National Anthropological Archives

MS 914 Snake, Crow and Sioux (Shoshoni, Crow and Lakota) dictionary

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS914
Creators:
Belden, George P. (George Pfauts), 1844?-1871
Dates:
January 1, 1868
Languages:
"Snake" vocabulary identified by both Sydney M. Lamb and Kenneth L. Hale as Shoshoni. "Sioux" is Lakota (RIM).
Physical Description:
146 Items
ca. pages ca. 146 pages
1 Map
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Includes profile map of road from Fort Smith to Fort Phil. Kearney with Crow names, 2 pages and letter from Belden to Joseph Henry, Autograph letter signed, October 25, 1868, 1 page transmitting dictionary.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
George Pfouts Belden, 18844-1871, identified by Richard D. Rowen, Curator of History, Nebraska Historical Society, April 6, 1961. Rowen states that sketches made by Belden while serving with 2nd Nebraska Cavalry on a campaign against the Sioux under General Sully, 1863, are at the Nebraska Historical Society.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 914, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 914

Local Note

Local Note
Autograph document signed


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shoshone Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sioux Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Maps Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sioux Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shoshone Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Basin Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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