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Handwritten note cites Robert Lowie, 'Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians' in 'Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 25, p. 157, on a visit to the house of the Sun. Undated.

Handwritten notes on unlined note card titled "Cannibalistic incidents (see also Coyote and Lynx)." Also noted: Trickster's taunt -- with eating own flesh, Coyote taunted by quails. Undated.

These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Cannibalistic incidents" (with "F[ather] accuses ch[ildren] of eating mother" also noted) contain information from two myths, as related in "No-Tongue, a Mandan Tale," George F. Will, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 26, pp. 331-337; and "Arapaho Tales," H. R. Voth, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 25, p. 48.

These handwritten, undated research notes on the front and back of a lined note card, titled "Cannibalistic incidents" (with "Fratricidal" as the original title but crossed out) contain information about folk tales from Central Sierra Miwok, Moapa [Southern Paiute], Jicarilla, Navajo, and Northern Shoshone Indians, and African Americans. The Central Sierra Miwok tale is related in "Miwok Myths," Edward Winslow Gifford, University of California…

These handwritten, undated research notes on the front and back of a lined note card, titled "Cannibalistic incidents" (with "Fratricidal" as the original title but crossed out) contain information about folk tales from Central Sierra Miwok, Moapa [Southern Paiute], Jicarilla, Navajo, and Northern Shoshone Indians, and African Americans. The Central Sierra Miwok tale is related in "Miwok Myths," Edward Winslow Gifford, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 12, p. 298. In this story, the brothers of a cannibal giant eat his flesh unwittingly. Additional citations are included. Also noted: Buzzard, eagle, monster, father served children's flesh by stepmother. Show more Show less

Handwritten notes on an unlined note card titled "Cannibalistic incidents -- Eats own body unwittingly," listing folk tales using this plot element. Tribes listed include the Moapa and Kaibab [Southern Paiute], and Uintah Ute. Includes citations. Undated.

Handwritten notes on an unlined note card titled "Cannibalistic incidents -- Fat from own body as gambling stake," with references to the Ute and Jicarilla. Also noted: "Antelope Races." A citation is given for "Jicarilla Apache Texts," Pliny Earle Goddard, Vol. 8, p. 237. This story is of a deer and an antelope racing. The deer won the antelope's dew claws and fat from his hips. Undated.

These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Cannibalistic Incidents -- Tricks," contain information comparing folklore of the Ute and Moapa [Southern Paiute] Indians on this theme. Also noted: Children's flesh eaten by parent, taunted by trickster, coyote and bear.

Handwritten notes on an unlined note card titled "Cannibalistic incidents -- tricks," listing folk tales using this plot element. Citations are given, including one for "Achomawi and Atsugewi Tales," Roland B. Dixon, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 21, p. 164. In this story, Hawk-Man slices flesh from his thighs and gives it to his wife to cook. Tribes listed are the Moapa [Southern Paiute], Ute, and Achomawi [Achumawi]. Undated.

Handwritten note on index card cites A.L. Kroeber, 'Ute Tales' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 14, p. 280: A man with a protruding belly, big head, and big feet and his two wives have nothing to eat but ground grass seed. They migrate east. He kills a man, woman, and two children; stuffs a boy and uses him as a decoy. Kills many people. Finally boy overcomes by drowning in a rock-bound lake he says he created by urinating. Wives follow…

Handwritten note on index card cites A.L. Kroeber, 'Ute Tales' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 14, p. 280: A man with a protruding belly, big head, and big feet and his two wives have nothing to eat but ground grass seed. They migrate east. He kills a man, woman, and two children; stuffs a boy and uses him as a decoy. Kills many people. Finally boy overcomes by drowning in a rock-bound lake he says he created by urinating. Wives follow and boy feeds them. They relish, but after sleeping realize 'my heart is bad...' Boy kills. Undated. Show more Show less

Handwritten notes on an unlined note card titled "Cannibals," listing folk tales using this plot element. Tribes listed include the Ute, Moapa [Southern Paiute] and Tsimshian. Undated.