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MS 1043 Observations on the Indians of the Colorado River, California, by George Gibbs; Accompanying vocabularies of the Yuma and Mohave tribes

Creator:
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873  Search this
Informant:
Milhau, John J.  Search this
Oatman, Olive Ann  Search this
Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871  Search this
Extent:
22 Pages
Culture:
Quechan (Yuma/Cuchan)  Search this
Mojave (Mohave)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Yuma  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Maps
Date:
1856
Scope and Contents:
Includes Gibbs' draft of the same, 3 pages. "Map of the Indian Tribes in the neighborhood of Fort Yuma, Cal.," document 1 page. "Notes on the Indians of the Colorado," by Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry, Third Artillery. Fort Yuma, Calif. March 23, 1856. Autograph document signed. 10 pages including note of transmittal on page 8. (21 pages, total)
Gibbs states that his paper is based on data received from Milhau and Mowry; the latter in turn obtained data from Olive Oatman, Apache captive, 1851-55.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1043
Local Note:
manuscript document
Other Title:
Notes on the Indians of the Colorado
Genre/Form:
Maps
Citation:
Manuscript 1043, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1043
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw304aaf5c0-b905-492e-b325-8a29f297e5f4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1043
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