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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



D. 



Daa (Liidwig Kristensen). On the affin- 

 ities between the languages of the 

 northern tribes of the old and new con- 

 tinents. By Lewis Kr. Daa, Esq., of 

 Christiania, Norway. (Read December 

 the 20th.) 



In Philological Soc. [of London] Trans. 1856, 

 pp. 251-2U4, London [1857], 8°. (Congress.) 



Comiiarative tables showing affinities be- 

 tween Asiatic and American languages, pp. 

 264-285, contain words from many North Amer- 

 ican languages, among them a few of the 

 1'scliinuk. 



Dawson {Dr. George Mercer). See 

 Tolmie (W. F.) and Dawson (G. M.) 



George Mercer Dawson was born at Pictoii, 

 Nova Scotia, August 1, 1849, and is the eldest son 

 of Sir "William Dawson, principal of McGill 

 University, Montreal. He was educated at 

 McGill College and the Royal School of Mines ; 

 held tlieDukeof Cornwall's scholarship, given 

 by the Prince of Wales; and took the Edward 

 Forbes medal in pabeontology and the Mur- 

 chison medal in geology. He was appointed 

 geologist and naturalist to Her Majesty's Nortli 

 American Bouudarv Cominission in 1873, and 

 atthecloseof the commission's work, in 1875, lie 

 published a report under the title of "Geology 

 and Resources of the Forty nintli Parallel.' In 

 July, 187,5, he received an appointment on the 

 geologicalsurvey of Canada. From 1875 to 1879 

 he was occupied in the geological survey and 

 exploration of British Columbia, and subse- 

 quently engaged in similar work both in the 

 NorthwestTerritorvand British Columbia. Dr. 

 Dawson is tlie autlior of numerous papers on 

 geology, natural history, and ethnology, pub- 

 lished in the Canadian Naturalist. Quarterly 

 Journalof the Geological Society, Transactions 

 of the Royal Society of Canada, etc. He was in 

 1887 selected to take charge of the Yukon expe- 

 dition. 



Definitio Dogmatis . . . Jargon 

 Teliinook. See Demers (M.) 



De Horsey {Lieut. Algernon Frederick 

 Rous). See Montgomerie (J.E.) and 

 De Horsey (A. F. R.) 



[Demers {Bishop MocJcste).] Definitio 

 Dogmatis Immaculatie C'onceptionis 

 Beatissinne Virginis Mariie | a SS. D. 

 N. PioPP.lX. 



Second lieadinff : Eadeni in cam Lin- 

 guani translata (lUie vulgo Jargon 

 Tchinook | dicitur, quitque obtinet in 

 tota Oregonensi Provincia; | auctore 

 Episcopo Vancouveriensis Insuhe. 



Colophon : Typis.JoannisMariieShea, 

 Neo Eboraceusis. [18fiO?] 



No title-page, headings only ; text 1 leaf verso 

 blank, 12°. 



Demers (M. ) — Continued. 



The dogma is first given in Latin, followed 

 by the translaticm into the Chinook Jargon. 

 Copieg seen : Georgetown, Pilling. 



Blanchet (F. N.) and St. Onge (L. 



N.) J. M. J. I Chinook [Jargon] | 

 Dictionary, Catechism, | jirayers and 

 hymns. | Composed in 1838 & 1839 by 

 I rt. rev. Modeste Demers. | Revised, 

 corrected and completed, | in 1867 by 

 I most rev. F. N. Blanchet. | Withmod- 

 itications and additions by | Rev. L. N. 

 St. Ouge Missionary | among the Yaka- 

 m:is and otlier Indian Tribes. | 

 Montreal. | 1871. 



Cover title : The | missionary's companion | 

 on the I Pacificcoast. | [Picture.] | [Three lines 

 of scripture — Mat. xsiii. 19.] 



Cover title, frontispiece verso blank 1 1. title 

 verso blank 1 1. plate 1 1. i>reface (by Father 

 St. Onge, unsigned) pp. 7-9. text jip. 9-65. ad- 

 denda p. 60, table [of contents] p. 67, errata p. 

 68. IGo. 



Short account of the origin of the Chinook 

 Jargon,pp. 7-8,— Rules of the language, pp. 9- 

 10.— Of the nouns, pp., 11-12. —Orthograpliy, p. 

 12.— Cliiuook [Jargon] dictionary (pp. 13-:i2) in 

 double columns, underthe followingheads, each 

 alphabetically arranged by .Jargon words: 

 Nouns, pp. i:!-22; Adjectives, pp. 23-25; Num- 

 bers, pp. 25-26 ; Pronouns, j). 26 : Verbs, pp. 26- 

 29; Adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and 

 interjections, pp. 30-31.— Appendix, pp. 31-32. — 

 The ("hristian prayers in Chinook [Jargon], 

 pp. 33-38. — Hymns (in .Jargon with French 

 headings), pp. 39-46. — Catechism (in Jargon 

 with Englisli headings), pp. 47-65.— Addenda [a 

 short vocabulary], p. 66. 



'• The Chinook Jargon was invented by the 

 Hudson Bay Company traders, who were 

 mostly French Canadians. Having totrade with 

 the numerous tribes inhabiting the countries 

 west of the Rocky Mountains, it was necessary 

 to have a language UTulerstood by all. Hence, 

 the idea of comprising the Chinook Jargon. 

 Fort Vancouver being the principal post, the 

 traders of the tweuty-niue forts belonging to 

 the company, on the western slope, and the 

 Indians from every part of that immense 

 country, had to come to Vancouver for the 

 trading season. They used to learn the Chinook 

 and then teach it to others. In this manner it 

 became universally known. 



" The two first missionaries to Oregon, Rev. 

 F. N. Blanchet, V. G., and his worthy compan- 

 i(m. Rev, Mod. Demers, arrived from Canada to 

 A'ancouveroiithe24thof November, 1838. They 

 liad to instruct numerous tribes of Indians, 

 •and the wives and children of the whites, who 

 spoke only the Chinook. The two missionaries 

 set to work to learn it, and in a few weeks 

 Father Demers had mastered it and began to 

 preach 



