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Through Indian Sign Language: The Fort Sill Ledgers of Hugh Lenox Scott and Iseeo, 18891897 free ebook download

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Author(s):	William C. Meadows

Date:	2015	Format:	PDF	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	080614727X
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Hugh Lenox Scott, who would one day serve as chief of staff of the U.S. Army, spent a portion of his early career at Fort Sill, in Indian and, later, Oklahoma Territory. There, from 1891 to 1897, he commanded Troop L, 7th Cavalry, an all-Indian unit. From members of this unit, in particular a Kiowa soldier named Iseeo, Scott collected three volumes of information on American Indian life and culturea body of ethnographic material conveyed through Plains Indian Sign Language (in which Scott was highly accomplished) and recorded in handwritten English. This remarkable resourcethe largest of its kind before the late twentieth centuryappears here in full for the first time, put into context by noted scholar William C. Meadows.
The Scott ledgers contain an array of historical, linguistic, and ethnographic dataa wealth of primary-source material on Southern Plains Indian people. Meadows describes Plains Indian Sign Language, its origins and history, and its significance to anthropologists. He also sketches the lives of Scott and Iseeo, explaining how they met, how Scott learned the language, and how their working relationship developed and served them both. The ledgers, which follow, recount a variety of specific Plains Indian customs, from naming practices to eagle catching. Scott also recorded his informants explanations of the signs, as well as a multitude of myths and stories.
On his fellow officers indifference to the sign language, Lieutenant Scott remarked: I have often marveled at this apathy concerning such a valuable instrument, by which communication could be held with every tribe on the plains of the buffalo, using only one language. Here, with extensive background information, Meadowss incisive analysis, and the complete contents of Scotts Fort Sill ledgers, this valuable instrument is finally and fully accessible to scholars and general readers interested in the history and culture of Plains Indians.

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