MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
bulk 1870-1895
Reverend James Owen Dorsey (1848-1895) was a missionary and Bureau of American Ethnology ethnologist who conducted extensive research on Siouan tribes and languages.The papers of James Owen Dorsey comprise mostly ethnographic and linguistic materials on various tribes of the Siouan language family as well as tribes from Siletz Reservation in Oregon. These materials include texts and letters with interlineal translations; grammar notes; dictionaries; drawings; and his manuscripts. In addition, the collection contains Dorsey's correspondence, newspaper clippings, his obituaries, and reprints.
MS 1364 The Tutelo
Buck, John Jr
Onondaga text with partial English interlinear translations. Informant: John Buck, Jr.
MS 1479 The adoption of the Tutelo by the Cayuga
Abram, Charles, Chief
Gibson, Simeon, 1889-1943
7 Items (slips )
Also includes "Tutelo Custom." 1936. Autograph document. 7 pages. Onondaga texts with partial English interlinear translations. Informants: 1917, Abram Charles; 1936, S. Gibson.
MS 2875 Origin of Corn Legend
Also 17 pages translation.
MS 4234 Comparative notes on Siouan languages
8 Items (slips )
Contents: Comparative vocabulary, 117 items, in English, Hidatsa, Ofo, Mandan, Dakota, Biloxi, Tutelo, Osage and (a few) Winnebago. 3 pages. Comparison of 24 words: English, Catawba, Ofo, Tutelo, Dakota and Quapaw. 1 slip. Synonyms for the name "Ofo". 1 slip. Summary of history of classification of Tutelo, Catawba, and Woccon as Siouan. 1 slip.
MS 933-b Biloxi vocabulary with some cognate forms in Catawba, Santee, Yankton and Teton Dakota, Hidatsa, Kansa and Tutelo In Department of the Interior schedule
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
173 entries in printed U. S. Geographical and Geological Survey "Comparative Vocabulary" form. Corrections of entries 92 and 93 by J. Owen Dorsey.
MS 3908 Statement concerning of Tuscaroras, Delawares, Tutulies (Tutelos) and Nanticokes
Monture, James
Buck, John, Chief
Made by James Monture, Cayuga Chief, and confirmed by John Buck, the Firekeeper at Oshweken Council House, Brant County, Ontario, July 17, 1885.
MS 4220 Letter to John R. Swanton
Suggest that the word "warrenuncood" is a Powhatan Algonquian synonym for the Tutelo-Occaneechi.
MS 2193 List of "Saponi Names"
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930
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List compiled by Mooney. Includes letter from Dorsey to H.W. Henshaw, giving comparative information from other Siouan languages. October 14, 1890. Typescript and autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Also note from Gatschet to Mooney giving some Biloxi, Catawba and Tutelo comparisons. No date. Autograph letter. 1 page.
MS 1403 The legend of Sgenhadishon
Buck, John Jr
Tutelo story.
