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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Roehrig (F. L. O.) — Continued. 



Manuscript. 86 leaves, 4°, written on one side 

 only. In the library of the Bureau of Ethnol- 

 ogy- 



The vocabulary, consisting of J 80 words, is 

 arranged by English words as headings, equiv- 

 alents in the following languages being given 

 under each: Clallam, Lummi, Nooksahk, 

 Nanaimook, Kwantlen, and Tait. 



■' Synoptical vocalmlary of the Selish 



languages. 



Manuscript, 8 unnumbered leaves folio, 

 written on both aides. In the library of the 

 Bureau of Ethnoh)gy. 



The vocabulary, consisting of 180 words, is 

 arranged in 15 columns as follows: English, 

 Clallam, Lumnii, Nooksahk, Nanainiook, 

 Kwantlen, Tait, Toan hooch, Koosolupsh, 

 Skagit, K-omookh, Kwinaiutl, Cowlitz, Lilowat, 

 and Belhoola. 



Ross (Alexander). Adventures | of the 

 first settlers on the | Oregon or Colum- 

 bia river: | being | a narrative of the 

 esjiedition fitted out by | John Jacob 

 Astor, I to establish the | "Pacific fur 

 coniiiany;" | with an account of some 

 I Indian tribes on the coast of the 

 Pacific. I By Alexander Ross, | one of 

 the adventurers. | 



Londou : | .Smith, Elder and co., 65, 

 Coruhill. I 1849. 



Ross (A.) — Continued. 



Title verso names of printers 1 1. preface pp. 

 iii-v, contents pp. vii-xv, errata p. [xvi], text 

 pp. 1-352, map, 12=. 



Relationships of the Okinackens and per- 

 sonal names, p. 326. 



Copies seen: Astor, Bancroft, Boston Ath- 

 ena?uni. BritishMuseum, Bureau of Ethnology, 

 Congress, Trumbull. 



Alexander Ross, author, born in Nairnsliire, 

 Scotland, May 9, 1783, died in Colony Gardens 

 (now in Winnipeg, Manitoba), Red River Settle- 

 ment, British Koith America, October 23, 1856. 

 He came to Canada in 1805, taught in Glengarry, 

 U. C, and in 1810 joined John Jacob Astor's 

 expendition to Oregon. Until 1824 he was a fur- 

 trader and in the service of the Hudson Bay 

 Company. About 1825 he removed to the Red 

 River settlement and was a member of the 

 council of Assineboia, and was sheriff of the Red 

 River settlement for several years. He was for 

 fifteen years a resident in the territories of the 

 Hudson Bay Company, and has given the result 

 of his observations in the works: Adventures 

 of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia 

 River; being a Narrative of the Expedition 

 fitting out by Johu Jacob Astor to establish 

 the Pacific Fur Company, with an Account of 

 some Indian Tribes on the Coast of the Pacific 

 (London, 1849) ; The Fur-Hunters of the Far 

 West, a Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon 

 and Rocky Mountains (2vols. 1855), and TheRed 

 River Settlement (1856). — Appletnn's Cyclop, of 

 Am. Biog. 



s. 



Sabin (Joseph). A | dictionary | of | 

 Books relating to America, | from its 

 discovery to the present time. | By 

 Joseph Sabin. | Volume I[-XX]. | 

 [Three lines quotation.] | 



New-York : | Joseph Saliin, 84 Nassau 

 street. | 1868 [-1892]. 



20 vols. 8^. Still in cour.se of publication. 

 Parts cxv-cxvi, which begin vol. xx, reacli tlie 

 article "Smith.' Now edited by Mr. Wilber- 

 forco Eames. 



Contains titles of a number of books iu and 

 relating to the Salishan languages. 



Copies seen: CongTess, Eames, Geological 

 Survey, Lenox. 



See Field (T.W.) 



St. Onge (Bcv. I^ouis Napoleon). See 

 Bulmer (T. S.) 



"The subject of this sketch, the Rev. Louis 

 N. St. Onge, of St. Alphonse de Liguori parish, 

 was born [in the village of St. Cesaire] a few 

 miles south of Montreal, Canada, April 14, 1842. 

 He finished his classical course when yet very 

 young, after which he studied law for two years. 



St. Onge (L. N.) — Continued. 



Feeling called to another field, he gave up this 

 career in order to prepare himself to work for 

 God's glory as an Indian missionary in the 

 diocese of Nesqually, Washington Territory. 



"A year and a half before his ordination, 

 Right Rev. A. M. Blanchet, his bishop, ordered 

 him to Vancouver, W. T., where he wasoccupied 

 as a professor of natural philosophy, astron- 

 omy, an<l other branches in the Holy Angel's 

 College. All his spare time was con.secrated to 

 the study of the Indian languages, in which he 

 is to-day one of the most expert, so that he was 

 ready to go on active missionary work as soon 

 as ordained. 



" The first years of his mis.sionary life were 

 occui)ied in visiting different tribes of Indians 

 and doing otiier missionary work in the Terri- 

 tories of Washington, Idaho,Montana, and other 

 Rocky Mountain districts, among Indians and 

 miners. After such labors ho was then appointed 

 to take charge of the Yakamas, Klikitats, 

 Winatchas, Wishrams, Pshwanwapams, Nar- 

 chez, and other Indian tribes inhabiting the 

 central part of Washington Territory. Having 

 no means of support in his new mission, Bishop 



