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Culture:
Oneida includes: Onyota'a:ka
Ojibwe includes: Ojibwa, Chippewa, Ojibway
Potawatomi includes: Pottawotomi, Neshnabé, Bodéwadmi
Meskwaki includes: Mesquakie, Musquakie, Sac, Sauk, Fox, Sac-and-Fox
Menominee includes: Menomini, Mamaceqtaw
Ho-Chunk includes: Winnebago, Hoocąk
Iowa includes: Ioway, Báxoje, Bah-Kho-Je
Dakota includes: Dakȟóta
Anishinaabe includes: Anishinaabeg, Anishinabe, Nishnaabe, Anishinabek
Language:English
Date:1835-1838
Contributor:Houghton, Douglass, 1809-1845 | Wheaton, W. | Pitcher, Zina, 1797-1872 | Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864
Subject:Grave robbing | Human remains | Phrenology | Skulls | Treaties | Michigan--History | Anthropometry
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:4 items
Description: Letters discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains and observations of contemporary Native people. Houghton has been among Winnebago, Sacs, Foxes, and Sioux; can get Pottawatomi, Winnebago, and Chippewa skulls, but to get to know personages may take longer; Pitcher is sending sketch to go with a skull. Dr. Wheaton, evidently an army surgeon, spent 1822-1827 at Sault Ste. Marie, then at Mackinaw and Green Bay; consumption infrequent among soldiers, French residents, and Indians, which he attributes to the dry cold climate there; recommends such as treatment for sufferers. Pitcher resigned his Army job for private practice and to assist in forming the medical department of the new University of Michigan. He will send Chippewa skulls to help Morton "build up something like an American Golgotha." Schoolcraft advises Morton to come to Mackinac for treaty payments, where he can see Indians, and suggests a route he can take west to see more Indians. Mentions Chippewa, Menominee, Winnebagos, Stockbridge (Mohegan), Brothertowns, Oneidas, Sioux, Iowa, Sac and Fox Indians.
Collection:Samuel George Morton Papers (Mss.B.M843)
Language:English
Date:1837-1840
Contributor:Rodgers, J. Kearny (John Kearny), 1793-1851 | Couthouy, Joseph Pitty, 1808-1864 | Wood, S. | Combe, George, 1788-1858 | Cooper, William, 1798?-1864 | Vargas, José María, 1786-1854 | Pentland, Joseph Barclay, 1797-1873
Subject:Grave robbing | Human remains | Skulls | Phrenology | Anthropometry | Peru--History | Anthropometry
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Notes
Extent:10 items
Description: Correspondence regarding Morton's efforts to rob graves and collect Indigenous ancestors' remains from Peru and elsewhere. Topics include skulls, mummies, and artifacts from Peru; analysis of skull shapes and features; Morton's Crania Americana (1839), particularly Combe's thoughts on his review copy of the manuscript and an anti-phrenological review published by Dr. Forbes; the Phrenological Society and New York Lyceum as sources of skulls to examine.
Collection:Samuel George Morton Papers (Mss.B.M843)