Lower Umpqua vocabulary and grammatical notes, spoken by the Yakonan-speaking Indians formerly living on Umpqua Bay, Oregon
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
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content: MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
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content: MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 2: Siletz Reservation
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1884
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content: Box 62, Item 395
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available.
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content: Approximately 65 pages original notes; approximately 80 pages and 1 kinship chart in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages 1880. Includes 1 page (page 248) in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages listing 7 words and 2 phrases in Upper Umpqua (Umpqua Valley), an Athapascan dialect. Information from Spencer Scott and Mrs William Smith (mother of Spencer Scott).