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THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES 



that in a few years the missionary had taught practi- 

 cally the whole Cree nation to read and write. And 



SYLLABARIUM 



A dot gives a "w" sound 



EXAMPLES. 







atokwa VD^' pimatisiw 

 maskanaw n n t>d o astumitik 

 n x makwach ~"lb>'~ ustootin 



pimachehewam ALPAV' C kakwi 



The syllabic alphabet of the Cree language 



Lord Dufferin, when the matter came before him dur- 

 ing his north-west tour, said enthusiastically: " There 

 have been men buried in Westminster Abbey with 

 national honours whose claims to fame were far less 



