OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9949

Metadata
Title:		Chickasaw materials, Samuel George Morton Papers
Contributor:		Troost, Gerard, 1776-1850
Date:		March 24, 1837
Description:		Letter discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Sends drawings of heads, one of an ancient tribe, flattened at back of head, from mound at junction of French-Broad and Holston rivers. Other from bank of Cumberland river above Nashville, probably of Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Choctaw nations said to visit here. They seem much alike in their living form to Troost.
Extent:		1 page
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9949
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Subject:		Chickasaw
		Cherokee
		Choctaw
		Grave robbing
		Human remains
		Phrenology
		Skulls
		Mounds
		Anthropometry
Type:		Correspondence
Type (DCMI):		Text
OLAC Info
Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9949
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
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Citation:		Troost, Gerard, 1776-1850. March 24, 1837. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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