Montauk materials, Frank G. Speck Papers
Culture:
Language: English
Date: 1764
Contributor: Occom, Samson, 1723-1792
Subject: Anthropology | Marriage customs and rites | Social life and customs | Religion | Funeral rites and ceremonies | New York (State)--History | New England--History
Type: Text
Genre: Essays | Reports | Transcripts
Extent: 6 pages
Description: A transcript of Occom's "State of the Indians at Montauk on Long Island" from an original manuscript in the Yale Library. Concerns marriage, naming of children, religion, death practices. 2 pages of genealogical data on Maine Indians. [Printed, Occom, Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1st series, 10: 108.]
Collection: Frank G. Speck Papers Mss.Ms.Coll.126