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Catlin (G.) — Continued. 



Linguistic coutents as under titles aliove. 



Copies seen: Astor, Boston Athenn?nm. liii- 

 reau of Ethnology, Wisconsin Historiciil Soci 

 ety. 



George Catlin, painter, born in Wilkesbarre, 

 Pa., in 1796, died in .Jersey City, X. .T., Deeeni- 

 ber23. 1872. Hestudied lawatLitchtield. Conn., 

 but after a few years' practice went to Pliila- 

 delpliia and turned his attention to drawing 

 and painting. As an artist he was entirelj' self- 

 taught. In 1832 he went to the Far West and 

 spent eight years among the Indians of Yellow- 

 stone River, Indian Territory, Arkansas, and 

 Florida, painting a vinique series of Indian por- 

 traits and jiictures, which attracted much atten- 

 tion on their exhibition both in this country 

 and in Europe. Among these were 470 full- 

 length portraits ami a large number of pictures 

 illustrative of Indian life and customs, most of 

 which are now preserved in the National 

 Museum, Washington. In 1852-1857 Mr. Catlin 

 traveled in South and Central America, after 

 which he lived in Europe until 1871, when lie 

 returned to the United States. One hundred 

 and twenty-six of his drawings illustrative of 

 Indian life were at the Philadelpliia exposition 

 of 1876. — Appleton's Ci/clop. of Am. Biog. 



Chaltin (Rev. W. C.) See Gill (J. K.) 

 Chamberlain (Alexander Francis). 

 Word.s of Algonkian origin [in the 

 Chinook Jargon]. 



In Science, vol. 18. pj). 260-261, New York, 

 1891,4°. (Pilling.) 



A list of words found in the Jargon vocabu' 

 laries of Winthrop, Gibbs, and Hale, which are 

 of Algonquian origin. 



The Eskimo race and language. 



Their origin and relations. By A. F. 

 Chamberlain, B. A. 



In Canadian Inst. Proc. third series, vol. 6, 

 pp. 261-337, Toronto, 1889, 8=. 



Comparative E.skimo and Indian vocabu- 

 laries (pp. 318-322) contain a numlier of Chinook 

 and Watlala words (from Tolmie and Dawson. 

 and from Hale), pp. 318-320. 



Notes on the Chinook Jargon as 



spoken in the Kootenav District, Soiitli 

 Eastern British Colnmbia, by A. F. 

 Chamberlain, M. A. Pli. D. 



Manuscript, 7 unnumliered pages, written on 

 one side only, in possession of its author, who 

 has kindly sent it to me for insjjection. 



A vocabulary of 150 Jargon words. 



Alexander Francis Chamberlain was born 

 at Kenninghall, Norfolk, England. Jan. 12, 1865, ' 

 and came to New York with his parents in 

 1870, removing with them to Canada in 1874. 

 He matriculated from the Collegiate Institute, 

 Peterboro, Ontario, into the University of 

 Toronto, in 1882, from which institution he 

 graduated with honors in modern languages and 

 ethnology in 1886. From 1887 to 1890 he waa 



Chamberlain (A. F.) — Continued. 



fellow in modern languages in University Col- 

 lege, Toronto, and in 1889 received the degree 

 of M. A. from liis alma mater. In 1890 he was 

 appointed fellow in anthropology in Clark Uni- 

 versity, Worcester, Mass., where he occupied 

 liim.self with studies in the Algonquian lan- 

 guages and the physical anthropology of .\mer- 

 iea. In June, 1890, he went to British Colum- 

 bia, where, until the following October, he was 

 engaged in studying the Kootenay Indians 

 under the auspices of the British Association 

 for the Advancement of Science. A summary 

 of the results of these investigations ajipears 

 in the proceedings of the association for 1892. 

 A dictionary and grammar of the Kootenay 

 language, together witli a collection of text.i of 

 myths, are also being proceeded with. In 1892 

 Mr. Chamberlain received from Clark Univer- 

 sity the degree of Ph. D. in anthropology, his 

 thesis being : ' ' The Language of the Mississa- 

 gas of Skugog : A contribution to tlie Linguis- 

 tics of the Algonkian Tribes of Canada," em- 

 bodying the results of his investigations of 

 these Indians. 



Mr. Chamberlain, whose attention was, early 

 in life, directed to jiliilologic and ethnologic 

 studies, has contributed to the scientific jour- 

 nals of America, fi'om time to time, articles on 

 subjects connected with linguistics and folk- 

 lore, especially of the Algonquian tribes. Ho 

 has also been engaged in tlie study of the 

 Low-German and French Canadian dialects, 

 the results of which will shortly appear. Mr. 

 ("hamberlain is a member of several of the 

 learned societies of America and Canatla and 

 fellow of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. 



In 1892 he was appointed lecturer in anthro- 

 pology at Clark University. 

 Charencey (Comte Charles Felix Hya- 

 cinthe Gonhier de). [Review of] An 

 international idiom, a manual of the 

 Oregon trade languages or Chinook 

 Jargon, by Mr. Horatio Hale. 



In Le Museon, vol. 10, pp. 273-274. Louvain. 

 1891,8°. 



Chase (Pliny Earle). On the radical 

 significance of numerals. 



In American Philosoph. Soc. Proc. vol. 10, pp. 

 18-23, Philadelphia, 1869, 8^. 



Examples in several Indian languages, 



.among them the Chinook Jargon (from Gibbs). 



Chinook. The Chinook Jargon, and 



English and French eciuivalent forms. 



In the Steamer Bulletin, San Francisco, June 

 21, 1858. (*) 



Contains an unarranged vocabulary of 354 

 words and phrases. 



Title and note from Gibbs's Dictionary of the 

 Chinook .largon. 



For notice of a reprint .see Hazlitt (W. C.) 

 Chinook [Jargon] dictionary. See 

 Coones (S, F.) 



