Miami materials, American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection
Culture:
Miami includes: Myaamiaki
Language: English | Miami-Illinois
Date: 1798, 1802, and undated
Contributor: Chasseboeuf, Constantin François, comte de Volney | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 | Little Turtle | Thornton, William
Subject: Linguistics
Type: Text
Genre: Vocabularies
Extent: 33 pages
Description: The Miami materials in this collection consist of manuscripts listed in the finding aid as items 3, 9, 20, 21/22b, and 22/22a. These include Vocabularies recorded directly from the Miami leader Little Turtle and another "taken down by means of a White Woman who had been 20 Years a Prisoner with that Nation."
Collection: American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection Mss.497.V85