CATALOGUE OF LINGUISTIC MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY 
OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 
By JAMES C. PILLING. 
Mr. Henry R. Schooleraft, while engaged in the preparation of his 
work—“ Information respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects 
of the Indian Tribes of the United States”—sent to various persons 
residing among the Indians a “‘ Comparative Vocabulary of the Lan- 
guages of the Indian Tribes of the United States,” a quarto paper of 
25 pages, comprising 350 words, and the numerals one to one billion. 
The returns from this were for the most part incorporated in his work ; 
a few, however, found their way into the collection of the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
In 1853~54, Mr. George Gibbs, while engaged under Gov. Isaac I. 
Stevens in ‘ Explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad near the 
47th and 49th parallels of north latitude,” became interested in the 
study of the languages of the Indians inhabiting the Northwest, and 
collected many vocabularies. To further extend this work, he prepared 
and had printed a folio paper of three leaves entitled ‘A vocabulary of 
180 words which it is desired to collect in the different languages and 
dialects throughout the Pacific Coast for publication by the Smithson- 
ian Institute at Washington.” 
These were sent to such persons as, in his judgment, were competent 
to furnish the material desired, and many of them, filled or partly filled, 
were returned to him. A second edition of this vocabulary, 6 11., folio, 
was issued. 
In 1863 there was published by the Smithsonian Institution a pam- 
phlet with the following title: 
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. | —160— | Instructions | for research relative 
to the | Ethnology and Philology | of | America. | Prepared for the Smithsonian 
Institution. | By | George Gibbs. | Washington: | Smithsonian Institution: | March, 
1863. 
2p. IL, pp. 1-51. 8°. : 
In his introductory remarks, Professor Henry thus states the object 
of the paper: 
“The Smithsonian Institution is desirous of extending and completing 
its collections of facts and materials relative to the Ethnology, Arche- 
ology, and Philology of the races of mankind inhabiting, either now or 
at any previous period, the continent of America, and earnestly solicits 
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