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[Ethnographic and linguistic notes]

Natural History Museum

Object Details

Collection Creator

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902

Collection Citation

John Wesley Powell papers (MS 798), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

Consists of Wintun stories and miscellaneous notes and vocabularies. Includes: (1) Contents (2) Introduction (3) Numklactawa creates the Sacramento River (4) Hot, the Great Musician (5) Vegetal food provided (6) Light and Darkness (7) [Ages of the Wintuns] (8) Thunder and Lightning (9) The Wind Maker (10) The Origin of the Rainy Season (11) Sed-it is caught in a tree: a Tar-baby Story (12) Ber-rit- the Giant of Mt. Shasta (13) Blue-jay, the Medicine Woman (14) The Buzzard aspires to the Chief (15) The Comet-Goddess (16) Whirlwinds (17) Wak-porc, the God of Fire (18) Wo-mul-num-kai-a, the Red-headed Woodpecker (19) To-ri-has, the Bald Eagle (20) The Great Magician (21) Bul-ti-hok, the Screech Owl (22) Tul-tcu-her-ris (23) [No-dal-mo-no-ko, an orphan] (24) Lightning and Thunder & other stories (25) [Ka-het, the Monster Bat] (26) A Partial manuscript including numbered pages 17, 32, and 38 to 50. (27) Notes on medicine, word lists, and lists of informants from whom Wintun Mythology was procured.
sova.naa.ms798_ref62

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34018cbfd-c82d-486e-aa0b-9af126513c5a

Local Numbers

MS 794-b Wintun myths and legends

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Date

1880

Container

Box 8, Folder 12-13

Archival Repository

National Anthropological Archives

Type

Archival materials

Collection Rights

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Restrictions

The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
NAA.MS798_ref62
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34018cbfd-c82d-486e-aa0b-9af126513c5a
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Record ID

ebl-1739829600249-1739829601042-0

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