MS 887 Mapuche ethnographic notes and vocabulary
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 887
label: Other Title
content: A Patagonian Imposter-An Indian Prophet
label: Other Title
content: An Indian Hunting Thankgiving of the Araucanians
name: label: Collector
content: Walker, P. J.
label: Collector
content: Davis, Hugh
label: Correspondent
content: Sherman, Charles E.
label: Correspondent
content: Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908
label: Correspondent
content: Theobald, E. B.
label: Addressee
content: McGee Prof
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Chile
creator: label: Collector
content: Walker, P. J.
label: Collector
content: Davis, Hugh
label: Correspondent
content: Sherman, Charles E.
label: Correspondent
content: Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908
label: Correspondent
content: Theobald, E. B.
label: Addressee
content: McGee Prof
culture: label: Culture
content: Araucanian
label: Culture
content: Mapuche
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 24 Items (ca. 24 pages)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1893-1896, 1898-1899
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS887
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Notes and vocabulary contained in letter dated February 28, 1899, signed by P. J. Walker. Also includes two articles copied from the South American Missionary Magazine, for July 1, 1896, entitled "A Patagonian Imposter-An Indian Prophet," and "An Indian Hunting Thanksgiving of the Araucanians." Four letters from Charles Sherman (1898-1899) to Professor Otis Mason, containing ethnological material. Letter from E. B. Theobald, Chubut, South America, February 1899, accompanying box containing wool and an Indian skull. Letter from Professor Mason to Professor McGee, transmitting the above linguistic material, June 7, 1900. Also present is a colored card on which is printed the Lord's Prayer in Mapuche.