Not Cherokee. On the following subjects: Moon, Funeral, Gods, Myths, Names, Ghosts and Spirit World, Metamorphoses, Hunting, Dead Names, and Picture, Witchcraft, Games, Journey to Sunrise, Colors, Death, Birds, Baptism, etc. Pleiades, Eclipse, Thunder and lightning, Fire origin, and Meteorology.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Notebooks
Newsclippings
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Concerns tipis and shields, Kiowa tales, etc. Also notes on peyote. 1 page list of contents by David F. Aberle, May 2, 1952 accompanies Manuscript. Also newsclipping of story of peyote ceremony entitled, "Eating the Mescal; the Strange Ceremony Wittnessed by an Ethnologist," signed by James Mooney. Augusta, [Ga.] Chronicle, January 24, 1892.
From David Aberle: Besides notebooks contains aggitated correspondence from Warren K. Moorehead to H. C. Phillips, and other letters on the same subject, concerning adequate presentation of a pro-peyote position at the Mohonk conference and at congressional hearings. Dates 1915. Also lists of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 66th Congress, 1st session, r. Chippewa, printed 1919. Also a map of Southern Texas, with a series of towns, etc., and names, small towns along the Rio Grande considerably below El Paso--presumably peyote towns. Very hard, if not impossible to decipher. Also a reprint of Prentiss and Morgan's article in the Med. Record, August 22, 1896. There are three notebooks headed Department of Interior, 1 small black "ledger," 1 paper-covered account-book, and 14 pages from a bound notebook, held together by a brass stud. All are difficult to read but would be worth going over with care. I cannot be confident that any of these are completely lacking in peyote materials. The "ledger" contains accounts of the cost of a peyote meeting--gives figures for several specific meetings.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1887
Local Note:
Re tipis and shields. I see nothing outstanding- no colored drawings, etc.- re. heraldry. MCB 3/59.
Other Title:
Eating the Mescal; the Strange Ceremony Wittnessed by an Ethnollogist
Also fragments of notes and memoranda regarding formulae and myths.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1907
Restrictions:
Cherokee formulae are restricted due to cultural sensitivity. These folders cannot be reproduced or published without permission of the tribe. This collection contains content that may be culturally sensitive.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1899-1956
Scope and Contents:
Contains Swanton's revisions of texts found in MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, and related materials. Contents:
1. George Bushotter's first story, the myth of Miwakan yuhala. [1899]. Autograph Document Signed. 10 pages. Copy of Lakota text, with interlinear translation in Swanton's hand; revised with "information provided by Joseph Estes [a Yankton]."
2. English translations of George Bushotter's Lakota texts 1 and 3-17. [1889-1900]. 64 pages.
3. "Dakota notes made in 1899." Approximately 55 pages in small notebook. Linguistic and ethnologic notes, mainly concerning the George Bushotter texts.
4. Note on the history of the Bushotter texts. 1903-1905. Typescript and autograph document. 1 page.
5. Letter to M. W. Stirling, concerning the Bushotter texts. Newton, Massachusetts. March 16, 1956. Typescript letter signed. 2 pages. 3 related letters by Stirling. March-April 1956. carbon copy Typescript letter. 4 pages.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1903
Scope and Contents:
Includes "Games played by Indian children," Autograph document signed 3 pages with 1 sketch; "How Sioux Indians receive their names," Autograph document signed 12 pages; "Thunder's Slaughter," a myth, Autograph document signed 5 pages; "One good Indian and one bad one," Autograph document signed (Dated 1903) 11 pages; "Maternity and midwifery among the Sioux," Autograph document signed 15 pages; "Gall, Battle Chief," Typescript document 13 pages. Typed copy of "One good Indian and one bad one," Typescript document 13 pages and "Gall, Battle Chief," 14 pages.
MS 3941 Materials assembled by Hewitt for preparation of articles in Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30 and for replies to inquires from the public
Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937 Search this
Contents: Adirondack tribe (St Lawrence River) Old Manuscript Number 3553. Adoption Old Manuscript Number 4007. Refers to Algonquian method of counting -only; see Haas note 2/18/72; Old Manuscript Number 3864. "Alligewi"; Animism Old Manuscript Number 3867 and 2842-c, box 6. Blood Indians, origin of name; Brant, Joseph Old Manuscript Number 3874. Chippewa, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3646. Chiefs, function and significance of Old Manuscript Number 2842-c, box 6. Delaware tribe, New Jersey area claimed by Old Manuscript Number 3866. Detroit River, tribes near; Ekaentoton Island-- see Ste. Marie Island Environment (Bulletin 30 draft by O. T. Mason) Old Manuscript Number 4007. Erie, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3646. Erie and Black Mincqua tribes Old Manuscript Number 3586. [Eskimo] Arctic tribes, leaving elderly and sick people to die Old Manuscript Number 3668. Family, Bulletin 30 draft and notes Old Manuscript Number 4011 and 2842-c, box 6. Grand River (Tinaatoua), name of; Hebrew calendar; Hewitt, list of Bulletin 30 articles by Old Manuscript Number 4066. Hoboken, origin of name; Iroquois, "On the Northern and Eastern Territorial Limits of the Iroquoian people, in the 16th Century," and Algonquian tribes, at Chaleur Bay. Iroquois at Gulf of St Lawrence and Bay of Gaspe Old Manuscript Number 3625.
Iroquois, location of Six Nations tribes reservations Old Manuscript Number 3763. Iroquois false face; Iroquois preparation of corn ("as food") Old Manuscript Number 4009. Iroquoian early dress Old Manuscript Number 3660. Iroquoian "Gachoi" tribe, identity of (Correspondence with F. Bogaskie.) Old Manuscript Number 3816. Iroquoian moon names and concept of time; Iroquoian social organization, and place name-name origins; "Man," Iroquoian term for Old Manuscript Number 3781. Iroquoian towns Old Manuscript Number 4006. Kentucky, meaning of the word; Kentucky, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3840. Lenni Lenape, meaning of the word; Logstown-- see Shenango Old Manuscript Number 3773. Lost Ten Tribes as American Indians Old Manuscript Number 3670. Mayan linguistic family and other Mayan linguistic notes including Quiche and Tepehuanan notes Old Manuscript Number 3473. Mexico: idols, sacrifices, etc. Old Manuscript Number 3807. Mexico: Indian languages. Letter from Captain W.E.W. MacKinley Old Manuscript Number 3778. Missouri, Indian village, location of Old Manuscript Number 3944. Mohawk land near Lake Champlain; Mohawk grammar; Montour family, notes for Bulletin 30 Old Manuscript Number 3812. Muskhogean social organization. Letter from J. J. Harrison. Old Manuscript Number 3891. New England tribes Old Manuscript Number 3513.
Niagara, origin of name; "Old Smoke"-- see Sayenqueraghta Old Manuscript Number 3949. Onondaga tribe, text of memorial inscription to, and correspondence Old Manuscript 4391 and 4271- box 1 (part.) Ontwaganha or Toaganha, origin and meaning of name Old Manuscript Number 3864. Owego, meaning of town's name; Pekwanoket tribe (Cape Cod); Pemaquid, Abnaki word and its origin Old Manuscript Number 89. Piasa bird- pictograph formerly near present Alton, Illinois. Article is similar to that by Cyrus Thomas, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30. Old Manuscript Number 3981. Potawatomi, notes on the name Old Manuscript Number 4034. Potawatomi Green Corn Dance; Roanoke, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3998. Sacagawea, spelling of; St Ignace, 3 settlements (Michigan); St Marie Island or Ekaentoton Island; Sauk, Bulletin 30 article and galley proof, notes Old Manuscript Number 3764. Sayenqueraghta or "Old Smoke" (correspondence with Alanson Skinner) Old Manuscript Number 3949. Scalping Old Manuscript Number 4025. Shenango and Logstown Old Manuscript Number 3773. Sioux, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3624. Society of American Indians, resolutions by thanking General Hugh L. Scott, Fr. Anselm Webber and others Old Manuscript Number 3868. Susquehanna, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3707. Tacoma, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3470.
Thunderbird, notes on Old Manuscript Number 3552. Tinaatoa-- see Grand River; Toronto, origin of name; Tuscarora villages Old Manuscript Number 3998. Wampum Old Manuscript Number 3998. War club with inscription; West Virginia panhandle tribes Old Manuscript Number 3945. Williams, Eleazer Old Manuscript Number 3998. Women, status of Old Manuscript Number 3566. Wyandots (Huron) List of tribes of which Wyandots of today are constituted. Old Manuscript Number 3774.
Also includes Autograph document by Swanton. 17 pages. Typed copies of texts. 129 pages. (numbered 26-30, 32-33, 35-119, 130, 137-173.)
Contents (original texts): "The Three Brothers," pages 1-11 (English translation by Swanton, 10 pages.); "Another Hunter," pages 12-18; "Tug of War of the Tie-Snakes and visit in North Country," pages 19-25 (English translation by Swanton, 6 pages); untitled text, pages 26-30; "The Stork Father," page 31 (English translation by Swanton, 1 page); untitled texts, pages 32-49; "Turtle and Wolf," pages 50-52; untitled texts, pages 53-119; "The Deer Hunter," pages 120-130; "The Big Lizard," pages 131-136; untitled text, pages 137-142; "Wolf and Deer," pages 143-160; "The Cannibal Carries Off the Woman (The Pleiades)," pages 161-173.
Biographical / Historical:
Swanton worked with the Creek in Oklahoma between 1906 and 1930, according to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 28, page 13; AR 32, page 18; AR 33, page 18; AR 35, page 18; AR 37, pages 10-11; AR 41, page 105, and AR 47, page 2.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4930
Local Note:
Autograph document
Other Title:
The Three Brothers
Another Hunter
Tug of War of the Tie-Snakes and visit in North Country
Contents: "The Magic Dogs." Chitimacha text with interlinear literal English translation and interlinear running English translation. Autograph document. 46 pages. Text with interlinear English translation . Typescript document with A. notations. 7 pages. "Story of u-st' upu." Chitimacha text. Autograph document. 1 page. Chitimacha text with interlinear English translation. Typescript document with A. notations. 1 page. English translation. Typescript document. 1 page. (A slightly different version is published in J.R. Swanton, Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico, BAE-B 43, Washington, 1911, page 359.)
"Story of the Ill-disposed Man." Chitimacha text. Autograph document. 3 pages. Text with interlinear English translation. Typescript document with A. notations. 1 page. English translation. Typescript document with A. corrections. 1 page. (A slightly changed version is published in J.R. Swanton, Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico, BAE-B 43, Washington, 1911, page 359.) "Wolf and Buzzard," Chitimacha text with interlinear English translation. Autograph document 2 pages. Typescript document with A. notations. Chitimacha stories in English. Autograph document. 12 pages. (A slightly different version of these stories is published in J.R. Swanton, "Some Chitimacha Myths and Beliefs," Journal of American Folk-lore, volume 30, New York, December, 1917, pages 474-478.)
Biographical / Historical:
Swanton worked with the Chitimacha in Charenton, Louisiana between 1908 and 1931, according to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 30, page 18; AR 32, page 18; AR 38, page 4; AR 39, pages 13-14; AR 40, page 4; AR 41, page 7; and AR 48, page 5.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4199
Local Note:
Autograph document and typescript document with a. notations
The material includes: Note on Biloxi; list of villages where the Biloxi lived; origin legend of Choctaw and Chickasaw; Chickasaw ethnology and linguistics; letter from Josiah Mickey to Dr. Speck; brief stories, etc. and newsclipping, "How Indians catch fish."
Also includes incomplete Typescript copy. 3 pages.
Biographical / Historical:
Swanton worked with the Creeks in Oklahoma between 1906 and 1930, according to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 28, page 13; AR 32, page 18; AR 33, page 18; AR 35, page 18; AR 37, pages 10-11; AR 41, page 105; and AR 47, page 2.
Contents: Crawfish (Origin of the Earth), pages 76-77; Origin of the Yuchi, pages 74-75; Yuchi song of Dance, pages 67-70; Yuchi legend- no title, pages 54-56; Yuchi song, page 49; List of clans, pages 70-71; The remaining pages are devoted to words and sentences in the Yuchi language. (On pages 91-99 is a vocabulary taken from the copy of Albert Pike's Yuchi vocabulary, with additions by Samuel Johnson.)
Filed with the manuscript are papers describing it and relating to its history (566-c) as follows: Folder 1-Bureau of American Ethnology correspondence, 1883-87, relating to history of Tuggle manuscript. 3 pages original and 15 photostats, with typed abstract covering all correspondence, 1 page typed. Folder 2-Description and comparison of the 2 copies of the Tuggle manuscript in Bureau of American Ethnology, by William C. Sturtevant, 1956, 9 pages typed. Folder 3-Miscellaneous notes and correspondence relating to search for information on Tuggle manuscript, 1932, 1956-57.
Contents: Myths of the Creeks: 1-The Tar Person, 9 pages. 2-The King of the Tie-snakes, 5 pages. 3-How day and night were divided, 2 pages. 4-The rabbit and wolf go courting, 3 pages. 5-How the rabbit deceived the other animals, 7 pages. 6-How the rabbit won the widow's beautiful daughter, 6 pages. 7-Rabbit pulling against the tie-snake, 13 pages ?. 8-Sharp breast and good snake, 1 page. 9-How Chufee deceived the tie-snake and the lion, 2 pages. 10-Origin of the tiger clan, 2 pages. 11-How the rabbit lost his long tail, 3 pages. 12-Why the possum has no hair on his tail, 1 page. 13-Disease, 1 page. 14-Medicine songs, 15 pages. 15-Snake sickness, 1 page. 16-Race between the crane and the humming bird, 1 page. 17-Creation of the earth, 6 pages. 18-Chufee discontented, 3 pages.
19-The Big Rock man, 1 page. 20-The Big Terrapin, 2 pages. 21-The Widow's son, 6 pages. 22-There are three worlds, 1 page. 23-How Chufee stole fire, 2 pages. 24-About the wind, 1 page. 25-How the terrapin got his back broken, 1 page. 26-The rainbow, Eclipse of the moon, 1 page. 27-Lightning, 1 page. 28-The terrapin runs a race with the deer, 1 page. 29-Baby songs, 5 pages. 30-Took-a-batche tradition, 1 page. 31-The sacred vessels, 3 pages. 32-Origin of Indian corn, 7 pages. 33-The lion and the little girl, 8 pages. 34-The origin of the turkey breast-lock; The wolf races with the terrapin; Istepahpah (man-eater) and Chufee; How the alligator's nose was broken, 8 pages.
35-Origin of the Bear clan, 2 pages. 36-Why the 'possum has no hair on his tail, 1 page. 37-Why the 'possum looks so ashamed, 1 page. 38-The Sar-ee-yah or Great Charm, 1 page. 39-The Turkey, turtle and rattlesnake, 2 pages. 40-How the mark was caused on the Phe-tuk-kee's tail, 1 page. 41-The bat, 3 pages. 42-The panther and coon fool the deer, 3 pages. 43-How Chufee the rabbit won his wife's sister for his second wife, 4 pages. 44-The rabbit and alligator. 45-Why the rabbit steals. 46-How the terrapin outran the deer. 47-The daughter of Tullopee-Tustenuggee-How the terrapin's eyes became red. 48-How the terrapin's back came to lie in checks. 49-The Buffalo girls. 50-The monkey girl.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 566-a-c
Other Title:
The Tar Person
The King of the Tie-snakes
How day and night were divided
The rabbit and wolf go courting
How the rabbit deceived the other animals
How the rabbit won the widow's beautiful daughter
Rabbit pulling against the tie-snake
Sharp breast and good snake
How Chufee deceived the tie-snake and the lion
Origin of the tiger clan
How the rabbit lost his long tail
Why the possum has no hair on his tail
Disease
Medicine songs
Snake sickness
Race between the crane and the humming bird
Creation of the earth
Chufee discontented
The Big Rock man
The Big Terrapin
The Widow's son
There are three worlds
How Chufee stole fire
About the wind
How the terrapin got his back broken
The rainbow, Eclipse of the moon
Lightning
The terrapin runs a race with the deer
Baby songs
Took-a-batche tradition
The sacred vessels
Origin of Indian corn
The lion and the little girl
The origin of the turkey breast-lock; The wolf races with the terrapin; Istepahpah (man-eater) and Chufee; How the alligator's nose was broken
Origin of the Bear clan
Why the 'possum has no hair on his tail
Why the 'possum looks ashamed
The Sar-ee-yah or Great Charm
The Turkey, turtle and rattlesnake
How the mark was caused on the Phe-tuk-kee's tail
The bat
The panther and coon fool the deer
How Chufee the rabbit won his wife's sister for his second wife
The rabbit and alligator
Why the rabbit steals
How the terrapin outran the deer
The daughter of Tullopee-Tustenuggee-How the terrapin's eyes became red
Stories Numbers 32 and 40 are not included in these copies.
Contents: Myths of the Creeks: 1-The Tar Person, 9 pages. 2-The King of the Tie-snakes, 5 pages. 3-How day and night were divided, 2 pages. 4-The rabbit and wolf go courting, 3 pages. 5-How the rabbit deceived the other animals, 7 pages. 6-How the rabbit won the widow's beautiful daughter, 6 pages. 7-Rabbit pulling against the tie-snake, 13 pages ?. 8-Sharp breast and good snake, 1 page. 9-How Chufee deceived the tie-snake and the lion, 2 pages. 10-Origin of the tiger clan, 2 pages. 11-How the rabbit lost his long tail, 3 pages. 12-Why the possum has no hair on his tail, 1 page. 13-Disease, 1 page. 14-Medicine songs, 15 pages. 15-Snake sickness, 1 page. 16-Race between the crane and the humming bird, 1 page. 17-Creation of the earth, 6 pages. 18-Chufee discontented, 3 pages.
19-The Big Rock man, 1 page. 20-The Big Terrapin, 2 pages. 21-The Widow's son, 6 pages. 22-There are three worlds, 1 page. 23-How Chufee stole fire, 2 pages. 24-About the wind, 1 page. 25-How the terrapin got his back broken, 1 page. 26-The rainbow, Eclipse of the moon, 1 page. 27-Lightning, 1 page. 28-The terrapin runs a race with the deer, 1 page. 29-Baby songs, 5 pages. 30-Took-a-batche tradition, 1 page. 31-The sacred vessels, 3 pages. 33-The lion and the little girl, 8 pages. 34-The origin of the turkey breast-lock; The wolf races with the terrapin; Istepahpah (man-eater) and Chufee; How the alligator's nose was broken, 8 pages.
35-Origin of the Bear clan, 2 pages. 36-Why the 'possum has no hair on his tail, 1 page. 37-Why the 'possum looks so ashamed, 1 page. 38-The Sar-ee-yah or Great Charm, 1 page. 39-The Turkey, turtle and rattlesnake, 2 pages. 41-The bat, 3 pages. 42-The panther and coon fool the deer, 3 pages. 43-How Chufee the rabbit won his wife's sister for his second wife, 4 pages. 44-The rabbit and alligator. 45-Why the rabbit steals. 46-How the terrapin outran the deer. 47-The daughter of Tullopee-Tustenuggee-How the terrapin's eyes became red. 48-How the terrapin's back came to lie in checks. 49-The Buffalo girls. 50-The monkey girl.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 566-b
Other Title:
The Tar Person
The King of the Tie-snakes
How day and night were divided
The rabbit and wolf go courting
How the rabbit deceived the other animals
How the rabbit won the widow's beautiful daughter
Rabbit pulling against the tie-snake
Sharp breast and good snake
How Chufee deceived the tie-snake and the lion
Origin of the tiger clan
How the rabbit lost his long tail
Why the possum has no hair on his tail
Disease
Medicine songs
Snake sickness
Race between the crane and the humming bird
Creation of the earth
Chufee discontented
The Big Rock man
The Big Terrapin
The Widow's son
There are three worlds
How Chufee stole fire
About the wind
How the terrapin got his back broken
The rainbow, Eclipse of the moon
Lightning
The terrapin runs a race with the deer
Baby songs
Took-a-batche tradition
The sacred vessels
The lion and the little girl
The origin of the turkey breast-lock; The wolf races with the terrapin; Istepahpah (man-eater) and Chufee; How the alligator's nose was broken
Origin of the Bear clan
Why the 'possum has no hair on his tail
Why the 'possum looks ashamed
The Sar-ee-yah or Great Charm
The Turkey, turtle and rattlesnake
The bat
The panther and coon fool the deer
How Chufee the rabbit won his wife's sister for his second wife
The rabbit and alligator
Why the rabbit steals
How the terrapin outran the deer
The daughter of Tullopee-Tustenuggee-How the terrapin's eyes became red