Siuslaw Vocabulary, Sketched Maps, Village Names (Series 1, Box 4, Folder 4)

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Siuslaw vocabulary, with sketch map showing villages, and incomplete key giving village names. Siletz Reservation, Oregon. Oct. 27, 1884. A. D. 12 pp. Includes 1p. Umpqua and Siuslaw comparisons. Informant: Mrs. Williams (Louisa) Smith. Kusan. Coos. Misc. ethnological material. J. Buchanan (Frachtenberg). Coos myths (5 notebooks); traditions (3 note-books); grammatical notes (1 notebook); misc. books (2); Notebooks, 21 cm., averaging 79 pages each. Contains handwritten notes on vocabulary and a couple of handwritten maps with village names. First document contains 8 pages, second 1 and the third 15.