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Vocabularies collected by the expedition team at the sites called Yerigen (Yergin, Yarga on Arakamchechen Island) and Siqluk (Chak-lock, on the nearby Yttygran Island) respectively, off the Glasenap Harbor, Senyavin Strait, west side of Bering Strait. Yergin/Yarga and Siqluk/Chak-lock are about 2 miles apart.
John Baer. Chuckchi ("Yerigen") and Asiatic Eskimo ("Chak-lock") Vocabularies. Rodgers North Pacific Expedition, 1852-55. "Glasenap Harbor Senyavin Straits. "Yerigen" near the (expedition's) tents; "Chak-lock" on island 2 miles south. Pgs. 27; includes 366 Chukchi and 150 Eskimo words, with phonetic notes on vowel length and pitch. (Entry prepared by Demitri Shimkin, July, 1957, for use by Roman Jacobson in his bibliography of "Paleo-Siberian" languages.) According to Shimkin and/or Jacobson, this manuscript has not been published.
Biographical / Historical:
John Baer was with Commander Rodgers' North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1852-55.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 338-c
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation Search this
The vocabularies recorded on the outlines in Numbers 338-a-b are apparently copied (by George Gibbs ?) from the original manuscript by John Baer, with the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commander Rodgers, (1852-1855).
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 338-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The vocabularies recorded on the outlines in Numbers 338-a-b are apparently copied (by George Gibbs ?) from the original manuscript by John Baer, with the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commander Rodgers, (1852-1855).
List of Tchuktchi words collected in Glasenop Harbor Straits of Seniavine west side of Behring's Straits. The Yerigen words are those of the tribes being near the tents. The Chak-lock words are those of the inhabitants of the Island Chak-lock, about two miles to the southward. Those tribes are at peace and have constant communication with one another. Their customs, dress and appearance are the same as far as we could judge.
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 338-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
This series consists of correspondence concerning the natural history collections made by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. The correspondence is directed
mostly to Lieutenant John Rodgers, with smaller amounts to Captain Cadwalader Ringgold. Correspondents include Joseph Henry, Spencer F. Baird, William Stimpson, Asa Gray,
and Charles Wright. Also included are specimen lists. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7253, United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), Records
Typescript of "Journal of a Cruise in the U.S. ship Vincennes to the North Pacific Ocean, China Seas, Behring Strait, etc." by William Stimpson, 1853-1855
Collection Creator::
United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856) Search this
Container:
Box 3 of 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7253, United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), Records
Folders 1-4 Manuscript. "Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856." Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. XLIX, 1907.
Collection Creator::
United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856) Search this
Container:
Box 2 of 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7253, United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), Records
Folder 2 Baird, Spencer F., 1852, 1858. Included is a letter from Baird to Captain Cadwalader Ringgold (Nov. 12, 1852) concerning preparation for the expedition.
Collection Creator::
United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856) Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7253, United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), Records
United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856) Search this
Extent:
1.25 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 half document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scientific illustrations
Manuscripts
Date:
1852-1861 and undated
Descriptive Entry:
This collection documents the natural history work of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition and consists of correspondence and notes, manuscripts, and drawings by
William Stimpson on the crustacea collections made on the expedition. Also included is Stimpson's journal of the expedition.
Historical Note:
The North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856, was organized by the United States Navy Department to conduct a naval and commercial survey of those parts of Bering
Straits, the North Pacific Ocean and the China Seas frequented by American whaling ships and by trading vessels in their routes between the United States and China. Captain
Cadwalader Ringgold was placed in command of the expedition, which departed from Norfolk, Virginia, in June 1853. After Ringgold was recalled to the United States in 1854,
Captain John Rogers assumed command for the remainder of the expedition. The expedition explored along the coasts of China and Japan, Madeira Island, the California coast,
and Tahiti before returning via the Cape of Good Hope in 1856. Extensive natural history collections were made on the expedition, mostly by William Stimpson, Chief Zoologist.
Other naturalists serving on the expedition included Alfred H. Ames, Assistant Naturalist, and Charles Wright, Botanist.
Notes, Manuscripts, and Drawings on Crustacea by William Stimpson.
Collection Creator::
United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
This series consists of notes, manuscripts, and drawings by William Stimpson on crustacea collected on the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. The drawings are mostly
original pencil sketches, with smaller amounts of color drawings included.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7253, United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), Records
![view Folder 7 Stevens, H. R., 1853 digital asset: Marked "memo of collection," the list of specimens was created by Lieutenant H. R. Stevens for the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), August 11-September 13, 1853. [Image nos. SIA2018-038424 to SIA2018-038427]](https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?max=170&id=https://sirismm.si.edu/siris/electronicresource.gif "Marked \"memo of collection,\" the list of specimens was created by Lieutenant H. R. Stevens for the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), August 11-September 13, 1853. [Image nos. SIA2018-038424 to SIA2018-038427]")
![View Folders 8-17 Stimpson, William, 1852-1860 and undated digital asset: Reports and specimen lists by William Stimpson detail specimens requested and collected for the National Museum of Natural History during the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), during 1853. [Folder 9, Image nos. SIA2018-038504 to SIA2018-038527]](https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?max=120&id=https://sirismm.si.edu/siris/electronicresource.gif "Reports and specimen lists by William Stimpson detail specimens requested and collected for the National Museum of Natural History during the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856), during 1853. [Folder 9, Image nos. SIA2018-038504 to SIA2018-038527]")
