oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9894
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OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9894 |
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| Title: | George Hunter Journals | |
| Contributor: | Hunter, George, 1755-1823 | |
| Date: | 1796-1809 | |
| Description: | I. Journal kept by George Hunter of a tour from Philadelphia to Kentucky and the Illinois country. July 14 - October 18, 1796 (38 pages). Journal from Philadelphia towards Lexington, Kentucky, by George Hunter, Senior and Junior, August 19 - September 8, 1802 (28 pages). Miscellaneous accounts (2 pages). II. Continuation of journal of trip to Lexington, September 13 - 0ctober 26, 1802 (33 pages). Journey to explore Louisiana, May 27, 1804 - January 28, 1805 (36 pages). III. Journal of an excursion from Natchez on the Mississippi, October 16 - December 31, 1804 (40 pages). Thermometrical observations, October 18 - December 6, 1804 (27 pages). IV. Continuation of journal of excursion from Natchez, January 1 - March 27, 1805 (17 pages). Volume I mentions Indians resorting at the Wabash, gives account of Indian woman who lost nose for infidelity; mentions theft of horses and Indians hired to recover them (Delaware); Indian Gillaway among these. Volumes II, III, and IV, in part based on letters to Hunter's wife, probably copied from these. Volume III mentions Captain Jacobs; Delaware Indians; Chickasaw and Choctaw. Volume IV mentions murder of some Cherokees by Little Osages; plundering of white men by Grand Osages who had visited Washington; Choctaw woman mourning child; memo noting omission of description of Indian mounds, present in copy #472. | |
| Extent: | 4 volumes | |
| Identifier: | https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9894 | |
| Language: | English | |
| Language (ISO639): | eng | |
| Spatial Coverage: | Lexington | |
| Subject: | Caddo | |
| Cherokee | ||
| Chickasaw | ||
| Choctaw | ||
| Delaware | ||
| Osage | ||
| Expeditions | ||
| Natural history | ||
| Social life and customs | ||
| Type: | Journals | |
| Travel narratives | ||
| Type (DCMI): | Text | |
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| Archive: | Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society | |
| Description: | http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for OLAC format | |
| GetRecord: | Pre-generated XML file | |
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| OaiIdentifier: | oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9894 | |
| DateStamp: | 2020-03-02 | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for simple DC format | |
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| Citation: | Hunter, George, 1755-1823. 1796-1809. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. | |
| Terms: | area_Europe country_GB dcmi_Text iso639_eng | |