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Add. MS b/35/99
Title
Copy letter from John G. Bourke to Dr J. G. Frazer
Date(s)
- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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1 item; typescript copy
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War Department, Washington. Dated April 28, 1889 - Information on Native American rites, in answer to Frazer's questions; Zunis burying 'plume sticks' at planting time; Frank H. Cushing is an authority on the Zunis; Moquis and nearly all the other Pueblos have the same rite; witnessed Apaches carrying a cross with snakes and other decorations; will send a copy of Frazer's questions to Dr [John S.] Hittell in San Francisco; is finishing a work on Ur-Orgies.