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Creator:
Kennicott, Robert, 1835-1866  Search this
Head, Lafayette  Search this
Informant:
U're, Chief  Search this
The Arrow, Chief  Search this
Kwinchi, Chief  Search this
The Left Hand, Chief  Search this
Extent:
22 Pages
Culture:
Ute  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
ca. 1864
Scope and Contents:
Recorded by R. Kennicott from Ute chiefs U're (The Arrow) and Kwinchi (The Left Hand), through Lafayette Head, U. S. Indian Agent of Conejos, Colorado, who acted as interpreter. Three copies: 781-a (old numbers 781; 423), Kennicott's letter of transmittal, 3 pages, and vocabulary, in same hand, 10 leaves; 781-b (old Numbers 771, 346), in Kennicott's hand--his first draft?, 7 pages; 781-c (old Number 764), copy in George Gibb's hand, 5 pages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 781a-c
Local Note:
letter
autograph document
manuscript document
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 781a-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS781
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3cb87ffc5-4237-4cc8-8f85-0152848f1d8b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms781