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Creator:
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895  Search this
Correspondent:
LaFlesche, Joseph  Search this
Addressee:
Meacham, Col  Search this
Collection Creator:
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895  Search this
Extent:
36 Pages
Container:
Box 45, Item 304
Culture:
Chiwere  Search this
Oto  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Pages
Place:
Iowa
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Contents: Day and his sons (Oto); copy of letter from a group of Indians (including Joseph LaFlesche) to Col. Meacham, May 8, 1879; The Orphan (Oto); Ishcinke and Heke; Mishcine wekan etawe; Utwaqe and Mishcine (Oto); The Rabbit and the Grasshoppers (Oto); The Snake and the Ring (Oto); How the Rabbit killed the Bears (Oto); an Iowa fable told by Charles Morgan's father to Mrs LaFlesche; an Oto story, told to Mrs Mary LaFlesche in her youth.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [304]
Local Note:
Old number 1411 (part)
typescript and autograph document
Other Title:
Day and his sons
The Orphan
Ishcinke and Heke
Mishcine wekan etawe
Utwaqe and Mishcine
The Rabbit and the Grasshoppers
The Snake and the Ring
How the Rabbit killed the Bears
Collection Restrictions:
The James O. Dorsey Papers are open for research. Access to the James O. Dorsey Papers requires an appointment
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Folklore  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Otoe  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 1: Siouan-Catawban / 1.4: Chiwere-Winnebago
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3668c85c7-d7b4-4d32-9900-e176a545957c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms4800-ref415