Swan, James G.
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: MS 970 Letters from James G. Swan to George Gibbs
label: Conservation
content: The letters have been laminated.
name: label: Creator
content: Swan, James G., 1818-1900
label: Collection Creator
content: Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
creator: label: Creator
content: Swan, James G., 1818-1900
culture: label: Culture
content: Northwest Coast
setName: label: See more items in
content: MS 9 George Gibbs collection
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content: MS 9 George Gibbs collection / Correspondence
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Leaves
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1855 July 20 - 1855 September 4
container: label: Container
content: Box 10, Folder 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Leaves
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Contains:

(1) Letter from Swan to Gibbs, dated July 20, 1855, Shoal Water Bay.  Swan provides a list of tribes from the Columbia River to Cape Flattery; discusses vocabularies requested by Gibbs, but not yet recorded by Swan; and makes arrangements for the repayment of a debt.

(2) Letter from Swan to Gibbs, dated August 20, 1855 with a post-script dated September 4, 1855, Shoal Water Bay.  Swan relates the story of the Thunderbird, the "smisspee" duck, tomanawas, and other religious beliefs.