614 NORTH AMERICAN LINGUISTICS. 
Priferes — continued. 
3129 [Priferes, etc., en la langue Algonkin.] ldm. 
Manuscript. 1 p.].,pp. 1-lGO, 8 uimumbered 11. 12°. lu tlie archives of the 
Catholic Church at the mission of Lac des Deux Montagnes (Oka), Canada. It 
is fairly written, "well preserved, and is bound. 
Prifere avant le Cat^chisme, p. 1. Actes de remerclment, de contrition, ji. 1 ; 
d'offrande, de foi, p. 2 ; de charity, p. 3. Pater noster, p. 3. Ave Maria, Credo, 
p. 4. Confiteor, p. 6. Les comraandemens de Dieu, de I'^glise, p. 7. 
Priferes k I'ange gardien, St. Joseph, St. Michel, St. patron, a tons les sts., I'an- 
gelus, aiamiata, pp. 8-11. P. 12, blank. Cat^chisnie, pp. 13-35. Actes, 
pp. 35-43. Messe de la ste. Vierge, introit, pp. 45-47. — ■ — Pseaumes, pp. 47- 
54. Messe des morts, introit, &c., pp. 54-64. Cantiqnes, pp. 64-87. Les 
litanies de la ste. Vierge, pp. 87-96. Hyrane-des Auges, &c., pp. 9G-148. 
Acte de conformitcS a la volenti de Dieu, pp. 149-1.50. Hymnes, pp. 150-160. 
8 unnumbered 11. at end. 
3130 [Prieres, etc., en la langue Mohawk.] * 
Manuscript. 70 11. 4°. In the archives of the Convent ot the Sisters of the 
Congregation at Oka, Canada. The following description is furnished by Mrs. 
rminuie A. Smith : In the convent there are a number of manuscript copies of 
religious books pertaining to the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. 
These are quarto in size, and contain seventy leaves, which are written upon 
both sides. The questions and answers, the i>rayers, bible slorifs, articles of 
faith, deadly sins, &c., are written in French, with the Mohawk translation on 
the opposite page. These copies were made hy the sisters at least one hundred 
years ago, and some of the penmanship equals that of a steel engraving. Pago 
1 contains a prayer entitled: Priere avant le CatiScbisme; p. 2, Prieres du matin 
et du soir, followed by the prayer in Preach, then Pour le matiu; Pour le soir; 
Pause ; Acte de Contrition ; on the opposite page is the translation of these iirayers 
in Mohawk; p. 4 contains the Confiteor, Pendant la Messe, and Oifrande de la 
Messe; p. 5 begins with article first of the faith, followed by the Ave Maria, 
Credo, and the following prayers: k St. Michel, h I'ango gardien, k St. Joseph, 
pour le Clerg6, pour le Roi, pour les Parents, pour les morts; these are tVdlowed 
hy the Angelas, Prions, Sub tuum praesidinm, Acte de Foye, D'esp^rance, de 
Charity. 
Under the heading Chapelet occur — Dimanche et Lundi pour les morts ; Mardi, 
I'ange gardien; Mercredi, St. Joseph; Jeudi, le St. Sacremeut; Vendredi, la 
Croix; Samedi, la Ste. Vierge. 
Page 20 begins with a prayer which is followed by the small catechism, which 
occupies twenty pages. Then Priferes apres le Cat^chisnie ; then the Grand Cat^- 
chisme, Des Sacrements, followed by Du Bapteme, the questions and answers of 
which fill ten pages, and by questions and answers upon Explication des C6r6- 
moniesdu Bapteme, which occupy three pages. These are followed by: Pratiques; 
De la Confirmation ; Actes avant la Confirmation, Actes apr&s la Confirmation; 
De I'Euchariste ; De la Communion ; Prieres avant la Communion, Le Confiteor, 
Actes apres la Communion; De la Penitence ; De I'Examcn ; De la Contrition; 
Du fenne Propus; De la Confession ; De la Satisfaction; Des indulgences; De 
la Confession g(Sii^,rale; De I'extreme ouction. P. 68 begins: De I'Ordre; Du 
Mariage ; Du P^chd actuel. This is followed by the bible story, Histoire des trois 
Enfans dans la fournaise ; Pratiques — questions upon Du P6ch6 Vdniel ; followed 
by Histoire des Enfans, d<5vor6s des Ours; Des Pdchfe Capitaux; De Forgueil ; 
Nabucodonasar chang<5 en Bete ; Del'avarice; DelaLuxure; Del'Envie; De la 
Gourma- disc ; Pratiques, De la Colere ; DelaParesse; DuScandale; De la grace 
de Dieu ; Des Vertus ; Vertus Th(?ologales ; Prifere apres le cat^chisme. Fin. 
