Pamphlets on the Seneca Indians
Scope and content
Pamphlet "The Indian bread root of the Senecas" (1890), describing various roots and how the Indians used them; "Rites of adoption by the Seneca Indians on the Cattaraugus Reservation" (June 15, 1885), with two pages of manuscript notes laid in; and "Dust from an old Indian trail" by Irving W. Coates (reprinted from the Ontario repository-messenger of March 15, 1894), describing a Seneca trail that ran from the Canandaigua Outlet at Littleville, New York to Phelps, New York, and commenting on the contrast in the landscape of the area before and after European settlement.
Dates
- 1885-1894.
Language of Material
In English.
Extent
3 items. (3 items.)
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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