National Anthropological Archives

MS 781 Vocabulary of Utes of Colorado Territory

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS781
Creators:
Kennicott, Robert, 1835-1866
Head, Lafayette
U're, Chief
The Arrow, Chief
Kwinchi, Chief
The Left Hand, Chief
Dates:
ca. 1864
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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