MUSKHOGEAN LANGUAGES. 



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Wright (A. ) and Byington(C.) — Cont'd. 



[ ] The four gospels, translated 



into the | Choctaw language. Vba- 

 nuinpa Mahlu \ Vt holissochi tok, 

 Chahta auauipa isht a tosh- owa hoke. 

 I Vbauumpa Mak j Vt holissochi tok, 

 Chahta auumpa isht a tosh- owa hoke. 



Vbannmpa Luk. Vt holissochi tok, 

 Chahta auumpa isht a tosh- owa hoke. 

 t Vbauumpa Chani. j Vt holissochi tok, 

 Chahta anumpa isht a tosh- owa hoke. [ 



Boston : | printed for the American 

 Board of Commissioners for Foreign 

 Missions, by Crocker & Brewster. 

 1845. 



Title 1 1. Matthew pp. 1-115, Mark pp. 1-73, 

 Luke pp. 1-127, John pp. 1-95, 12=; iu the Choc- 

 taw language. 



Copies seen : Triibner. 



[ ] The ; gospel according to 



John, i translated into the Choctaw 

 language. | Fbanumpa. Chani vt ho- 

 lissochi tok, ; Chahta anumpa isht a 

 toshowa hoke. 



Boston : \ printed for the American 

 Board of Commissioners for [ Foreign 

 Missions, by Crocker & Brewster. 

 1845. 



Title verso blank 1 1. text iu the Choctaw 

 language pp. 3-95, 12°. 



Copies seen ; Astor, Boston Athenjcuin, Pow- 

 ell. 



[ ] The 1 gospel according to 



Luke, I translated into the j Choctaw 

 language. Tbauumpa. Luk vt ho- 

 lissochi tok, Chahta auumpa isht a 

 toshowa hoke. 



Boston : | printed for the American 

 Board of Commissioners for | Foreign 

 Missions, by Crocker & Brewster. 

 1845. 



I'itle verso blank 1 1. test in the Choctaw 

 language pp. 3-127, 12<3. 



Copies seen : Astor, Boston AthencDum, Pow- 

 ell. 



[ ] The I gospel according to 



Mark, translated into the j Choctaw 

 language. Fbaunmpa. ] Mak vt ho- 

 lissochi tok, I Chahta anumpa isht a 

 toshowa hoke. 1 



Boston : j printed for the American 

 Board op [sic] Commissioners for 

 Foreigu Missions, by Crocker & Brew- 

 ster. 1845. 



Title verso blank 1 1. text in the Choctaw 

 language pp. 3-73, 12°. 



Copies seen : American Board of Commission- 

 ers, Astor, Boston Athenteum, Powell. 



■Wright(A.)audByington(C.) — Cont'd. 



[ ] The new testament | of our 



Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, trans- 

 lated into the Choctaw language. [ 

 Pin I chitokaka pi okchalinchi Chisvs 

 Klaist iu testament himona, [ Chahta 

 auumpa atoshowa hoke. | 



New York: American Bible Society, 

 [ instituted iu the year MDCCCXVI. ; 

 184S. 



Title vcr.so blank 1 1. contents verso blank 1 

 1. text ill the Choctaw language pp. 5-818, 16°. 



Copies seen : American Bible Society, Amer- 

 ican Board of Commissioners, Congress, Eames, 

 Powell, Trumbull. 



Pi iced 4s. by Ti ubner in 1856, No. 652. The 

 I'i.scher v'opy, No. 2235, brought 5s. At the 

 Briuley sale two unused copies, No. 5751, sold 

 for $1.25 each. 



I have seen copies with uo#change of title 

 except in date, as follows: 1854 (Briuton), 1857 

 (Pilling), 1858 ( ), 1871 (Powell), 1881 (Amer- 

 ican Bible Society). 



[ and Williams (L. S.)] Chahta 



ikhananchi, or the | Choctaw instruc- 

 tor: containing a \ brief summary of 

 Old Testament history and j biography ; 

 1 with practical reflections, in the 

 Choctaw language. ; By a Missionary. | 



Utica : , press of William Williams. | 

 1831. 



Pp. 1-157, 16°. 



Copies seen : American Tract Society, Boston 

 Athenaeum. 



B\ington'3 manuscript Choctaw dictionary 

 gives the foil owing title, which may refer to 

 the above work. 



Choctaw Teacher, containing 



au Epitome of the History of the Old 

 Testament svith reflections. 1831. (*) 



136 pp. 



Eev. Alfred Wright was born in Columbia, 

 Conn., March 1, 1788, and died March 31, 1853. 

 He was appointed missioDary to the Choctawa 

 in 1S'20, and removed to the Indian Territory in 

 October, 1832, where he organized theWheelock 

 Church in December of that year. 



I knew him but a couple of years before his 

 death. From universal testimony in regard to 

 him the eulogy on his tombstone is none too 

 high. One marked characteristic was his dil- 

 igence as a student. One who was hero in 

 1846-'47 told me that however late he went to 

 bed at night, or however early he got up in the 

 morning, he always found a light in Mr. 

 Wright's study. I have at times imagined that 

 I saw spots in his work that indicated work 

 with an exhausted brain. But such slips are 

 rare. As a rule, his work was well done. 



Mr. Wright was a graduate of Williams Col- 

 lege. After spending two years at Andover 



