious diseases; ku-ne' -hra-ye-nen; ka-ne-sen'-the; na't-ken-hya'-ks-ru-nrn-hru'; Tree of language (Tuscarora); Fire; Cats; Medicine notes; John Foxe's seventy dollar medicine; child bed; diarrhea; dropsy; black jaundice; asthma; love potion; age of puberty; A-ku-tren'-we; A-tu-ta-ho'.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm reel # 51.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 411, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 411


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Folklore -- Iroquois -- Tuscarora Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Medicine -- Iroquois -- Tuscarora Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Iroquois Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tuscarora Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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