MS 1860 Three Fox stories by Sam Peters
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content: NAA MS 1860
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Miscellaneous legends" 3/19/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Peters, Sam, 1885-
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
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content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
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content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Peters, Sam, 1885-
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 138 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1860
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The description of this manuscript was updated in 2024 based on information provided by Dr. Patricia Afable, Research Assistant to the Linguistic Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, and Dr. Lucy Thomason, National Museum of Natural History Museum Technician (linguistics).
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
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content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection consists of three stories by Sam Peters, handwritten in Meskwaki syllabary, with English translations by Horace Poweshiek. The first story tells of a Meskwaki woman who is captured by Sioux; who escapes with the help of one of two Sioux women who are kind to her, and by virtue of a childhood fasting vision; and whose brother later leads a return raid against the Sioux. The second tells of a boy who could understand the speech of dogs; a nearly hairless dog who is despised and mistreated by everyone takes refuge with him and his own sleek dog, is well cared for by him, and helps him become a great hunter. The third is a winter story recounting the adventures of the hero Red Leggins.