Gatschet.] 414: [May 7, 



nijik; nijick _/?£«. shebathoont trap. 



odeiisook goose. shebohoweet woodpecker. 



odisi^it to cut. shedsic three. 



odosook seven. shegamet to blow the nose. 



odoit eat. toun chin. 



odoosook eight. theant ten. 



oothook tinker. thingaya hatchet. 



osuk ; osuck wife. thoowidgee swimming. 



osweet deer. traunasoo spruce. 



ozeru ice. uine knife. 



peatha fur. uvin hop. 



pigatbu scab. wasemook salmon. 



poodybeat oar. washewiush moon. 



pooetb thumb. wood rat fire. 



possont back. woothyat ; woothyot to walk. 



quisb ; guisb nails. zosueet ptarmigan (Lagopus al- 



ruis; k ius watch. bus); in Newfoundland called 



sbamye currants. partridge. 



ADDITIONAL HISTORIC REMARKS. 



Before entering upon the discussion concerning the Beothuk language, 

 I add a few historic remarks which have suggested themselves since com- 

 pleting the first article. 



The tradition is generally credited, that Conception Bay received its 

 name from Cortereal, and that therefore that navigator must have visited 

 the Newfoundland coast. Whitbourne annually visited the island from 

 about 1580 and wrote a book : "The Discovery of the Newfoundlande " 

 in 1622. 



The Baron de la Hontan, who in bis younger years had been Lord 

 Lieutenant of the French colony at Placentia in Newfoundland, does not 

 mention the name of the Beothuks in his "Voyages." About 1690 he 

 wrote : "The Eskimaux cross over to the Island of Newfound Land every 

 day, at the Streight of Belle Isle ; but they never come so far as Placentia, 

 for fear Of meeting with other savages there" (I, 210; Engl, translat. of 

 1735). "There are no settled savages in the Island of Newfound Land " 

 (I, 226). He had seen Eskimos previously on Lower St. Lawrence River, 

 northern shore. The Jesuit author Charlevoix stales (1721) that no other 

 Indians but Eskimos have ever been seen upon Newfoundland (Journal, 

 Letter xi). From this it follows, that the Beothuks must have confined 

 themselves at that time to tracts distant from white settlements, unless 

 the French would have heard of them. 



The archa?ologic research after Boethuk dwellings, implements, skeletons 

 and other remains has been diligently prosecuted ever since Cormack's 

 expeditions. Relics have been found even on Funk's Island, about thirty 

 miles northeast of the nearest point upon the mainland, and their usual 

 wintering place seems to have been the Exploits River. The most com- 



