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MS 2416 Letter from Col. Force addressed to Dr. Thomas

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Creator:
Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson), 1824-1899  Search this
Addressee:
Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910  Search this
Names:
Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542  Search this
Extent:
9 Pages
Culture:
Shawnee  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Place:
Georgia -- Carthage -- Archeology
Date:
1892 October
Scope and Contents:
Concerns the Shawnee as mound builders, and the identification of box stone graves with that tribe; mounds in Georgia, near Carthage; earthworks near Savannah on the Tennessee River; route of De Soto through Georgia; Shawnees not identified with Eries; charcoal pit constructed by De Soto(?).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2416
Topic:
Archeology -- Mounds  Search this
Mortuary customs -- Shawnee  Search this
Tennessee -- Hardin County -- Savannah -- Archeology  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2416, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2416
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d5b87288-f188-4096-8c9b-1e8811ed258e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2416