Winnebago info

[R. Rankin]

You have to watch out for the Zepsicon.  There are at least two versions, radically different, floating around in cyberspace.  One is very truncated and short.  The other is quite comprehensive.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: Koontz John E <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Winnebago info


> On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Alan Knutson wrote:
> > "Valdis Zeps incorporated the Miner dictionary into his all-inclusive
> > typescript at the U. of Wisconsin along with Josie White Eagle's lexical
> > materials. .  I don't know where to get a copy of the Zeps work."
>
> A copy of Zeps's material (computer files and, as I recall, a printout) is
> included in the Siouan Archives.  I actually include it on the Siouan
> Archives CD, though it is an older Word Perfect (for DOS) file (or,
> actually, set of files).
>
> Although Zeps's dictionary was supposed to be a compendium of all
> preceding work, including Miner's, at one point when I consulted it I
> found that there were forms listed in Miner's Field Lexicon which were not
> in Zeps.  I do not recall the examples, but there were enough to surprise
> me and make me think it wasn't a case of a single stray accidental
> omission.  Anyone working on Winnebago should keep this in mind.
>
>