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National Anthropological Archives
MS 559 Poisoned Weapons
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS559
- Creators:
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Hoffman, Walter James, 1846-1899
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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19 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Extracts from various published sources concerning the use of poisoned weapons among the American Indians. The first 6 pages include information on the Dakota from non-published sources. Other tribes mentioned in the MS. are the Mandan, Chippewa, Shoshoni, Paiutes, Pitt River Indians, Oregon and Alaska tribes, Apache and other (unnamed) Southwestern groups, California tribes, Pima, Central American tribes, Mosquito Indians, Aztecs, Utes, and Caribs.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Author identified from the Dorsey-Hewitt catalog. Bureau of American Ethnology number 1524.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 559, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 559
Local Note
Local Note
Autograph document
Keywords
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