ATHAPASCAN LANGUAGESr 



99 



Tolmie (W. F.) — Continued. 



11, pp. '237-241, Loudon. 1841, 8'^. (Geological Sur- 

 vey.) 



Contaius about 100 word.^i. 



Vocabulary of" tho Tahko Tinueh 



language. 



Manuscript, 1 leaf folio, 60 words, in the 

 library of the Bureau of Ethnology. 



— =— and Dawson (G. M.) Geological 

 and natural history survey of Canada. 

 I Alfred R. C. Selwyn, F. R. S., F. G. S., 

 Director. | Comparative vocabularies 

 I of the I Indian tribes | of | British 

 Columbia, | with a map illustrating 

 distribution. | By ( W. Fraser Tolmie, 

 I Licentiate of the Faculty of Physi- 

 cians and Surgeons, Glasgow. | And | 

 George M. Dawson, D. S., A. S. R. M., F. 

 G. S., &c. I [Coat of arms.] | Published 

 by authority of Parliament. | 



Montreal: | Dawson brothers. | 1884. 



Cover title nearly as above, title as above 

 verso blank 1 1. letter of transmittal signed by 

 G. M. Dawson verso blank 1 1. preface signed 

 by G. M. Dawson pp. oB-7B, introductory note 

 signed by W. F. Toluaie pp. 9B-12B, text pp. 

 UB-131B, map, 8°. 



Comparative vocabulary, 225 words of five 

 languages, among them the Tinue, Tshilkotiu 

 trijbe (Dawson), Tinm"', Nakoontloon sept (Tol- 

 mie and Dawson), Tinne, TakuUi or Teheili 

 tribe (Dawson), pp. 62b-73b. — Supplementary 

 list of 162 words in Tshilkotin and Takulli, pp. 

 74B-77B. — Ifotes on the Tinue, their habitat, 

 and a partial list of Tinne septs or tribes, pp. 

 122B-123B. — Comparati\'e table of some words 

 (28) in Tshimsian, Haida, Thliukit, and Tinne, 

 p. 126b. — Comparative table of a few of the words 

 (68) in the foregoing vocabularies (9 columns, 

 the last of which, containing a few words only, 

 is the Tinne), p. 127b. — Comparison of a few 

 words (4) in various Indian languages of North 

 America (from various sources), among them 

 the Navajo, XJmkwa, Apache, Chepewyan, Dog- 

 rib and Takulli, pp. 128b-129b. — Comparison 

 of numerals (1-4) pertaining to families from 

 localities widely separated — Tshilkotiu, Ta- 

 kulli, Navajo, AVailakki, Hupa, Tolowa, Chep- 

 ewyan, Dogrib, Umkwa and Apache, p. 131b. 



Copies seen : Eames, Pilling, Wellesley. 



William Eraser Tolmie was born at Inver- 

 ness, Scotland, February 3, 1812, and died De- 

 cember 8, 1886, after an illness of only three 

 days, at his residence, Cloverdale, Victoria, B. 

 C. He was educated at Glasgow University, 

 where he graduated in August. 1832. On Sep- 

 tember 12 of the same year he accejjted a posi- 

 tion as surgeon and clerk with the Hudson's 

 Bay Company, and left home for the Columbia 

 River, arriving at Vancouver in the spring of 

 1833. Vancouver was then the chief post of 

 the Hudson's Bay Company on this coast. In 



Tolmie (W. F.) — Continued. 



1841 he visited his native land, but returned in 



1842 overland via the plains and the Columbia, 

 and was jjlaced in charge of the Hudson's Bay 

 posts on Puget Sound. Ho hero took a promi- 

 nent part, during the Indian war of 1855-'56, in 

 pacifying the Indians. Being au excellent lin- 

 guist he had acquired a knowledge of the native 

 tongues, and was instrumental in bringing 

 about peace between the whites and the Indi- 

 ans. He was appointed chief factor of the Hud- 

 son's Bay Company in 1855, removed to Van- 

 couver Island in 1859, when he went into stock- 

 raising, being the first to introduce thorougli- 

 bred stock into British Columbia; was a mem- 

 ber of the local legislature two terms, until 

 1878 ; was a member of the first board of educa- 

 tion for several years, exercising a great influ- 

 ence in educational matters; held many offices 

 of trust, and was always a valued and respected 

 citizen. 



Mr. Tolmie was known to ethnologists for 

 his contributions to the history and linguistics 

 of the native races of the West Coast, and 

 dated his interest in ethnological matters from 

 his contact with Mr. Horatio Hale, who visited 

 the West Coast as au ethnologist to the Wilkes 

 exploring expedition. He afterwards trans- 

 mitted vocabularies of a number of the tribes 

 to Dr. Scouler and to Mr. George Gibbs, some of 

 which were published in Contributions to 

 North American Ethnology. In 1884 he pub- 

 lished, in conjunction with Dr. G. M. Dawson, a 

 nearly complete series of short vocabularies of 

 the principal languages met with in British 

 Columbia, and his name is to be found fre- 

 quently quoted as an authority on the Iiistory 

 of the Northwest Coast and its ethnology. 

 He frequently contributed to the press upon 

 jjublic (questions and events now historical. 



Tolowa. See Tahlewah. 

 Tribal names : 



Ahtinne 



Apache 



Apache 



Apache 



Apache 



Athapascan 



Athapascan 



Athapascan 



Chippewyan 



Co(juille 



Dene 



Keuai 



Kenai 



K(jltschaue 



Kutchin 



Montagnais 



Rogue River 



Taculli 



Tinne 



Tiune 



Tinne 



Ugaleuzen 



See Latham (R. G.) 

 Balbi (A.) 

 Higgius (N. S.) 

 J6han (L. F.) 

 White (J. B.) 

 Gallatin (A.) 

 Latham (R. G.) 

 Petit«t(E. F.S.J.) 

 Anderson (A. C.) 

 Dorsey (J. 0.) 

 Morice (A. G.) 

 Gallatin (A.) 

 Latham (R. G.) 

 Latham (R. G.) 

 Latham (R. G.) 

 Petitot(E. F.S.J.) 

 Dorsey (J. O.) 

 Latham (R. Gl) 

 Dall(W.H.) 

 Richardson (J.) 

 Tuttle(C. R.) 

 Latham (R. G.) 



Truax ( W. B. ) See Amy (W. F. M. ) 



