Letters to Samuel Pierpont Langley
name: label: Creator
content: Powell, John Wesley, Major
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology
topic: label: Topic
content: Time -- American Indian
label: Topic
content: Astronomy -- Ottawa
label: Topic
content: Astronomy -- Chippewa
label: Topic
content: Time -- Atfalati
label: Topic
content: Time -- Cherokee
label: Topic
content: Time -- Creek
label: Topic
content: Time -- Hidatsa
label: Topic
content: Time -- Klamath
label: Topic
content: Time -- Menominee
label: Topic
content: Time -- Modoc
label: Topic
content: Time -- Ottawa
label: Topic
content: Time -- Powhatan
label: Topic
content: Time -- Siouan
label: Topic
content: Time -- Tuscarora
creator: label: Creator
content: Powell, John Wesley, Major
culture: label: Culture
content: America Indian -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Chippewa -- Astronomy
label: Culture
content: Ottawa (tribe) -- Astronomy
label: Culture
content: Atfalati -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Cherokee -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Chippewa -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Creek -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Hidatsa -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Klamath -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Menominee -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Modoc -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Ottawa (tribe) -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Powhatan -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Siouan -- reckoning of time
label: Culture
content: Tuscarora -- reckoning of time
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content: Department of Anthropology records
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content: Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Calendars and Reckoning of Time
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 82 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: January 7, 1891
container: label: Container
content: Box 8, Folder 103
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letter of transmittal for material concerning the reckoning of time about the American Indians. The attachment includes notes and word lists concerning time for the Atfalati, Cherokee, Chippewa, Creek, Hidatsa, Klamath, Menominee, Modoc, Ottawa, Powhatan, Siouan, Tuscarora, and Wintu. There are also a few notes on Chippewa and Ottawa astronomy.