SALISHAN LANGUAGES. 



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O-ibbs (G.) — Continued. 



the Selisli, pp. 166-170.— Notices of particular 

 tribes, pp. 170-181, includes the Selisli 

 (livi.sions. — Comparative vocabulary of the 

 Shibwapniulih (from a woman of tlie tribe), 

 Nikutemnkli (from a man of the tilbe), 

 Okin<^keu, Sliwoyelpi, Spokan (froiu a chief of 

 the tribe), and Piskwaus or Winat-sba, pp. 252- 

 265. — Comparativevocabulary of theKalispelm 

 (Irom a man of tlio tribe), Belhoola (from a 

 woman of the tribe), Lilowat (from a chief of 

 the village), Tait (from a woman), Komookli.s 

 (from a man), and Kuwalitsk, pp. 270-283. — 

 Dictionary of the Niskwalli, I. Ni.skwalli- 

 English (double columns, alphabetically 

 arranged), pp. 28"-307; II. Englisb-Niskwalli 

 (alphabetically arranged, with many etymolo- 

 gies and derivati"es), pp. 309-361. 



Account of Indian tribes upon tlio 



northwest coast of America. 



Manuscript, 10 leaves folio, in the library of 

 the Bureau of Ethnology. 



Contains words in a number of Salishan lan- 

 guages, passim. 



Comparison of the languages of the 



Indians of the north-west. 



Manuscript, 23 leaves, 4°. and folio (odds and 

 ends), in the library of the Bureau of Ethnol- 

 ogy- 

 Contains words and grammati<' notes in a 

 number of Salishan languages. 



Local Indian names, partly Selish. 



Manuscript, 4 unnumbered leaves folio ; in 

 the library of the Bureau of Ethnology. 



Contains the names of about 120 geographic 

 points on the northwest coast. Nearly all are 

 Salishan, and 30 of them are in the Lummi 

 language. 



Miscellaneous notes on the Eskimo, 



Kiuai and Atnali languages. 



Manuscript, 2.') leaves, 4° and folio (odds and 

 ends); in the library of the Bureau of Ethnol- 

 ogy- 



Notes on the language of the Selish 



tribes. 



Manuscript, 10 leaves, folio ; in the library of 

 the Bureau of Ethhology. 



Fragmentary matter, evidently jotted down 

 from time to time as memoranda. 



Vocabularies. Washington Terr'y. 



Manuscript, 141 unnumbered leaves, most of 

 which are written on both sides, and some few 

 of which are blank, 12°; in the library of the 

 Bureau of Ethnology. Most of the vocabu- 

 laries were co])ied on separate forms by Mr. 

 Gibbs. Those belonging to the Salishan family 

 are as follows : Lilowat, 8 pages ; Saamena, 12 

 pages; Taieet, 8 pages; Chilohweck, 3 pages; 

 Bilhoola, 9 pages ; Okinaken, pages ; Simil- 

 kameen, 13 pages ; Piskwouse, 13 pages ; Spo- 

 kane, 22 pages; Kalispelm, 12 pages; Shooswap, 

 4 pages; Nooksahk, 1 page; Niskwally, 4 pages. 



Gibbs (G.) — Continued. 



Vocabulary of the Clallam. 



Manuscrii)t. 3 unnumbered leaves folio; in 

 the library of the Bureau of Ethnology, ('ol- 

 lected at Port Townsend, in 1858. 



Recorded on a blank form of 180 words, 

 equivalents of all of which are given. 



[Vocabulary of the Kwantleu lan- 

 guage; Eraser River, around Fort 

 Langley.] 



Manuscript, 5 unnumljered leaves folio, 

 written on one side only ; in the library of the 

 Bureau of Ethnology. Recorded July, 1858. 



Contains about 200 words. 



A''ocabulary of the Kwillehynte, and 



of the Cowlitz. 



Manuscript, 10 unnumbered leaves, 4' ; in the 

 library of the Bureau of Ethnology. Recorded 

 on a blank form i)repared and issued by H. R. 

 Schoolcraft. 



Each vocabulary contains about 200 words. 



Vocabulary of the Lummi. 



Manuscript, 3 unnumbered leaves, folio; in 

 the library of the Bureau of Ethnology. Col- 

 lected at Bellingham Bay, .Jan., 1854. Recorded 

 on a blank form of 180 words, equivalents of all 

 of which are given. 



Vocabulary of the Nooksahk. 



Manuscript, 3 unnumbered leaves folio ; in 

 the library of the Bureau of Ethnology 

 Recorded on a blank form of 180 words, equiv- 

 alents of all of which are given. 



Vocabulary of the Noosolup'h, and 



of the Kwinaiutl. 



Manuscript, pp. 1-25, 4° ; in the library of the 

 Bureau of Ethnology. 



Recorded on a form containing 350 English 

 words and the numerals 1-1,000,000,000, pre- 

 pared and issued by H. R. Schoolcraft. About 

 one-half the English words have their equiva- 

 lents in the two languages above mentioned. 



Vocabulary of the Toanhooch of 



Port Gamble. 



Manuscript, 3 unnumbered leaves folio, 

 written on one side only ; in the library of the 

 Bureau of Ethnology. Recorded on a blank 

 form of 180 words, equivalents of all of which 

 are given. 



" This was oljtained first, I think, at Port 

 Gamble, iu 1854, and afterwards corrected at 

 01ymi)ia, with the assistance of 'Jim.' a sub- 

 chief." 



George Gibbs, the son of Col. George Gibbs, 

 was born on the 17th of July, 1815, at Sunswick, 

 Long Island, near the village of Hallctts Cove, 

 now known as Astoria. At seventeen he was 

 taken to Europe, where he remained two years. 

 On his return from Europe he commenced tho 

 reading of law, and in 1838 took his degree of 

 bachelor of law at Harvard University. In 1848 

 Mr. Gibbs went overland from St. Louis to 

 Oregon and established himself ;it Columbia. 



