1890.] [Gatschet. 



until his death, which must have occurred about 1827. He has the merit 

 of introducing vaccination upon that island, and there are people living 

 now who were vaccinated by him. He was also appointed to judicial 

 charges. 



Simultaneously with Mr. Clinch, a Beothuk Indian stayed in that town, 

 known as John August. Tradition states that he was taken from his 

 mother when a child and brought up by a colonist, Jeffrey G-. Street. He 

 then remained in Street's house as a faithful and intelligent servant, and 

 when arrived at manhood was entrusted with the command of a fishing 

 smack manned by whites. Frequently he obtained leave to go into the 

 country, where he probably communicated with his tribe. The parish 

 register of Trinity records his interment there on October 29, 1788. 



As there is no other Beothuk Indian known to have resided among 

 white people of Newfoundland at that time, it is generally supposed that 

 Mr. Clinch, who lived there since 1788, obtained his collection from none 

 else but from John August. The selection of words differs greatly from 

 that in Leigh's vocabulary, but the identity of a few terms, which are 

 quite specific, as hiccups, shaking hands, warming yourself, induces Mr. 

 Howley to believe that he had Clinch's vocabulary before him. One 

 item in Clinch's list, " Ou-bee : her own name" seems to indicate that it 

 was obtained from a female. Indeed, in 1803, a Beothuk woman was cap- 

 tured, presented to Governor Gambier, and subsequently sent back to her 

 tribe. Mrs. Edith Blake, in her article, "The Beotlmks," gives a descrip- 

 tion of her and of her presence at a social meeting at the Governor's 

 house, at St. John's. 



[ have obtained a copy of the printed vocabulary through Mr. Howley. 

 It was full of typographic errors, and these were corrected by him with 

 the aid of a copy made of the original at Trinity by Mrs. Edith Blake, 

 who took the greatest pains to secure accuracy. The " Record Book" 

 states that Rev. Clinch obtained the vocabulary in Governor Waldegraves' 

 time, and the volume which contains it embodies documents of the year 

 1800 ; this date would form an argument against the supposition, that it 

 was obtained from the female captured in 1803. Below I have reproduced 

 all the terms of this vocabulary, as it surpasses all the others in priority, 

 though perhaps not in accuracy. The words are all syllabicated, but none 

 of them shows accentuation marks ; I have printed most of them in their 

 syllabicated form. 



Capt. Robinson has consulted and partly copied the Clinch vocabulary, 

 as will be readily seen by a comparison.of. the terms in both. 



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