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Culture:
Osage includes: 𐓁𐒻 𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰͘
Language:English
Date:1861
Contributor:Ord, George, 1781-1866
Subject:Indian captivities | Captivity narratives | Expeditions | Social life and customs | Africa
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items
Description: Letters to Charles Waterton. Mentions imposture of John D. Hunter [who claimed to have lived among the Kickapoos and Osages], Hunter's work on Indians, his claim to have preceded Lewis and Clark, and Ord's conversation with Sir John Franklin on the topic; Du Chaillu and his work on gorillas; Eleazar Williams and his claim to be the Lost Dauphin; Indian customs; Academy of Natural Sciences; fire in Philadelphia. Also quotes Lewis Cass on Hunter and Franklin.
Collection:George Ord Collection (Mss.B.Or2)