450 NORTH AMERICAN LINGUISTICS. 
Loaiza (Francisco de) — contiuued. 
portant. The author of this work, originally written in Spanish, is not known. 
All that can be gathered from the title of the manuscript is that in the year 1718 
Don Francisco de Loaiza translated the work into the Mexican (Aztec) language, 
probably in order to make it accessible to native readers of the Aztec race. We 
need not take the loss of the original Spanish text to heart, as, instead of it, the 
Aztec translation has been preserved to us, which is all the more valuable, for, 
in addition to its being a great historical gain, it is a most interesting philologi- 
cal acquisition. This work is the first profane text in the Azteic language that 
has ever appeared in print, as all the Aztec tests hitherto published belong to 
the so-called edifying literature, such as catechisms, prayer-books, and biblical 
texts, and all, therefore, poor reading for investigators desirous of impressing 
themselves with the spirit of the Aztec language. 
The original of the work, 48 pages, large folio, is contained in a large volume 
entitled " Seccion de la Historia. Documentos relativos a la Historia de Collma 
y California," iu the archives of Mexico. The copying and literal translation of 
the original was done at the expense of the editor, by Don Francisco Resales, 
sworn government interpreter of the Aztec language. Iu order to make the 
original accessible to scholars for the purpose of comparison, the editor has had 
the entire text photographed. It forms 25 plates, and will be issued with the 
work. 
2303 Loew (Dr. Oscar). [Vocabularies of various Indian dialects.] 
In Gatschet (A. S.) Zwolf Sprachen aus dem Siidwesten Nordamerikas, 
pp. 98-115. Weimar, 1876. 8°. 
The vocabularies are as follows : Pueblos of Isleta, Jemes, Moqui, Tehua (I 
and II), Acoma, and Queres; and of the Apache, Navajo, Tonto, Tonkowa, Dig- 
gers [Wintun] and Utah. 
In addition to the above Dr. Loew has contributed grammatio comments and 
phrases of most of the above-mentioned languages. 
The Digger vocabulary is reprinted in Powell ( J. W. ) Contributions to North 
American Ethnology, vol. 3, pp. 518-529. Washingtoa, 1877. 4°. 
2304 Vocabulary of the Tonto, Hualapai, Mohave, and Biegneno. 
In Gratschet (A. S.) Yuma-Sjirachstamm, in Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologic, pp. 
390-407, 412-418. BerUn, 1877. 8°. 
2305 Notes upon the Ethnology of Southern California and 
adjacent Eegions. By Dr. O. Loew. 
In "Wheeler (itmji.G.M.) Anu. Rept. 1876, pp. 321-327. Washington, 1876. 8°. 
"Table showing Indian words similar to Chinese or Jaiianese." The Indian 
words are selected from the Southern and Western Payute, Moqui, Mohave, 
Takhtam, ICauvuya, Gaitchini, Tobikhar, and Kasua. 
Table showing similarity of words for land and ttiatcr in different languages, 
p. 326. 
Lieut. Wheeler's Report also forms Appendix J.J of the Ann. Rept. of the Chief 
of Engineers, for 1876 ; in this connection Dr. Loew's paper occupies pp. 541-547. 
2306 Ueber Wortahnlichkeiten zwischen amerikanischen und 
ostasiatischen Sprachen. Separat-Abdruck aus den Sitzungsbe- 
richten der Miinchener anthropologischeu Gesellschaft. Ordent- 
liche Sitzung den 18. Januarl878. jwp. 
Pp. 1-0. 8°. 
Comparison of the Japanese and Chinese with various dialects of the Rocky 
Mountaiu region. 
