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  LINGUISTIC 
  LITERATURE. 
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  other 
  authors 
  on 
  this 
  subject, 
  his 
  theory 
  of 
  what 
  should 
  constitute 
  a 
  

   race 
  was 
  not 
  clearly 
  defined. 
  The 
  scope 
  of 
  the 
  inquiry 
  required 
  the 
  

   consideration 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  subjects 
  and 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  accumula- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  vast 
  body 
  of 
  facts. 
  In 
  volume 
  5 
  the 
  author 
  treats 
  of 
  the 
  

   American 
  Indians, 
  and 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  different 
  tribes 
  has 
  

   something 
  to 
  say 
  of 
  their 
  languages. 
  No 
  attempt 
  at 
  an 
  original 
  

   classification 
  is 
  made, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  the 
  author 
  follows 
  Gallatin's 
  

   classification 
  and 
  adopts 
  his 
  conclusions. 
  

  

  1848. 
  Gallatin 
  (Albert). 
  

  

  Hale's 
  Indians 
  of 
  Northwest 
  America, 
  and 
  vocabularies 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  

   with 
  an 
  introduction. 
  In 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Ethnological 
  

   Society, 
  New 
  York, 
  1848, 
  vol. 
  2. 
  

  

  The 
  introduction 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  chapters, 
  as 
  follows: 
  First, 
  

   Geographical 
  notices 
  and 
  Indian 
  means 
  of 
  subsistence; 
  second, 
  

   Ancient 
  semi-civilization 
  of 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  Rio 
  Gila 
  and 
  its 
  vicinity; 
  

   third, 
  Philology; 
  fourth, 
  Addenda 
  and 
  miscellaneous. 
  In 
  these 
  are 
  

   brought 
  together 
  much 
  valuable 
  information, 
  and 
  many 
  important 
  

   deductions 
  are 
  made 
  which 
  illustrate 
  Mr. 
  Gallatin's 
  great 
  acumen. 
  

   The 
  classification 
  given 
  is 
  an 
  amplification 
  of 
  that 
  adopted 
  in 
  1830, 
  

   and 
  contains 
  changes 
  and 
  additions. 
  The 
  latter 
  mainly 
  result 
  from 
  

   a 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  supplied 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hale, 
  or 
  are 
  simply 
  

   taken 
  from 
  his 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  groups 
  additional 
  to 
  those 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  Archajologia 
  

   Americana 
  are: 
  

  

  1. 
  Arrapahoes. 
  6. 
  Palainih. 
  

  

  2. 
  Jakon. 
  7. 
  Sahaptin. 
  

  

  3. 
  Kalapuya. 
  8. 
  Selish 
  (Tsihaili-Selish). 
  

  

  4. 
  Kitunaha. 
  9. 
  Saste. 
  

  

  5. 
  Lutuami. 
  10. 
  Waiilatpu. 
  

   1848. 
  Latham 
  (Robert 
  Gordon). 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  languages 
  of 
  the 
  Oregon 
  Territory. 
  In 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Ethnological 
  

   Society 
  of 
  London, 
  Edinburgh, 
  1848, 
  vol. 
  1. 
  

  

  This 
  paper 
  was 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  Ethnological 
  Society 
  on 
  the 
  11th 
  

   of 
  December. 
  The 
  languages 
  noticed 
  are 
  those 
  that 
  lie 
  between 
  

   " 
  Russian 
  America 
  and 
  New 
  California," 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  author 
  aims 
  

   to 
  give 
  an 
  exhaustive 
  list. 
  He 
  discusses 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  groups 
  to 
  

   which 
  these 
  languages 
  have 
  been 
  assigned, 
  viz, 
  Athabascan 
  and 
  

   Nootka-Columbian, 
  and 
  finds 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  too 
  high 
  

   value, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  only 
  equivalent 
  to 
  the 
  primary 
  subdivisions 
  

   of 
  stocks, 
  like 
  the 
  Gothic, 
  Celtic, 
  and 
  Classical, 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  

   stocks 
  themselves. 
  He 
  further 
  finds 
  that 
  the 
  Athabascan, 
  the 
  

   Kolooch, 
  the 
  Nootka-Columbian, 
  and 
  the 
  Cadiak 
  groins 
  are 
  sub- 
  

   ordinate 
  members 
  of 
  one 
  large 
  and 
  important 
  class 
  — 
  the 
  Eskimo. 
  

  

  No 
  new 
  linguistic 
  groups 
  are 
  presented. 
  

   1848. 
  Latham 
  (Robert 
  Gordon). 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  ethnography 
  of 
  Russian 
  America. 
  In 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Ethnological 
  

   Society 
  of 
  London, 
  Edinburgh, 
  1S48, 
  vol. 
  1. 
  

  

  