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National Anthropological Archives
MS 781 Vocabulary of Utes of Colorado Territory
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS781
- Creators:
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Kennicott, Robert, 1835-1866Head, LafayetteU're, ChiefThe Arrow, ChiefKwinchi, ChiefThe Left Hand, Chief
- Dates:
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ca. 1864
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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22 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Recorded by R. Kennicott from Ute chiefs U're (The Arrow) and Kwinchi (The Left Hand), through Lafayette Head, U. S. Indian Agent of Conejos, Colorado, who acted as interpreter. Three copies: 781-a (old numbers 781; 423), Kennicott's letter of transmittal, 3 pages, and vocabulary, in same hand, 10 leaves; 781-b (old Numbers 771, 346), in Kennicott's hand--his first draft?, 7 pages; 781-c (old Number 764), copy in George Gibb's hand, 5 pages.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm reel 9.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 781a-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 781a-c
Local Note
Local Note
letter
Local Note
autograph document
Local Note
manuscript document
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ute | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Basin | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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