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THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES 



that in a few years the missionary had taught practi- 

 cally the whole Cree nation to read and write. And 



SYLLABARIUM 



A dot gives a "w" sound 



EXAMPLES. 



atokwa VD^' pimatisiw ALOr' 

 maskanaw ~"l n t>QL astumitik 

 n s makwach ~)b>'~ ustootin <] 

 pimachehewam ALPAV' C kakwi 

 The syllabic alphabet of the Cree language 



Lord Dufferin, when the matter came before him dur- 

 ing his north-west tour, said enthusiastically: " There 

 have been men buried in Westminster Abbey with 

 national honours whose claims to fame were far less 



