POTT POWEIX. 597 
3053 [Potter (Woodburne).] The | War | in | Florida: | beiiiR | an Ex- 
position of its causes, | and | an accurate History | of tlie | Cam- 
paigns I of I Generals | Clinch, Gaines and Scott. | [Two lines quo- 
tation.! By a late Staff Officer. I 
Baltimore: | Lewis and Coleman. | 183G. | c. 
Pp. i-viii, 1-184. 12°. map. 
Names of Seminole chiefs, pp. 9-10, 30. 
3054 Powell (J. W.) Vocabulary of the Kootenay. 
Manuscript. 211. folio. 185 words. In the library of tbe Bureau of Efhnologj'. 
Mr. Powell is superintendent of Indian Affairs, Canada. 
3055 Powell (John Wesley). Eeport | of j Explorations in 1873 | of | 
the Colorado of the West ( and | its Tributaries, | By j Professor 
J. W. Powell, I under the | Direction of the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion. I 
Washington: | Government Printing Office. | 1874. | c. we. .rwp. 
Pp. 1-.36. 8°. Pai-Ute songs, with translation, p. 32. 
3056 Tntroduction | to the | Study of Indian Languages, | with 
words, phrases, and sentences to be collected. | By J. W. Powell. | 
Washington: | Government Printing Office, j 1877. | c.s.BA. jht. 
Pp. 1-104, and 10 unnumbered, ruled 11. 4°. 
As a number of the manuscripts now in the library of the Bureau of Ethnology, 
titles of which are given in this catalogue, are recorded in cojdes of the above 
work, it seems proper to give a somewhat lengthy account of its contents and 
the causes which led to its preiiaration. 
In 1863 the Smithsonian Institution published a paper by Mr. Geo. fiibbs. No. 
1499 of this catalogue, designed for collectors. Under the head of Philology, Mr. 
Gibbs gave a brief account of some of the peculiarities of Indian languages, with 
general directions for the best method of collecting certain words; a simple and 
practical alphabet; and a vocabulary, in English, Spanish, French, and Latin, of 
211 words. Speaking of the latter, he says : 
"In view of the importance of a uniform system in collecting words of the 
various Indian languages of North America, adapted to the use of officers of the 
government, travellers, and others, the following is recommended as a St.,\:ndard 
VoCABOLARY. It is mainly the one prepared by the late Hon. Albert Gallatin, 
with a few changes made by Mr. Hale, the Ethnologist of the United States 
Exploring Expedition, and is adopted as that upon which nearly all the collec- 
tions hitherto made for the purpose of comparison have been based. For the 
purpose of ascertaining the more obvious relations between the various mem- 
bers of existing families this number is deemed sufficient. The remote allinities 
must be sought in a wider research, demanding a degree of acquaintance with 
their languages beyond the reach of transient visitors." 
The vocabulary given in this paper was separately printed on writing paper, 
10 11. ,4°, and reprinted, 6 11., folio, and was distributed widely anioug the mis- 
sionaries, Indian agents, travelers, and local collectors in ethnology, and has 
served a valuable purpose, resulting in the collection by the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution of a large number of vocabularies, comprising many of the languages and 
dialects of the Indian tribes of the United States, British America, and Mexico. 
This material, as it was received, was placed in the hands of Mr. Gibbs for 
revision and classification — a work in which he was engaged at the time of bis 
death, which occurred before any of it was published. 
In 1876, Professor Henry turned this material over to Maj. J. W. Powell, then 
in charge of the United States Geographical and Geological Survey of tlu' Rocky 
Mountain Region, now Director of the Bureau of Ethnology, to bo consolidated 
