National Anthropological Archives

MS 812 Indian Words [Panamint vocabulary]

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS812
Creators:
Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937
Panamint Pete
Panamint Bill
Kennedy, Frank
Dates:
ca. 1891
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
3 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Mostly botanical terms, many with Latin identification. Names of unidentified plants are in pencil, and "the signs for quantity of vowels are those used in the Century Dictionary."

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Informants: Panamint Pete and family, Panamint Bill, Frank Kennedy (White prospector who had lived with the Panamint), and "an Indian, probably Shoshone, at Keeler, California."

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm reel 61. 10/67.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 812, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 812

Local Note

Local Note
autograph typescript document


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Botany -- Panamint Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Koso (Panamint) Shoshone Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Basin Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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