Research Catalog

Title

Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians / by Washington Matthews, assistant surgeon United States Army.

Author

Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905

Publication

Washington : Government Printing Office, 1877.

Details

Additional Authors

• Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887
• Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), issuing body.

Description

1 online resource (vi, 239 pages).

Summary

This work is based on Dr. Washington Matthews studies of the Hidatsa Indians while stated at a military post and serving as a medical officer of the Army. This work presents what Matthews learned by observing manners, customs, and other characteristics, as well as making a close and careful study of their language. The original intent was to publish this treatise as a portion of a general work on Indian ethnography, but a delay in publishing the larger work made it desirable to prepare this material as a separate publication.

Series Statement

• Miscellaneous publications / Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey of the Territories ; no. 7
• Indigenous Peoples: North America

Uniform Title

• Miscellaneous publications (Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)) ; no. 7.
• Indigenous Peoples: North America.

Subject

• Hidatsa Indians
• Hidatsa language
• Hidatsa language > Dictionaries > English
• English language > Dictionaries > Hidatsa
• Hidatsa language > Grammar
• Hidatsa Indians > Social life and customs

Note

• "Hidatsa grammar": pages 87-121.
• "Hidatsa [-English] dictionary": pages 123-212.
• "English-Hidatsa vocabulary": pages 213-239.
• At head of title: Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survery of the Territories, F.V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist-in-Charge.
• Reproduction of the original from the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta.

Language (note)

• English and Hidatsa.

Contents

Prefatory note -- Ethnography. pt. 1. Village at Fort Berthold -- Ethnography. pt. 2. The Hidatsa Tribe -- Philology -- Hidatsa grammar -- Letters -- Nouns -- Pronouns -- Verbs -- Adjectives -- Adverbs -- Hidatsa dictionary -- Local names -- English-Hidatsa vocabulary.

OCLC

• 656674405
• INDP000995

Author

Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905, author.

Title

Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians / by Washington Matthews, assistant surgeon United States Army.

Publisher

Washington : Government Printing Office, 1877.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Series

Miscellaneous publications / Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey of the Territories ; no. 7

Indigenous Peoples: North America

Miscellaneous publications (Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)) ; no. 7.

Indigenous Peoples: North America.

Language

English and Hidatsa.

Connect to:

Indigenous Peoples: North America:

Added Author

Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887, writer of preface.

Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), issuing body.