DEJEAN DENCKE. 11)7 
Delgado [Tr. Dainian) — coutinned. 
101(J — — CoaipeiKlio del Aite Quiche del P. F. Dainian Delgado, Ord. 
Praed. Siguese la Doctriiia Oliristiatia eu leiigna quicbe del niisino 
Alitor, con sermoues del niisnio Padre y otros, de la Orden de N. P. 
Santo Domingo. * 
Manuscript. :io 11. 4°. The Arte occupies the first 9 11. ; the 11 following con- 
tain the Doctriua Christiana: the remainder, various subjects; the salutation of 
the native alcades in transmitting to each other the baton of office, "Mnudan^a 
de varas," andothersalutatious imitated more or less from the speeches anciently 
made by the native lords on solemn occasions. The last important portion of 
this raaunscript is a sermon for Good Friday, composed and preached by P. 
Damiau Delgado, to the title of which the copyist has added these words: "Con 
este solo sermon sabias bieu lengua." — Brassettr de Bouiboury. 
1017 Sermones varies, predicados en leugua Qniclie por el padre 
fray Dainian Delgado, y trasladados, para el nso de los padres de 
la Santa Orden de n*^™ padre Santo Domingo en Eabinal (por el padre 
fr. Domingo de Basseta), etc. » 
Manuscript. 123 11. 4°. The first 83 11. comprise homilies and sermons on Sun- 
days and feast day^, by P. Damiau Delgado, preceded by these words: "Qua- 
derno de Evangelios en la lengua quiche, los qnales saijue de nii librito viejo que 
no tenia principio," and ending with these: "Fin de los Evangelios que estaban 
escriptos de letra do Fr. Damiau Delgado." Signed "Basseta." 
The two sermons following are also in the handwritiug of father Domingo do 
Basseta, but do not appear to be by him : they were written or re-copied by him, 
in the last years of the 17th century ; his vocabulary, whi h I have, is of the 
year 169H. The three following are subsequent, and according to the note which 
ends thoni, were preached in the villag<s of Zaeualpa, San Antonio and Santa 
Cruz del Quich<i, by father .Joaquin Ramirez, of Agullera, in 1712. These have 
no titles. 
P. Fr. Damian Delgado wrote, besides these sermons, "Arle y Vocabulario" 
of the languages mentioned by Beristaiu. — Brasseiir de Boiirhom-g. 
1018 Demers (Modeste), Blanchet (Frances Norbert), and St. Onge (L. N.) 
J. M. J. I Chinook | Dictionary, Catechism, | Prayers and Ilyiiius. | 
Composed in 1838 & 1839 by | Rt. Eev. Modeste Demers. | Re- 
vised, corrected and comjdeted, | in 1807 by | Most Rev. F. K. 
Blanchet. | With inodilications and additions by | Rev. L. N. St. 
Onge Missionary | among the Takamas and other Indian Tribes. | 
Montreal. | 1871. | JWT. LSH. 
Pp. 1-G8. sq. UP. 
Outside title: The | Missionary's Companion | on the | Pacific Coast. | [Three 
lines quotation.] | 
1019 Demilier (P. Edmond). Lettre de M. Edmond Demilier [dated 
"Pleasant Point, le '20 avril 183i"]. 
In Annales de la Propagation de la Foi, vol. viii, ]q). 191-200. Contains, <m 
pp. 196-198, remarks on the language, the " Pater noster," "Ave Maria," "Sancta 
Maria," and definitions of about a dozen words in the Abnaki language. 
Title furnished by Mr. Eames. 
1020 Dencke (Christian Frederick). Xek | nechenenawaehgissitschilc | 
Bambilak | naga | Geschiechaiiclisitpanna | Johaiinessa | elekban- 
gup. I Gischitak elleniechsink, | nntschi C. F. Dencke. | 
