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  ATTACAPAN 
  BEOTHUKAN 
  FAMILIES. 
  57 
  

  

  Attakapa. 
  Latham 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Philolog. 
  Soc.Lond., 
  103, 
  1856. 
  Latham, 
  Opuscula, 
  

   366, 
  1860. 
  Latham, 
  El. 
  Comp. 
  Phil.. 
  477, 
  1862 
  (referred 
  to 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   most 
  isolate! 
  languages 
  of 
  N. 
  A.). 
  

   =Atakapa, 
  Gatsohet, 
  Creek 
  Mig. 
  Leg., 
  i. 
  4."), 
  1884. 
  Gatschet 
  in 
  Science. 
  414, 
  Apr. 
  

   29, 
  1887. 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  From 
  a 
  Choctaw 
  word 
  meaning 
  "man-eater.'" 
  

   Little 
  is 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  

   basis 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  family; 
  The 
  sole 
  knowledge 
  possessed 
  by 
  Gal- 
  

   latin 
  was 
  derived 
  from 
  a 
  vocabulary 
  and 
  some 
  scanty 
  information 
  

   furnished 
  by 
  Dr. 
  John 
  Sibley, 
  who 
  collected 
  his 
  material 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
  1805. 
  Gallatin 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  tribe 
  was 
  reduced 
  to 
  50 
  men. 
  

   According 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Sibley 
  the 
  Attacapa 
  language 
  was 
  spoken 
  also 
  by 
  

   another 
  tribe, 
  the 
  " 
  Carankonas," 
  who 
  lived 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Texas, 
  

   and 
  who 
  conversed 
  in 
  their 
  own 
  language 
  besides. 
  In 
  1885 
  Mr. 
  Gat- 
  

   schet 
  visited 
  the 
  section 
  formerly 
  inhabited 
  by 
  the 
  Attacapa 
  and 
  

   after 
  much 
  search 
  discovered 
  one 
  man 
  and 
  two 
  women 
  at 
  Lake 
  

   Charles, 
  Calcasieu 
  Parish, 
  Louisiana, 
  and 
  another 
  woman 
  living 
  

   10 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  south; 
  he 
  also 
  heard 
  of 
  five 
  other 
  women 
  then 
  

   scattered 
  in 
  western 
  Texas; 
  these 
  are 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  only 
  survi- 
  

   vors 
  of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  Mr. 
  Gatschet 
  collected 
  some 
  two 
  thousand 
  words 
  

   and 
  a 
  considerable 
  body 
  of 
  text. 
  His 
  vocabulary 
  differs 
  considera- 
  

   bly 
  from 
  the 
  one 
  furnished 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Sibley 
  and 
  published 
  by 
  Gallatin, 
  

   and 
  indicates 
  that 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  

   was 
  dialectically 
  distinct 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  their 
  brethren 
  farther 
  to 
  the 
  

   east. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  material 
  seems 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  Attacapa 
  language 
  is 
  

   distinct 
  from 
  all 
  others, 
  except 
  possibly 
  the 
  Chitimachan. 
  

  

  BEOTHUKAN 
  FAMILY. 
  

  

  =Bethuck. 
  Latham 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Philolog. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  58, 
  1856 
  (stated 
  to 
  be 
  "Algonkin 
  

  

  rather 
  than 
  aught 
  else"). 
  Latham, 
  Opuscula, 
  327, 
  1860. 
  Latham, 
  El. 
  Comp. 
  

  

  Phil., 
  453, 
  L862. 
  

   =Beothuk. 
  ( 
  fatschel 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Am. 
  Philosoph. 
  Soc, 
  408, 
  Oct., 
  1885. 
  Gatschet, 
  ibid., 
  

  

  411, 
  Julv. 
  1886 
  (language 
  affirmed 
  to 
  represent 
  a 
  distinct 
  linguistic 
  family). 
  

  

  ( 
  iatschct 
  , 
  ibid., 
  1, 
  Jan 
  . 
  -June, 
  1890. 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  Beothuk 
  signifies 
  "Indian" 
  or 
  "red 
  Indian." 
  

  

  The 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  language 
  spoken 
  by 
  the 
  aborigines 
  of 
  New- 
  

   foundland 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  doubtful. 
  

  

  In 
  1846 
  Latham 
  examined 
  the 
  material 
  then 
  accessible, 
  and 
  was 
  

   led 
  to 
  the 
  somewhat 
  ambiguous 
  statement 
  that 
  the 
  language 
  " 
  was 
  

   akin 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  American 
  Indians 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  

   Eskimo; 
  further 
  investigation 
  showing 
  that, 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  languages, 
  it 
  was 
  Algonkin 
  rather 
  than 
  aught 
  else." 
  

  

  Since 
  then 
  Mr. 
  Gatschet 
  has 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  examine 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  

   and 
  more 
  satisfactory 
  body 
  of 
  material, 
  and 
  although 
  neither 
  in 
  

   amount 
  uor 
  quality 
  is 
  the 
  material 
  sufficient 
  to 
  permit 
  final 
  and 
  

  

  