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Treachery
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
These handwritten, undated research notes on a lined note card, titled "Treachery," contain information about myths of the Tewa, Laguna [Western Keres], and Northern Shoshone Indians using this theme, in which a fellow hunter is shut in a hole to die. The Tewa story is titled "Invisible Elk": Coyote gets Porcupine...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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These handwritten, undated research notes on a lined note card, titled "Treachery," contain information about myths of the Tewa, Laguna [Western Keres], and Northern Shoshone Indians using this theme, in which a fellow hunter is shut in a hole to die. The Tewa story is titled "Invisible Elk": Coyote gets Porcupine to help him strike at rabbits in holes. In the Laguna tale, Coyote shuts Badger in a water hole.
Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Western Keres, Northern Shoshone, Tewa
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Treachery to Wounded Comrade
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten citation: Erminnie A. Smith, 'Myths of the Iroquois' in 'Report of the Bureau of Ethnology,' Vol. 2, pp. 55, 65. Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten citation: Erminnie A. Smith, 'Myths of the Iroquois' in 'Report of the Bureau of Ethnology,' Vol. 2, pp. 55, 65. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Iroquois
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Tree Arrow
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten note on a Jicarilla myth in which Coyote is shot with a pine tree after mocking the small bird who was feathering the tree. Source: Pliny Earle Goddard, 'Jicarilla Apache Texts' ('Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 8), p. 233. Also cites George Bird Grinnell, 'Falli...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten note on a Jicarilla myth in which Coyote is shot with a pine tree after mocking the small bird who was feathering the tree. Source: Pliny Earle Goddard, 'Jicarilla Apache Texts' ('Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 8), p. 233. Also cites George Bird Grinnell, 'Falling-Star' ('Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 34), p. 313 (tree bow, Winter Man, Cheyenne); George A. Dorsey and Alfred L. Kroeber, 'T...
Handwritten note on a Jicarilla myth in which Coyote is shot with a pine tree after mocking the small bird who was feathering the tree. Source: Pliny Earle Goddard, 'Jicarilla Apache Texts' ('Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 8), p. 233. Also cites George Bird Grinnell, 'Falling-Star' ('Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 34), p. 313 (tree bow, Winter Man, Cheyenne); George A. Dorsey and Alfred L. Kroeber, 'Traditions of the Arapaho' ('Field Columbian Museum Anthropological Series,' Vol. 5), p. 54; and A.L. Kroeber, 'Gros Ventre Myths and Tales' ('Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 1), p. 69. Undated.
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Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Gros Ventre, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Jicarilla
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Tree Conversation
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
Typed Serrano trip field note from Ruth Benedict. Note is comprised of the sentence, 'Tree conversion X 174; III 288.'
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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Typed Serrano trip field note from Ruth Benedict. Note is comprised of the sentence, 'Tree conversion X 174; III 288.'
Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
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Tree Conversation
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1935) , 1 page(s)
Typed notes on a lined note card entitled, 'Tree Conversation.' Note card notes only include the title, and the following citation and note, 'Ojibwa, AES 7, 124, 166. Nearer and nearer the water.'
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1935) , 1 page(s)
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Typed notes on a lined note card entitled, 'Tree Conversation.' Note card notes only include the title, and the following citation and note, 'Ojibwa, AES 7, 124, 166. Nearer and nearer the water.'
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Ojibwa
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Tree Conversation
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten note reads 'Wh. nearest water? Iowa, Skinner [possibly Alanson Skinner] (Tale 28).'
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten note reads 'Wh. nearest water? Iowa, Skinner [possibly Alanson Skinner] (Tale 28).'
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Person Discussed
Alanson Skinner, 1886-1925
Topic / Theme
Iowa
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Tree Missile
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten note reads '(pretended treat - kills or tricks), v. Tricks, v. Porcupine.' Also cites Frank Cushing, 'Zuni Folk Tales,' p. 417: Mouse throws nuts to Cock (pretended friend); shorn asleep, i.e. of vaunted bristles. Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten note reads '(pretended treat - kills or tricks), v. Tricks, v. Porcupine.' Also cites Frank Cushing, 'Zuni Folk Tales,' p. 417: Mouse throws nuts to Cock (pretended friend); shorn asleep, i.e. of vaunted bristles. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Zuni
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Tree missile (pretended treat thrown from tree kills or tricks)
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
This typewritten note titled "Tree missil (pretended treat thrown from tree kills or tricks) is a Zuni tale about Mouse. The citation is 417.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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This typewritten note titled "Tree missil (pretended treat thrown from tree kills or tricks) is a Zuni tale about Mouse. The citation is 417.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends, Zuni
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Trees Clash
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten note mentions Chilcotin and Shuswap. Additional notations unclear. No citations given. Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten note mentions Chilcotin and Shuswap. Additional notations unclear. No citations given. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Shuswap, Chilcotin
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Trees - Conversation with
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten list of citations:
Franz Boas and George Hunt, 'Kwakiutl Texts' in 'The Jesup North Pacific Expedition,' Vol. 3, p. 287.
Boas, 'The Mythology of the Bella Coola' in 'The Jesup North Pacific Expedition,' Vol. 1, p. 90.
Boas, Indianische Sagen von de Nord-Pacifischen Küste Amerikas, pp. 178 (Newett...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten list of citations:
Franz Boas and George Hunt, 'Kwakiutl Texts' in 'The Jesup North Pacific Expedition,' Vol. 3, p. 287.
Boas, 'The Mythology of the Bella Coola' in 'The Jesup North Pacific Expedition,' Vol. 1, p. 90.
Boas, Indianische Sagen von de Nord-Pacifischen Küste Amerikas, pp. 178 (Newettee), 211 (Rivers Inlet).
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Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Person Discussed
George Hunt, 1854-1943, Franz Boas, 1858-1942
Topic / Theme
Oowekeeno, Bella Coola, Kwakiutl
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