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MS 296 Santa Clara (Costanoan), Obispeno Chumash, and Santa Rosa Island Chumash comparative vocabulary

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Creator:
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930  Search this
Informant:
Buelna, Felix  Search this
Pa-hi-la-tcet'  Search this
Extent:
105 Pages
Culture:
Ohlone (Costano)  Search this
Chumash [San Luis Obispo Mission]  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Chumash  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Contains: (1) Santa Clara (Costanoan) as given by Felix Buelna, at Mission of San Antonio, California September 27, 1884; (2) Obispeno Chumash, recorded near San Luis Obispo, California, October 19-28, 1884; (3) Santa Rosa Island Chumash, recorded from Pa-hi-la-tcet' at Los Alamos, California, October 30-November 7, 1884. Approximately 105 pages in pencil, in Powell's schedule of Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. (Approximately 247, 313, 410 terms respectively.)
Biographical / Historical:
Note on the Santa Clara informant, Felix Buelna, page 228. The Reverend A.D. Spearman, S.J., University of Santa Clara, California, in postal card of October 4, 1960 adds: "Felix Buelna was an altar boy at M. Sta. Clara c. 1804 and later taught in the Mission school of the Franciscans prior to the coming of the Jesuits. I haven't the year yet." See also Number 868, apparently a neat copy of the Obispeno Chumash. Note on Santa Rosa informant, Pa-hi-la-tcet', page 222. See also Number 866, apparently a neat copy of the Santa Rosa Chumash.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 296
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 296, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS296
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw395948fcd-4a5c-43d6-99a5-488293da37c9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms296