ATHAPASCAN LANGUAGES. 



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MatthewB (W.) — ('oiitiimcd. 



lill 201) or 2.'i() printed ([iiart" i)iiL,'cs, and f liavo 

 alxml, 10,000 wonl.s in my (lirtionary. My col- 

 lection of texts and triiislations -soni;«, 

 prayciM, niytlm, ritnals.ctc.—wonlil f'orinafiood- 

 si/.i'd volnnii) of tlicnisclvcs. It will take f iiiic 

 nnd Icirturc to luit tlicin in sliaiir, liowcvcv." 



Dr. '\Vasliini;ton ^fattlicws was liorn in Kil- 

 liiicy, a siil)nrl> of Dublin, Ireland, July 17, 

 lK4;i. His luotlier dyin;;, liis father cniiKrated 

 to America wliilo Im was yet in liis infancy, 

 and, after extensivo travel in America, settled 

 first in Wisecm.sin, tlu'u a t<-rritorv, atid later 

 in Iowa. He was graduated in medicine. at the 

 medical department of the State Univer.sitJS' of 

 Iowa in tliesprin;,; of 1864, and in 1S88 received 

 the ixmocary decree of LL.D. from the same 

 nniver.sity in recognition of his philologii; 

 studies. In l««t li<^ entered the United States 

 service as an actinj; a.ssistant surjjeon, and 

 served as such until the close of the war. In 

 tlio summer r)f 18C,5 ho again entered thciiiili 

 tary service and has continued theiein until 

 the present time, having been commissioned 

 major and surgeon July 10, 1889 His service 

 has carried him over all the States and Terri- 

 tories west of the ^tississipiii and brought him 

 into contact with a ma,jority of the tribes of 

 that extensive region. His tirst si'rioiis study 

 of the Indians began when he ascended the 

 Uj>p(U' ^Missouri in 18C5. In tin; autumn of that 

 year he went to Fort IJerthold, Dakota, where 

 he came in contact with Arickareos, Hidatsas, 

 and ^landaus. Ho resided, with some inter- 

 ruptions, in the neighborhood of these three 

 tribes for about six years, and gave special 

 attention to their languages and etlinogra])hy. 

 Ill the winter of 1870-'71 his manus('rii)ts and 

 notes on these tribes h.ad assumed extensive 

 proportions; but on tlu^ 'JXth of January, 1871, 

 his quarters at Fort T.uford were destroyed by 

 Are, and all his notes and manuscripts, with a 

 valuable collection of books of early travtd and 

 exploration on the upper Missouri, were con- 

 sumed. In 1872 he went east, and in 1873 pub- 

 lished the Onimmar and Dictionary of the 

 Language of the Ilidatsa. From 'New York he 

 went to ("alifornia, jirepared a second edition 

 of his work, under the title of Kthnography 

 and riiilology of the Ilidatsa Indians, which 

 was issued from the Government Printing 

 Office in 1877, and si>ent some five years in the 

 more ninioto jtarts of California and on cam- 

 paigns against hostile Indians, in the (bourse of 

 which he traveled extensively through Neviwla, 

 Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, and met many 

 wild tribes whose languages and customs he 

 noted. In 1880 ho went to New Mexico, wlien^ 

 he began to study the Xava.jo Indians. In 1881 

 ho went to "Washington, I). C, and remained 

 there on duty in the Army Medical Museum 

 until May, 1890. From Washington he made 

 two excursions into the Southwest in the pur- 

 suit of arcba'ologie and ethnographic investi- 

 gations—one in the interest of tho Bureau of 

 Ethnology, the other in the interest of the 



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Matthevrs (W.) — (.'oiitiniKMl. 



Ilemcfiiway Southwestern Archa'logi<'al P'xpe- 

 dition. AVhile in the Army Medical Museum 

 his time was largely devoted to somatological 

 studies, particular attention being given to the 

 large collection of crania and other human 

 bones in the nuiseuni, and he has written »n 

 extitnsive illustrated monograjdi on 'The 

 Human IJonesof the Hemcnway Collection," 

 which is y(!t uniiiiblishe<L In 1890 he returned 

 to New Mexico, where he still remains. 



Mescalero Apache. Sei- Apache. 



Midnooski. .See Ahtinne. 



Milhau (/>»/■. John J.) VocHbiilary <.f )li.' 

 rmpqtiti Valley iieople, Oref^oii. 



Manuscript, 'i unnumbered leaves, folio, 

 written on both sides; in tin; library of the 

 Hureau of Kthnology. Collected during No- 

 vemb(!r, 18.56. Keeorded on one of the Smith- 

 sonian blanks of 170 words, eijuivalents of the 

 whole number being given. 



In the sanu! library are two cojdes of this 

 vocabulary, both by Dr. (ieo. Gibbs, in one of 

 which (where he designates the language as 

 Hewut) he follows Dr. Milhau'a spelling, in I lie 

 other he uses an alphabetic notation of his own. 

 A third copy is in tlu; same library, m.ide by 

 Dr. Roehrig for comparison with the AVillopab 

 vocabulary of Dr. Gibbs. 

 Mimbreno Apache. See Apache. 

 Montagnais : 



I'.ible history See lA!gott"(L.) 

 Catechism Legoff ( I... ) 



Catechism Pcrrault (C. O.) 



Catechism Vdgreville (V. T.) 



Dictionary Petitot (E. F. S. J.) 



Dictionary V6gr6villc (Y. T.) 



Grammar Legoff ( L . ) 



Grammar Yegreville (Y. T.) 



Grammatic treatise Petitot (E. F. S. J.) 

 Hymns Legoff ( L . ) 



Hymns Pcrrault (C. O.) 



Prayer book Legoff (L.) 



Prayer book Pcrrault (C. O.) 



Sermons Legoff (L.) 



Songs Y6gr6ville(Y. T.) 



Syllabary Pcrrault (CO.) 



Ten commandments Legotf (L.) 

 Text Legoff (L.) 



Tribal names I'etitot (E. F. S. J.) 



Vocabulary Adam (L.) 



Words Petitot (E. F. S.J.) 



See also Athapascan ; Chippewyan ; Tinn6. 

 Morgan (Lewis Henry). .Smithsonian 

 Contributions to Knowledge. | 218 | 

 Systems | of | consanguinity and aflfin- 

 ity I of the | human family. | By | 

 Lewis H. Morgan. | 



Washington city: | i>ublished by the 

 Smithsonian institution. | 1871. 



Cijlf>2>hon : I'ublished by tho Smithsonian in- 

 stitution, I Washington cit}-, | June, 1870. 



