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National Anthropological Archives
MS 577 Muskokee or Muskogee or Creek vocabulary as spoken by the Florida Indians or Seminoles
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS577
- Creators:
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Casey, John Charles
- Dates:
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ca. 1836 ?
- Languages:
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Materials inMvskoke(Muskokee, Muskogee) orCreek,SeminoleandEnglish.
- Physical Description:
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28 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes copy in handwriting of George Gibbs. Manuscript Document. 7 pages. Original is recorded in HRSCV.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The following note referring to the date of Casey's activity in Florida has been located by W. C. Sturtevant: "ABORIGINAL LITERATURE--Lt Casey, of the 2nd Artillery, who has been stationed at Fort Brooke, Tampa Bay, as commisary, since the commencement of our Indian war, we hear, speaks the Indian language fluently, and is now, during the recess of arms, busily engaged in making a SEMINOLE GRAMMAR."--Army and Navy Chronicle, volume 3, September 1, 1836, page 141.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 577, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 577
Local Note
Local Note
autograph document signed in printed outline
General
General
Previously ttiled "Muskhogee or Creek vocabulary as spoken by the Florida Indians or Seminoles."
Bibliography
Bibliography
Was printed by H. R. Schoolcraft in his Indian Tribes of the United States, Part 4, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1854, pages 416-429.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Creek language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Seminole language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Muskogee (Creek) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Seminole | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Southern states | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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