878 NORTH AMERICAN LINGUISTICS. 
Belcourt {Bcv George Antoine). — continued. 
and afterwards embraced the ecclesiastical state. He was made a priest in 
1827, and in 1830 was selected by the Bishop of Proveucher to go into the north 
country and labor solely in christianizing the savage. Arriving at Red River, 
June 19, 1831, he applied himself with ardor to the study of the Saulteur lan- 
guage. He discovered the principles of the language, which he arranged and 
caused to be printed in 1839 [see No. 333 of this catalogue] ; also a book of piety 
in this tongue [see No. 334]. He composed a dictionary which would form a 
large quarto, but which, for want of encouragement, has never been printed. 
This dictionary, French and Saulteur, gives the etymology of each word, and 
the composite particles, which throws much light upon the knowledge of this 
language, and enables one to seize the genius of it — a thing so essential to him 
who desires to understand the x'eople in general. He traveled, formed missions, 
built chapels, etc., in many places over a space from east to west of 1,000 miles, 
and passed each winter at his mission of Saint Paul on the Assiniboine River. 
In 1833, by his personal influence he quelled a disturbance among the hiilf-breeds 
which threatened to become serious, in gratitude for which Governor Simpson 
added 50 pounds sterling to a like sum which the Hudson Bay Company gave 
every year to the Catholic clergy, which they still receive yearly. About 1849, 
owing to some trouble with the Hudson Bay Comiiauy's officers, he left the mis- 
sion at Red River and accepted one at Pembina. — Annals Minn. Hist. Soc. 
338 Belden (George P.) Belden, the White Chief; [&c.] 
There are also editions of this work, with similar title-page, dated 1870 (jwp.) 
and 1872 (A.) 
338 a Bellas (Lieut. H. H.) Words, phrases, and sentences in the Chey- 
enne language. 
Manuscript, pp. 1-108. 4°. In the library of the Bureau of Ethnology. Re- 
corded in a copy of Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian languages, 1st 
edition. Collected at the Cheyenne Agency, Indian Territory, and Red Cloud 
Agency, Nebraska, during 1875, '6, and '7. 
344 a Beltran de Santa Rosa (P. Fr. Pedro). Noveua t | de Christo cruciH- 
cado I con otras Oraciones en Lengua \ Maya j compuestas por el | R. 
P. Fr. Pedro Beltran de Santa Eosa | Ex-custodio [&c., three lines.] 
Con licencia de los Superiores en Mexico, | en la Imprenta de D. 
Francisco XaA'ier San- | chez, en la Calle de San Francisco, i^asada | 
la Casa Professa. | Ano de 1740. | dgb. 
Manuscript. Pp. 1-105. 12°. In possession of Dr. D. G. Brinton. This is a 
manuscript copy of the printed work described in No. 344. The title-page is 
wanting to the only known copy of the printed work, and besides the above 
factitious title to the manuscript copy, Dr. Berendt, who formerly owned it, has 
written on the title-page : 
Copiado del linico exemplar conocido, en poder de | D. Pedro Regil y Leon, 
Merida, Setiembre de 1868. t La Portada falta en el original y ha side supli- | 
da por mi. | Dr. H. Berendt. | 
348 Declaracion | dela | Doctriiia Cristiana | enel | IdiomaYu- 
cateco I Por el Reverendo padre Fr. Pedro Beltran de | SantaRosa | 
AQadiendole | el Acto deContricion | en Verso y Prosa. | [Picture.] 
Merida. | Reinip. por J. D. Espinosa e Hijos. | Marzo, 1S6G. | 
Pp. 1-23. 16°. Improved title of No. 348. B. dgb. g.\m. 
Benaduci (Lorenzo Boturini). See Boturini Benaduci (Lorenzo), 
l!fo. 420a. 
