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Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1900 Jan. 27
Identifier(s): text:64914
Description: Totem poles from Nahwitti arrived but only one plank. Asks if 3 planks were sent from Alert Bay. Hopes that next writings sent will be about medicines.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942; 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; Tłatłasikwala; Nahwitti
Date: 1900 Jan. 27

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1920 Feb. 4
Identifier(s): text:65790
Description: Received letter of January 4. Sending pages 1679-1717. Pages include answers to recent questions and story about wife, for which Hunt went to Blunden Harbour and heard it told by Yaqok!wālagEles. His version different from wife's. Includes additional brief answers to questions.
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; Mamalilikala; Nak'waxda'xw
Date: 1920 Feb. 4

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1900 Mar. 27
Identifier(s): text:64853
Description: Received letter of February 24. Discusses in more detailed Ḵwikwa̱sutinuxw̱ photo mentioned in January 9 letter. Was arrested for going to see a hamatsa dance at Kalugwis. Blames missionaries for getting him in trouble. Was tried three times in Alert Bay, then sent to be tried in Vancouver. Mr. Spencer got him a lawyer. Bail was $500. Trial on April 17. Has to pay expenses for trip and that of witnesses. (Page 2 missing.)
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; Kwikwasutinuxw; Ławit'sis
Date: 1900 Mar. 27

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1926 May 10
Identifier(s): text:66064
Description: Received pages 3258-3275 about horse clams. Wishes that Hunt had more time for writing as they are both getting old. Asks what becomes of bax'une after death. Will send more words that are unclear. Asks Hunt to use single page numbering system from now on, starting from 3275. Asks if Odzestalis could give a full account of Bella Bella marriage procedure that they were unable to get in full.
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; Heiltsuk Indians
Date: 1926 May 10

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. 1923 Sept. 7
Identifier(s): text:65918
Description: Received letter of July 12. Did not write much recently as many people have smallpox. Can go to Bella Bella any time. Has only been writing about rules for head chief. Can write down stories at Bella Bella in Heiltsuk.
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; Heiltsuk Indians
Date: 1923 Sept. 7

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. 1917 Jan. 4
Identifier(s): text:65286
Description: Will send next check after stories from Hunt's wife are sent. Asks again about Kwakiutl sayings and whether they can be obtained. Also asks about riddles. Asks if Hunt can write down one story he (Boas) was not able to write down at Nahwitti in 1888 about Kwexagila or Kwakwexagilis.
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; Nahwitti; Tłatłasikwala
Date: 1917 Jan. 4

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1921 Mar. 30
Identifier(s): text:65848
Description: Received letter of March 22. Missing pages have arrived; seeds have not. Advises that it is okay if information from different people disagress. Wishes to document these difference, while knowing what is considered correct by the owner. Mentions Q!aneqelak story given by Q!alaide of Nahwitti.
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; Nahwitti; Tłatłasikwala
Date: 1921 Mar. 30

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1895 Nov. 5
Identifier(s): text:64803
Description: Will try to get winter dance information. Went to 'Nak'waxda'xw "to get the nuyam where the Raven was painted black", and to Dzawadi to get history of GamatelaL. "Am riting the Indian ways of speaking just to sho you that there got so many ways of speaking." Asks how to send "the Box of LagaL."
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; Nak'waxda'xw; Awa'etłala
Date: 1895 Nov. 5

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1919 Mar. 10
Identifier(s): text:65628
Description: Received letter of February 20 and 26. Sent pages 1234-1241 with L!esElagela story on January 17. Suggests that Boas send more information in the language for review and correction to clarify different ways of speaking. Explains more about protocols for responding when a man is killed. Knows a Da̱ʼnaxdaʼx̱w man who can provide names for Knight Inlet map. Has pressed plants. Explains origin of clover root beds and how they are made by women and handed down. David and his daughter are quite sick. Sending pages 1321-1328 of G̱usgimukw star story, pressed plants, and their names.
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; Gusgimukw; Da'naxda'xw
Date: 1919 Mar. 10

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. 1913 May 12
Identifier(s): text:65224
Description: Sending 123 pages of the different marriages of the senL!Em nEmemot and its beginning with Q!omoks and Lekwiltok. Story begins 40+ years before Fort Rupert was built up. Cannot send any plants yet as the weather is still too cold.
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; Lekwiltok; Comox Indians
Date: 1913 May 12

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1901 Feb. 22
Identifier(s): text:64951
Description: Took a trip to Dzawada̱ʼenuxw and tE!naxdox, "got lots of old things and stories.... I learnt that there is still more different kinds of dances that you and I don't know anything about. Now there is the Hamaste!kalał and the K!enk!o dance...." Tried to get some masks but too expensive. Sending 105 pages of stories "from different tribe". Will send L!eslagelas story in next mail. Going to Kingcome where "one Indian told me that he knows where this is one cave and that it has lots of masks and things in it and he wants $20 for it." Will go to HegEms where "I was told there is still another cave one of them belong to the [Dzawada̱ʼenuxw ] tribe and the other to the [Gwawaʼenuxw̱ ]." Saw some legełdox, may go see them after visit to these caves, then to caves up Knights Inlet, then to mummies at whalers grave. Lists several items bought: dishes, four poles, described in detail.
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; Da'naxda'xw; Dzawada'enuxw; Gwawa'enuxw; Lekwiltok
Date: 1901 Feb. 22

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1919 Apr. 4
Identifier(s): text:65618
Description: Received 2 maps of Knight Inlet and have put place names on them. Found there are no clover beds there. Learned that the A̱wa̱ʼetła̱la and Da̱ʼnaxdaʼx̱w have wild cherry tree beds and goat hunting mountains for each nEmemot. Wife said that is similar for the 'Nak'waxda'x̱w. There was high costs to getting all the information, including that on olachen traps. Sent pages 1353-1360 on March 30. Sending pages 1361-1382, with Knight Inlet names and answers to questions.
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; Awa'etłala; Da'naxda'xw; Nak'waxda'xw
Date: 1919 Apr. 4

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: To Boas. 1917 Jan. 31
Identifier(s): text:65281
Description: Received letter of January 4. Regarding Tsimshian sayings sent by Boas, could not find anyone who knows of there being similar Kwakiutl sayings. Will work on Kwexagela story after finishing work on secret spirits stories including at least 40 spirits' names. Got much of info from wife who is half 'Nak'waxda'x̱w, half Wuikinuxv. Other names learned at Blunden Harbor, told to Hunt out if sight in the woods. Sending first part of story, 83 pages.
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; Nak'waxda'xw; Wuikinuxv; Oowekeeno Indians
Date: 1917 Jan. 31

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