[Alsea, Coos, Siuslaw, and Umpqua vocabularies and notes]
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content: MS 191-a Letters to George Gibbs with sketch, general remarks, and Coos Bay language vocabulary

MS 191-b George Gibb's copies of John J. Milhau's vocabularies of "An-a-sitch (Coos Bay No. 1)" and "Coos Bay (No. 2)"

MS 193 Vocabularies of Umpqua Valley (proper) Oregon

MS 193-b Two copies by George Gibbs of John J. Milhau's Upper Umpqua vocabulary

MS 955-a "Alseya and Yakoner" vocabulary

MS 955-b Yakona Vocabulary

MS 957 Copy by George Gibbs of John J. Milhau's Kalawatset or Lower Umpqua vocabulary

MS 958 Kalawatset or Lower Umpqua vocabulary

Index to Indian Vocabularies No. 124

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content: Milhau's letters, enclosures, and portions of the vocabularies have been laminated.
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content: Milhau, John J.
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content: Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
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content: Milhau, John J.
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content: Coos (Kusan)
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content: Yaquina (Yakwina)
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content: Alsea
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content: MS 9 George Gibbs collection / Vocabularies recorded by others / Milhau, John J.
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content: 21 Leaves
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content: 1856
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content: Box 7, Folder 11
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(1) Letter from Milhau to Gibbs, dated October 13, 1856, New Post at Umpqua City, O. T. [Oregon Territory], acknowledging receipt of a previous letter and promising to send vocabularies in the future.

(2) Letter of transmittal from Milhau to Gibbs, dated November 14, 1856, Umpqua City, O.T. [Oregon Territory], enclosing a sketch map, "general remarks," and "a dictionary of sounds," and four sets of vocabularies [(3)-(9) below].

(3) "Sketch showing relative positions of the mouths of the Yakoner [Yaquina], Alseya [Alsea], & Siusclau [Siuslaw] Rivers, Oregon Territory."

(4) "A few general remarks about the Coast Indians."

(5) "Sounds of certain vowels and consanants as used in the accompanying vocabularies of Indian Languages."

(6) Two "Coose Bay" vocabularies recorded by Milhau in a Smithsonian Institution-Pacific Railroad Surveys schedule.  In his letter, Milhau indicates that these languages were spoken between "Cape Arago and Cape Foulweather viz. the Coose bay."

(7) "Lower Umpqua or Kallawatsett" vocabulary recorded by Milhau in a Smithsonian Institution-Pacific Railroad Surveys schedule.  Milhau notes: "This language was spoken by all the coast Indians living on the streams emptying between Umpqua Head and Cape Perpetua; it was also spoken on the Umpqua river for 20 miles above the mouth."

(8) "Alseya and Yakoner" vocabulary recorded by Milhau in a Smithsonian Institution-Pacific Railroad Surveys schedule.  Milhau notes: "This is the language of all the coast Indians living between Cape Perpetua and Cape Foulweather and up the Alseya and Yakoner rivers."

(9) "Umpquah valley" vocabulary recorded by Milhau in a Smithsonian Institution-Pacific Railroad Surveys schedule.  Milhau notes: "this language was spoken by nearly all the Indians who formerly occupied the valley of the Umpqua east of the Coast Range and is very similar to that spoken on the Headwaters of the Coquille."  

(10) Copies by Gibbs of Milhau's vocabularies in printed Comparative Vocabulary forms, labeled "An-a-sitch (Coos Bay No.1)", "Coos Bay (No. 2)", "Kal-a-wat'-set or Lower Umpkwa", "Yako'-na,"  "Upper Umpqua/Umpqua Valley" and "Vocabulary of the Upper Umpquah."  There is also a copy by Gibbs of the Umpqua valley vocabulary not in the printed form.