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Collector:

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Creator:

Newhouse, Seth  Search this

Names:

Dekanawidah, 16th century?  Search this

Extent:

75 Pages

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

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Pages

Date:

1898, 1936-7

Scope and Contents:

Also three carbon copies. Number 3504- Text in Mohawk by Seth Newhouse. 12 pages. First sheet marked Chapter IV- "Seh-ha-wih Ska-naa-wah-tih, pages 58-ff. These were translated, revised and typed in 1936-7. Number 3491- "Newhouse translation of Mohawk Biography of Deganawida" (Original Number 1328), 1898- 3 pages (3 typed copies of revision in Number 3524) Newhouse 1937- This has been typewritten (copies in 3524) Manuscript note on Hiawatha, the cannibal.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3524

Topic:

Biography -- Dekanawida  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 3524, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3524

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3340a0fa7-660e-4072-bbcd-43baa75910c7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3524

Collector:

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Informant:

Davey, R.  Search this

Charles, Chief  Search this

Jacobs, John  Search this

Translator:

Hill, Hilton M.  Search this

Names:

Dekanawidah, 16th century?  Search this

Hiawatha  Search this

Extent:

133 Pages

Culture:

Iroquois  Search this

Mohawk  Search this

Seneca  Search this

Oneida  Search this

Onondaga  Search this

Cayuga  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

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Pages

Date:

1925-26 -1917

Scope and Contents:

Contents: Notes on Dekanawida text; Hiawatha; notes on the League; notes to Seneca League traditions; translation by Hilton M. Hill, Seneca, official interpreter of the Six Nations Agency, Brantford; "down fended" explained; Mohawk Owachira and clans, 1932; Oneida titles (Jacob Hess, 1930); notes to texts, Charles, 1917 (1928); insert in the law of the woman chief, English; ascendancy of War Chiefs; Procedure by R. Davey, Cayuga chief, 1925-6. Also Principles of the League, text, typed, 19 pages.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3580

Other Title:

Principles of the League

Topic:

Government -- Iroquois  Search this

Kinship -- Mohawk clans  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 3580, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3580

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37fb118b4-7ab6-4c6a-b827-e1fe4d4bcaef

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3580

Creator:

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Newhouse, Seth  Search this

Names:

Dekanawidah, 16th century?  Search this

Extent:

81 Pages

Culture:

Iroquois  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

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Pages

Date:

1898

Scope and Contents:

Marked by Hewitt: "Newhouse, Seth. 8910 terms, Constitution of the League in Mohawk Text. With textual and grammatical revisions and emendation. The subjects are not discriminated and so are not to be followed." Typescript in blue with red and black ink changes in Hewitt's hand.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1358

Local Note:

typescript and manuscript document

Topic:

Government -- Iroquois  Search this

Law -- Iroquois  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1358, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1358

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3800e44d3-0968-4aa9-9df3-2e057a9fa4e2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1358

Collector:

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Names:

Dekanawidah, 16th century?  Search this

Hiawatha  Search this

Thadodaho  Search this

Extent:

78 Pages

Culture:

Iroquois  Search this

Onondaga  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

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Pages

Date:

1900

Scope and Contents:

Synopsis of the history of the Five Nations Confederacy, with description of the rites and ceremonies used on the creation of their lords (or chiefs); also a tradition on the nativity of Dekanawideh, the framer of the League, and traditions on Hiawatha, Thadodaho, et al.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1633

Local Note:

Seems to be of Gibson-Hewitt version.

See Number 1518- a typed copy.

Topic:

Government -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this

Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Iroquois  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1633, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1633

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36411790c-c217-4efe-9789-e37c704d59dd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1633