SECTION II., 1895. [123] Trans. R.S. C. 
VII—Haida Grammar. 
By REVEREND C. HARRISON. 
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(Read May 25, 1892.) 
EpiTED By ALEX. F. CHAMBERLAIN, Ph.D. 
Preratrory Note (by Editor.) 
Those who have occasion to use this Grammar of the Haida Language, 
may refer with advantage to the notes on this language published by Dr- 
Franz Boas, in his report to the committee of the British Association for 
the Advancement of Science in 1888,' especially as regards the phonology 
of Haida speech, and to the Report on the Haidas, by Dr. G. M. Dawson, 
published by the Geological Survey of Canada in 18787 A Haida vocabu- 
lary has also been published by Dr. Boas in the Proceedings of the Ameri- 
can Philosophical Society, 1891, pp. 183-193. 
HISTORICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION. 
Queen Charlotte Islands. 
These islands lie in the Pacific Ocean, between fifty-one and fifty-five 
degrees of north latitude, adjacent to the northwest coast of America. 
North Island is the name of the most northerly land, and Cape Saint 
James is the name of the most southerly point. The islands are about 
150 miles in length from north to south. Graham Island is the largest. 
This island isin some places 60 miles wide. 
The Queen Charlotte Islands were discovered, in the year 1774. by 
Juan Perez, and were then named Cabo de St. Margarita. In the 
year 1786, La Pérouse, the celebrated French navigator, came to the 
islands and coasted aiong the west side of the group. The present name 
of the islands was given by Captain Dixon, when he anchored at Clarke 
Bay, in July, 1787. Captain Dixon was in command of the “Queen 
Charlotte,” a vessel of 200 tons burden, and was at the time exploring the 
west coast on behalf of a London fur company. He then named the 
islands after George the Third’s queen. 
In the same year Captain Douglas visited the islands and anchored 
at Dädans. Captain Marchand, of the French expioring vessel *‘ Solide,” 
also anchored in front of Hdenshaw’s village, near North Island. He 
came to the islands in 1791, and accurately recorded some explorations 

1 British Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Meeting, 
1889. Report on the Northwestern Tribes of Canada, pp. 5-97. 
2 Geological Survey of Canada. Report on Queen Charlotte Islands, 1878. Mont- 
real, 1880, pp. 177-189. 
