MUSKIIOGEAN LANGUAGES. 



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Gatschet (A. S.) — Contiuned. 



Maskoki [its derivation and inean- 



inj;; also "llitcliiti "]. 



In Auiericau Aiitiq\iarian, vol. 2, m). 171-172, 

 Chicago, 1870-80, S^. 



Contaius Hitcbiti ami Creek terms. 



Quclqucs noms gcograpliiqnos dn 



snd-cst dcs fitats-Unis d'Amdriqne. 



In Revue do Liuguistiqne, vol. 15, pp. 293- 

 290, Paris, 1882, 8°. 



Indian (Cherokeo Jind Maskoki) names of 

 proniinout geographic features in Georgia, Ala- 

 bama, ISIissi.ssippi, Florida, North Carolina, and 

 Tennessee. 



]>rinton's library of | aboriginal 



American literature. | Number IV. j A | 

 migration legend [ of the | Creek In- 

 dians, I with a linguistic, historic and 

 ethnographic ] introduction, by | 

 Albert S. Gatschet, | of the U. S. Bureau 

 of Ethnology, Washington, D. C. ' Vol- 

 ume I. ' [Three lines quotation.] | 



Philadelphia: | D. G. Urinton. ; 1884. 



Vol. 2, fimt title: A \ migration legend | 

 of the 1 Creek Indians, ' text.s and^'losaarie.s in 

 Creek and Hitehiti, with alinguistic, historic, 

 and ethn')gr!iphic [ introduction and commen- 

 tary, 1 hy ! Albert S. Gatschet, ; of the l^ S. 

 Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, D. C. ! Vol- 

 ume II. I 



St. Louis, Mo. : i printed for the author. 

 1888. 



Second title : Tchikilli's Kasi'hta legend ] in 

 the I Creek and Ilitehiti Languages, with a | 

 critical commcTitary and full glossaries to both 

 texts, I by | Albert S. Gatschet, \ of the U. S. 

 Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, D. C. ! 

 [Thrco lines quotation.] Copyrighted. 1888. 

 All rights reserved. | 



St. Louis, Mo. 1 printed by K. V. Studlcy & 

 CO. I 1888. 



2 vols. : title verso copyright etc. 1 1. general 

 title of the series verso blank 1 1. note preface 

 and contents pp. iii-vii, text pp. 0-251 ; first 

 title ver.so blank 1 1. second title p. 1, preface 

 pp. 2-3, text pp. 4-103, index to the two vol- 

 umes pp. 191-205, errata pp. 20C-207 ; maps, 8^. 

 The, second volume has two pagin.ition.s, one 

 as above and one in brackets (beginning with 

 the preface), pp. 31-230. The latter is the 

 numbering of vol. 5 of the St Louis Academy 

 of Sciences Transactions, of which it forms a 

 part. The two maps which should have 

 accompanied the first volume are included 

 in (ho s(cond. A note at the bottom of vol. 2, 

 p. 73, says: " Tho Creek text appears in this 

 volume [pp. 8-25] in a revised and correct 

 shape, and i)arties owning tho first volume 

 should therefore remove pp. 237-251 [of tho 

 first volume] before .sending it to tho binder." 



Lingui.stic groups of the Gulf States, vol. 1, 

 pp. 10-19. — Tlio CDiumou Maskoki language 

 (pp. 53-58) includes, p. 5G, a comparative table of 



Gatschet (A. S.) — Continued. 



39 words which correspond in two or more 

 of tlu^ following dialects : ("ha'hta, Chicasa, Ali- 

 baniii, Koassati, Creek, Seiuiuide, llitchili, Apa- 

 laclii, Mikasuki, p. 5G. -The name Maskoki, its 

 use and signification, pp. 58-02.— TTunter's song 

 in llitcliiti, with English translation, p. 79.— 

 The nilchitidialecl, pp. 8J-85.— .V few terms iu 

 which Chicasa differs from main Cha'hta, p. 90. — 

 The Cha'hta language, pp. UG-118.— List of 

 Creek towns, with English .signification, pp. 

 124-151.— List of Creek gentes, wilb deriva- 

 tions, pp. 155-153. — Creek war-names and war- 

 titles, with English signification, pp. IGl-lfil. — 

 Creek medical iilants, with English significa- 

 tions, pp. 178-179.— Tlie Creek dialect, pp. 108- 

 213.— Tchikilli's Kasi'hta Legend, the text, 

 followed by translation into English, pp. 235- 

 251.— Tho Creek text of the legend, with En- 

 glish translation on alternato pages, vol. 2, pp. 

 8-19.— The nit<diiti text, pp. 20-25.— Explana- 

 tory and critical remarks, pp. 26-71— Direc- 

 tions for tho use of tho two glossaries, pp. 

 72-75. — Creek glossary, alphabetically arranged 

 by Creek words, pj). 71-130 —S])ecial directions 

 for tho use of the Ilitehiti gloss.ary, pp. 131- 

 133. -Ilitehiti glossary, alphabetically arranged 

 by Ilitehiti words, pp. 131-170.— Kartram's list 

 of Maskoki towns, p. 180. — Topographic list <iJf 

 the Creek towns and villages, pp. 181-1S2. — 

 Tho Crook towns of Georgia, p. 182.— Li.^t of 

 towns now extant in the Creek Nation, Indian 

 Territory, pp. 181-lSG. — The Creek towns in the 

 war of 1813-14, pp. 189-190.— Tuchi-Maskoki 

 loan-words, pp. 190-191.— Cberoki- Maskoki 

 loan-words, pp. 191-192.— Naktcho -Maskoki 

 loan words, pp. 192-193. 



"Tcliikilli, tho head-chief of tho Upper and 

 Lower Creeks, delivered tho legend in an allo- 

 cution held before Goveinor James Oglethorpe, 

 at Savann.ah, Georgia, iu the ye;ir 1735. Tbe 

 British colonial authorities and people were 

 present, and also some sixtj' men of Tchikilli's 

 Indian retinue. After delivery, the interpreter 

 handed it over (written upon a buffalo-skin) to 

 the colonists, and the sanui year it was brought 

 to England. It appears from an article in (ho 

 'American Gazetteer,' London, 17G2, vol. ii, 

 Art. Georgia, that tho contents w(!re written 

 in red and black characters (pic^tograiihic signs, 

 wo suppose), and that afterwards it was hung 

 up la the Georgia office, in AVostminster, 

 London. Upou Dr. D. G. Brinton's reriucst, 

 Mr. Nicholas Triibner sought to trace this pic- 

 tured relic iu tho London oliires, but without 

 success. The text of the narrative ha« boon 

 fortunately preserved in a German tianslation, 

 anil this is far nioro important for us than tho 

 presei v.;lion of the painted bulfalo-skin would 

 be. It is found in a collection of German 

 pamplilets treating of Ameri("in colonies, pub- 

 lished from 1735 to 1741. The title of the first 

 volumo runs as follows: Ausfuohrlicho Nach- 

 richt von den Saltzbiirgisclien Kmigraiiten, die 

 sieli in America niedorgelasscn h.aben. Woriu, 

 etc etc. ; heraiisgegeben von Samuel Urlsper- 



