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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2204 Mo'skem. Told by John Armstrong, Nov. 28, 1883, at Versailles N.Y
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2204
- Creators:
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Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906Armstrong, JohnHewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
- Dates:
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1883
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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4 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Text with interlinear English translation.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Curtin worked at the Cattaraugus Reservation beginning in September, 1883 (Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 5, Washington, D.C., 1887, page xxxi). Hewitt did record the same origin myth in Munsee from the same informant, but this is Manuscript Number 16. He also recorded the Seneca origin myth in 1896 on the Cattaraugus Reservation from this informant, "Mr. John Armstrong, of Seneca-Delaware-English mixed blood..." (cf. Bureau of American Ethnology AR 21, 1903, page 137 and pages 221 ff.).
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
On negative Microfilm reel Number 56.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2204, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2204
Local Note
Local Note
Title page carries A. notation by J.N.B. Hewitt: "The Legend of Moskim, the Life God, in Delaware, Algonquian, Recorded by J.N.B. Hewitt." However, the text itself and the title quoted above are in Curtin's handwriting.
Local Note
Autograph document
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Folklore -- Munsee | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Delaware (Lenape) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Munsee Delaware | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Mo'skem | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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