OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. XLVII 



in the preparation of the elaborate paper on Omaha Sociology, 

 with maps and many illustrations, which appeared in the third 

 annual report of the Bureau. He also continued and carried 

 to completion 665 pages, quarto, of the Dakota-English part 

 of the Dakota dictionary of Rev. S. R. Riggs, D. D. The 

 venerable author did not live to see the publication of his 

 work in the revised form. He died at Beloit, Wis., in August, 

 1883 For several months before his death he was unable, on 

 account of his failing health, to correct the proof-sheets, which 

 also compelled him to transfer the preparation of the English- 

 Dakota part of the dictionary to another missionary, Rev. 

 John P. Williamson. 



On his return from field work, Mr. Dorsey was engaged in 

 the preparation of a dictionary of the Kansa language. 



Mr. Albert S. Gatschet was engaged in compiling from 

 his Klamath-English dictionary, completed and stereotvped in 

 4!)1 pages, quarto, a second part forming an English-Klamath 

 dictionary. This language is spoken in Southwestern Oregon 

 by the Klamath Lake and Modoc Indians, and a series of 

 texts in that language will accompany the dictionary. 



In compiling the English-Klamath portion of the dictionary, 

 Mi\ Gatschet contined himself to the terms embodied in Part 

 I, although the material had increased in his hands since the 

 completion of the latter. He, however, increased the value of 

 this manual by not confining himself to a mere accumulation 

 of the corresponding terms in each language. An attempt at a 

 synonomy of this Oregonian tongue was made, and sometimes 

 it became accessary to present the distinctions in elaborate 

 articles. The extreme complexity of Klamath derivation, 

 through prefixes and suffixes, enhances the difficultv as well as 

 the value of the synonymic arrangement of Part II. It is to 

 be noted that here, as well as in many other unwritten lan- 

 guages, there are no single equivalents for many abstract terms 

 of English, as distance, hurry, quality, time, or for such verbs 

 as to behave, to let, to prompt, but that a multitude of phrases, 

 locutions, and compound terms are required by which alone 

 these ideas can be expressed with accuracy. 



Incidental work was done in augmenting the synonomy of 



