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MS 577 Muskokee or Muskogee or Creek vocabulary as spoken by the Florida Indians or Seminoles

Summary

Muskhogee or Creek vocabulary as spoken by the Florida Indians or Seminoles
Muskhogee or Creek vocabulary as spoken by the Florida Indians or Seminoles
Collection ID:
NAA.MS577
Creators:
Casey, John Charles
Dates:
ca. 1836 ?
Languages:
Materials in
Mvskoke
(Muskokee, Muskogee) or
Creek
,
Seminole
and
English
.
Physical Description:
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

Muskhogee or Creek vocabulary as spoken by the Florida Indians or Seminoles
Muskhogee or Creek vocabulary as spoken by the Florida Indians or Seminoles
MS 577 Muskokee or Muskogee or Creek vocabulary as spoken by the Florida Indians or Seminoles
MS 577 Muskokee or Muskogee or Creek vocabulary as spoken by the Florida Indians or Seminoles

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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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