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On the Languages of the Oregon Territory. By R. G. LATHAM, 

 M.D. Communicated by the Ethnological Society of Lon- 

 don.* 



The languages dealt with are those that lie between Rus- 

 sian America and New California. It is only, however, such 

 as are spoken on the sea-coast and on the American frontier 

 that are fairly known to us. Concerning some of the latter, 

 such as the Blackfoot, the notices are deferred. Little, in the 

 present state of our knowledge, can be attempted beyond the 

 mere verification of Vocabularies. In his list, however, of 

 these, the writer has attempted to be exhaustive. 



It is convenient to enumerate these vocabularies separately, 

 and to proceed from North to South. 



Queen Charlotte'' s Island. — The two chief vocabularies are 

 Mr Tolmie's and Messrs Sturgin and Bryant's, in the Journal 

 of the Geographical Society and the Archaeologia Americana 

 respectively. They represent different dialects. 



Sttjbgin & Brtakt. Haidahg, Tolmib. 



Man 



Woman 



Canoe 



Tobacco 



Water 



Sun 



Moon 



Rain 



Snow 



Dog 



Bear 



T. 



Thou 



keeset 



kna, ana 



cloo 



quil 



huntle 



tzue 



kuhn 



tull 



tuU hatter 



hah 



tunn 



cagen 



tinkyah 



kleilhatsta 



tsata 



kloo 



quil 



huntle 



shandlain 



khough 



tull 



dhanw 



hootch 



tann 



teea 



tungha 



One 



Two 

 Three 



With these, the few words in the Mithridates coincide. 



MlTHEIDATES. Mr TOLMIE. 

 sounchou squansung 



stonk stung 



sloonis klughunnil 



Chimmesyan. — Mr Tolmie's vocabulary — Journal of Geo- 

 graphical Society. Spoken between SS'' 30' and 55° 30' N. L. 



Billechoola. — Mr Tolmie's vocabulary ; ibid. Spoken on 

 the Salmon River. 



Friendly Village. — In Mackenzie's Travels, we find a few 



Redd OQ the lUh December 1814. 



