National Anthropological Archives

MS 4355 Comparative vocabulary of Cherokee dialects

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4355
Creators:
Jones, John Buttrick, 1824-1876
Worcester, S. A. (Samuel Austin), 1798-1859
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
225 Items
Approximately slips. Approximately 225 slips.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
There are at least two different handwritings on the slips.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Mountain Cherokee dialect entries are copied from J. B. Jones, Cherokee Manuscript No. 396-a, The W[estern] Ch[erokee] is also attributed to "Jones." A third set of terms on some of the slips is from A. A. Worcester in H. R. Schoolcraft, History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States, Philadelphia, 1852, Vol. II, pages 443-456. There are also some entries marked "Gab." or "Gabelenz", and some marked "auth.?", i.e., ̀€author unknown.'

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4355, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Condition
The majority of the slips are numbered to correspond with the numbering in SI Comparative Vocabulary for the same terms.

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4355

Local Note

Local Note
Manuscript Document


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cherokee Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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