1880.] 477 [Gatschet. 



hijo de la Prouincia de la Conception, y del Conuento recoleclo de fira Se- 

 nora de Calahorra. Corregida, enmendada y anadida en esta segunda im- 

 pression por el mesmo Autor. En Mexico Impressa con iicencia en la 

 Imprenta de Iuan Ruyz. Ano de 1635. 



(En 8°, 12 fojas preliminares. Fojas 1 a 197. 2 fojas de indice, sin nu- 

 meral'. Al fin :) 



Acabose a 9. de Enero de 1636. con Iicencia en Mexico, por Iuan Ruyz. 



V. 



(A continuacion se halla este otro opusculo): 



Forma breve de administrar los Sacramentos a los Indios, y Espanoles 

 que viuen entre ellos. ^f Aprobado por Autoridad Apostolica, y sacado del 

 Manual Mexicano, que se vsa en toda la nueua Espana y Piru, mutatis 

 mutandis, esto es, lo que estaua en legua Mexicana traducido en lengua 

 Floridana. Para vso de los Religiosos de firo Padre S. Francisco, que son 

 los ministros de las Prouincias de la Florida. ^[ Por el Padre Fr. Gregorio 

 de Mouilla. % Con Iicencia del senor Don Lope Altamirano Comissario gen- 

 eral de la santa Cruzada. Impresso en Mexico. Por Iuan Ruyz. Ano 

 cle 1G35. 



(En 8 D , 32 fojas. En labiblioteca del Senor D. J. F. Ramirez, Mexico.) La 

 primera edicion de este libro es de Madrid, 1631, en 8° ; pero babiendo re- 

 sultado con mucbas erratas, volvio el autor a imprimirlo en Mexico, corre- 

 gido y aumentado. Asi lo dice en su prologo. 



Radical Affinities of Language. 

 Mj r attempt to compare the Timucua language with otber linguistic fami- 

 lies in regard to lexical affinity may be called premature, for we do not know 

 over two bundred vocables of it with some degree of certitude. There 

 are no two languages in the world which will not yield many real or fan- 

 cied resemblances when confronted with each other, and to build air- 

 castles on these has been a frequent mistake of many unexperienced in- 

 vestigators. Linguistic families, which are ancient neighbors of Timucua,, 

 are the Yuchi, Cherokee, Maskoki and Carib, but none of them seem to 

 give any chances for fruitful radical comparisons, and Yuchi and Maskoki 

 differ widely from it phonetically. The Carib or Galibi dialects, anciently 

 spoken in the West Indies, are quite fluctuating in the pronunciation of 

 their vowels as well as of their consonants, like some Polynesian dialects, 

 and since we observe the same peculiarity in Timucua, an additional diffi- 

 culty springs up in the way of arriving at a result. 



A. Timucua- Maskoki affinities. 

 Holata chief. This Timucua term is evidently loaned from the Eastern 

 Maskoki dialects, for in Creek hola'hta is a ceremonial title of men 

 officiating in annual festivals and busks, and is often connected with 

 the war-title hadjo, hadsu, which corresponds to our bold, reckless 

 (hola'hta hadsu). In rank the hola'hta, hula^ta stands below the 

 tustenoki, who is himself inferior to the miko or chief. Hola'hta is 



