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| TCHA ID Number | 1-16(19) |
| Purdue ID Number | GWb1f16i19 |
| Title | Indian memorandum |
| Creator | Winter, George, 1810-1876
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| Contributors | Duffield, D. Bethune (Divie Bethune), 1821-1891
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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| Description | Notebook On cover: "Indian memorandum, Geo. Winter, Lafayette, 1861" AMs, 30 p. (with leather cover; written in ink and pencil; 8 pp. blank. Newsclippings and additional papers inserted at front and back.) |
| Description Continued | Stray remembrances and queries concerning the emigration, agents, individual Indians (including Wewissa's mother, Knas-waw-key's daughter, Dutroit, Keewawknay, Knee-bush, Wewissa, Profit, Dillon, Miss-sen-na-go-quah, Brouillette, Frances Slocum, M-joquiss-squaw, Au-bee-naw-bee, 0-ke-mas, Tecumseh, Tosenebay, D-mouch-kee-kee-awh, Nan-me-ge-su-ko); comments on Indian appearance and dress, other customs and anecdotes, notes on the Council of Kee-waw-nay. Quotations from Leviticus concerning murder and human sacrifice. At end of book, following several blank pages: list of staple foods; dimensions of a flag, faint pencil sketch of landscape. Inside back cover: faint pencil sketch of landscape with lake and mountain. Glued inside back cover: newsclipping listing British and American casualties in the battles of the Revolutionary War. Glued to last page: section of printed page with engravings of turkey and duck. Inserted at back of notebook: newsclipping (with pencil notation "1852") with poem "The Robins" by D. Bethune Duffield; scrap of paper with pencil list of names and other stray notations. Inserted at front of notebook: Diary (in G.W.'s handwriting, in ink and pencil), 12 p. (2 p. blank), of his journey to Deaf Man's Village and on to Peru, Lake Manitou and Devil's Lake; references to sketching several scenes, and the difficulty of obtaining permission to sketch Frances Slocum and her daughters and Chief Godfroy; sketched Godfroy's house. Also includes translations of three Indian names; notation indicates this was written by Washington Ewing. |
| Subjects | Winter, George, 1810-1876--Diaries
Indians of North America--Indiana
Indians of North America--Meetings--Indiana
Indians of North America--Physical characteristics
Indians of North America--Social life
Slocum, Francis, 1773-1847
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| Repository | Tippecanoe County Historical Association |
| Rights | Images in the George Winter Collection should not be used without written permission from the Tippecanoe County Historical Association. To obtain reproduction rights and prices, contact the Tippecanoe County Historical Association, http://www.tcha.mus.in.us |
| Date of Original | 1861 |
| Extent of Original | 30 p. ; 17 cm. |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | George Winter Collection |
| Date Digitized | 7/25/2006 |
| Type | text |
| Format | JP2 |
| Capture Device | Epson Expression 10000XL Photo Scanner |
| Capture Details | Silverfast 6.4.1 r8c by Lazersoft |
| Resolution | 300 ppi |
| Color Depth | 24 bit |
| Color Management | Monaco EZcolor using an IT8 target |
| URI | ark:/34231/c60k26h9 |
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