X BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 46 



placing- at the disposal of the Bureau the photograph from which the 

 accompanying portrait of the author was reproduced; also his note- 

 books for the years 1844-46 and 1861. 



Abbreviations. — While a great many abbreviations have been used, 

 most of these will be readily understood. C. B. or B. indicates the 

 compiler, Cyrus Byington; J. R. S. and H. S. H., the editors, John B. 

 Swanton, and Henry S. Halbert, respectively. Of the other abbrevia- 

 tions the principal are the following: a., adjective; adv., adverb; caus., 

 causative; con., connective; dem., demonstrative; dim. or dimin., 

 diminutive; fern, or f., feminine; freq., frequentative; imp., im- 

 perative; mas. or m., masculine; n., noun; nas. form or n. f., nasal 

 form; per., personal; pi. or plu., plural; pro., pronoun, also pro- 

 longed; ref., reflexive; sing, or s., singular; v. a. i., active intransitive 

 verb; v. i. , intransitive verb; v. n., neuter verb; v. t., transitive verb. 

 Besides these will be found the names and initials of various Choctaw 

 Indians who are given as authorities for certain forms, and abbre- 

 viations of the names of other works in the Choctaw language. 



The description of Choctaw phonetics which follows is taken from 

 the first page of the manuscript dictionary, only such changes having 

 been made as were necessitated by the innovations already referred to. 



Phonetic Key 



