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