MS 2799 Texts and notes on Medicine arrows of the Cheyenne from Bull Thigh and William Somers
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2799
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Notes on Medicine arrows of the Cheyenne September 7-13, 1910" 4/8/2014.
name: label: Creator
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Informant
content: Bull Thigh, circa 1829-
label: Informant
content: Somers, William Abe, circa 1865-
place: label: Place
content: Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Cheyenne Indians -- Religion
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content: Medicine bundles
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content: Rites and ceremonies
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content: Sun Dance
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content: Cheyenne language
creator: label: Creator
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Informant
content: Bull Thigh, circa 1829-
label: Informant
content: Somers, William Abe, circa 1865-
culture: label: Culture
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 131 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910 September 7-13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2799
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Folklore
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content: Narratives
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content: Field notes
label: Type
content: Sketches
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content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Field notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Text and notes collected by Truman Michelson in Montana from Bull Thigh and William Somers on the sacred Medicine arrows of the Cheyenne. The texts are primarily in English and detail the origin of the arrows and describe the Medicine arrows ceremony. The prayers and songs are in Cheyenne. Also includes notes on Sun Dance.

The following is a list of the contents: (Folder 1) "The 4 arrows." Bull Thigh, Somers. pages 1-23. (Folder 2) "Further information on the 4 arrows." September 10, 1910. Somers. pages 1-24. (Folder 2) Notes on Sun Dance from Bull Thigh. September 10, 1910. pages 1-2. (Folder 3) "Somers fills in gaps of 4 arrows left out by the priest (tells own experiences)." September 9, 1910. Somers pages 1-43. (Folder 4) "3rd day before the ceremony proper." 7 pages. (Folder 5) "The 4 arrows; 4th day of the ceremonies."September 13, 1910. Somers. pages 1-10. (Folder 6) "Words of 1 arrow song; 4th song." September 7. Bull Thigh, Somers. 9 pages. "Arrow song with words," prayers, oaths, creed. September 13. Somers. 11 pages. (Folder 7) Diagrams illustrating parts of the ceremonies, Somers. 5 pages.