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MS 1910-h An old story about an Indian and a Spider or a White Man

Creator:
Cook, Philip  Search this
Collector:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Extent:
3 Pages
Culture:
Sioux  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Myth concerns the Dakota Trickster Iktomi's experiences with fishing.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1910-h
Local Note:
Autograph document signed
Topic:
Iktomi (Legendary character)  Search this
Folklore -- Dakota  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1910-h, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1910H
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a7a69015-5ec1-45ea-86d0-96af2bc8993c
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MS 1312 Aryan elements in Indian Mythology

Creator:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895  Search this
Extent:
10 Pages
Culture:
Omaha  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Comparison of four of Grimm's tales with three Omaha myths. The Grimm's stories are in the hand of James Mooney.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1312
Local Note:
manuscript document and typescript document signed
Topic:
Folklore -- Omaha  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1312, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1312
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e7fb34b0-245b-434d-b059-315e505dbce8
EDAN-URL:
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MS 3464 Extracts from various sources on General Ethnological Beliefs

Collector:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Extent:
22 Pages
Culture:
Polynesian  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
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.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3464
Topic:
Folklore  Search this
Names  Search this
Hunting  Search this
Death and mortuary customs  Search this
Witchcraft  Search this
Games and toys  Search this
Religion  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3464, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3464
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw342aa6a62-66ef-4ddc-94b3-2a9e1ea8537f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3464

MS 1887 Miscellaneous notes

Collector:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Extent:
5 Notebooks
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
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
Topic:
Tipis -- Kiowa Indians  Search this
Peyote -- Kiowa  Search this
Shields -- Kiowa  Search this
Folklore -- Kiowa  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Newsclippings
Citation:
Manuscript 1887, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1887
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30216583f-57db-4b41-b2ce-4cc20c34d604
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1887

MS 1910-i Letter to James Mooney

Creator:
Hornbeck, Lewis N.  Search this
Addressee:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Extent:
3 Pages
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
July 19, 1892
Scope and Contents:
Containing Kiowa origin story. Has marginal notations by Mooney on pages 1 and 2.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1910-i
Local Note:
autograph letter signed
Topic:
Folklore -- Kiowa  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1910-i, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1910I
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e2c977bf-4d71-42ba-a223-dfefc14279b8
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1910i

MS 1907 Cherokee Sacred formulae

Creator:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (ca.50 sheets. )
Culture:
Cherokee  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
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.
Topic:
Folklore -- Cherokee  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1907, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1907
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33ca3f16c-4a0a-41fe-906c-58008094e8ab
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1907

MS 1897-c Arapaho shield story, vision of "jacket rabbit"

Collector:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Author:
Warden, Cleaver  Search this
Extent:
7 Pages
Culture:
Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Includes envelope marked, "Arapaho Shield - Cleaver," in Mooneyʹs handwriting.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1897-c
Local Note:
Manuscript document
Topic:
Folklore -- Arapaho  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1897-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1897C
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3899f1f31-6368-411b-8e9b-57f7f90bd081
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1897c

MS 2632 Material relating to the George Bushotter Lakota texts

Creator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Informant:
Estes, Joseph  Search this
Addressee:
Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this
Names:
Bushotter, George, 1864-1892  Search this
Culture:
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this
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.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2632
Topic:
Teton Indians  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2632, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2632
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38cf3ff6b-fc68-4ded-9383-95d3731da8db
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2632

MS 1754 Miscellaneous writings on the Dakotas

Creator:
Allison, Edwin Henry, 1847-1919  Search this
Names:
Gall, approximately 1840-1894  Search this
Culture:
Dakota Indians  Search this
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this
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.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1754
Other Title:
Games played by Indian children
How Sioux Indians receive their names
Thunder's Slaughter
One good Indian and one bad one
Maternity and midwifery among the Sioux
Gall, Battle Chief
Topic:
Biography -- Gall  Search this
Games and toys  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Children and childbirth  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1754, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1754
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw344e5faf3-ed13-412e-bebc-1cb21a3af377
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1754

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
Correspondent:
Bogaskie, F.  Search this
Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925  Search this
Creator:
MacKinley, W. E. W., Captain  Search this
Names:
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology -- Bulletin 30  Search this
Society of American Indians  Search this
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807  Search this
Old Smoke  Search this
Sayenqueraghta  Search this
Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934  Search this
Williams, Eleazer  Search this
Culture:
Eskimos  Search this
Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Chippewa  Search this
Adirondack  Search this
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Black Mincqua  Search this
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Pekwanoket  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Wendat (Huron)  Search this
Mohawk  Search this
Maya  Search this
Algonquin (Algonkin)  Search this
Potawatomi  Search this
Iroquois  Search this
Sauk  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Tuscarora  Search this
Erie (archaeological)  Search this
Arctic peoples  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Susquehannock (archaeological)  Search this
Wyandot  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Kainai Blackfoot (Kainah/Blood)  Search this
Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Calendars
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
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.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3941
Topic:
American Indian  Search this
Inheritance -- Adoption  Search this
Religion -- animism  Search this
Names, tribal -- Blood  Search this
Names, tribal -- Chippewa  Search this
Government and politics -- chiefs  Search this
Land tenure and claims -- Delaware  Search this
Names, tribal -- Erie  Search this
Death and mortuary customs -- abandoning elderly and sick  Search this
Marriage and family  Search this
Names, place -- Grand River  Search this
Jews  Search this
Land tenure and claims  Search this
Masks -- False Face  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Food preparation -- Corn  Search this
Time -- concepts  Search this
Social structure  Search this
Names, place  Search this
Towns, villages and other settlements  Search this
Names, place -- Kentucky  Search this
Names, tribal -- Leni Lenape  Search this
Muskogean Indians  Search this
Names, place -- Niagara  Search this
Names, place -- Owego  Search this
Abenaki Indians  Search this
Names, tribal -- Pemaquid  Search this
Pictographs -- Piasa bird  Search this
Potawatomi Indians  Search this
Dance -- Green Corn  Search this
Names, tribal -- Potawatomi  Search this
Names, place -- Roanoke  Search this
Towns, villages and other settlements -- St Ignace  Search this
Religion -- Mexico  Search this
Sacrifices -- Mexico  Search this
War -- Scalping  Search this
Indian interest groups -- Society of American Indians  Search this
Names, tribal -- Susquehanna  Search this
Names, tribal -- Tacoma  Search this
Folklore -- Thunderbird  Search this
Names, place -- Toronto  Search this
Tuscarora Indians  Search this
Trade, gifts and other exchanges -- Wampum  Search this
Weapons -- war club  Search this
Marriage and family -- women, status of  Search this
Names, place -- Hoboken  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Algonquin  Search this
Honniasant  Search this
Lenape  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Susquehannock  Search this
Mexico  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Calendars
Citation:
Manuscript 3941, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3941
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34e5d46f4-47a1-44d7-8e6d-d282280cd7f8
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3941

MS 4930 Creek texts, with English titles and occasional English translations by John R. Swanton

Creator:
Gouge, Earnest, approximately 1865-1955  Search this
Translator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Extent:
173 Pages
Culture:
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1906-1930
Scope and Contents:
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
The Stork Father
Turtle and Wolf
The Deer Hunter
The Big Lizard
Wolf and Deer
The Cannibal Carries Off the Woman (The Pleiades)
Topic:
Folklore -- Creek  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4930, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4930
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw344f6f42f-4e99-4f68-a3d9-7386cac1c349
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4930

MS 4199 Chitimacha stories

Creator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Extent:
63 Pages
Culture:
Chitimacha  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1908-1931
Scope and Contents:
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
Other Title:
The Magic Dogs
Story of u-st'upu
Story of the Ill-disposed Man
Wolf and Buzzard
Place:
Charenton Louisiana
Topic:
Folklore -- Chitimacha  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4199, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4199
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw374049e79-b923-4bb9-9c7c-73f31efd0447
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4199

MS 7050 Annotated copy of "A Migration Legend of the Creek Indians"

Annotator:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Extent:
1 Volume
1 Item (vii+25 pages vii+251 pages)
2 Maps
Culture:
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Volumes
Maps
Newsclippings
Date:
1884
Scope and Contents:
With notes and corrections in Gatschet's hand and 103 additional pages of notes of newsclippings.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7050
Local Note:
Annotated copy
Topic:
Folklore -- Creek  Search this
Migration -- Creek  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Maps
Newsclippings
Citation:
Manuscript 7050, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS7050
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35c464d91-d966-42d3-a740-f4d1f0063273
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7050

MS 4231 Chickasaw notes for Swanton

Collector:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Addressee:
Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950  Search this
Creator:
Mikey, Josiah  Search this
Extent:
29 Pages
Culture:
Chickasaw  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Newsclippings
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
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."
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4231
Topic:
Names, place -- Biloxi  Search this
Folklore -- Choctaw  Search this
Folklore -- Chickasaw  Search this
Fishing  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Newsclippings
Citation:
Manuscript 4231, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4231
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b3a940d1-8097-4827-a46d-a052ffefec84
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MS 4132-b Choctaw stories

Creator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Informant:
Comby, Olman  Search this
Extent:
22 Pages
Culture:
Choctaw  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
ca. 1928-1930
Biographical / Historical:
Swanton worked with the Choctaw in 1928-1930, according to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 46, page 3; and AR 47, page 2.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4132-b
Local Note:
Typescript document with manuscript notations
Topic:
Folklore -- Choctaw  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4132-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4132B
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3db628ef3-ee8d-4f95-b512-adb1002cf75f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4132b

MS 4918 Creek stories

Creator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Extent:
11 Pages
Culture:
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1906-1930
Scope and Contents:
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.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4918
Local Note:
Autograph document
Topic:
Folklore -- Creek  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4918, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4918
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37a04effd-89d6-42bb-8441-c10380b9230a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4918

MS 1002 Yuchi vocabulary and legends

Collector:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Extent:
90 Pages
Culture:
Euchee (Yuchi)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
November 1884- March 1885
Scope and Contents:
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.)
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1002
General:
Previously titled "Legends."
Topic:
Yuchi Indians  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Social organization -- clan list  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Creek  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1002, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1002
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37fd0f649-8a1c-43f1-bae1-4fb0ec9af35a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1002

MS 4940 Tunica stories in English

Creator:
Dorman, Caroline  Search this
Addressee:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Informant:
Young, Sam, 1870-1948  Search this
Barbry, Eli  Search this
Extent:
7 Pages
Culture:
Tunica  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1931
Scope and Contents:
Also letter to John R. Swanton transmitting stories. Saline, Louisiana. May 26, 1931. Typescript letter signed. 2 pages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4940
Local Note:
typescript document with A. notations
Topic:
Tunica Indians  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4940, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4940
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36f17dbba-13e1-4aff-a558-c70854bafb0a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4940

MS 566-a-c Myths of the Creeks

Creator:
Tuggle, William Orrie, 1841-1884  Search this
Names:
Chufee  Search this
Istepahpah  Search this
Extent:
173 Pages
Culture:
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
March 1, 1887
Scope and Contents:
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
How the terrapin's back came to lie in checks
The Buffalo girls
The monkey girl
Topic:
Folklore -- Creek  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 566-a-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS566AC
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36be6d443-c7e0-46e2-93b4-7319fc71cfe9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms566ac

MS 566-b Second copy, Myths of the Creeks

Collector:
Tuggle, William Orrie, 1841-1884  Search this
Names:
Chufee  Search this
Istepahpah  Search this
Extent:
117 Pages
Culture:
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
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
How the terrapin's back came to lie in checks
The Buffalo girls
The monkey girl
Topic:
Folklore -- Creek  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 566-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS566B
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ab5c036c-8110-4835-b911-abd31169000a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms566b

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