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Stone Elbow-Pipe With Cherry Wood Stem

Collector:
Dr. John R. Swanton  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
Culture:
Natchez  Search this
Object Type:
Pipe
Place:
Braggs, Near, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
167837
USNM Number:
E383382-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c8075a65-a925-4d43-a19c-4cc7702015b0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8418675
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MS 68 A.S. Gatschet Notebook with vocabularies, texts, notes

Collector:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Informant:
Bottineau, Jno. B. (John B.)  Search this
Toposh, A. J. (Chippewa)  Search this
Bluejacket, Charles, 1817-1897  Search this
Names:
Pokagon, Simon, 1830-1899  Search this
Extent:
54 Pages
Culture:
Shawnee  Search this
Natchez  Search this
Potawatomi  Search this
Narragansett  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
mainly 1878-1879
Scope and Contents:
Contents:

Shawnee, 48 pages. (3-19; 48-62, even pages only; 72-93). Includes texts with interlinear translation: Story of the fox and the wolf, pages 3-6; story about the end of the world, page 18; Waputhua (great rabbit) story, pages 18-19. Vocabulary includes Shawnee names for other tribes, pages 76-79; Shawnee clans, page 80. Informant for part of data, Blue Jacket, Vinita, I. T.

Chippewa, 22 pages. (23-65, odd pages only). Mainly vocabulary from Jean Baptiste Bottineau, Pembina Band; includes clans of Pembina Band, page 59.

Pottawatomi, 7 pages (22-32a, odd pages only). Mainly vocabulary, from A. J. Toposh, Dowagiac, Michigan. Obituary of Simon Pokagon, Pottawatomi chief (died January 27, 1899), page 30.

Narragansett notes, 4 pages. (94-97).

Natchez word, page 97.

Miscellaneous Algonquian vocabulary notes, 1 page (back cover).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 68
Other Title:
Story of the fox and the wolf
Story about the end of the world
Waputhua story
Great rabbit story
Topic:
Eschatology  Search this
Shawnee language  Search this
Chippewa language  Search this
Ojibwa language  Search this
Potawatomi language  Search this
Natchez language  Search this
Narragansett language  Search this
Folklore -- Shawnee  Search this
Kinship -- Shawnee  Search this
Kinship -- Chippewa  Search this
Names, tribal -- Shawnee  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 68, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS68
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3cdfc902a-5e5d-4dda-ac5f-0205f9307e1f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms68
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MS 4201 Southeast ethnographic and vocabulary notes

Creator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Billy, Baptiste  Search this
Informant:
Billiot, Billy  Search this
Verdine, Yeet  Search this
Bohanan, Anthony  Search this
Lewis, Jackson  Search this
Extent:
163 Pages
Culture:
Ofo  Search this
Alabama Indians  Search this
Atakapa  Search this
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Biloxi Indians  Search this
Natchez  Search this
Tunica  Search this
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Houma  Search this
Choctaw  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Diaries
Date:
May, 1907
Scope and Contents:
Includes: census of Indian families in several Louisiana towns, pages 2 and 200; Houma vocabulary, pages 3, 198, and 4; Alibamu belt design, page 8; Hitchiti and Creek stories, pages 29-33, 172-169; and diagram of "Stomp ground in Greenleaf Mtns. for Natchez and Cherokee," page 58. Diary of May 2-22 [1907] in Louisiana; then proceeds to Indian Territory. In stenographic notebook. Is numbered 1-100 on on side of pages and 101-200 running back the other way on reverse; but notes have been taken in normal order. Partial outline of contents prepared summer, 1970 by M. C. Blaker gives page numbers in order inscribed, Incomplete outline of contents left with manuscript.-- MCB, 6/1972.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4201
Local Note:
autograph document
Topic:
American Indian -- Southeast  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Censuses  Search this
Ofo language  Search this
Choctaw language  Search this
Alabama language  Search this
Atakapa language  Search this
Hitchiti language  Search this
Creek language  Search this
Biloxi language  Search this
Natchez language  Search this
Tunica language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diaries
Citation:
Manuscript 4201, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4201
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3869cd484-b1a2-485f-a934-dabc566d1155
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4201
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MS 1997-a Copy in a notebook of General Albert Pike's manuscript vocabulary of Natchez

Compiler:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Creator:
Pike, Albert, 1809-1891  Search this
Culture:
Natchez  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
With added equvalents in Creek, Hitchiti, Yuchi, Koasati, Choctaw, and Alibamu. Pages 3-153, not all pages used. The vocabulary has been copied on cards. See 1997-b. Note on Algonkian loanword in Creek, page 173. "Grammatic Notes on the Na'htchi [Natchez] language," pages 175-220, including "Morphology" (list of suffixes indexed to their occurrence on pages 3-153) pages 182-199; "Made after the Creek language" (notes on loan translations in Natchez), pages 200-201; "Sound affinities in Pike" (notes on sound correspondences between Natchez and Muskogean languages), pages 202-203.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1997-a
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1997-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1997A
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38fc446a2-e027-46df-822e-da1b782d0cf6
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1997a
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MS 621 Natchez linguistic extracts from Le Page du Pratz, Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758

Collector:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Creator:
Le Page du Pratz, -1775  Search this
Extent:
2 Pages
Culture:
Natchez  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Embraces examples of words and phrases in the "two languages of the Natchez."
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 621
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 621, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS621
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36941c861-8423-491b-b873-a3d0a6c05c79
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms621

MS 4142 A Grammatical Sketch of the Natchez Language

Creator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Informant:
Sam, Watt, 1876-1944  Search this
Extent:
87 Pages
Culture:
Natchez  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1918
Scope and Contents:
Also miscellaneous rough grammatical notes marked, "Goes with Natchez Grammatical Sketch." Autograph document. 20 pages and 4 slips. Typescript document. 4 slips.
Biographical / Historical:
According to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR for 1918-1919, page 5, at the end of the year [1918]" Swanton "prepared a grammatical sketch of the Natchez language from materials collected by him during the last ten years from one of the three surviving speakers of the tongue."
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4142
Local Note:
Informant: Watt Sam of Braggs, Oklahoma.
typescript document
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4142, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4142
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33167b145-5882-46ab-81ca-fa90de634910
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4142

MS 4215 Letter to John R. Swanton

Creator:
Sanders, A. G. (Albert Godfrey), 1885-  Search this
Addressee:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Extent:
1 Page
Culture:
Natchez  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
September 20, 1928
Scope and Contents:
Refers to Manuscript document of 1728 in Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, concerning the "Grand Soleil" of the Natchez.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4215
Local Note:
typescript letter signed
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4215, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4215
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3af2b5625-c6a6-4202-911a-42208230e5bb
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4215

MS 4146 Copies of material regarding American Indians from various publications

Collector:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Creator:
Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895  Search this
Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872  Search this
Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery), 1881-1949  Search this
Béranger, Jean  Search this
González Barcia, Andrés  Search this
Serrano y Sanz, Manuel, 1868-1932  Search this
Ruidíaz y Caravia, Eugenio, 1849-1896  Search this
Capers, William, 1790-1855  Search this
Hall, Basil, 1788-1844  Search this
Lincecum, Gideon, 1793-1874  Search this
Régis du Roullet, Louis Joseph Guillaume de  Search this
Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816  Search this
Ribaut, Jean, approximately 1520-1565  Search this
Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588  Search this
Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557  Search this
Laudonnière, René Goulaine de  Search this
Le Page du Pratz, -1775  Search this
Margry, Pierre, 1818-1894  Search this
Kerlérec, Louis Billouart, chevalier de, 1704-1770  Search this
Pope, John, 1749-1802  Search this
Du Ru, Paul, 1666-1741  Search this
Smith, John, 1580-1631  Search this
Escalante Fontaneda, Hernando d'  Search this
Extent:
371 Pages
23 Items (slips )
Culture:
Cherokee  Search this
Caddo  Search this
Catawba  Search this
Choctaw  Search this
Dakota (Eastern Sioux)  Search this
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Natchez  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Contents:

1. Myths and customs of the Cherokee, Catawba, and Choctaw, from "Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British Provinces," by Charles Lanman, 2 volumes, Philadelphia, 1856- 60 pages.

2. Legends of Caddo Paintings by J. M. Stanley, from "Portraits of North American Indians, with sketches of scenery, etc., Washington, 1852. 1 page".

3. Corrections of McNutt's translations of the section on Chicora in Peter Martyr's "De Orbe Novo," by Dr John M. Cooper. 1 page and letter.

4. Memoirs of Berenger, La Harpe's captain on his exploration of the Texas coast. Copied from manuscript in Newberry Library, Chicago. (Linguistic sections omitted but published by Du Terrage and Rivet in Journal de la Societe des Americanistes de Paris. 34 pages.

5. Excerpts from Barcia's "Ensayo Cronologico a la Historia de la Florida." 23 pages.

6. Excerpts from Serrano y Sanz, "Documentos Historicos de la Florida y la Luisiana." 14 pages with additional slips.

7. Excerpts from Eugenio y Caravia, "La Florida." 2 volumes, 12 pages.

8. Extract from the Journal of the Reverend William Capers, printed in the Methodist Magazine for June, 1822, pages 232-236. 4 pages.

9. Extract from Captain Basil Hall's "Travels in North America in the years 1827 and 1828, Philadelphia, 1929. 18 pages (in duplicate.)

10. Notes from Dr Gideon Lincecum's manuscript entitled "Traditional History of the Chahta Nation", owned by the University of Texas, and never published in its entirety though the Choctaw migration legend was primted by the Mississippi Historical Commission. 21 pages.

11. Three pages of Manuscript material from the library of Col. William Preston, in Virginia State Library. 3 pages. Re Cherokee ca. 1780. Cf.Manuscript # 1912, transcript by Mooney, Same ?

12. Notes from Library of Congress copy of French documents by Regis de Roullet; printed also in Journal de la Societe des Americanistes de Paris. 6 pages.

13. Notes on sewan (Wampum) from "Original Narratives of New Netherlands". 2 pages.

14. Notes on Creek Indians from Manuscripts afterward printed by Grant Foreman in "A Traveler in Indian Territory." 23 pages.

15. Excerpts from a Memoir printed at Luxemberg, a copy of which is in the Library of Congress. 5 pages.

16. Excerpts from the "Letters" of Benjamin Hawkins, printed by the Georgia Historical Society. 23 pages.

17. Excerpts from the Narrative of Jean de Ribault from French's Historical Collections of Louisiana, 1875, 159-190. 4 pages.

18. Excerpts from Narrative of Jacques le Moyne translated and printed in Boston, 1875. 3 pages.

19. Excerpt from Oviedo, "Historia General y Natural," volume 3, 630-631. 3 pages.

20. Excerpt from Relation of Penicaut in Margry, V, page 457. 5 pages.

21. Miscellaneous extracts from Barcia's Ensayo (see Number 5). 44 pages and additional slips.

22. Extracts from Rene Gourlaine de Laudonniere, Paris, 1853, "L'Histoire Notable de la Florida." 44 pages.

23. A page on the Natchez language from Le Page du Pratz, "La Louisiane," Paris, 1758; and lists of Natchez and Taensa villages from Margry. 1 page.

24. Relation of Captain Penalosa's voyage to Florida, from Ruidiaz, "La Florida," volume II, pages 473-476. 4 pages.

25. Excerpt from Iberville's Journal in Margry, volume IV, pages 512-514. 2 pages.

26. Excerpt from de Kerelec's Report in Compte Rendu du Congres Internacional des Americanistes, Quebec, 1907. 1 page.

27. Excerpts from Pope's "Tour". 1 page.

28. Excerpt from Journal of Pere du Ru in Journal de la Societe des Americanistes de Paris (N.S.), Volume XVII, pages 119-135. 6 pages.

29. John Smith's version of the "Huskanaw" ceremony, Tyler ed., pages 112-113. 2 pages.

30. Corrections of translations of Fontaneda by an unknown writer and of doubtful value. 23 slips.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4146
Topic:
Folklore -- Cherokee  Search this
Folklore -- Catawba  Search this
Folklore -- Choctaw  Search this
Expeditions -- La Harpe  Search this
Wampum  Search this
"Huskanaw"  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4146, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4146
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31fb0d1e9-cc2b-4694-9012-a13b5f49ca71
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4146

The Natchez : annotated translations from Antoine Simon le Page du Pratz's Histoire de la Louisiane and a short English-Natchez dictionary / by Charles D. Van Tuyl ; with ethnographic footnotes, Natchez transcription, sound system, kinship terminology, and kinship system by Willard Walker

Author:
Le Page du Pratz -1775 Histoire de la Louisiane  Search this
Van Tuyl, Charles D  Search this
Walker, Willard  Search this
Oklahoma Historical Society  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 130 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1979
1979, c1980
Topic:
Natchez language  Search this
Call number:
E99.N2 N27
E99.N2N27
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_133200

Natchez Mary R. Haas and Geoffrey Kimball

Author:
Haas, Mary R (Mary Rosamond) 1910-1996  Search this
Author:
Kimball, Geoffrey D. 1954-  Search this
Physical description:
100 leaves 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
199u
Topic:
Natchez language--Grammar  Search this
Call number:
PM2004.N4 H33 1990z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_946742

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