952 NORTH AMERICAN LINGUISTICS. 
Gala (Leaudro E. de la). See [Vaks (D. Jos6 Pilar)], No. 3976. 
[Galiano (D. Dionisio Alcala).] See [Alcala Galiano (D. Dionisio).] 
Galitzin (Emanuel). See Wrangell {Admiral F. von), No. 4237. 
1392 « Gallatin (Albert). Letter to Henry Eowe Schoolcraft respecting 
the use of the letters V and L in the Eskimau language. c. we. 
In American Biblical Repository, 2cl series, v. 1, pp. 448-449. New York, 
1839. 8^. 
1398 Gante {Fr. Pedro de). Doctrina cristiana en lengua mexicana. 
Amberes 1528. * 
Mendieta says that it was printed, without saying where or when (lib. iy, 
cap. 44; lib. v, pte. i, cap. 18). Torquemada copies this (lib. six, cap. 33; lib. xx, 
cap. 19). Betaucurt adds that in two years the author had printed it at Antwerp 
{Menologio, 29 de Junio. Varones ilustres, niimero 5). It is not known whether 
these two years should be counted from the arrival of Fr. Pedro or from the com- 
position of the book. Beristain gives it the date of 1528 (torn, ii, p. 17). No copy 
of this edition of Antwerp has been found, but there is no reason to doubt its 
existence: it is known that Fr. Toribio de Motoliuia also printed a Doctrina, 
which has not yet been discovered. It is not at all improbable that with the 
desire of spreading the Christian doctrine, Fr. Pedro composed this book as 
quickly as possible, and as there was no printing press in Mexico, sent it to be 
printed in Flanders, where he had business relations and where much printing 
was done. In the brief acts which Grijalva gives of the first chapter held by 
the Agustinians on Corpus Christi day in 1534, it was decreed that the Indians 
should be taught the catechism "conformed to the Doctrinal of Fr. Pedro de 
Gante" (Eilad I, cap. 10). It appears that if it was thus adopted, it must have 
been already printed abroad, as no printing was done here. The edition, dis- 
tributed among the children, disappeared in their destructive hands. If, as I 
believe, the Doctrina of 1.547 [No. 1052] is the work of P. Gante, we shall con- 
sider it to be the first Mexican edition ; and the fact of knowing but a single 
very imperfect copy, gives greater probability to the real existence and disap- 
pearance of that of Antwerp. Neither is the edition of 1553 iLore fortnuate in 
this respect: only two copies are known, both of which lack the title-page. Wo 
have, therefore, one edition of the Doctrina, perfectly authenticated, and two 
which are somewhat doubtful. — Icashalceta, Bibliografia Mexicana del Siglo XVI, 
pp. 43-44. 
1400 r( Gaona (i^r. Juan). Coloquios en lengua Mexicana de la Paz, y 
Tranquilidad Christiana, su Autor el P. Fr. Juan Gaona, Francis- 
nano [sic]. 
En Mexico aiio de 1583. * 
Title from Boturini § xxvi. No. 6. § xxvi. No. 7, is: Los mismos manuscritos. 
See quotation from Icazbalceta's Apuntes in note to No. 1400 of this catalogue. 
1403 Garcia [Fr. Gregorio). Oi-igen de | los Indios de el | Nuevo 
Mundo, e Indias | Occideutales. | Averiguado con discurso de opi- 
niones, per el Padre | Presentado Fr. Gregorio Garcia de la | orden 
de Predicadores. | Tratanse en este libro | varias cosas y puntos 
curiosos tocantes a di- | uersas ciencias y facultades con que se hace 
va I ria historia, de mucho gusto para el ingenio | y entendimiento 
de hombres agudos y curiosos. | Dirigido al Angelico Doctor Santo 
Thomas | de Aquino. | 
