VOCABULARIES. 



I. 



1 — Vocabulary of the Tak'idat, 



A tribe of the T'linkit Nation (living between Port IVIiilgrave, Alaska, and 

 Cape Spencer), obtained from His Excellency J. Fnrnlielm, governor 

 of the Russian Possessions in America, by George Gibbs. 



2. — Vocabidarij oftlte Talnl-hvan, 



A clan of the T'linkit Nation (occupying Taku Inlet, Alaska), obtained 

 from Dr. Tolmie, of the Hudson Bay Company, by George Gibbs. 



'6. — Vocahidanj of the Shat-kivau, 



A clan of the T'linkit Nation (Alaska), obtained from a half-breed at Port 

 Townshend, Washington Territory, in May, 1857, by George Gibbs. 

 Note. — The within vocabulary, a dialect of the T'linkit or Sti- 

 kine, was obtained at Port Townshend, June, 1857, from Henry 

 Barker, a half-breed, said to be the son of an American shipmaster. 

 He gave the name Skat-kwan as that of his clan, or lnvan. According 

 to him, the Sit-ka-kwan and Tan-ta-kwan (Tongas) both speak the 

 same. He was much less intelligent than Ozier, the T'simsian' half- 

 breed, but the vocabulary is believed to be reliable. — G. G. 



4. — Vocahidari/ of the StaJchin'-kwan, 



A clan of the T'linkit Nation (living on the coast of Alaska, near the Stikine 

 River), obtained from Captain Dodd, of the Hudson Bay Company, 

 at Victoria, Vancouver Island, in May, 1857, by George Gibbs. 



Note. — This, I am informed, is reliable, and, indeed, making- 

 allowance for difference in spelling, nearly coincides in the same 

 words with that obtained by me from Barker. It extends very con- 

 siderably the means of comparison afforded by that, and is therefore 

 retained. — G. G. 



5. — Vocahulary of the Sit'-ka-hvan, 



A clan of the T'linkit Nation (inhabiting the Baranoff Archipelago, Alaska), 

 obtained at Sitka, Alaska, in 1870, by Lieutenant E. de Meulen, 

 United States Army, communicated by W. H. Dall. 



