76 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Whymper (F.) — Continued. 



At the Field sale, catalogue no. \i^>:iO, a copy 

 brought .$2.75. 

 An American edition titled a.s follows: 



Travel and adventure | in the | 



territory of Alaska, | formerly Russian 

 America — now eeded to tbe | United 

 States — and in various other | parts of 

 the north Pacific. | By Frederick 

 Whymper. | [Design.] ) With map and 

 illustrations. | 



New York: | Harper «fe brothers, pub- 

 lishers, I Franklin square. | 1869. 



Frontispiece 1 1. title verso blank 1 1. dedica- 

 tion-verso blank 1 1. preface pp. xi-xii, contents 

 pp. xiii-xviii, list of illustrations p. xix, text 

 pp. 21-332, appendix pp. 333-353, map and 

 plates, 8°. 



Linguistic contents as under title next above, 

 p]>. 63, 66. 



Copies seen : Bancroft, Boston Atbenanini, 

 Geological Survey, Powell. 



Reprinted, 1871, pp. xix, 21-353, 8». (*) 



Fred<;rick Whymper | Voyages ct 



aventures | dans | I'Alaska | (ancien 

 Am^rique russe) | Ouvrage traduit de 

 I'Auglais I avec I'autorisation de 

 I'auteur | par l^mile Jonveaux | Illus- 

 tre de 37 gravures sur bois | et accom- 

 pagne d'une carte. 



Paris I librairie Hachette ft C'" | 

 boulevard Saint-Germain, 79 | 1871 | 

 Tous droits reserves 



Cover title as above, half-title verso names of 

 printers 1 1. title as above verso blank 1 1. preface 

 pp. i-ii, half-title verso blank 1 1. text pp. 3-405, 

 table des chapitres pp. 407r4:12, map, 8°. 



Linguistic contents as under titles above, 

 pp. 58, 65. 



! seen : Pilling. 



■Wickersham {Jud<je James). The nnme 

 is •' Tacoma." 



In the Weekly Ledger, Tacoma, Was liington, 

 Friday, February 10. 1893. (Pilling.) 



A discussion concerning the name of tlu^ 

 mountain, "Is it Tacoma or Rainier." 



Niskwalli and Puyallup geographic terms. 



Reprinted, with additions, as follows: 



Proceedings | of the | Tacoma acad- 

 emy of science, | February 6, 1893. | 

 [Ornament.] | Paper l)y Hon. James 

 AVickersham. | Is it "Mt. Tacoma " or 

 "Rainier." | What Do Hi.story and 

 Tradition Say f | [Ornament.] | 



Tacoma: | Puget Sound Printing 

 Company. | 1893. 



Cover title as above verso names of otiirers, 

 no inside title, text jip. 1-10. 8 = . 



Wickersham (J.) — Continued. 



Names of a number of geographic features 

 passim, mainly "NisqiuiUy-Puyallup". — Ety- 

 mology of the word Ta<oma, p. 16. 



Copies seen : Pilling. 



[Material relating to the Nisqually 



language.] 



In response to my inquiries. Judge Wicker- 

 sham, of Tacoma, Wash., writes me under date 

 of November 14, 1892, as follows : 



"You ask for the title and full description of 

 manuscript, etc., relating to the Nisqually lan- 

 guage. As yet it has no title and consists of 

 about 200 pages of words, definitions, legends, 

 names, etc., collected from aXisqually Indianby 

 the name of Leschi, who is the son of the cele- 

 brated chief Quiemuth and nephew of Leschi, 

 the war chief of the combined Nisquall}-, Pu- 

 yallup, Klikitat, and Yakama war of 1855-'56 

 on Puget Sound. I am getting, in the best pos- 

 sible manner, a complete vocabulary of the 

 Nisqually, simou jmre, and intend to keep at it 

 until I have everything obtainable. 



" Mj' idea now is to jirepare the history of 

 these people since the advent of the whites, 

 their legends and myths, their language, hab- 

 its, form of government, etc., in a small volume 

 for preservation. It will have, of course, only a 

 local interest, except to ethnologists, but it can 

 still be made of so great interest to the people 

 of our State as to become practically a history 

 of the State of Washington." 



James AVickersham was born in Marion 

 county, Illinois, in 1857 ; received a common- 

 school education. At 20 went into law office of 

 Senator John M. Palmer, Springfield,' 111., and 

 in 1880 was admitted to the bar upon examina- 

 tion before the supreme court of Illinois. Was 

 employed on census of 1880 under Special 

 Agent Fred. H. Wines, engaged on statistical 

 work in connection ^vith the defective, delin- 

 quent, and dependent classes in the TTnited 

 States. Upon the completion of this work, 

 having married meanwhile, in 1883 moved to 

 Tacoma, Wash., where he began the practice of 

 law. In 1884 was elected probate judge of 

 Pierce county; was re-elected in 1886; since 

 expiration of term has been engaged in the law 

 ])ractice at Tacoma. He made an exploration 

 of the earthworks of mound-buildei-s in Sanga- 

 mon county, Illinois, iu 1882 (see Smithsonian 

 Rep., 1883, pp. 825-835), and has since been inter- 

 ested in anthropological matters. Was one of 

 the charti^r members of the Tacoma Academy of 

 Science, and takes an active interest in its work. 

 Mr. Wickersham makes a specialty of history 

 of the northwest coast, and has gathered a fine 

 library on that subjectas well as ethnology. Has 

 written Nisqually Indian languages, legends, 

 etc., also the Chinese language on plan adopted 

 by Smitlisonian in collecting Indian vocabu- 

 laries. He is now engaged in arranging a com- 

 parative list of ttords from the American 

 Indian and some of the Mongoli:in langauges. 



