II(2F4) Matagama Ojibwa notes

• Main Authors: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950, Burgeese, J. A., Learmonth, D. H.
• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1914
• Subjects: Algonquian Indians; Anishinaabe; Ojibwa Indians; Ojibwe people; Québec (Province); anishina*
• Online Access: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/ii2f4-matagama-ojibwa-notes

Includes 2p. phonetic key; 1p. letter (carbon) of Frank G. Speck to Samuel (i.e., James) Miller of Gogama, Feb. 18, 1928, requesting ethnographic and map data; 2 maps, 1 of Mattagama hunting territories, boundaries in ink; 1p. typed reading notes (and a carbon); Feb. 1928 "Romance Story," 15p. sketch of a play for Mattagama Otcipwè (Mattagami Ojibwe). Burgeese, J. A. Letters to Frank G. Speck (Jan. 13 and Feb. 24, 1938). Burgesse sends drawing of "flesher" used by Oiibwa; encloses list of hunting territories and biographical information on owners. Learmouth, D. H. Letters to Frank G. Speck (Feb. 22 and 29, and Oct. 2, 1928). Learmouth, a factor for Hudson's Bay Co. at Waswanippi, recounts his experiences in adjudicating Matagama land inheritance; provides ethnographic data sought by Speck from Samuel (i.e., James) Miller of Gogama; and gives data on hunting territories.