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- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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Brooklyn, N.Y. Dated December 6, 1888 - Is on a trip to Massachusetts to see a person who is one of the last people who knows anything about the language of the Carankawa Indians of Texas, considered extinct; suggests he purchase the work ['Histoire de la Louisiane'] of Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz from a French dealer; gives his recollections of what is in [George M.] Wheeler vol. VII ['Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian'] that may interest Frazer; is impressed with the archaeological museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts [the Peabody Museum]; thinks he quoted G. W. Stroham [recte Stidham] incorrectly about Creek clans intermarrying, will question him when he next comes east.
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The original of this letter is housed as Add.Ms.c.57/18.
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Lacunae in typescript filled in, in R. A. Downie's hand.
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- Gatschet, Albert Samuel (1832–1907) linguist (Subject)
- Stidham, George Washington (1817-1891) Creek Nation judge (Subject)
- Pratz, Antoine Simon Le Page du (1695?-1775) ethnographer, historian, naturalist (Subject)
- Wheeler, George Montague (1842-1905) army geographer (Subject)
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (Subject)