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Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1917 Sept. 21
Identifier(s): text:65359
Description: Sent bill to Washington for 61 pages. Unclear on delay on their end. Received 2 letters on correct way of writing sentences.
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

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1926 Feb. 12
Identifier(s): text:66079
Description: Received letters of January 4 and 8. Sending answers to questions on arrows, hat dyeing, cedar bark, and roots.
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

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1928 Jan. 18
Identifier(s): text:66241
Description: Hopes for vocabulary information to be returned and examples of everyday conversation. Asks if there are any prayers or "regulations" relating to first berries of the season. Asks if there is a ceremony related to first olachen. Asks for additional information on how first salmon is handled among the Nuxalk. Asks if there are customs relating to mountain lions, Asks about customs pertaining to how certain relatives behave towards each other.
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

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1928 Feb. 8
Identifier(s): text:66228
Description: Sending more vocabulary cards, 201-300, for review and correction. Need to determine a way of calculating payment for work of checking the cards.
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

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1921 Mar. 22
Identifier(s): text:65827
Description: Received papers sent. Notes that no two people tell a story the same way. Explains larger background of omaxtā!laLE story, who told different versions, and what those differences are. Sending pages 2088-2096 about pExala.
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

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1907 Dec. 3
Identifier(s): text:65110
Description: Received letters of November 16 and 22. Will take photographs of Indian cooking and cedar tree splitting at Alert Bay. Has been working in copper mine.
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

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1930 May 5
Identifier(s): text:66318
Description: Received letter of March 24. Sending pages 4695-4737, with part of G!anegelakw story relating to G̱usgimukw and hermaphrodites, also names for different kinds of songs. Trying to write about pExEla.
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

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1927 Oct. 24
Identifier(s): text:66149
Description: Sending receipt and 11 pages of dictionary. Anxious to have not received letter since seeing Boas in Victoria. Asks about items Boas mentioned he would send.
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

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1919 Apr. 3
Identifier(s): text:65610
Description: Asks for more kinds of prayers to be written. Asks what is meant by "the spirit sitting on the fire of the house." Asks about distinction between writing of certain vowel sounds.
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

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1928 May 20
Identifier(s): text:66225
Description: Sending pages 4050-4070 of conversations and dog and earthquake story of Alert Bay. The earthquake story was told by Labet.
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; Namgis

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1918 Sept. 6
Identifier(s): text:65533
Description: Received letters of August 19 and 20. Now has 5 of the maps. Will return them in next mail. Still working on place names near Cape Scott and south of K'ómoks. Sending pages 1087-1105 about the different chiefs who own dzonoq!wa masks. Explains more about these chiefs.
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

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1921 Mar. 5
Identifier(s): text:65857
Description: Received letter of February 14. Inquired with Port Hardy post office about missing pages. Sending pages 2033-2064 on dreams of different men and women.
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

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1918 Feb. 25
Identifier(s): text:65428
Description: Sending list of words beginning dz, ts, and ts, and others with these sounds in middle of the word. Asks for Hunt to review them for correct spelling. Also asks about -a and -id endings.
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

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1918 May 28
Identifier(s): text:65477
Description: Received pages on pExala with corrections. Purpose of sending the pages was also to ask how much of it can be printed. Asks for clarification on if any information should be omitted. Trying to assess if all materials Hunt has sent have been received. Asks for pages written to be numbered sequentially again. Asks for patience with current money arrangements.
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

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1900 Mar. 15
Identifier(s): text:64873
Description: Was arrested by authorities in Alert Bay for going to see a Ławitʼsis winter dance with hamatsa dance. Now at home, has a lawyer, but needs more witnesses and money. Asks if any payments are due to him.
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; Ławit'sis

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1922 July 31
Identifier(s): text:65941
Description: Resending and confirming plans for coming to Victoria in August.
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

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1932 Dec. 1
Identifier(s): text:66471
Description: Received pages 5331-5405. Instructs not to worry about writing notes about winter dances of people who are not Kwakiutl or G̱usgimukw. Sending pages 483-492 "of another account." Asks Hunt to provide corrections. Asks whether ō'sEq is Beaver Cove "or one of the bays farther east."
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; Namgis

Title: Hunt, George: To Boas. 1908 June 18
Identifier(s): text:65098
Description: Expressing his grief at the passing of his wife and the difficulties surrounding it.
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

Title: Personal names in Kwakiutl
Identifier(s): text:212374
Description: Index of Kwakwaka'wakw names found in some of Boas & Hunt publications and manuscripts. The names are ordered according to Boas's method of alphabetizing Kwak'wala. In his spelling system, the order is: E // a // ä // e (i) // y // â // o (u) // w // h // b // p // p! // m // d // t // t! // s // dz // ts // ts! // n // g' // k· // k·! // gu (gw) // ku (kw) // k!u (k!w) // g // q // q! // l // ł // L // L (with dot below) // L!. The index gives references to published and manuscript sources with a letter code and the page and line number where the name is found in that source. The letter codes are: S = "Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen küste Amerikas" (A. Asher & Co, 1895); M = "The social organization and the secret societies of the Kwakiutl Indians" (U.S. National Museum, 1897); III = "Kwakiutl Texts" (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Volume III, 1902-1905); X = "Kwakiutl Texts, Second Series" (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Volume X, 1906); C = "Kwakiutl Tales" (Columbia Contributions to Anthropology, Volume III, 1910); R = "Contributions to the ethnology of the Kwakiutl" (Columbia University Press, 1925); no letter code given = George Hunt manuscript.; Part of section W1a.12. Pagination digitally re-ordered to reflect related content. Handwritten pencil page numbering reflects original pagination when first cataloged.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942et al; Hunt, Georgeet al
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1901 Jan. 7
Identifier(s): text:64952
Description: Disappointed about amount of recent work completed.
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