MS 606 Muskoki or Creek. Words, grammatical elements and texts collected by Albert S. Gatschet. Vol. 1
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content: NAA MS 606
name: label: Creator
content: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
topic: label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Languages
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content: Creek language
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content: Hitchiti language
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
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content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
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content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
creator: label: Creator
content: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
culture: label: Culture
content: Alibamu
label: Culture
content: Muscogee (Creek)
label: Culture
content: Alabama Indians
label: Culture
content: Apalachee (archaeological)
label: Culture
content: Cherokee
label: Culture
content: Chickasaw
label: Culture
content: Choctaw
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content: Coushatta (Koasati)
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content: Seminole
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content: Shawnee
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content: Timucua (archaeological)
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content: Euchee (Yuchi)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Volume (274 pages)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1878-1891
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS606
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Volumes
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Much of the Creek and Hitchiti was used in Gatschet's "A Migration Legend of the Creek Indians," Volume I (Brinton's Library of Aboriginal Literature, Number 4), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1884. and Volume II (Transactions of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences), St. Louis, Missouri, 1888.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Title on back of binding reads, "Maskoki I." Dates within the notebook range from December 23, 1878, to January 8, 1891. Includes much of material from other sources as well as material collected by Gatschet himself. Most of the material is Creek or Hitchiti, but other Southeastern Indian languages and a few Plains Indian languages are represented. (See Gatschet's index on pages 271-274, and list of contents following main entry; copy filed with volume.) Includes list of gentes, colors, birds, insects, local names, numerals, personal names, and grammatical material as well as notes on the Red Stick War, mythology, etc. Also notes on Samuel Perryman (Thenahta Tustenugga) and a list of songs.
relatedmaterial: label: Other Archival Materials
content: See MS 2503 for Volume II of the same title.