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Baker (Theodor). tJber die Mnsik | 

 der I nordamerikauisclien Wilden. | 

 Eine Abhaudlung | zur | Erlauguugder 

 Doctorwiirde | an der | Uuiversitiit 

 Leipzig I voa | Tlieodor Bakei". | 



Leipzig, I Druck vou Breitkopf & 

 Hiirtel. I 1882. (*) 



Title 1 1. Vorbemerkung, pp. iii-iv, contents 

 and onata 1 1. pp. 1-82, Vita 1 1. 2 plates, 8^.— 

 Songs in various American languanies, among 

 them tlio Irokesen, pp. 59-63, and of the Chero- 

 kee, p. 74. 



Title from Mr. "Wilberforcc Eanie.s from copy 

 in the Lenox Library. 



Beauchamp (Eev. William Martin). On- 

 ondaga Indian names of plants. 



In Torrey Botanical Club, bulletin, vol. 15, 

 pp. 262-266, New York, 1888, 8^. (Geological 

 Survey.) 



Read before the Botanical Club of the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence at Cleveland, Ohio, August 10, 1888. Mr. 

 Beauchamp acknowledges his indebtedness to 

 Mr. Albert Cusick for both words and mean- 

 ings. 



Onondaga customs. 



In Journal of American Folk-Lore, vol. 1, ])p. 

 105-203, Boston and New York, 1888, 8°. (Bu- 

 reau of Ethnology, Pilling.) 

 Onondaga words passim. 



Boudinot (Elias). 



See titles on pp. 16, 171-174. 



I have been at some pains to procure relia- 

 ble data with which to construct an appropri- 

 ate biographic sketch of tliis native author, who 

 was so closely identified with all the early lite- 

 rary work among the Cherokees and so long 

 conn(icted with the Rev. S. A. Worcester in his 

 various translations. I regret to say that my 

 efforts have not met with success, although I had 

 apositivo promise from his son, "Wm. P. Boudi- 

 not, a Cherokee delegate at Washington, D. C, 

 to furnish me with the desired information. Un- 

 der the circumstances I avail myself of the best 

 printed account known to me, bj' making the 

 following extract from an article by Mr. Geo. 

 E. Foster, entitled "Journalism among the 

 Clierokees," which appeared in tlie Magazine 

 of American History, vol. 18, i)p. 65-70. 



Boudinot (Elias) — Continued. 



"But if the newspaper [Cherokee Phcenixl 

 died inglorionsly, far more so was the fate of its 

 editor, Elias Boudinot. In his early day he was 

 a very promising lad, who attracted the atten- 

 tion of some missionaries. His name was 

 Weite, but he was given the name of Elias 

 Boudinot, after the governor of New Jersey 

 and the president of the American Bible Soci- 

 ety, for it was the custom for a Cherokee youth 

 to be given an English name when he entered 

 au English school. Elias Boudinot was one of 

 those placed in the mission school at Cornwall, 

 Connecticut. He was good-looking and pleas- 

 ing in manners, and was welcomed into the 

 homes of manj' of the good families in that 

 (juiet village. Among the maidens of the place 

 was Hattio Gold, "the village pet," who was 

 given somewhat to romantic ideas. The young 

 ludian, so the story goes, was frequently re- 

 ceived at her father's house, and, unthought of 

 by the parents, a mutual attachment sprung 

 np, which ripened into love. It was not long 

 before the little town of Cornwall was stirred 

 to a fever heat by the announcement that Hat- 

 tie had plighted troth with Boudinot. Her 

 parents were fiery in their opposition, but 

 tears or entreaties were of no avail, and the 

 words were spoken that linked their fortunes 

 for life. Taking his bride to Georgia, Boudinot 

 dwelt among his tribe, conspicuous as a scholar 

 and one favored by the Great Spirit. His life 

 was a busy one, as be aided the missionaries in 

 their work, translating portions of the script- 

 ure, tracts, and hymns. During the adminis- 

 tration of Andrew Jackson he took a promi- 

 nent part in administering the affairs of the 

 Cherokee.s, and, especially toward the last, took 

 a leading pait in making arrangements for his 

 people to emigrate from the land they loved so 

 well. Precious to these sous of the forest were 

 their homes, and tlio burial-places of their 

 fathers. While a few favored the treaty of 

 1835, the majority did not. It is a matter of 

 historical record that the Ridges, Boudinot, 

 Bell, Rogers, and others who signed the treaty 

 very suddenly changed their minds in respect 

 to the policy of a removal. They had been as 

 forward as any of the opposite party in protest- 

 ing against the acts of Georgia, and as much 

 opposed to making any treaty or sale of their 

 country up to the time of the mission of Scher- 



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