National Anthropological Archives

MS 955-a "Alseya and Yakoner" vocabulary

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS955A
Creators:
Milhau, John J.
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Dates:
1856
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
6 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Note in hand of Milhau: "This is the language of all the coast Indians living between Cape Perpetua and Cape Foulweather and up the Alseya and Yakoner rivers." Note in hand of G. Gibbs: "Not Tinne, not Siusclau R."

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 955-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 955-a

Local Note

Local Note
Letter of November 14, 1856 (Manuscript Number 191-a) states: "I enclose you herewith vocabularies of the Indian languages spoken between Cape Arago and Cape Foulweather viz the Coose Bay [Manuscript Number 191-a] lower Umpqua or Kallawatsett [Manuscript Number 958], and the Alseya [Manuscript Number 955-a], also the Umpquah proper [Manuscript Number 193-a]."

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vocabulary Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Alsea Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yaquina (Yakwina) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Plateau Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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