MUSKHOGEAN LANGUAGES. 



73 



R. 



Ramsay {Rev. .James Rows). [The book 

 of P.saliu3 in tUo Muscojjoo lan- 

 guage. i8,i->.] ' n 



M.uiinoript in possession of Mr. liaras.ay, 

 ■who informs luo tli;it it has not yot been revised 

 ni\ \ put into final bliape, but consists of tlio 

 oriu.'in:il dr.aft, by liimsolf, directly from the Hc- 

 brow. IIo expects that tho American Bible 

 Society will publish it eventuall3". 



• [Genesis in the Mnscogco lan- 

 guage.] (') 

 Manuscript, 223 pp. 8 by 10 inches in size, jn 

 p 'ssL'ssioa of Mr. Ilaiuaaj', wlio informs mo that 

 it w.is tr.in.shitod from tho Hebrew by himself 

 in tho wintiH' of 18Sj-'8C, and revised with tlio 

 assistance of native interpreters ; that the man- 

 nscript has been reviewed and approved b^- a 

 coinmitteo cf (ho presbytery of Muscogee, and 

 by representative men, and that ho expects it 

 to be published by the American Bible Society. 



Sic Loughiidge (R. M.) and Wins- 



lett(D.) 



Si(! Loughiidge (R. M.), "Win.slett 



(D.), and Robsrtson (W. S. ) 



See Robsrtson (A. E. W.) 



Ivc.v. .JaniL's lloss Uam.say w.is l>orn April 9, 

 1822, in Harford Coiint\', Md. Ho was edu- 

 cated at tho York County Academy, York, Pa., 

 and at Jetfersou College, Pennsylvania, gradu- 

 ating in the class of 184G ; pursued his theo- 

 logical coui'so in Princeton Theological Semi- 

 nary, Now Jersey, gr.T.duatiug with tho class 

 of 1841). 



Mr. Hamsay commenced missionary work 

 among tho Creek In^lians at Kuwotah Mission 

 August 20, 1S40. After laboring in that mission 

 and vicinity nearly three years, he was coin- 

 pellc.l by sickues.s in his f.unily to resign and 

 return to his homo in Penn.sylvauia. In Feb- 

 ruary of 185G he returned to missionary woi'k, 

 but this time among the Somiuoles at Oak 

 liidgo Mission, and thronghout tho Seniiuolo 

 Nation, in which ho continued until September, 

 IKOU. Soon thereafter, while visitinghisnativo 

 home, the civil war commenced, and by it ho 

 wai iirevcmtod from immediately returning ; 

 butm December, 18GG, ho returned to mission- 

 ary work among tho Scmiuoles, at Wewoka, 

 whero superintending a b,)arding-school, 

 pre.xcliing, and translating the Scrii)tures into 

 the Muskoki l.mguage fully occupy his time. [ 

 lie has given considerable attantiou to tho | 

 study of the ^fuskoki languag >, writing and 

 spiiaking it in daily intercourses with, and iu 

 the instruction of, tho adult natives who do not 

 understand or speak English. 



Reader : 



Clioctaw Seo Wright (.V.) and By- 



ington (C.) 

 ('reek Eobrrtson (AV. S.) 



and Winslett (D.) 



Regeneration by the Holy Spirit f Ciioc- 

 taA']. Sec Williams (L. S.) 



Relationships: 



Chikasaw Seo Copeland (C.C.) 



Chikasaw Gatschot (A. S.) 



Cluiclaw Copeland (C. C.) 



Choctaw Edwards (.J.) ami By- 



ington (C.) 



Choctaw Morgan (L.H.) 



Creek Loughiidge (R. M.) 



Creek Morgan (L. H.) 



Religious tracts iu the Choctaw lan- 

 guage. Sec "Williams (L. S.) 



Resurrection ami final judgment [CMioc- 

 taw]. See Williams (L. S.) 



Rice (Sanincl). Seo Robertson (A. E. 



W.) 



Samuel Rico was early left an orphan, and 

 was brought up by liis uuclo, Judgo James 

 Gray, who placed hiTU in the Asbury Boarding- 

 Schodl, at Eufaula, nnder tho care of the M. E. 

 Church South, where ho spent his vacations. 

 IIo was always tliought a quick scholar there. 

 Later he spent some time in La Grange Col- 

 lege, Clinton, Mo. lie was a licensed preacher 

 iu tins Baptist Cliurch, and one of tho best in- 

 terpreters among his people, though prevented 

 by feeble health during tho last two years of 

 his life from m.''.king much nso of his voice, 

 lie (lied young in 1888. — J/ct. L'obcrtson. 



Ridge ( ). Sec Gallatin (A). 



[Robb {Mrs. Czarina).] Choctaw \ Bap- 

 tist Hymn Book. | Original and trans- 

 lated hymns. | 



St. Louis : i 1830. 



Outside title: Choctaw, Baptist Ilymn BooU.I 

 Original and translated hymns. | 



St. Louis: Pi'csbyterian pub. co., ("lioctaw 

 book publishers, , 207 N. Eighth St. 



Title on cover, inside title verso blank 1 I. 

 index of tirst lines pp. iii-v, text pp. 1-70, ob 

 1 )iig 12'.— Choctaw hymns with tunes, i)p. 1-2,'i ; 

 without tun, 8, pp. 2G-C7.— Articles of faith in 

 Choctaw, pp. 08-70. 



Folsom (I.), Chihowa im auumpa ilbrsha [a 

 prayer], jt.CS. 



The names and initials of the following per- 

 s uis appear attached to hymns as composers 

 or translators : 



