Copy of letter to Spencer F. Baird
name: label: Creator
content: Safford, William Edwin, 1859-1926
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology
creator: label: Creator
content: Safford, William Edwin, 1859-1926
culture: label: Culture
content: Fuegians
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content: Department of Anthropology records
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content: Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Fuegians
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: April 3, 1887
container: label: Container
content: Box 17, Folder 230
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Concerns meeting with Fuegian or Canoe Indians during passage of the Straits of Magellan in the U. S. S. Vandalia. Safford describes the Indians and their houses, boats, and so forth. The letter is illustrated with small sketches.