Hunt, George: To Boas. 1899 Jan. 10
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Hunt, George: To Boas. 1899 Jan. 10 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| recipient | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | ||
| creator | Hunt, George | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Has been very sick for weeks as has wife and two boys. Will be able to go to Rivers Inlet soon where he expects to be able to get red cedar bark he's never heard of before. Bought some hamsewe and will get stories for it soon. Tells of recent incident with Harlan Smith where he Hunt had his sisters offer him free lodging. Smith had casts taken of Indians. Smith left all his traps with Hunt's sister. Mrs. Smith put something against Hunt's sister in a Victoria newspaper. "Indians said that they will never let Mr. Smith come to Fort Rupert again to [steal] their graves." Smith borrowed David's boat but returned it with keel worn down. Hemasaka went to Victoria where he heard a speech about Boas's comments about the Kwagu'ł. Hunt was called into a feast and told in front of everyone that "they don't want you or me to see the dance of any kind again." Mr. Spencer against Hunt and Boas. "The only thing I am wishing for is for my life be spared." Will not work for Mr. Spencer this year. Sending 25 pages of stories. Working on oldest man's recollection of how many generations of eldest sons and daughters he can recall, going back 17 generations. | ||
| Language | English language (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Kwakwaka'wakw | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Kwakiutl Indians | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Kwagu'ł | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Grave robbing | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Format | electronic resource | ||
| Extent | 3p | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1899 Jan. 10 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Franz Boas Papers | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.B61 | ||
| URL | http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml | ||
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