MS 2985 Fox story of Red Leggins collected by Truman Michelson
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2985
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Red Leggins Legend" 4/30/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Tesson, Joe, Jr.
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Ida
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Tesson, Joe, Jr.
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Ida
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 86 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2985
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Story of Red Leggins handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary with an English paraphrase by Ida Poweshiek. These texts were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.The author of the story was originally identified as Bill Leaf, but the Meskwaki text is not in his hand. The writer may be Joe Tesson, Jr.