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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Chaumonot (P. J. M. ) — Coutinnetl. 



him to apply to be stut ou that mission. He 

 was ordained and sailed from Diejipe for Can- 

 ada in May. 1G39, on the same vessel with 

 Mother Mary of the inearuation and the Hos- 

 pital nuns. Ho wa-< employed on the Huron 

 missions and visited with Brebceuf the Neuter 

 nation on tlie Niaj^ara. Ou the overthrow of 

 the Huron nation Father Chaumonot led a baud 

 of survivors to Quebec, and tlieir descendants 

 are now at the iSIissiou of Lorette, which he 

 founded. In lUS.'J lie was em])Ioyed at Ououda- 

 ga, but soon returned to tlie Hurons, and died 

 at (|)uebec, February 21, IG'S.i. — t^hea. 

 Cherokee Advocate. | Voliiiue I. Talile- 

 quab, Cherokee Nation, September 26, 

 1844. Number l[-Volnme9. Wednes- 

 day, September 28, 1853. Number 22]. 



Vols. 1-9, folio. A four-page, twenty-four col- 

 umn newspaper, "published every Saturday 

 morning, both iu the English and Cherokee lan- 

 guages, by Wm. P. Ross, editor." The first few 

 numbers, owing to the scarcity of Cherokee 

 type, contained but little matter in those char- 

 acters. When these were supplied, from four 

 to six columns wore given. The paper contains 

 much linguistic material: Origin of the alpha- 

 bet, Laws of the Cherokee Nation, &c. 



It is probable the issue of the date given 

 above, September 28, 1853, was the last of this 

 series, for in it the following notice appears: 

 "Kind Readers: The foreman tells us 'I can't 

 get out a full paper.' The consequence is you 

 receive a half sheet. The cause, the Foreman 

 says, is for the want of an apprentice ; we don't 

 say that is the cause. There is an old adage 

 which says, ' That there are none so blind as 

 ho who can .see and won't see.' 



" We .shall be compelled to suspend issue, un- 

 less we cau get help sufficient, or the Council 

 does something. We have all tue hired help 

 the law allows, and we cannot find a boy that 

 wishes to learn to use the 'printer's stick.'" 



The form and size of the paper remained the 

 same throughout. 



Mr. AV. P. Ross having been "appointed in 

 connection with others to proceed to Wash- 

 ington," in December, 1S4G, Mr. Daniel H. 

 Ross assumed the editorship, W. P. Ross 

 returniug to the position May, 1847. D. H. 

 Ross was again editor from February to July, 



1848. From November 20, 1848, to April liO, 



1849, Mr. James S. Vann was the editor, and 

 again from October 20, 1850, to the end, with 

 Mr. Wm. P. Boudinot at times temporarily in 

 charge. Mr. David Carter edited the sheet 

 from April 3(», 1849, to October 22. 1850. 



The translators at different times wore J. D. 

 Wolfonl and Josepli B. Bird. 



The publication of the Advocate was resumed 

 some time about May, 1870, 1 .judge; the first 

 number of the second series I have seen is 



Cherokee Advocate — Continued. 



dated Octol)er 20, 1872, vol. 3, No. 30, with W. 

 P. Boudinot as editor, and "published by the 

 Cherokee Nation." The sheet appears in- 

 creased in size to 32 columns. Six columns of 

 the third page are printed in Cherokee charac- 

 ters. The nexD issue I have seen, vol. 4, No. 

 52, May 9, 187-4, John L. Adair, editor, has five 

 columns on the third page and three on the 

 fourth in Cherokee characters. 



Another break in the publication occurred, 

 for I find the issue of Noveuber 9, 1878, marked 

 vol. 3, No. 34. In this Geo. W. Johnson is 

 named as editor. Nos. 34, 35, and 40 are all I 

 have seen of this volume; iu these but fivo 

 columns each are given in Cherokee charac- 

 ters. 



Of vol. 4 I have seen Nos. 34-52, December 3, 

 1879-April 14, 1880. The editorial chair is now 

 filled by E. C. Boudindl, jr., who devotes the 

 same space, five columns, to the native lan- 

 guage. Of vol. 5, April 21, 1880-April 27, 

 1881, I have seen all but a few numbers. Be- 

 ginning with the issue of Ajiril 13, the whole of 

 the thiid page is printed in Cherokee charac- 

 ters and a Cherokee headirtg has been added 

 thereto. Mr. Boudinot still continues as editor. 

 The only change in vol. G (of which I have seen 

 Nos. 1-30, May 4, 1881-November 25, 1881) is 

 in tiie editorship, Mr. D. H. Ross assuming that 

 position in the last mentioned issue. 



Dr. Trumbull, who has a complete file of the 

 Advocate as far as No. 5 of vol. 2 of the third 

 series, tells me that No. 1 of vol. 1 of a new (the 

 third) series is dated March 1,1876, "Published 

 by the Cheiokee Nation," W. P. Boudinot, ed- 

 itor; Wm. E. Ewhauks, translator. In an in- 

 troductory editorial Mr. Boudinot says that the 

 .Advocate, " which after a time was supended, 

 tiien revived, and at last one night disappeared 

 altogether iu llame and smoke — type, books, 

 office, everything being consumed " — now re- 

 appeais. The paper has thirty-two columns 

 and in the first volume has in nearly every 

 number five or six columns in Cherokee char- 

 acters. 



Cdpiffs seen : (Congress, Powell. 



Cherokee. [Constitntiou | and | Laws | 

 of the I Cherokee Nation. | Publiished 

 by authority of the national council | 

 Seal of the Cherokee Nation. | 



St. Louis : I R. & T. A. Ennis, station- 

 ers, printers and bookbinders, | 118 

 Olive street. | 1875.] 



Title in Cherokee characters 1 1. verso blank, 

 preface 1 1. text pp. 1-233, index pj). i-vi, 8°. 



Tlie above is the translation of the title; see 

 fac-siniile thereof on the opposite page. The 

 entire work is iu Cherokee characters. 



Copies seen : Congress, Powell. 



See, also, Constitution. 



