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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



McDonald (R.) — Continued. 



to till' sylliibriry; but, as it w;is so explicit, I 

 tVlt that Hiiicly tliore could Ixi ii<i doubt ciin- 

 ccniing it. Should \(>u find it to lie incorrect I 

 would feel obliged if you would kindly let me 

 know, as I am verydesirou.sof being accurate " 



Under date of August 0, ISiM), Mr. McLean 

 again wrote me, as follows : 



" When first I read the accountof Arclnleacon 

 McDonald's syllabary I was under the imiu-es- 

 sion that it was composed of characters similar 

 to the Evans characters, in the Tnkudh lan- 

 guage. 1 am not now of that oi)iuiou. I think 

 he must arrange tlie Iloman characters in thti 

 form of a syllaliary and by tliis means teaeli 

 the Indians to read rapidly." 



In his letter was inclosed aclipi)ing from the 

 Regina Leader of July 8, 1800, i>ublished at 

 Kegiua, Assiniboia, N. W. T., reading as fol- 

 lows: 



" Over one year ago a famous American etli- 

 nologist wrote to the Rev. Dr. McLean, Moose 

 Jaw, calling in question some stateiueuts made 

 by him in his book on The Indians of Canada, 

 relating to the existence of a .syllabary of the 

 Takudh language. Dr. McLean replied that he 

 had excellent authority for his statement, but 

 that lie would write at once to Dr. R. McDonald, 

 of Peel River, inventor of the syllabary, and 

 learn particular.s. As Dr. McDonald's mission 

 house for a time was one mile within the Arctic 

 Circle it was expected that it would take two 

 years to receive a reply to the lettei'. An an- 

 swer lias Just been received, within thirteen 

 months, and a copy of the syllal>ary, tlie con- 

 tents of the letter corroborating Dr. McLean's 

 .statements in his book 'The Indians of Can- 

 ada,' and in his latest work, just published, 

 ' James Evans, Inventor of the Syllabic Sys- 

 tem of the Cree Language.' The following is 

 a copy of the letter : 



" 'St. Matthew's, 

 •"Peel Hiyer, Jaiitiarj/ '^'2, '90. 

 " 'The J{ev. John McLean .- 



•' 'Dear Sir: I send you a copy of the sylla- 

 bary refei-red to. You will observe that very 

 few of the rows after the first ])age are com- 

 plete, simply througli want of space. This will 

 show that there is no exaggeration. As to the 

 time taken in learning to read in the Takudh 

 tongue by means of the syllabary, instead of 

 exaggerating, the fact is it is understated rather 

 than otherwise iu some ca.ses; for instance, 

 there is one that learnt the syllabary iu three 

 days and to read the gospels iu about a month. 

 1 may say that I do not claim great credit for 

 the invention of the syllabary. It was sug- 

 gested by Evans's syllabic characters. 

 " 'With high consideration, 



" 'Yours respectfully, 



'"R. McDonald, D. D., 



" 'Archdeacon."' 

 Mr. McLean was correct as to the make-up of 

 the syllabary. In the " Tukudli Hymns,"titled 

 above, the " syllabarium' is given in the pre- 

 liminary pages and consists simply of combi- 



McDonald (R.) — Continued. 



nations of two, three, four, and five Roman 

 characters, such as ba, V)C, bi, zoo, 7.011, zei, 

 zui, zit, Dhoo, Dhou, Dhei, Kdlia, Tdhoo, 

 lithou, etc. 



For a lengthy description and afac-siniile of 

 the Evans syllabary referred to, see the Bib- 

 liography of the Algomiuian Languages, pp. 

 ISG et seq. 



McElroy (Patrick D.) Comparative 

 vocabulary of tlie English and Jica- 

 rilla Apache languages. Compiled at 

 Cimarron, Colfax County, New Mexico. 

 By Patrick D. McElroy. 1875. 



Manuscript, 14 unnumbered leaves, 4°, in the 

 library of tlie liureau of Ethnology, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



The first ."> 11. of this manuscriiit consist of a 

 letter from the author, iu which he includes a 

 "Vocabulary of numerals as far as seven 

 thousand." The succeeding 9 11. compri.se the 

 "Comparative vocabulary" issued by the 

 Smithsonian Institution to collectors, known as 

 " Blank no. 171),' containing 211 words (in Eng- 

 lish, Spanish, French, and Latin), of which 

 equivalents were desired, nearly all of which 

 Mr. McElroy has given. 



Under the title on the first page is the fol- 

 lowing certificate : 



"The within was prepared by P. D. McElroy, 

 interpreter at tlie Cimarron Indian Agency, 

 New Mexico, and has been tested and found to 

 be correct. 



" Alexb. G. Irvine, 



" U. S. Indian Agent. 

 "W. P.M. Arnv, 

 "t/'. <S. Indian Agent, Kew Mexico." 



Mcintosh (Robert). See Gatschet (A. 

 S.) 



Mackenzie (Sir Alexander). Voyages ( 

 from I Montreal, | on the river St. 

 Laurence, | through the | continent of 

 North America, | to the | Frozen and 

 Pacilic oceans; | In the Years 1789 and 

 1793. I With a preliminary account | of 

 the rise, progress, and present state of 

 I the fur trade | of that country. | Illu.s- 

 trated with maps. | By Alexander 

 Mackenzie, esq. | 



London: | printed for T. Cadell, jun. 

 and W. Davies, Strand; Cobbett and 

 Morgan, | I'all-mall ; and W. Creech, at 

 Edinburgh. | By R. Noble, Old-Bailey. 

 I M. DCCC. I [1801]. 

 Half-title verso blank 11. portrait 1 1. title 

 verso blank 1 1. dedication verso blank 1 1. 

 preface pp. iii-viii, general history of the fur 

 trade etc. jip. i-cxxxii, text pj). 1-412, errata 1 1. 

 :i maps, 4°. 



Some account of theChepewyau Indians (pp. 



