ATHAPASCAN LANGUAGES. 



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Morice (A. a.) — Coiitimicd. 



Dic.tiduiiairt' | Dps Vcilics | ])o la 



Lan<;uc rortciir | par | lo H. P. A. (i. 



Mori<e,0. M. I. | Mission ilu lac Stuiirt 



I 18S7-1S . . (*) 



Mamisriiiil ; title vc^i'so ami followiiif; It-af 



lilaiik. text 1)]). 1-12H. (Idiible roliniiii, small 4^^. 



A-f' only tiiiislicil. 



[ ] Grainiiiairf | Dcs I'artit-s conjii- 



jfiiblcs till Discoiirs | <U' la Ijanj^uc 

 Port.Mir. 18S7. (*) 



Mainiscript ;])i). l-9(!, tloublf coliunii,l)r<iail8°. 

 Coiitaiiis lour chapters, sululivideil into 19 

 articles ami 1H2 rules. 



[ ] Manuel | Du Sauvage | contenant 



I Prieres, lustructious, Cantiques | Et 

 Catt^chisme. | Mission du Lac 8tnart | 



188S. (*) 



Manuscript ; title verso blank, text pp. 1-120, 

 l(i°, in the Carrier language. 



Contains: I'art I. Morning anil evening 

 prayers, examination of conscience, a<'ts before 

 an<l after coinninnion, acts ami hynni for the 

 benediction ami divers miscellaneous pray er.s. — 

 Part II. Instructions on confession and com- 

 munion ami the reception of sacraments gener- 

 ally. — Part III. 4;") hymns, all original. — Part 

 TV. The short catechism of Christian doctrine. 



[ ] Yakrp.stapc t(Pstlops ra aetata liok- 



wttMi nats(idiw(i'ln(ok. [1889.] (*) 



Literal translation: Skyon sits [God] his- 

 p.aper after old-time about one-narrates. 



Manuscript: pp. l-Sij, 12". being a free trans- 

 lation and adajitatiou of the book of Genesis, 

 in the Carrier dialect. 



Dent- roots | By the Rev. Father A. 



G. Moiicc, O. M. L [1890.] (*) 



Manuscript; 30 pages, folio. 



Introduction. i:i pp.— Vocabulary of 370 Eng- 

 lish words which are roots in D6n6, with their 

 eiinivalents in 17 or 18 Dene dialects, 17 pp. 



Les Evangiles | Pour tons les 



Dimanches | Et | Fetes d'ohligation | 

 De I'Aun^e ] Traduits | Par le R. P. A. 

 G. Morice, O. M. I. | Mission dn Lae 

 Stuart I 1890. (*) 



Manu.script; title verso blank 1 I. text 7.'! 

 pages, note-]iaper size. 



Contains the sel(>ctions from the gospels read 

 in Roman Cathidic churches on .all Sundays 

 .and feasts of obligation through the whole 

 year, translated into tin' Carrier language. 



[ ] Twelve | Stories of adventure | in 



Carrier. 1890. (*) 



Manuscript ; fiO pages, note-paper size, being 

 tr.inslations and .adaptations of the most thrill- 

 ing stories found in English periodicals and 

 destined by the transhator for publication in a 

 projected monthly review in the new syllables. 

 See page 70 for title of the Keview. 



Morice (A. (J.) — (lontimwd. 



[ ]T\vel\c I Short Li vcs of I he Saints. 



1891. {*) 



Maniisci'ipl ; 20 pages, 4'. 



[Words, jdirases, and sentences in 



the Dene language. 1891.] (*) 



Manuscrii)t in |iossession of its author. « lio 

 has |)rei>ared it for the use of the llureau of 

 ICthnology. Ilecorded in a. copy of Powell's 

 Introduction to the study of Indian languages. 



Granunar | of | The Carrier Lan- 

 guage I With Notes | On Local Peciil- 

 iariti(!8 and Idiotisnis | ]>yRev. A.(i. 

 Morice, O.M.I. (*) 



Manusc,rii)t. 7.3 pages, bro.ad fP, begun in 

 February, 1891, and yet unfinished; in posses- 

 sion of its .author, who tells nu^ he lia.s reached 

 the chapter on the pronoun. 



Are the Carrier Sociology and 



Mythology indigenous or exotic f (*) 



Manuscript, 30 pages folio, recently prepared 

 by its author for jniblication in the Tran.sac- 

 tious of the Royal Swdety of Canada. 



Contents: Introductory — Ethnological — 

 Sociological — Carrier sociology exotic; general 

 arguments— Carrier sociology exotic; i)roved 

 by facts— Carrier mythology p.artially exotic- 

 Creation myths. 



The manuscripts titled above arc in the 

 possession of their author, who has kindly 

 furnished me information concerning them, as 

 al.so the notes from which I have compiled the 

 following biographic notice: 



Father Alorice was born on \\\b 27th of 

 August, l,t.")9, .at .Saint-Mars-sur-Cidmont, 

 France. After the usual elementary studies at 

 the Christian Brothers' school at Oisseau, 

 where his family had removed, ho was sent, 

 when 13 years of age, to the Ecclesiastical 

 Cidlege at Mayenne, with a view to prepare 

 himself for the ])riestliood. Feeling called to 

 the foreign missions, he subsefjuently joined 

 the Order of the Oblales of Mary Immaculate 

 (O.M.I.) and m.ade his final vows therein in 

 October, 1K79. While still studying theology 

 and being as yet in minor orders, the famous 

 decrees of 18.S0 commanded tlie dis]>ersion of the 

 members of such religious orders as had not 

 the official sanction of the French Government. 

 Previous to the execution of these decrees he 

 wiis sent by his superiors to British Columbia, 

 where he arrived on the 2Gt h of Julj-, 1880. At 

 the completion of his theological studies .and 

 after he h.ad learned a little of the English lan- 

 guiige he was promoted to the priesthood. July 

 2, 1882, and given charge of the Chilkotin In- 

 dians, whose bmguage he immediately pro- 

 cei-ded to learn. After two years of study he 

 found himself .able to jireach to them without 

 the aid of an interiu'cter. In 1885 he was sent to 

 his present station, Stuart's Lake, where he 

 repeated — but with less difficulty, owing to tho 

 grammatical attinity of the two languages — his 

 linguistic studies in the dialect of the Carrier. 



