MUSKIIOGEAN LANGUAGES. 



95 



Williams (L. S.) — Contiuued. 



religious teachers— What the Bihlo teaches in 

 rehition to the Sabbath — The gooducss of God 

 mauifested in his works — llow do you know 

 there is a God ? 



Copies seen : Powell. 



[ ] Oka liomi isbko sbalili iiau ishtim 



achukma kvt ilvppak ; oke. 



No title-page; pp. 1-8, 10°. Reward of 

 drunkenness, in the Choctaw language. 



Copies seen : American Tract Society. 



[Religions tracts, in tbo Choctaw 



laugnagc] (*) 



The act of faith, 4 i)p. — The world to conic, 

 '1 pp.— Self-dedication, 4 pp. 



Title from Byington's manuscript Choctaw 

 dictionary. 



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



See Wright (A.) and Williams (L. 



S.) 



Loring S. Williams was one of the early mis- 

 sionaries to the Choctaws, probably one of the 

 first band, as I find him mentioned as teacher 

 in the Missionary IlcralJ for 1821. Ho went to 

 the now country after the removal, but retired 

 from missionary work about the beginning of 

 the year 1838. I am Informed that ho died Jjot 

 long since in Iowa. Choctaw scliolars say that 

 the hymns coinpjsod by him are in excellent 

 Choctaw. 

 Wilson (iter. Edward Francis). Vocabn- 

 laryoftbo Seminoio language. [1889.] 

 Manuscript, filling pp. 3-5 of a pamphlet en- 

 titled "An Indian History." This pamphlet 

 consists of 15 pp. 8^, and is a circular distributed 

 forgathering information, linguistic and ethno- 

 logic, regarding any particular tribe of Indians. 

 On the first page the author says ho is " trying 

 to collect material with a view to publishing a 

 short, popular history of some one hundred or 

 so of the best known Indian tribes, together 

 with a little insight into the vocabulary and 

 grammatical structure of each of their lan- 

 guages." Pago 2, pronunciation; pp. 3-7, words 

 and sentences, three columns, the first English, 

 the second examples (two Seminole) from va- 

 rious Indian languages, the third blank, for 

 filling iu the particular language desired; pp. 

 7-10, questions concerning language, with ex- 

 amples; pp. 11-14, questions of hietory; p. 15, 

 "A few particulars about the Indians." 



This Seminole vocabulary was procured by 

 Mr.Wilson about January, 1889, atCarlisle, Pa., 

 from Minnie Cornjrs, an Indian pupil. The 

 original is in the collector's own possession, 

 and a duplicate, kindly furnished by him, is in 

 the library of the Bureau of Ethnology. 



Kev. Edw.nrd Francis Wilson, son of the lato 

 Kov. Daniel Wilson, Islington, prebendary of 

 St. Paul's Cathedral, and graudson of Daniel 

 Wilson, bi.shop of Calcutta, was born iu London 

 December 7, 1844, and at the ago of 17 left school 

 And emigrated to Canada for the purpose of 



Wilsoii (E. F.) — Continned. 



leading an agricultural life; but soon after his 

 airival he was led to lake an interest in the In- 

 dians, and resolved to become a missionary. 

 After two years of preparation, much of which 

 time was spent among tl:e Indians, he returned 

 to England, and in December, 1807, was or- 

 dained deacon. Shortly thereafter it was ar- 

 ranged that ho should return to Canada aa a 

 missionary to the Ojibway Indians, under the 

 auspices of the Church Missionary Society, and 

 in July, 18C8, ho returned. lie has labored 

 among the Indians ever since, building two 

 homes— the Shingwauk Home, at Sault Ste. 

 Marie, and the Wawanosh Home, two miles 

 from the former— and preparing linguistic 

 works. 



Wiiislett {Riv. David). Wowvbotuo 

 svkerkucc, »&c. 



In Indian Journal, vol. 2, no. 27, Muscogee, 

 lud. T. March C, 1878, folio. (*) 



Tempeiance song, " The Winecup," in the 

 Muskoki language. Printed first in (ho Creek 

 hymn-book. Mrs. Robertson has furnished the 

 Bureau of Ethnology with an intcrlijcar trans- 

 lation. 



Slo Loughridge (R. M.) 



Seo Loughridge (R. M.) and Wius- 



lett (D.) 



Sio Loughridge (R. M.), Winslett 



(D.), and Land (J. H.) 



Sjc Loughridge (R. M.), Winslett 



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



Sec Robertson (W. S.), McKillop 



(J.), and Winslett (D.) 



See Robertson (W. S.) and Wins- 

 lett (D.) . 



Rev. David Winslett was horn in the Creek 

 Nation about the year 1830. His father was a 

 white man of considerable character, and fig- 

 ured largely in the transaction of business be- 

 tween the United States commissioners and the 

 Indians. His mother was an Indian woman of 

 the Hechete town. He entered Kowetah Mis- 

 sion, Creek Nation, in 1815, when about sixteen 

 years of age, and m.ade remarkable progress iu 

 his studies under the Rev. R. M. Loughridge. 

 Afterward he puisued his studies at Tullahas- 

 Boo Missiop. About the year 1851 ho was 

 chosen as a ruling elder in the TuUahasseo 

 church. As he spoke the English language 

 correctly and understood and spoke the Mus- 

 koki well, he was soon employed as Mr. Lough- 

 ridge's interpreter in preaching and in trans- 

 lating the Scriptures, and he is still spoken 

 of as the best tho Muskokis over had. The 

 Creek Presbytery, appreciating his worth, 

 took him under its chai-go and directed his 

 studies, and, on the Cth of September, 1859, or- 

 dained him to the full work of tho ministry and 

 directed him to take charge of tho Kowetah 



