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Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1919 July 18
Identifier(s): text:65717
Description: Was called away to Seymour Inlet by brother-in-law. Received letters of May 12, 17, and 19. Sending pages 1437-1446 about halibut fishing and prayers, and 1447-1460 about chief, carver, painter, and board splitter, relating to what chief must pay for to maintain his name. Will write next more about giving of property. Working on Fort Rupert census from 1866. Letter includes detailed list of all pages sent March 11 to June 10.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Nak'waxda'xw
Date: 1919 July 18

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1901 Oct. 7
Identifier(s): text:64995
Description: Will write to A. T. Vowell to obtain permission for Hunt to collect from graves at NImpkish Lake.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Namgis
Date: 1901 Oct. 7

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1896 July 9
Identifier(s): text:64797
Description: "You are the only help I got in this world." Sending 20 pages of the last winter dance in Fort Rupert in 1894. Will try to get more info on Kwagu'ł "old things". Is using Mr. Spencer to buy items of interest. Went to G̱usgimukw to get the secret song of Tokwet and other songs. Asks about photograph.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Gusgimukw
Date: 1896 July 9

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1926 June 26
Identifier(s): text:66093
Description: Anxious to receive a letter and answers to pending questions. Talk about them both getting older. Asks for more information about the Lekwiltok, such as stories, info on winter dances, and differences in comparison to the Kwaguʼł. Asks for information on children's game from Fort Rupert.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Lekwiltok
Date: 1926 June 26

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1901 June 4
Identifier(s): text:64996
Description: Sending pages. Kwagu'ł and Mama̱liliḵa̱la both claim the Mink story as theirs. An old man told him of a cave with masks: sesEyuL, naxnakagEmł, and ElEmł.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Mamalilikala
Date: 1901 June 4

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1930 May 29
Identifier(s): text:66336
Description: Asks for more information about funerals, whether there are different kinds, speeches or prayers said at them, regulations that mourners have to observe, mourning songs. Gave today a note of introduction to a new student, Frederica de Laguna, who may come to Fort Rupert in the summer. She is interested in archaeology. Asks for Hunt to help her if she comes. Boas planning to come to Fort Rupert in October, though arrangements not yet made. Hoping to find someone who still speaks G̱usgimukw dialect unaffected by Fort Rupert dialect. Will likely bring a young Russian student, Julie Averkieva.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Gusgimukw
Date: 1930 May 29

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1896 Mar. 9
Identifier(s): text:64801
Description: Sending 15 pages of copy about dances of 1894. Has written down different ways of speaking among Kwagu'ł and G̱usgimukw. Asks if Boas wants this info, more histories, etc.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Gusgimukw
Date: 1896 Mar. 9

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1916 May 7
Identifier(s): text:65277
Description: Received letter of April 22. Has not received check yet of $125 for 375 pages, but glad it is coming. Not feeling well lately. Feeling age, having recently turned 62. Many tribes came to Alert Bay recently for potlatch and winter dance, which was not like those of old time Kwagu'ł winter dance, such as Boas got to see. "I see some white men came to get old stories from the Indians and you know yourself by looking into the writers books that the stories in them is taken from four or five stories to make one story and it is what I call patched up story as also I see lots of paintings that only made up for sale." Describes several "true history paintings" in the manner of house front paintings demonstrating histories of important figures and mythical creatures. Assents to having his name on the book to be published. Sending "one of my 'pExEla' or doctor songs." "This is the first I gave away of this kind."
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Gwawa'enuxw
Date: 1916 May 7

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1921 Jan. 2
Identifier(s): text:65851
Description: Received letter of December 20. Explains page numbering error. Sending pages 1890-1927. In dream narratives previously sent, notes differences is Kwaguʼł and G̱usgimukw ways of speaking. Man who stepped in Hunt's bear trap did not appear in court in Nanaimo, so Hunt was cleared.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Gusgimukw
Date: 1921 Jan. 2

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1918 Jan. 9
Identifier(s): text:65412
Description: Received letter of December 18. Sent 41 pages on December 15. Sending 38 pages on where the different nEmemots came down (and give some examples), how gexsEm and gegElgEm scattered, and 14 pages sent by Boas for review.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Ma'amtagila
Date: 1918 Jan. 9

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1929 Oct. 18
Identifier(s): text:66304
Description: Sending pages 4590-4624 on hunting on land; on showing different ways of talking about nux'nemes, "the myth people" at Kalugwis; on four different names of the Kwaguʼł old chiefs, their eldest sons, the common class men, and "all sparrows to the end of the village."
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Ławit'sis
Date: 1929 Oct. 18

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1921 Oct. 27
Identifier(s): text:65862
Description: Enclosing sketch of a copper from a museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts said to have been bought by Kwagu'ł from the Tsimshian. Asks for any information about it.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Tlingit Indians
Date: 1921 Oct. 27

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1897 Dec. 1
Identifier(s): text:64795
Description: Has been very sick recently. Tried to write Ḵwikwa̱sutinuxw̱ story. Sending 22 pages of Ḵwikwa̱sutinuxw̱ and Lesalagela story. Will go to Tłatła̱siḵwaḻa soon to get house post and to G̱usgimukw to get dishes. Will write history of masks bought last summer at Fort Rupert.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Gusgimukw; Tłatłasikwala; Kwikwasutinuxw
Date: 1897 Dec. 1

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1918 Jan. 23
Identifier(s): text:65419
Description: Received letter of January 9, pages 570-606, and revision of tribal names (pages 157-170). Asks for information on names of "princes" and "chieftaness" of the different brother tribes. Asks for stories of first ancestor for each tribe. Asks for information on ideas about the soul. Gives details for the question.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Nuxalk Indians
Date: 1918 Jan. 23

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1924 Jan. 11
Identifier(s): text:66018
Description: Asks what Hunt means in referring to "thumb book." Would like more information on Eagles, such as who they are now, how they inherited the role. Advises that Bella Bella any stories from Odzestales should be written in English, not Kwak'wala.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Heiltsuk Indians
Date: 1924 Jan. 11

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1899 Apr. 24
Identifier(s): text:64876
Description: One of daughters passed away in March. Finding out about how old masks were made of red cedar bark. Trying to get set of old stone carving tools. Got what is supposed to be the head of Lalaxwate of Ḵwikwa̱sutinuxw̱ . Will go to Nahwitti to ship house post. Gave the feast as requested and read the letter to Hemasaka and all were satisfied.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Tłatłasikwala; Nahwitti; Kwikwasutinuxw
Date: 1899 Apr. 24

Title: Word lists comparing Kwagu'ł with 'Nak'waxda'xw and Gusgimukw
Identifier(s): text:159411
Description: Comparative word lists in Kwak'wala, Gutsa, and English. Written down by Hunt and sent to Boas, undated. Located in ACLS Collection, Item W1a.3, part 1, folder 1.
Source: American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society (Mss.497.3.B63c); http://www.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakiutl Indians; Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwagu'ł; Nak'waxda'xw; Gusgimukw
Date: Undated

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1921 Nov. 27
Identifier(s): text:65858
Description: Sending pages 2264-2290 on "rules of the beginning of the engagement." Will return sketch of copper once he receives information on language story should be written in. Explains more about mother's copper, its relation to son David's totem pole in Fort Rupert, and missing figures.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Tlingit Indians
Date: 1921 Nov. 27

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1921 Nov. 14
Identifier(s): text:65844
Description: Sends a letter from Newcombe with more info about the copper.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Tlingit Indians
Date: 1921 Nov. 14

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1918 Aug. 29
Identifier(s): text:65537
Description: Received letter of August 12. Defers to Boas to sort out mistake in page numbering. Sending pages 1023-1086 "in answer to some questions." Gives extensive, detailed list of contents. Includes 28 pages of Kwagu'ł dictionary. Asks whether best to work on dictionary completion or maps next. Writing now about crying of the Dzonoq!wa and Mink's way of speaking. Will go to Gwa'yi and Dzawadi for information on clover beds and olachen traps of each nEmemot.
Creator: Hunt, George
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwagu'ł; Ma'amtagila; Dzawada'enuxw; Awa'etłala
Date: 1918 Aug. 29