National Anthropological Archives

MS 4142 A Grammatical Sketch of the Natchez Language

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4142
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Sam, Watt, 1876-1944
Dates:
1918
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
87 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Also miscellaneous rough grammatical notes marked, "Goes with Natchez Grammatical Sketch." Autograph document. 20 pages and 4 slips. Typescript document. 4 slips.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
According to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR for 1918-1919, page 5, at the end of the year [1918]" Swanton "prepared a grammatical sketch of the Natchez language from materials collected by him during the last ten years from one of the three surviving speakers of the tongue."

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4142, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4142

Local Note

Local Note
Informant: Watt Sam of Braggs, Oklahoma.
Local Note
typescript document


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Natchez Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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