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BIBLIOGKAFHY OF THE 



D. 



Daa (Ludwig Kristonson). On the affin- j 

 ities between the languages of the 

 northern tribes of the ohl and new con- 

 tinents. By Lewis Kr. Daa, Esq., of 

 Christiania, Norway. (Read December 

 the 20th.) 



In Philological Soc. [of Louilou] Trans. 1856, 

 pp. 251-294, London [1857], 8'\ (Congress.) 



Comparative tables showing affinities be- 

 tween Asiatic and American languages, pp. 

 264-285. contain words Irom many Xorth Amer- 

 ican languages, among them a few of the 

 Tschinut. 

 Dawson {Dr. George Mercer). See 

 Tolniie (W. F.) and Dawson (G. M. ) 



George Mercer Dawson was Ijorn at Pictou, 

 Nova Scotia, .\ugust 1, 1849, and is the eldest son 

 of Sir "William Dawson, principal of McGill 

 University, Montreal. He was educated at 

 M.Gill College and the Royal School of Mines; 

 held the Duke of Corn wall's scholarship, given 

 by the Prince of Wales; and took the Edward 

 Forbes medal in paheontology and the Mur- 

 chison medal in geology. He was appointed 

 geologist and naturalist to HerMajesty's North 

 American Boundary Commission in 1873, and 

 atthecloseof theconmiission's work, in 1875, he 

 published a report under the title of " (Jeology 

 and Resources of tlie Forty-ninth Parallel.' In 

 July, 1875, he received an appointment on the 

 geological survey of Canada. From 1875 to 1879 

 he was occupied in the geological survey and 

 exploration of British Columbia, and subse- 

 quently engaged in simihir work both in the 

 Northwest Territory and British Columbia. Dr. 

 Dawson is the author of numerous papers on 

 geology, natural history, and ethnology, pub- 

 lished in the Canadian Naturalist, Quarterly 

 Journalof the Geological Society, Transactions 

 of the Royal Society of Canada, etc. He was in 

 1887 selected to take charge of the Yukon expe- 

 dition. 



Definitio Dogmatis . . . Jargon 

 Tchinook. See Detners (M.l 



De Horsey (Lieut. Algernon Frederick 

 Rons). See Montgomerie (J. E.) and 

 De Horsey (A. F. R.) 



[Demers {Bishop Modeste).] Definitio 

 Dogmatis Immaculati© Conceptionis 

 BeatissimsB Virgiuis Mariie | a SS. D. 

 N. Pio PP. IX. 



Second heading : Eadoni in earn Lin- 

 guani translata f[u;e vulgo Jargon 

 Tchinook | dicitur, (iu;eque obtinet in 

 tota Oregonensi Provincia; | anctore 

 Episcopo Vanconverien.si.s Insuhe. 



Colophon : Tyjiis JoanuisMariieShea, 

 Neo Eboracensis. [I860?] 



Notitlepage, headingsonly ; text 1 leaf verso 

 blank. 12°. 



Demers (M.) — Continued. 



The dogma is first given in Latin, followed 

 by the translation into the Chinook Jargon. 

 Cojiics seen : Georgetown. Pilling. 



Blanchet (F. N.) and St. Onge (L. 



N.) J. M. J. I Chinook [Jargon] | 

 Dictionary, Catechism. | prayers and 

 liymns. | Composed in 1838 & 1830 by 

 I rt, rev. Mode.ste Demers. | Revi.siHl, 

 corrected and com}ih'ted. | in 1867 by 

 I most rev. P\ N. Blanchet. 1 Withmod- 

 ifications and additions by | Rev. L. N. 

 St. Onge Missionary | among the Yaka- 

 mas and other Indian Tribes. | 



Montreal. | 1871. 



Cover title : The | missionary's companion | 

 on the I Pacific coast. | [Picture.] | [Three lines 

 of s<Tipture — Mat. xsiii. 19.] 



Cover title, frontispiece verso blank 1 1. title 

 verso blank 1 1. plate 1 1. iireface (by Father 

 St. Onge. unsigned) pp. 7-9. text iip. 9-65. ad- 

 denda p. 66, table [of contents] p. 67, errata j). 

 68. 16^. 



Short account of the origin of the Cliinook 

 Jargon.pp. 7-8.— Rules of the language, pp. 9- 

 10.— Of the nouns, pp. 11-12.— Orthography, p. 

 12. — Chinook [Jargon] dictionary (pp. 1.j-.'!2) in 

 double columns, underthe following heads, each 

 ali>habetically arranged by Jargon words: 

 Nouns, pp. l'-5-22; Adjectives, pp. 23-25; Num- 

 bers, pp. 25-26 ; Pronouns, p. 26 ; Verbs, pp. 26- 

 29; Adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and 

 interjections, pp. 30-31.— Appendix, pp. 31-32.— 

 The Christian prayers in Chinook [Jargon], 

 pp. 33-38. — Hymns (in Jargon with French 

 headings), pp. 39-16. — Catechism (in Jargon 

 witli English headings), pp. 47-65.— Addenda [a 

 short vocabulary], p. 66. 



'• The Chinook Jargon was invented by the 

 Hudson Bay Company traders, who were 

 mostly Frencli Canadians. Having to trade with 

 the numerous tribes inhabiting the countries 

 west of the Rocky Mountains, it was neces.sary 

 j to have a language under.-^tood by .ill. Hence, 

 the idea of composing the Chinook Jargon. 

 Fort Vancouver being the principal post, the 

 tnidersof the twenty-nine forts belonging to 

 tl\c coiiipany, on the western slope, and the 

 Indians from every part of that immen.se 

 country, had to come to Vancouver for the 

 trading season. They used to learn the Chinook 

 and then teach it to others. In this manner it 

 became universally known. 



'■ The two first missionaries to Oregon, Rev. 

 F.N. Blanchet, V.G.. and his worthy compan- 

 iim. Rev. Mod. Demers. arrived from Canada to 

 Vancouver on the 24th of November, 1838. They 

 had to instruct numerous tribes of Indians, 

 •ind the wives and cliildren of the whites, who 

 spoke only the Chinook. The two missionaries 

 set to work to learn it, and in a few weeks 

 Father Demers had mastered it and began to 

 preach 



