SIOUAN LANGUAGES. 



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Dorsey (J. O.) — Continued. 



On the comparative phonology of four 



Sioiiau languages. By Rev. J. Owen 

 Dorsey. 



In Smithsonian Institution, Annual Report 

 for 188:i, pp. 919-929, Washington, 1885, S°. 



Languagesofthe Siouan family, pp. 919-920. — 

 The Siouan alphabet, pp. 920-921.— Classifica- 

 tion of consonants, pp. 921-923. — Vocabulary of 

 the Dakota and of the (pegiha (204 words of the 

 Ponka, Kansa, and Osage), pp. 924-927. — Notes, 

 pp. 927-929. 



A paper read before the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, at Mon- 

 treal, August, 1882. 



Separately issued as follows: 



On the I comparative phonology | of 



four I Siouan languages. | By | Rev. J. 

 Owen Dorsey, | of the Bureau of Eth- 

 nology. I From the Smithsonian Report 

 for 1883. I 



Washington : | Government Printing 

 Office. I 188.5. 



Title on cover, inside title 1 1. pp. 1-11, 8°. 



Copies seen: Pilling, Powell. 



Mourning and war customs of the 



Kansas. By the Rev. J. Owen Dorsey. 



In American Natuialist, vol. 19, pp. 670-680, 

 Philadelphia, 188.5, 8°. Also issued separately, 

 without title-page or repagination. (Powell.) 



Kansa names, with English meanings, pp. 

 671,674. — Sacred song, p. 675. — Sentences and 

 terms, p. 676. 



Indian personal names. By Rev. J. 



Owen Dorsey. 



In American Ass. Adv. Sci. Proc. vol. 34, pp. 

 393-399, Salem, 1886, 8°. 



Examples from the Omaha, Ponka, Iowa, Oto, 

 and Mis.souri. 



Separately issued as follows : 



Indian personal names | by I Rev. 



J. Owen Dorsey, | member [&c. five 

 lines]. I (From the Proceedings of 

 the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement I of Science, Vol. XXXIV, 

 Ann Arbor Meeting, August, 1885.) | 



Printed at the Salem Press. | Salem, 

 Mass. I 1886. 



Printed cover, title verso blank 1 1. pp. 393- 

 399, 8°. Fifty copies printed. 



Copies seen : Dorsey, Pilling, Powell. 



[Myths, stories, and letters in the 



(jL'egiha language.] 



This material is in the hands of the printer 

 and will form Part I, Vol. VI, Contributions to 

 North American Ethnology, to be published by 

 the Bureau of Ethnology. Ir comprises 72 

 stoiies and myths and 48 letters, each with in. 

 terlinear translation, explanatory notes, and 

 free translation ; 544 pp. 4°, are stereotyped. 



Dorsey (J. O.) — Continued. 



[Grammar of the C/Jegiha language.] 



M.anuscript, 800 pp. folio. Will form Part II, 

 Vol. VI, Contributions to North American Eth- 

 nology. 



[C/Jegiha dictionary: (pegiha-English 



and English- ^Vgiha. ] 



Manuscript, 22,000 slips. Contains 20,000 

 words alphabetically arranged. Will form 

 Part III, Vol. VI, Contributions to North 

 American Ethnology. 



[Letters and myths in the (^egilia 



language. ] 



Manuscript, 200 pp. folio. Consists of 274 

 letters and 8 myths which were dictated by 

 Omaha Indians. It was intended to incorpo- 

 rate them in Vol. VI, Part I, Contributions to 

 North American Ethnology, but the material 

 already in type for that volume was so exten- 

 sive as to preclude this. 



Concerning the publication of his (jJegiha 

 material, Mr. Dorsey writes as follows in The 

 American Antiquarian of September, 1886: 



"The Director of the Bureau of Ethnology 

 has proposed to publish Vol. VI in three parts : 

 texts, dictionary, and grammar. Part I, 

 ' Myths, Stories, and Letters, ' will contain an 

 introduction by the Director, one by the au- 

 thor, and the myths, legends, ghost stories, 

 historical papers, and 48 of the 300 epistles * * * 

 with interlinear translations, critical notes, and 

 free English translations. Of this body of texts, 

 544 pages, 4°, have been stereotyped at the 

 Government Printing Office since March, 1882 

 Part I cannot be published before the comple- 

 tion of the other parts. The other letters and 

 several myths gained since 1S80 must be re- 

 served for publication iu another volume. 

 Part II, the dictionary, will have a twofold 

 arrangement, Indian-English and English-In- 

 dian. Up to .luly, 1885, over 16,000 Indian- 

 English entries were transliterated and ar- 

 ranged in alphabetical order. No more has 

 been done, on account of frequent interrup- 

 tions. From November, 1882, to February, 

 1883, the author was in Indian Territory, col- 

 lecting similar information in the cognate (|'e- 

 giha dialects, Kansas, Osage, and Quapaw, 

 which material, however, is too extensive to 

 be admitted into Vol. VI. The preparation of 

 'Omaha Sociology,' the correction of proof for 

 Dr. Riggs's Dakota Dictionary, and the collec- 

 tion of vocabularies &c. from Oregon tribes 

 have occasioned further delays. Lastly, since 

 July, 1885, the author has co-operated with the 

 other workers of the Bureau in the preparation 

 of an Indian synonymy, giving special atten- 

 tion to the Dakota or Siouan, Athapascan, Cad- 

 doan, Ku8an,Takilman, and Takonan linguistic 

 families. Even with uninterrupted attention 

 hereafter, it will require at least two years for 

 the completion of the dictionary, to say nothing 

 of the grammar." 



