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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1808 English translations of Natchez texts in MS 1807
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1808
- Creators:
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958Sam, Watt, 1876-1944Jumper, Charlie
- Dates:
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fall, 1908
- Languages:
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There areEnglishtranslations of the stories in Manuscript Number 1807.
- Physical Description:
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163 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript document, 2 pages. Stories were numbered in 1970 to correspond with numbers of stories published in Swanton, "Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians," Bureau of American Ethnology-B 88, Washington, D. C., 1915, and are arranged insofar as possible in that order. The following stories are present: 1-5, 7, 9, 11, 13-14, 16-19, 22-29, 30 (last page only), 31-32, 34, 38, 40, 43.
Administration
Custodial History
Previously titled "Natchez Stories."
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 1808, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 1808
Local Note
Local Note
Informant: Watt Sam. Stories, 22 and 32 are from Charlie Jumper.
Local Note
On the first and last pages of story 9, are written the native names and clan affiliations of Watt Sam, Nancy Taylor, and Lizzie Rooster. On the first page of story 14 are listed Natchez and Cherokee clan names (transcribed in Manuscript Number 4144).
Local Note
autograph document
Bibliography
Bibliography
Story 43 is published in Swanton, "Animal Stories from the Indians of the Muskhogean Stock," JAFL, volume 26, 1913, page 217.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Folklore -- Natchez | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Natchez | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Southern states | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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