MUSKIIOGEAN LANGUAGES. 



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Dukes (J.) — Coutiuued. 



See Byington (C.) 



Seo Wright (A.) and Byiugtou (C.) 



Seo Wright (II. 13.) aud Dukes (.J.) 



Captaiu Joseph Dukes wasboru iu the Choc- 

 taw iiatiou, iu what is now the State of Missis- 

 sippi, iu 1811. His parents were half-breed 

 Choctaw Indians. He was educated in one 

 of tho early mission schools, at Ma.yliew, 

 where ho made such progress that ho often 

 acted as interpreter for Eev. Cyi us Kiu^jsbury, 

 tho jtionoor missionaiy, who never learned the 

 langHa.^o. After tho sale of tho country, ho 

 remained in Mississippi some years, heli)iug 

 Mr. Byiugton prepare a gramnier and diction- 

 ary of tho language. In prejiaring tho latter, 

 ho took anEnglisli dictionary, and made defini- 

 tious of all tho words in Choctaw. Mr. Byiug- 

 ton revised it. When I made his acquaintance, 

 in 1851 or 1852, he was preaching under tho 

 direction of tho Kev. Alfred Wright, at 

 Wheelock, and in the rcgiou around, aud also 

 assisting Mr. Wright iu translating the Old 

 Testament. When I succeeded Mr. Wright, 

 iu 1853, he taught mo Clioctaw aud aided mo iu 



Dukes (J.) — Continuod. 



translation iu addition to his preaching. I 

 think that tho first draft of tho whole of tho 

 Old Testament, from Genesis to 2 Kings, as 

 well as of tho Psalms, was made by him ; 

 probably also some portions of tho New Testa- 

 ment. Ilo died in 1861. — Edwards. 



Dunbar : This word following a title or inchnled 

 within parentheses after a note isdicatos that 

 a copy of the work referred to has been seen by 

 tho compiler iu the library of Mr. John B. Dun- 

 bar, Bloomfield, K. J. 



Duncan {Prof, David). American Races. 

 I Compiled and abstracted by | Profca- 

 801" Duncan, M. A. 



Forms Part of Spencer (II.), Descriptive 

 Sociology, London, 1878, folio. 



Comments on language, with o.\amples of 

 the Creek, pp. 40-42. 



Copies seen : Congress. 



Some copies have tho imprint : New York, 

 D. Applcton &Co. [u.d.] (Powell.) 



Dwight (ffci'.J. E.). See W^right (A.) 

 aud Byiugton (C.) 



E.. 



Eamcs : Tins word following a title or within 

 parentheses after a uote indicates that a copy 

 of tho work referred to has been seen by the 

 comi)iler iu the library of Mr. Wilborforco 

 Eames, New York City. 



[Edwards (iitf. John).] The | secoud 

 book of Kings, trauslated into | the 

 Clioctaw language. Miko i-hleha | isht 

 anumpa atukla kvt j toshowvt I Chah- 

 ta auumpa toba hoke. | 



New York : American Bible Society, 

 I instituted iu the year MDCCCXVI. | 

 1855. 



Title reverse blank 1 1. half-title reverse 

 blank 1 1. text in the Choctaw language pp. 

 201-339,12°. Appended to Wright (A.), First 

 and second books of Samuel. 



Copies seen : Powell. 



A later edition as follows : 



[ ] The ! secoud book of Kings, | 



trauslated into jthc Choctaw language. | 

 Miko rlileha j isht auumpa atukla kyt | 

 toshowrt ] Chahta auumpa toba hoke. | 



New York : 1 American Bible Society, | 

 instituted in tho year MDCCCXVI. | 

 1871. 



Title rover.se blauk 1 1. half-title reverse 

 blank 1 1. text in tho Choctaw language pp. 

 201-339, 12°. 



Copies seen .- Eames, Pilling, Powell. 



Edwards (J.) — Coutiuued. 



[ ] The I book of the Psalms, | trans- 

 lated into I tho Choctaw language. | 

 Ati'loa hnlisso | tushowrt | Cbahta 

 imnumxiah tuba hoke. | 



New York : ] Ameiican Bible Societj'. | 

 Instituted in the year MDCCCXVI. | 

 188G. 



Title verso blank 1 1. text in the Choctaw 

 languiige pp. 3-192, 12°. In a letter to mo Mr. 

 Edwards says : "I began the translation of tho 

 Psalms about thirty years ago, but found tho 

 difficulty of tho Hebrew tenses so great that I 

 failed at that time to make a satisfactory trans- 

 lation. I found it necessary to know Just why 

 one of tho Hebrew tenses was used instead of 

 another, in order to give the right expression 

 In Choctaw. Failing to find this, I failed in tho 

 translation, notwithstanding the spare time of 

 some foirr years was spent upon it. At the samo 

 time, in the close study of tho Choctaw and He- 

 brew together, I found analogies iu the former 

 which to my mind were very suggestive as to 

 this supreme difficulty of the latter. Some nine 

 or ten yeais siuco, I gave myself to special study 

 of tho Hebrew, with a viewlo dovolopiug and 

 applying the ideas thus suggested so far as they 

 are applicable to tho Choctaw. To my mind I 

 have iu largo measure solved tho difficulty, and 

 so was able, with tho help of several Choctaws, 

 to make what I think is at least a fair transla. 

 tlon, 



