Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
April, 1862
Scope and Contents:
Letter transmitting Yakutat (Tlingit) vocabulary, and vocabulary of an Indian language spoken around Fort Ross, California; includes discussion of origin of the term, "Kolosh." Also incomplete clerk's copy of the letter, 1 page.
Biographical / Historical:
Hjalmar J. Furuhjeim was governor of Russian Colonies in America.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 528
Local Note:
The enclosures are not present. The Yakutat vocabulary is probably Number 537. No Pomo or other California Indian vocabulary transmitted by Governor Furuhjelm has been located (7/62).
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 528, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
