MUSKHOGEAN LANGUAGES. 



17 



Byingtoii (C.) — Continuotl. 



rescue tliousanils of iinlividiiuls from siiiiitual 

 and pliysical degradation, but preserve with 

 enlishtoued care the only memorials of whole 

 nations. 



" For throughout his missionary life Mr. By- 

 iugtou appreciated the value which a knowl- 

 edge of the language and traditions of the 

 Choctaws would have to scholar.s. From his 

 arrival among them, therefore, be devoted as 

 siduous labor to their language, with a view to 

 comprehend its extremely ditlicult construc- 

 tion, and to render it available for the missiou- 

 ari" and philological student. The first draft of 

 his grammar was completed in 1834. It was 

 written and re-written, until at the time of his 

 death, whicli occurred at Belpre, Ohio, Decem- 

 ber 31, 1808, he was at work upon the seventh 

 revisal. This had proceeded as far as the close 

 of Parti. This much, therefore, of the gram- 

 mar is almost preciselj^ as the author left it. 



"Part II, commencing with the Article-Pro- 

 nouns, I have arranged from the manuscripts 

 of the fifth and sixth rcvisals, deposited in the 

 library of the American Philosophical Society, 

 at Philadelphia, by tlie family of the author. 



" lu undertaking this task I have tliroughout 

 adhered closely to the language and arrange- 

 ment of the original, even where a ditierent 

 nomenclature and an altered arrangement sug- 

 gested themselves, as in better accordance 

 witii modern philological views. It is, I think, 

 more proper to maintain strict fidelity to the 

 forms chosen by so thorough a Choctaw scholar 

 as the llev. Mr. Byington, in the explanation of 

 so ditlicult a tongue, than to run any risk of 



Byingtoii (C.) — Contiuucil. 



misrepresenting his views by .adopting a more 

 modern phraseology. 



" Mr. Byington's own views of what he liad 

 accomplished deserve recording. In liis diary, 

 under date March 11, 1864 (liis birthday), ho 

 writes : 



" ' The last year I revised the Choctaw Grsim- 

 mar, going over the ground twice. The last 

 effort I hope is my best, and will bo of use to 

 learners of Choctaw and to Choctaw scliolars 

 in schools, but it needs further revision, and 

 then to be well transcribed. I commit these 

 elTorts in my old ago to the Lord. I have en- 

 joyed these labours very .niuch. Tlie pleasure 

 of happily resolving dilliculties in thesostudies. 

 and of success in the- work is gratifying and 

 reviving to the mind.' 



"In 18G7 he wrote : ' This work can be much 

 improved hereafter by other hands. It may be 

 compared to the first survey and making of a 

 road in a new country.' 



"In spite of these deficiencies, of wliich no 

 doubt the author was more distinctly aware 

 than any one else, his grammar remains one of 

 tlio most valuable, original, and instructive of 

 any ever written of an A mcricau language. It 

 is the result of nigli half a century of concen- 

 trated study, and we may well doubt if ever 

 .again a person will be found who will combine 

 the time, the opportunities, and the ability to 

 make an equal analysis of the language. 



" Mr. Byingtoii also prepared a Choctaw dic- 

 tionary, containing about 15,000 words, which 

 remains in manuscript, in the possession of his 

 family." — Brinton. 



c. 



Callaglian (S. M. ), editor. Sec Indian 

 Jotnu;il. 



Campbell (John). On tbo origin of some 

 American ludiau tribes. By John 

 Campbell. [Second article.] 



lu Montreal Nat. Hist. Soc. Proc. vol. 9, pp. 

 193-212, Montreal, 1879, 8^. 



Kadiak and Aleutian words compared with 

 Clierokce-Choctaw, p. 207. 

 The affiliation of the Algonquin lan- 

 guages. By John Campbell, M. A. 



In Canadian Inst. Proc. new series, vol. 1, ]>t. 

 1, lip. 15-53, Toronto, 1879, 8^^. 



Comparison of characteristic forHis in Algon- 

 quin with the same in tlie neigliboi-ing families 

 I Atliabascan, Iroquois, Dacotab, audClioctaw), 

 l>p. 45-50. 



Issued separateli', repaged, as follows : 

 The Adiliation of the Algon([uin Lan- 

 guages. By John Campbell, M. A., 

 Professor of Church History, Presby- 

 teriau College, Montreal. [ISTU.] 

 No*title-page ; pp. 1-41, 8^. 

 Qopics aeea : Sliea. 

 MUSK 2 



Campbell (J.) — Continued. 



The unity of the human race, con- 

 sidered from an American standpoint. 

 In British and Foreign Evangelicitl Review, 

 m^w series, Xo. 37, pp. 74-101, London, January, 

 1880,8^. (Pilling.) 



By a copious exhibition and comparison of 

 grammatical and lexical forms, tliis article pro- 

 fesses to discover hi America two main families 

 of speecli, and to connect these with the North- 

 ern Asiatic and Malay Polynesian families, re- 

 spectively. It abounds in words and sentences 

 from, and remarks concerning, the Iroquois, 

 Choctaw, Quiche, AIgon(iuin, Creel<, Kadiak, 

 Tchuktclii, Ciierokee, Dacotali, Mohawk, Ojib- 

 beway, Cree, Now England, Illinois, Penobscot, 

 Menomeni, and Maya. 



Asiatic tribes in North America. By 



.John Campbell, M. A. 



In Canadian Inst. Proc. new scries, vol. 1, pp. 

 171-20G, Toronto, 1884, 8'. 



Comp.arativo vocabulary of the Cherokee- 

 Choctaw and Peninsular languages, pp. 192- 

 194. 



Issued separately, repaged, as follows : 



