BUSCHMANN — BYINGTON. Ill 
Byington {Eev. Cyrus) — coutinued. 
Tables 43, 44, parts of Matthew and Luke (pp. 199-207) are giveu as "literal 
translations into Choctaw." 
'Tables 45-51, parts of Matthew, Luke, etc., are "literal translations of Choctaw 
into English." 
557 Vocabulary of the Choctaw, 
lu "Whipple {Lieut. A. W.) Eeport upon the Indian tribes, in Pac. R. R. Eepts., 
vol. 3, pt. 3, pp. 62-64. Washington, 1856. 4°. 
558 Grammar of the Choctaw Language. Prepared by the Eev- 
erend Cyrus Byington, and Edited by Dr. Brinton. 
In Am. Philosoph. Soc. Proc. vol. 11, pp. 317-367. Philadelphia, 1871. 8°. 
Introductiou by Dr. D. G. Brinton, pp. 317-320. Part 1. Orthography, pp. 320- 
324. Part 2. Grammatical forms and inflections, pp. 324-367. 
Issued also as follows : 
550 Grammar | of the | Choctaw Language, | by the | Eev. 
Cyrus Byington. | Edited from the original MSS. in the Library of 
the American | Philosophical Society, | by D. G. Brinton, M. D., | 
Member of [&c., three lines.] | 
Philadelphia: | McCalla & Stavely, Printers, 237-9 Dock Street. | 
1870. I BP. c. 
Pp. 1-56. 8°. 
Introduction, pp. 1-C ; Grammar, pp. 7-56. 
560 Chata Dictionary: Chata-English and English-Chata. 
Manuscript, 5 vols, folio in the library of the Bureau of Ethnology. 
This manuscript prepared by the late Rev. Cyrus Byington, for many years 
missionary to the Choctaws, contains about 16,000 words with English definitions. 
The material has beeu placed in the hands of Prof. O. T. Mason, of Columbian Col- 
lege, to be edited and prepared for publication as one of the series of "Contribu- 
tions to North American Ethnology," He has compiled from it an English-Chata 
dictionary of 10,000 words to accompany the origioal work. 
561 Grammar of the Choctaw language. 
Manuscript in the library of the Bureau of Ethnology. 
This material also has been placed in the hands of Prof. O. T. Mason, of Colum- 
bian College, who is preparing it for publication by the bureau, as one of the series 
of Contributions to North American Ethnology. 
As left by Mr. Byiugton it consists of several parts. The tirst is dated Stock- 
bridge, Choctaw Nation, June 23d, 1865, and contains 85 pages of an old journal 
sewed togethei', in which a first attempt is made at systematizing the principles 
of the l.anguage. The remainder appears to be subsequent revisions of the chap- 
ters in the first edition. It is in the form of two or more foolscap sheets piuued 
or stitched together. Of some of the least understood portions of the language 
there are four or five copies, and it is not always possible to select the latest. 
Dr. Dauiel Brinton examined this manuscript and published an epitome which 
has been compaied by Mr. Mason with the original with great care. It is a very 
careful piece of work considering the state of the manuscript. 
The grammar evidently was designed to consist of nine chapters: 
1. Introductiou and alphabet. 
2. Article-pronouns. [Post-positives, quantitivcs, and determinatives.] 
3. Pronouns. 
4. Verbs. 
