MS 2010 Fox story of Pitishaha collected by Truman Michelson
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2010
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Legends; (Pitida= Petit Jean)" 4/29/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
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content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
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content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 159 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2010
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The description of this manuscript was updated in 2024 based on information provided by Dr. Patricia Afable, Research Assistant to the Linguistic Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, and Dr. Lucy Thomason, National Museum of Natural History Museum Technician (linguistics).
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
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This manuscript consists of two stories by an anonymous author in Meskwaki syllabary with translations by Horace Poweshiek. The stories are retold French folktales, the first of which has a plot resembling that of "Scaldhead" from Joseph Médard Carrière, Tales from the French folk-lore of Missouri (Northwestern University, 1937) and the second is a version of the adventures of Pitîshâh (Petit-Jean). Note that the second story never names its hero.