ATHAPASCAN LANGUAGES. 



59 



McDonald (R.) — Conl iiiiu'd. 



r.7/i(i- .scf/i ; Kaiiios, I'illini:, Smif'ty lor rri)- 

 iiiiiliiii; <'liriNti:in Know loilj;c, Wi'llcsK-y. 

 A later edition, witli titic^pa;;!', as follow.s: 



Cliilii); I Tiikiidh tsliali zit. | Hyiiiiis 



I ill Takiidh l.'uiftiia.irc. | Composed aud 

 translated | by tli«^ | vcii. .irclideacon 

 McDonald, 1). IX | [Seal of tlio S. P. ('. 

 K.] I 



London: ] Society for promotini^ 

 cliristi.'in lvni)\vledi;-e. North nnilierland 

 avenue, Chaiinii cross, W.C. | ISnO. 



<■<,!, ipliini : J'rinteil l>y AVillinni Cliiwes ami 

 sons, liLiiited, | London and I>ee(l<'s. 



'I'itle on cover "Takudli liyinns. "inside title 

 as above verso Idaiik 1 1. syllaliaiiiini \>\t. iii-vi, 

 text (entirely in the Takudli lany;ua<;e) pp. 1-80, 

 (•(dophon p. [<10], Ki'. The textual matter of 

 }i)i. 1-.")S of this edition aitrees page for pafte 

 with those j)aj:('s in tins edition titled next 

 ahove; thonL;h tin- mailer has been entirely 

 resit. 1 think. 



Chilis [liyum.s, nos. 1-941, pp. 1-73. — Doxol- 

 oLiies, uos. i iv, p. 74. ^Canticles, pj). 75-80. — 

 Oeliikthntetunetle [catechism], pp. 81-89. 



Ckipit'S ieen : JCamus, Pillinj;. 



Zzchkkoonjit <jicliiuchik | nekwazzi 



ttrin ihtblog kciijit | ako gicliincliik | 

 ttriii kittekookwichiltsliei kenjit kali. 

 I Hp. Oxendcn vut snn kwut sut |. 

 tlileteteitazya | diizi oieliincliik kali | 

 tikyiiicliikuut ako triiiyunnut cujit. | 

 Cliutnill kenjit iiicliiucliik ttliul, | ako 

 I cliniikyo rsotitinyt>o eujit gicliincliik, 

 I archdeacon McDonald. | Kirkhc. | 

 [ScaloftlieS. P. C. K.] | 



London: | Society for promoting; 

 christian knowledge. Northuniberlaud 

 avenue, Charing cross, W. C. [1885.] 



Title verao blank 1 1. text (Oxenden's family 

 praj-ers, entirely in the Tukudh lanjiuage, with 

 the exception of :i IV'W phrases in English) pp. 

 •l-r)!). Hi'. 



Oupies seen: Eanies. Pillinn', Society for Pro- 

 moting Christian Knowleiljn\ Wellesley. 



— — David vi psalinnut. | 'I'akudh tsha 

 zit tlileteteitazya | veu. archdeacon 

 M'Donald, D. 1). | kirklie. | [Seal of 

 the S. P. C. K.] I 



Winnipeg, Man. : | IMiuIed hy Robt. 

 D. Richardson | for the | Society for 

 Promoting Christian Knowledg<', | 

 Loudon. I 188(5. 



Title verso Ijlauk 1 1. text (with the exception 

 of headings in English and J^atin, entirely in 

 the Takudh language) pp. l-li'if), l(i^'. 



Copies seen : Eames, Pilling, .Society for Pro- 

 moting Christian Ivnowledge, Wellesley. 



McDonald (R.) — Couliumd. 



The I new testanieul | of | our lord 



and sa\ioui' | .Jesus ( 'jirisi . I iausi;ilcd 

 into Takudh l)y | \eii. archdeacon 

 McDonald, D.D. | 



Loud(ui : I |uiuled for tlic iSritish 

 and foreign bilile society. | ISSt). 



Title verso blank 1 1. text (with chapter di'S- 

 igiialioiis in English) pp. J-j"l>, Ki'^. 



.Maltliew, pp. 5-70. — Mark. pp. 77-122. — Luke, 

 pp. 1L':!-'J00.— John, pp. 2U0-'J.")7.— Acts. pp. 250- 

 iCi!!. -Epistles, pp. :!3.'!-5:i7.— Itevelatiori. i>p. ."iSft- 

 57(>. 



dopiesseen: Eanies, IMllinir. \Vellesley. 



On p.ago 251 of his work entitled "Tlic In- 

 dians," Toronto, 1889, llov. John McLean coin- 

 iiientson asyllabary by Arehdeaeon AleDonahl 

 as follows : 



"Several years ago the yenerable .Vrcluh^a- 

 con AIcDoiiald, whose mission is on the Yukon 

 and who for a term of years ilwelt one milo 

 within the Arctic Circle, invented a very elab- 

 orate syllabary, which heajiplicd tot he Tukudh 

 language, one of the family of the Hyperborean 

 languages. The syllabary consisted of 400 syl- 

 lables, which, when thoroughly memorized, 

 enabled the Tukndh Indians to reatl their own 

 language with perfect ease. Having tran.slated 

 the New Testament and Prayer Book, he 

 utilized his syllabic system, and so accurate 

 was its eonstr\iction thai in four months the 

 natives could read the Woril of (jod. Gre.it 

 beuetit.stlowed to the people from this invention, 

 as they speedily learned the truths of morality 

 and religion for themselves.' 



Having never seen any ])ublication in the 

 Tukndh language printed in what is usually 

 termed a syllabary, my interest was aroused, 

 and under date of :March 9, 18S9, I wj'ote ilr. 

 McLean for such further particulars ius lie 

 might l)e able to furnish. Under date of Alarch 

 28 he replied as follows : 



"My statement is based upon the following: 

 The archdeacon was in Winnipeg three or four 

 years ago and was intervieweil by a reporter 

 of the Manitoba Free Press. The report ofth.it 

 iuter\iew was a long one, which I have jire- 

 served in my scrapbook. In this report is the 

 following : 'A syllabary has been made of the 

 syllables made use of in the language. While 

 the. .syllabh'S of the Cree language number only 

 about 32, tlie, syllabary requii'ed for the Tukudh 

 contains about 500 syllables ; and this, notwith- 

 standing the appixreut difficulty, some of the 

 Indians have learned in a fortnight. These 

 sj'llables are written out in Koiuan letters. 

 Some of the more intelligent have learned to 

 read the gospels fairly within three months.' 

 I have an interview held with the arcluh'acoii'a 

 brother, and several references to the aichdea- 

 con in letters which he wrote himself and were 

 printed in the newspapers; also letters and 

 notes of travel by Hudson Bay Company's 

 officers. This, however, is the only reference 



