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  INDIAN 
  LINGUISTIC 
  FAMILIES. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  studies 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  as 
  preliminary 
  to 
  this 
  paper, 
  

   I 
  have 
  had 
  great 
  assistance 
  from 
  Mr. 
  James 
  C. 
  Pilling 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  

   W. 
  Henshaw. 
  Mr. 
  Pilling 
  began 
  by 
  preparing 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  papers 
  used 
  

   by 
  me, 
  but 
  his 
  work 
  has 
  developed 
  until 
  it 
  assumes 
  the 
  proportions 
  

   of 
  a 
  great 
  bibliographic 
  research, 
  and 
  already 
  he 
  has 
  published 
  five 
  

   bibliographies, 
  amounting 
  in 
  all 
  to 
  about 
  1,300 
  pages. 
  He 
  is 
  pub- 
  

   lishing 
  this 
  bibliographic 
  material 
  by 
  linguistic 
  families, 
  as 
  classified 
  

   by 
  myself 
  in 
  this 
  paper. 
  Scholars 
  in 
  this 
  field 
  of 
  research 
  will 
  find 
  

   their 
  labors 
  greatly 
  abridged 
  by 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Pilling. 
  Mr. 
  Hen- 
  

   shaw 
  began 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  tribes, 
  but 
  his 
  work 
  also 
  has 
  

   developed 
  into 
  an 
  elaborate 
  system 
  of 
  research 
  into 
  the 
  synonymy 
  of 
  

   the 
  North 
  American 
  tribes, 
  and 
  when 
  his 
  work 
  is 
  published 
  it 
  will 
  

   constitute 
  a 
  great 
  and 
  valuable 
  contribution 
  to 
  the 
  subject. 
  The 
  

   present 
  paper 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  preface 
  to 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Pilling 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   Henshaw, 
  and 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  pirblished 
  in 
  form 
  as 
  such 
  had 
  not 
  

   their 
  publications 
  assumed 
  such 
  proportions 
  as 
  to 
  preclude 
  it. 
  And 
  

   finally, 
  it 
  is 
  needful 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  time 
  to 
  

   make 
  this 
  classification, 
  imperfect 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  except 
  with 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  

   great 
  labors 
  of 
  the 
  gentlemen 
  mentioned, 
  for 
  they 
  have 
  gathered 
  

   the 
  literature 
  and 
  brought 
  it 
  ready 
  to 
  my 
  hand. 
  For 
  the 
  classifica- 
  

   tion 
  itself, 
  however, 
  I 
  am 
  wholly 
  responsible. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  also 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  S. 
  Gatschet 
  and 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Owen 
  

   Dorsey 
  for 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  many 
  comparative 
  lists 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   my 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  task 
  of 
  preparing 
  the 
  map 
  accompanying 
  this 
  paper 
  was 
  

   greatly 
  facilitated 
  by 
  the 
  previously 
  published 
  map 
  of 
  Gallatin. 
  I 
  

   am 
  especially 
  indebted 
  to 
  Col. 
  Garrick 
  Mallery 
  for 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  

   the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  preparation 
  in 
  this 
  form. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  received 
  

   assistance 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  Gatschet, 
  Dorsey, 
  Mooney 
  and 
  Curtiu. 
  The 
  

   final 
  form 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  taken 
  is 
  largely 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  labors 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Henshaw, 
  who 
  has 
  gathered 
  many 
  important 
  facts 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  

   habitat 
  of 
  North 
  American 
  tribes 
  while 
  preparing 
  a 
  synonymy 
  of 
  

   tribal 
  names. 
  

  

  