OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. XXI 



THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE, BT MR. A. S. GAT8CHET. 



This Oregonian language, spoken by -the Modocs and the 

 Indians of Klamath Lake, shows many important character- 

 istics. Its comprehensive and intelligent discussion by Mr. 

 Gatschet, with a copious dictionary and texts on the general 

 plan before mentioned, is the result of his personal visits to the 

 tribes, with the advantage of high linguistic attainments of a 

 general character, by which the prosecution of the special 

 study was rendered more expeditious and more accurate. His 

 work is in press. 



THE DAKOTA LANGUAGE, BT KEV. S. R. RIGGS. 



The constant study of the Dakota language by Rev. S. R. 

 Riggs, during his life passed among the Indians of that stock, 

 has shown that his Dictionary and Grammar, published in 1852 

 by the Smithsonian Institution, though of high and deserved 

 repute, required correction, revision, and enlargement. This 

 undertaking he commenced during the year 1880-81, and 665 

 quarto pages of it are nov/ in type. The dialects embraced 

 are those spoken by the body of Indians popularly known as 

 Sioux, and designated by the Bureau as the Dakota division of 

 the Siouan linguistic family. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN PHILOLOGY, BY 

 MR. J. C. PILLING. 



The work of most general linguistic utility, which relates 

 to all the languages of North America, is by Mr J. C. Pilling, 

 being a Bibliograph}^ of North American Linguistics. It is 

 an attempt to give, in alphabetic arrangement by authors, the 

 full titles, in chronologic order, of all editions of works written 

 in or upon any of the languages of North America. This re- 

 pertory for the first time affords to students the essential infoi'- 

 mation of all that has been done by their predecessors in the 

 several directions toward which their studies may be turned. 

 It will save in many cases duplication of labor, and bring into 

 prominent notice material indispensable to thorough knowledge 



