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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I917 



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After returning" from the Houma Dr. Swanton proceeded to 

 Charenton, La., where he spent a few days revising some of his 

 material on the Chitimacha language with Benjamin Paul, one of 

 the four surviving speakers of this tongue and a man who had 

 assisted him on j)revious visits. Although it was found that there 

 was little new material to be had. Dr. Swanton secured some gram- 



FiG. III. — Mother of my Koasati interpreter and one 

 of my principal informants. 



matical information of great value in fixing the proper position of 

 Chitimacha among the languages of the region. 



From Charenton he proceeded to Kinder, in Calcasieu parish, where 

 he remained for about two weeks, recording texts from the Koasati 

 Indians just east of that town. The Koasati language is similar 



