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Illustration of the Method of Recording Indian Languages

Illustration of the Method of Recording Indian Languages

by James Owen Dorsey

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Author
Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883
Title
Illustration of the Method of Recording Indian Languages From the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
Credits
Produced by Carlo Traverso, William Flis, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
E011: History: America: America
Subject
Indians of North America -- Languages
Category
Text
eBook-No.
17042
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17042
Release Date
November 11, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. — J.W. POWELL, DIRECTOR.
  2. 2.ILLUSTRATION OF THE METHOD — OF — RECORDING INDIAN LANGUAGES. — FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF MESSRS. J.O. DORSEY, A.S. GATSCHET, AND S.R. RIGGS.
  3. 3.HOW THE RABBIT CAUGHT THE SUN IN A TRAP. — An Omaha Myth, obtained from F. LaFlèche by J. Owen Dorsey. — NOTES. — ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS MYTH. — TRANSLATION.
  4. 4.DETAILS OF A CONJURER'S PRACTICE. — In the Klamath Lake Dialect. Obtained from Minnie Froben, by A.S. Gatschet. — NOTES.
  5. 5.THE RELAPSE. — In the Klamath Lake Dialect by Dave Hill. Obtained by A.S. Gatschet. — NOTES.
  6. 6.SWEAT-LODGES. — In the Klamath Lake Dialect by Minnie Froben. Obtained by A.S. Gatschet. — NOTES.
  7. 7.A DOG'S REVENGE. — A Dakota Fable, by Michel Renville. Obtained by Rev. S.R. Riggs. — NOTES. — TRANSLATION. — INDEX.

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