MUSKHOGEAN LANGUAGES. 



77 



Robertson {Mm. A. E. W.)— Coutiuned. 

 ill Muskoki, of tlio composer of tlio English 

 IiyniD— Eev. Joliii Nowtou. 



Copies seen : Pilliug ; wliicli copy shows 

 iiuiiicroiis pen corrections of the Muskoki 

 print, uiailo by the translator. 



[Enjflisli and Creek vocabulary. 



18l)0-188t).] (*) 



Manuscript in possession of its author, who 

 writes lue concerning it as follows : 



"As to my English and Creek vocabularj", its 

 existence has been rather an unfortunate one. 

 I began copying it (or rather having Legus 

 Perryman <lo the penmauship), but we had only 

 gone into the letter E when ho left for homo. 

 I then took the pen myself, with Lewis "Wins- 

 lett (a very talented boy, who was lost during 

 the war) as interpreter, but the war soon ended 

 our work. Had I confined myself to correcting 

 iind copying material already on hand, it w.uld 

 probably Lave been wiser than proceeding as I 

 did on a larger plan, hoping to get a work of 

 sufficient completeness to be a real help to Eng- 

 lish-speaking students of the Creek. The first 

 part of that— the letter A and a part of li— I lent 

 to I)r. Loughridgo, who went to Texas during 

 Iho war, leaving most of his library behind, and 

 that also, which is the last I know of it. So the 

 greater part of my collection of Creek words is 

 in the crudest shape imaginable, done chiefly 

 with a pencil in greatest haste, I often running 

 to my little book, no matter how busy with 

 other things, to record a new word obtamed 

 from pupils, m.anuscripts, or books, and tying 

 new leaves within the covers as needed. I 

 would have preferred Creek and English tj 

 English and Creek, but for Dr. Loughridgo's 

 having begun the former. What I have in pen 

 and ink was done with a school edition of the 

 English dictionary in hand, selecting the most 

 commonly used words in going over it. Should 

 my life be spared I maj- get this work into bet- 

 ter shape, as I would bo very glad to do, since 

 I probably have a good many nouns, at least, j 

 not given by others. Cut while the ' full blood' 

 Creeks have so little reading matter, and so 

 few to furnish any for them, it does not seem as 

 if I ought to turn aside from the work which I 

 am doing now." 



In another letter Mrs. Eobcrtson t.iys the 

 foundation for both Mr. Loughridgo's English 

 and Creek dictionary and this vocabulary of 

 hers, which work on the Creek Testament has 

 prevented her completing, was laid by Kev. 

 John Fleming, whose manuscript book was 

 among those he mentions having left behind on 

 leaving the Creeks. 



Vocabulary of the Chicasaw. [1875?] 



Manuscript, in the library of the Bureau of 

 Ethnologj'. Mr.s. Robertson was assisted in 

 its euUectiou by Daniel Austin and his sister, 

 roUio Fife, as translators. See Pike (A.) 



Robertson {A/rs. A. E. W.) — Contiuued. 



Tlio coru fable, in tlio Muskokee 



]an<;uase. [1885.] 



Manuscript, pp. 1-1'2, folio, in tlio library of 

 tho Bureau of Ethnology. The fable is accom- 

 panied by an interlinear literal translation in 

 English, written in red ink. Pp. 9-12 consist 

 of a free translation in English. Mrs. Robert- 

 son received the fable from Taylor Postoak, 

 second chief of the Muskokis. 



See Loiighridge ( U. M. ) 



Seo Louglividse (R. M.), Robert 



son (A. E. W.), aud Robertson (W. 8.) 



See Lougliridge (K. M.) and Wins- 



lett(D.) 



Sec Loiighridge (R. M.), Winslett 



(D.), aud Robertson (\V. S.) 



See Our Monthly. 



See Perryman (T. W.) aud Robert- 

 son (A. E. W.) 



See Pike (A.) 



See Robertson (W. S.) aud Wins- 

 lett (D.) 



and Sullivan (N. B.) Este Mvskoke 



cui oliouvkv. 



In Indian Joiuual, vol. 5, no. 1, Muscogc, 

 Ind. T. .September ',), 18S1, folio. (*) 



History oftlio Muskoki people— a speech by 

 tho Hon. William P. Eoss. Issued also as fol- 

 lows: 



[ ] Early Creek History ! Speecli 



of I HoH. William P. Ross [ at tho Tul- 

 lahassec mauual labor boarding school. 

 1 July 18th, 1878. 



Colophon: Translated by Mrs. A. 

 E. W. Robertson aud N. B. Sullivan, i 

 Priuteil at the Oflico of tho ludiau 

 Journal. [Muskogee, Creek Nation, 

 1881.] 



No title-page, heading only ; 1 pp. double col- 

 umns, 8^. A speech delivered in English, and 

 translated into Muskoki by Mrs. llobortson, 

 with tho assistance of N. B. Sullivan. Mrs. 

 Robertson has furnished the Bureau of Ethnol- 

 ogy with an interlinear English translation. 



Copies seen: Bureau of Ethnology, Eaiics, 

 Pilling, Powell. 



[ and others]. Pu pucase moniet pu 



j hesayecv Cesvs Klist [ eu Testomeut 

 Mucvsat. I Klekvlke em puuvkv i luv 

 ofv euhvteceskv cohoyvto aosscn | 

 tohtvlecicvhotet os. ; 



New- York : | American Bible Society, 

 ! instituted in the year MDCCCXVI. | 

 I 1887. 



Title verso blank 1 1. contents ver.so blank 1 

 1. Matthew (no title-pa'jie). pp. l-'JO.— Mark 

 (with title-page, 18S0), pp. 1-59.— Luke (with 

 title-page, 1830), pp. 1-99 — John(with title page, 



