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Creator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Extent:
63 Pages
Culture:
Chitimacha  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1908-1931
Scope and Contents:
Contents: "The Magic Dogs." Chitimacha text with interlinear literal English translation and interlinear running English translation. Autograph document. 46 pages. Text with interlinear English translation . Typescript document with A. notations. 7 pages. "Story of u-st' upu." Chitimacha text. Autograph document. 1 page. Chitimacha text with interlinear English translation. Typescript document with A. notations. 1 page. English translation. Typescript document. 1 page. (A slightly different version is published in J.R. Swanton, Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico, BAE-B 43, Washington, 1911, page 359.)
"Story of the Ill-disposed Man." Chitimacha text. Autograph document. 3 pages. Text with interlinear English translation. Typescript document with A. notations. 1 page. English translation. Typescript document with A. corrections. 1 page. (A slightly changed version is published in J.R. Swanton, Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico, BAE-B 43, Washington, 1911, page 359.) "Wolf and Buzzard," Chitimacha text with interlinear English translation. Autograph document 2 pages. Typescript document with A. notations. Chitimacha stories in English. Autograph document. 12 pages. (A slightly different version of these stories is published in J.R. Swanton, "Some Chitimacha Myths and Beliefs," Journal of American Folk-lore, volume 30, New York, December, 1917, pages 474-478.)
Biographical / Historical:
Swanton worked with the Chitimacha in Charenton, Louisiana between 1908 and 1931, according to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 30, page 18; AR 32, page 18; AR 38, page 4; AR 39, pages 13-14; AR 40, page 4; AR 41, page 7; and AR 48, page 5.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4199
Local Note:
Autograph document and typescript document with a. notations
Other Title:
The Magic Dogs
Story of u-st'upu
Story of the Ill-disposed Man
Wolf and Buzzard
Place:
Charenton Louisiana
Topic:
Folklore -- Chitimacha  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4199, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4199
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw374049e79-b923-4bb9-9c7c-73f31efd0447
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4199