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MS 3072 Three comparative vocabularies of the Salish languages

Catalog Data

Creator:
Roehrig, F. L. O. (Frederic Louis Otto), 1819-1908  Search this
Extent:
149 Pages
Culture:
Northwest Coast  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1870
undated
Scope and Contents:
Part 1 "Comparative Vocabulary of the [Interior] Salish Languages. No date. 47 pages, approximately 180 terms. Comprative vocabulary of the following Salish languages: "Selish proper or Flathead", "Kalispelm" (Kalispel), "Spokan", "Skoyelpi", "Okinaken" (Okanagan), "Schitsui", "Shiwapmukh" (Shuswap), "Piskwaus" (Pisquows). Part 2 " II Series. Comparative Vocabulary of the [Coast] Selish Languages." Ithaca, New York, November 15, 1870. 86 pages, approximately 200 terms. Comparative vocabulary of the following Salish languages: "Clallam", "Lummi", "Nooksahk", (Nootsak), "Nanaimooh" (Nanaimo), "Tait", "Poanhooch or Spokomish", "Noo-so-lupsh", "Skagit", "Komookhs". Part 3 "Synoptical Vocabulary of the [Interior and Coast] Selish languages (comprising the languages which are more exclusively treated in the 2nd Series of Comparative Vocabulary....)." No date. 16 pages, approximately 190 terms. Comparative vocabulary of the following Salish languages: "a) Clallam", "b) Lummi", "c) Nooksahk" (Nottsak), "d) Nanaimooh" (Nanaimo), "e) Kwantlen", "f) Tait", "g) Toanhooch", "h) Noosolupsh", "i) Skagit", "k) Komookhs" (Comox), "l) Kwinaiutl", "m) Cowlitz", "n) Chemakum", "o) Belhoola (Bella Coola), "p) Lilowat", "q) Nikutemukh" (Couteaux or Samena) "Nikutemukh," "a name corrupted by the Canadians into Couteaux, also called Samena."--cf. Gibbs' notes, Manuscript Number 742. One dated November 15, 1870, Ithaca, New York.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3072
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3072, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3072
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw329ff150b-ff5e-496c-b03a-52268733a911
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3072