ATHAPASCAN LANGUAGES. 



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McDonald (R.) — Coiiliiincd. 



Copies xeeii : Eaines, rilling, Society for Pro- 

 luotiujj: Christiau Knowledge, WcUt'sltry. 

 A later editiou, with title-jjage. as Ibllows : 



Chilig I Takudli tsliali zit. | Hymu.s 



I iu Takiulli liinguage. | Composed aud 

 translated | by the | veu. archdeacon 

 McDonald, D.'l). | [Seal of the S. P. C. 

 K.]| 



London: | Society for promoting 

 christian knowledge, ] Northumberland 

 avenue, Charing cross, AV. C. | 1890. 



Colophon: I'riiiteil by William Clowes and 

 sons, limited, | London and IJeccles. 



Title on cover " Takndh hymns,'' inside title 

 as above vereo blank 1 1. syllabarinni i)p. iii-vi, 

 text (entirely in the Takndh language) pp. 1-89, 

 colophon p. [90], 16°. The textual matter of 

 pp. l-.'')8 of this editiou agrees page for page 

 with those pages in the edition titled next 

 above; though the matter has been entirely 

 reset, I think. 



Chilig [hymns, nos. 1-94], pp. 1-73.— Doxol- 

 ogies, uos. i iv, p. 74. — Canticles, jjp. 75-80. — 

 Ochikthut etunetle [catechism], pp. 81-89. 



Copies ieen : Eanies, Pilling. 



Zzehkkoenjit gichinchik | nekwazzi 



ttrin ihthlog keujit | ako gichinchik | 

 ttriu kittekookwichiltshei keujit kah. 

 I Bp. Oxendeu vut suu kwnt sut | 

 thleteteitazya | chizi gichinchik kah | 

 tikj'inchiknut ako trinyunuut enjit. | 

 Chutruii keujit gichinchik tthui, | ako 

 I chuukyo rsotitiuyoo enjit gichinchik, 

 I archdeacon McDonald. | Kirkhe. | 

 [SealoftheS. P. C. K.] | 



London: | Society for promoting 

 christian knowledge, : Northumberland 

 avenue, Charing cross, W. C. [1885.] 



Title verso blank 1 1. text (Oxenden's family 

 prayers, entirely in the Tukudh language, with 

 the exception of a few phrases in English) pp. 

 3-50, 16°. 



Copies seen : Eames, Pilling, Society for Pro- 

 moting Christian Knowledge, Wellesley. 



David vi psalmnut. | Takndh tsha 



zit thleteteitazya | ven. archdeacon 

 M<-Donald, D. D. | kirkhe. | [Seal of 

 the S. P. C. K.] I 



Winnipeg, Man. : | Printed by Robt. 

 D. Richardson | for the | Society for 

 Promoting Christiau Knowledge, | 

 Loudon. I 1886. 



Title verso blank 1 1. text (with the exception 

 of heading.s in English and Latin, entirely in 

 theTakudh language) pp. 1-195, 16°. 



Copies seen .- Eames, Pilling, Society for Pro- 

 moting Christian Knowledge, Wellesley. 



McDonald (R.) — Coutiniu'd. 



The I new testament | of | our lord 



aud saviour | Jesus Christ. jTi-anslated 



into Takndh by | ven. archdeacon 



McDonald, D. D. | 



London: I priute<l for the British 



aud foreign bil)le society. | 1886. 



Title verso blanlc 1 1. text (with chapter des- 

 ignations in English) pp. 5-576, 10°. 



Matthew, pp. 5-76.— Mark, pp. 77-122.— Luke, 

 pp. 123-200.— John, pp. 200-257.— Acts, pp. 259- 

 3,3,3. —Epistles, pp. 333-537.— Revelatiim, pp. .538- 

 576. 



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On page 251 of his work entitled " Tlie In- 

 dians," Toronto, 1889, Kev. John McLean com- 

 ments on a syllabary by Archdeacon McDonald 

 as follows : 



" Several years ago the Venerable Archdea- 

 con McDonald, whose mission is on the Yukon 

 and who for a term of years dwelt one mile 

 withift the Arctic Circle, invented a very elab- 

 orate syllabary, which he applied to the Tukudh 

 language, one of the family of the Hjpcrl)ore:in 

 languages. The syllabary consisted of 400 syl- 

 lables, which, whtin thoroughly memorized, 

 enabled the Tukudh Indians to read their own 

 language with perfect ease. Having translated 

 the New Testament and Prayer Book, he 

 utilized his syllabic system, and so accurate 

 was its construction that in four months the 

 natives could read the Word of God. Great 

 benefi ts flowed to the peojile from this invention, 

 as they speedily learned the truths of morality 

 and religion for themselves." 



Having never seen any publication in the 

 Tukudh language printed in wliat is usually 

 termed a syllab.ary, my interest was aroused, 

 and under date' of March 9, 1889, I wrote Mr. 

 McLean for such further particulars as he 

 might be able to furnish. Under date of March 

 28 he replied as follows : 



" My statement is based upon the following: 

 The arcluleacon was in Winnipeg three or four 

 years ago aiul was interviewed by a reporter 

 of the Manitob.i Free Press. The rejtort of that 

 interview was a long one, which I have jire- 

 served in my scrapbook. In this report is the 

 foUowing : 'A syllabary has been made of the 

 syllables made use of in the language. While 

 the syllables of the Cree language number only 

 about 32, the syllabary re(iuired for the Tukudh 

 contains about 500 .syllables ; and thi.s, notwith- 

 standing the apparent difficulty, some of the 

 Indians have learned in a fortnight. These 

 syllables are written out in Roman letter.s. 

 Some of the more intelligent have learned to 

 read the gospels fairly within three months.' 

 I have an interview held with the archdeacon's 

 brother, and several references to the archdea- 

 con in letters which he wrote himself and were 

 printed in the newspapers; also letters and 

 notes of travel by Hudson Bay Company's 

 officers. This, however, is the only reference 



