[Letter concerning the language and ethnology of the peoples of the McKenzies River District]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: MS 170 Letter addressed to George Gibbs, relative to the Loucheux dialect
label: Conservation
content: Letter has been laminated.
name: label: Creator
content: Ross, Bernard R.
label: Collection Creator
content: Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
creator: label: Creator
content: Ross, Bernard R.
culture: label: Culture
content: Gwich'in (Kutchin)
label: Culture
content: Denésoliné (Chipewyan)
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content: MS 9 George Gibbs collection
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content: MS 9 George Gibbs collection / Vocabularies recorded by others / Ross, Bernard R.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Leaves
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1861 April 19
container: label: Container
content: Box 8, Folder 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Leaves
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letter from Ross to Gibbs dated April 19, 1861, Fort Simpson, McKenzie's River district, including information about the Loucheux dialect; the Kutchin Song of the Dead and other music; a description of the Dead Dance; miscellaneous linguistic notes; "Notes on the Industrial Art of the Chipewyan Tribes"; "Legend of the formation of the McKenzie River and Origin of Fire in the Bear River Coal Beds"; and "3 Chipwewyan Verbs."