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McDonald (K.) — Contiiini^d. 



U) the .syllabary; but, as it was so explicit, I 

 felt that surely there could be uo doubt con 

 cerning it. Should you find it to be incorrect 1 

 would feel obliged if you would kindly let me 

 know, a.s I am verydesirou.s of being accurate " 



Under date of Augu.st 6, 1890, Mr. McLean 

 again wrote me, as follows: 



' ' When first I read the account of Archdeacon 

 McDonald's syllabary I was under the impres- 

 sion that it was composed of cliaracters similar 

 to the Evans characters, in the Tukudh lan- 

 guage. I am not now of that opinion. I think 

 he must arrange the Ilomau characters iu the 

 form of a syllabary and by this means teach 

 the Indians to read rapidly. " 



In his letter was inclosed a clipping from the 

 Regiiia Leader of July 8, 1890, published at 

 Regiua, Assiniboia, N. "W. T., reading as fol- 

 lows: 



" Over one year ago a famous American eth- 

 nologist wrote to the Rev. Dr. McLean, Moose 

 Jaw, calling in question some statements made 

 by him in his book on The Indians of Canada, 

 relating to the existence of a syllabary of the 

 Takudh language. Dr. McLean replied that he 

 hatl excellent authority for his statement, but 

 that he would write at once to Dr. R. McDonahl, 

 of Peel River, inventor of the syllabary, and 

 learn particulars. As Dr. McDonald's mission 

 house for a time was one mile within the Arctic 

 Circle it was expected that it would take two 

 years to receive a reply to the letter. An an- 

 swer has just been received, within thirteen 

 months, and a copy of the syllabary, the con- 

 tents of the letter corroborating Dr. McLean's 

 statements in his book 'The Indians of Can- 

 ada,' and in his latest work, just published, 

 ' James Evans, Inventor of the Syllabic Sys- 

 tem of the Cree Language.' The following is 

 a copy of the letter : 



" 'St. Matthew's, 

 •"Peel River, Ja/ruac;/ 2i', '90. 

 ^* 'The Rev. John McLean: 



" ' Dear Sir : I send you a copy of the sylla- 

 bary referred to. You will observe that very 

 few of the rows after the first page are com- 

 plete, simply through want of sjiace. This will 

 show that there is no exaggeration. As to the 

 time taken in learning to read in the Takudh 

 tongue by means of the syllabary, instead of 

 exaggerating, the fact i.s it is understated rather 

 than otherwise iu some cases; for instance, 

 there is one that learnt the syllabary in three 

 days and to read the gospels in about a month. 

 I may say that I do not claim great credit for 

 the invention of the syllabary. It was sug- 

 gested by Evans's syllabic characters. 

 " 'With high consideration, 



" 'Yours respectfully, 



"R. McDonald, D. D., 



" 'Archdeacon. ' 



Mr. McLean was correct as to the make-up of 

 the syllabary. In the " Tukudh Hymns, "titled 

 above, the " syllabarium' is given in the pre- 

 limiaary pages and consists simply of combi- 



McDonald (R.) — Continued. 



nations of two, three, four, and five Roman 

 characters, such as ba, be, bi, zoo, zoo, zei, 

 ziii, zit, Dhoo, Dhou, Dhei, Kdlia, Tdhoo, 

 Kthou, etc. 



i'or a lengthy description and afac-simile of 

 the Evans syllabary referred to, see the liib- 

 liography of the Algonquian Languages, pp. 

 180 et geq. 



McElroy (Patrick D.) Comparative 

 vocabulary of the English and Jica- 

 rilla Ajjache languages. Compiled at 

 Cimarron, Colfax County, New Mexico. 

 By Patrick D. McElroy. 1875. 



Manuscript, 14 unnumbered loaves, 4"^, in the 

 library of the Bureau of Ethnology, Washing- 

 ton, D.C. 



The first 5 11. of this manuscrijit consist of a 

 letter from the author, iu which lie includes a 

 "Vocabulary of numerals as far as seven 

 thousand.' The succeeding 9 11. comprise the 

 "Comparative vocabulary" issued by the 

 Smithsonian In.stitution to collectors, known as 

 "Blank no. 170,' containing 211 words (in Eng- 

 lish, Spanish, French, and Latin), of which 

 equivalents wei-e desired, nearly all of which 

 Mr. McElroy has given. 



Under the title on the first page is the fol- 

 lowing certificate : 



' ' The within was prepared by P. D. McElroy, 

 interpreter at the Cimarron Indian Ageucj', 

 New Mexico, and has been tested and found to 



be correct. 



"Alexr. G. Irvine, 



" U. S. Indian Agent. 

 "W. F. M. Arny, 

 •'{7. S. Indian Agent, Ntiv Mexico." 



Mcintosh (Robert). See Gatschet (A. 

 S.) : 



Mackenzie (.S'i'r Alexander). Voyages | 

 from I Montreal, | on the river St. 

 Laurence, | through the | continent of 

 North America, | to the | Frozen and 

 Pacific oceans; | In the Years 1789 and 

 1793. I With a preliminary account | of 

 the ri,se, progress, and i>resent state of 

 I the fur trade | of that country. | Illus- 

 trated with maps. | By Alexander 

 Mackenzie, esq. | 



London: | printed for T. Cadell, jun. 

 and W. Davies, Strand; Cobbett and 

 Morgan, | Pall-mall ; and W. Creech, at 

 Edinburgh. | By R. Noble, Old-Bailey. 

 I M. DCCC. I [1801]. 

 Half-title verso blank 1 1. portrait 1 1. title 

 verso blank 1 1. dedication verso blank 1 1. 

 preface pp. iii-viii, general history of the fur 

 trade etc. pp. i-cxxxii, text pp. 1-412, errata 1 1. 

 ',i maps, 4°. 



Some account of the Cbepewyan Indians (pp. 



