MS 2416 Letter from Col. Force addressed to Dr. Thomas
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2416
name: label: Creator
content: Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson), 1824-1899
label: Addressee
content: Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910
label: Names
content: Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542
place: label: Place
content: Georgia -- Carthage -- Archeology
topic: label: Topic
content: Archeology -- Mounds
label: Topic
content: Mortuary customs -- Shawnee
label: Topic
content: Tennessee -- Hardin County -- Savannah -- Archeology
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Creator
content: Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson), 1824-1899
label: Addressee
content: Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910
culture: label: Culture
content: Shawnee
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892 October
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2416
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Concerns the Shawnee as mound builders, and the identification of box stone graves with that tribe; mounds in Georgia, near Carthage; earthworks near Savannah on the Tennessee River; route of De Soto through Georgia; Shawnees not identified with Eries; charcoal pit constructed by De Soto(?).