Recorded in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. Some Hitchiti or Mikasuki terms (in the Creek alphabet) have been added in another handwriting in the second column on page 77-80, and a Tuscarora word is added in an A. note by J. N. B. Hewitt on page 81.
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Manuscript 3536, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
2590-A Original formulae in Cherokee syllabary from the Gadigwanasti (Belt) manuscript. 186 formulae in ledger book, [3], 1-119 pages; and 94 formulae on loose sheets, 65 pages numbered 100-164. [See also Pilling, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 6, page 163] Laminated 1964 & bound at 2 volumes. **Negative microfilm on file.
2590-b Transliterations and translations by Mooney, of 43 formulae from the Gadigwanasti (Belt) manuscript. 1-96 pages handwritten.
2590-c Transliterations and translations by Mooney, of 96 formulae mainly from the Ayuini (Swimmer) manuscript, with extensive notes and interpretations. 1-264 pages.
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Manuscript 2590, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Includes manuscript documents and typescript copies.
"Tceroki Verbs of Washing," a short list of the same verbs with different orthography and A. notes by John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt. n.d. Typescript and Autograph Document Signed: Hewitt.
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Manuscript 439, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Cherokee alphabet, and miscellaneous material notes
Creator:
Mooney, James 1861-1921
Culture:
Cherokee
Type:
Archival materials
Collection descriptions
Summary:
Also an Analysis of the Cherokee language (pamphlet), Clinton Duncan, Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, 1890 (author, place and date supplied in Mooneyʹs hand). In addition, miscellaneous Cherokee notes.
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Manuscript 2217, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Holmes, 20th AR, Bureau of American Ethnology, page 53, 56, mentions Mooney's 1888- or 1890 visit to Cherokee, and prints information received from Mooney re Cherokee pottery making. Gives names of three Cherokee women potters as Uhyunli, 75 years of age, Katalsta, about 85 years of age, and Ewi Katalsta, daughter of the last named, about 50 years old.
Summary:
Woman at right is Katalsta, daughter of Yanaguski, "Drowning Bear," head chief of the East Cherokee about 1838. Information from caption of this photo, reproduced in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (right half only), 63:8 (SI-EEW for 1913), figure 60, page 62, "Among the East Cherokee Indians of North Carolina." (re Mooney's field work).
Publications:
Right half only - reproduced in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 63:8 (SI-EEW for 1913), figure 60, page 62 re Mooney's field work
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Negative 1033, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Also known as George Gist, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. See Bureau of American Ethnology 19th Annual Report and Handbook of American Indians. Born 1760, Taskigi, Tennessee; died 1843 in Mexico.
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Negative 991 A, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Also typed list of botanical remedies from Sillimanʹs Journal, I, 2nd ed. 1819 Removed to file 1894 which contains 2 other copies of the same. MCB 1954
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Manuscript 109, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
