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St. Onge (L. N.) — (loiuiiuicd. 



8iiiii, lii.shoi) Hlanclict, in liis Holf-sacrificiii;; 

 cliiiiity foi'tlic! IiidiaiiHof lii.s exlcimivcdioccsi', 

 riiini«li('(l liiiii witli llii' iici'cs.sarv oiitlit; and 

 witli a iiuiiil)cr of williu;; tliough uii.skillcd 

 IiidiaiiH as a])i)rculicti (^arpt^iilfrH, tlir yoiin;; 

 iiiis.sioiinrv wet to work to rolxiild tlio St. 

 .JiKscpirs mission, de.slroyod ill 185<> by a party 

 of vaudaLs called the Oregon Volunteers, wlio 

 had lieen .sent to ti>;ht tlie Yakanias. 



"After four years of lahor, he and liis 

 devoted companion, Mr. J. B. Boulet (now 

 (U'dained and stationed auiuut; the Tulalip In- 

 dians) had the satisfaction to see not only a 

 comfortable residence, l)tit also a neat church, 

 creeled, and a lini* tract of land planted with 

 fruit trees, and in a profitahh' state of cultiva- 

 tion, whore formerly only ruin and desolation 

 reigned. 



"Ills health breaking down entirely, he was 

 forced to leave his present and daily increasing 

 congregation of noophites. Wishing to give him 

 the best medical treatment, Bislio]) Blanchet 

 sent Father St. Onge to his native land with a 

 leave of absence until his health would be 

 restored. During his eighteen months' stay in 

 a hospital he, however, utilized his time l)y 

 composing and printing two small Indian 

 books, containing rules of granunar, catecdiism, 

 hymns, and Christian prayers in Yakania and 

 Chinook languages — the former for children, 

 the latter for the use of missionaries on the 

 Pacific coast. 



"By the advice of his physician he tlicn 

 undertook a voyage to Europe, where he spent 

 nearly a year in search of health. Back again 

 to this country, he had charge of a congregation 

 for a couple of years in Vermont ; and now he 

 is the pastor of the two French churches of 

 Glens Falls and Sandy Hill, in the diocese of 

 Albany, New York. 



'■Father St. Onge, though a man of uncom- 

 mon physical appearance, stoutly built and six 

 feet and four inches in height, has not yet 

 entirely recovered his health and strength. The 

 French population of Glens Falls liave good 

 cause for feeling very much gratitied with the 

 present condition of the affairs of the parish of 

 St. Alphonse de Liguori, and should receive the 

 hearty congratulations of the entire commu- 

 nity. Father St. Onge, a man of great erudition, 

 a devoted servant to the church, and possessing 

 a personality whose geniality and courtesy 

 hav(» won him a place in the hearts of his peo- 

 ple, has by his faithful application to his 

 parish developed it and brought out all that 

 was to inure to its benefit and further advance 

 its interests." — Glenn Falls (X. Y.) lieptcblicaii, 

 March 28, 18S9. 



Father St. Onge remained at Glens Falls until 

 October. 1891, when increasing intirmities com- 

 pelled him to retire permanently from the min- 

 istry. He is now living with his brother, the 

 rector of St.. Jean Baptiste church, in Troy, N. 

 Y. Since his retirement he lias compiled an 

 English-Chinook Jargon dictionary of about 



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St. Onge (Ij. N.) — ("ouliniuxl. 



six thousand words, and this lie intends to 

 sui)i)loment with a corresjionding Jargon-Kng- 

 lish part. Jle has also begun the preparation 

 of a Yakanui dictionary, which hi- liii|)is to 

 make niuih more complete than that of Father 

 Pandosy, published in Dr. Shea's Library of 

 American linguistics. 



1 have adopted tliesjielling of his name as it 

 appears on the title-page of J'isho)) Demers's 

 Chinook Jargon dictionary, though the true 

 spelling, and the one he uses now, is Saint 

 onge — that of a French province in which his 

 ancestors lived and from which four w five 

 families came in ItiOG, all adopting the name. 

 His family name is Payant. 



Sayce (Archibald Henry). Introduction 

 to the I .science of hiugiiajxc. | liy | A. 

 H. .Saycc, | depntyprofcSKor of compar- 

 ative philohtjiy ill the university of 

 Oxford. I In two voluinfH. | A'ol.I[-II]. 



London: | C. Kegan Paul & co., 1, 

 Paternoster S(]nare. | 1880. 



2 vols. : half-title verso blank 1 I. title verso 

 quotation and notice 1 1. preface pp.v-viii, table 

 of contents verso blank 1 1. text jip. 1-441, colo- 

 phon verso blank 1 1. ; half-title verso blank 1 1. 

 title verso quot ation and notice 1 1. table of con- 

 tents verso blank 1 1. text pji. l-;i.52, selected list 

 of works pp. 35:5-36.!, index pp. 3()5-t21, 12'=. 



A classification of American languages (vol. 

 2, pp. 57-64) includes the Chinook, p. 60. 



Coines seen : Bureau of Ethnology, Fames. 



Schoolcraft (Henry Rowe). Historical | 

 and I statistical information, | respect- 

 ing the I history, condition and pros- 

 pects I of the I Indian tribes of the 

 Ignited States : | collected and prepared 

 under the direction | of the | bureau 

 of Indian affairs, | i>er act of Congress 

 of March 3d, 1847, by Henry R. School- 

 craft, LL.D. lUustriited by S. Eastman, 

 capt. U. S. A. I Published by Authority 

 of Congress, j Part I [-VI]. | 



Philadelphia: Lippincott.Grambo«fe 

 company, | (successors to Grigg, Elliot 

 & CO.) I 1851 [-1857]. 



Engraved title : [Engraving.] | Historical | 

 and I statistical information | respecting the | 

 history, condition and prosjiects of the Indian 

 tribes of the United .States : | Collected and i)re- 

 jtared under the | direction of the bureau of 

 Indian attairs, per act of Congress | of March 

 3'^'il847 1 by Henry R. Schoolcraft L.L.D. | Illus. 

 trated by | S. Eastman, cajit. U. S. army. | [Coat 

 of arms.] | Published by authority of Con- 

 gress. I Parti [-VI]. I 



Philadelphia: | Lippincott, Grambo & co. 



6 vols. 4°. Beginning with vol. 2 the wordr. 

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