ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



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Bellefeuille (C. de) — Continued. 



Manuscript, 91 11. (of whicli, interspersed 

 among the written leaves, 5 are blank ones) 4°, in 

 the archives of the mission at Lac des Deux 

 Montagnes(Oka), Canada. 



On the recto of the first leaf, in modern hand- 

 ■vnriting, is the heading I. Prones, followed by 

 a list of the sermons, as follows : 



Abr6ge de la foi. Confession. 



Peche. Communion. 



Sacrements. Ordre. 



Commandements. Marriage. 



La priere. Conduite dans la maladie. 



Bapt^me. Extreme onction. 



Confirmation. 



The manuscript is bound, well preserved, 

 and very legible. 



Bellenger (AbbS Joseph-Marie). Jos. 

 M. Bellengei", Ptre Miss^® | Ristigouche 

 j 9 octobre 1816. | Kegi abchiSlk 

 K'nixkaminS | Archev^clie de Quebec. 



Manuscript, 1*9 unnumbered 11. sm. 4°, in the 

 Micmac language; in the library of the arch- 

 bishopric of Quebec. The title above is on the 

 recto of the first leaf; just above it we read: 

 Donn6 k I'Ev^que de Qu6bec de 16 sept. 1837, 

 J. E. d. Q. Cahier mikmake [sic] ; and below: 

 Ce cahier appartient k M. Jos, M. Bellenger, 

 P*", with a reference to the above gift. Its con- 

 tents are as follows ; ■ 



Sermon for every Sunday, 1 p. — The great ser- 

 mon, 19 pp. — Instructions on the day of Sunday, 

 2 pp., followed by explanations, 12 pp.— The 

 tables of the law, 12 pp. — Song to the air " Vous 

 qui voyez couler mes larmes," 1 p. Below this 

 is the note "Ce cantique parait avoir souflfert 

 pour la mesure ; mais tel qu'il est, les sauvages le 

 m^nent sur I'air. La diction en est-elle pure ? 

 Je ne puis I'assurer : Je I'ai copie d'apres leur 

 diction." — Gloss, 2 pp. — Sentences and detached 

 words taken from an old work of M. Maillard, 

 French-Micmac. 19 pp.— Examination for con- 

 fession ; then continuation of the old work (or 

 rather the beginning) ; note by the author : 

 " Cettepartie traite de quelques regies de gram- 

 maire, et donne en avaut [sic] quelques mor- 

 ceaux de conjugaisons," 20 pp.— Credo, gloss, 

 grammatical remarks continued, 12 pp. at the 

 end of which we read: "Ici finit ce que j'ai pu 

 ramasser demots, phrases, et conjugaisons dans 

 le vieux cahier de M. Maillard. J'ai 6te sou- 

 vent oblig6 d'y supplier bieu des terminaisons 

 de mots, et des mots entiers. Autant que je le 

 pouvais, je n'y ai pas manque. Ces notes sont 

 excellentes, et on pent en tirer bon parti pour 

 achever, si non continuer la grammaire mik- 

 maque.Deo adjuvante."— Grammatical stu'^ies 

 continued, 3 pp. — Song to the air "0 I'auguste 

 sacrement," Ip. — Notes on some obscure points 

 in expression on the subject of the teaching of 

 the Micmac catechism, Ip. — Extract from a let- 

 ter written by Mr. Bellenger to Mr. Desjardins, 

 V. G., 15 mars 1818, 2 pp. — Grammatical studies 

 continued, 14 pp.— Grammatical notes on the ex- 

 erciBeof the confession, 38 pp. ; note by Mr. Bel- 



Bellenger (J. M.) — Continued. 



longer: "J'ai travaill6jusqu'ici surun cahier de 

 M. M. [Mr. Maillard]. Corame son cahier ne 

 vapas plus loin, j'arrete mes notes grammati- 

 cales." — Detached sentences for use for instruc- 

 tions and reprimands in confession (text and 

 French translation facing: a few parts are 

 translated in Latin), 24 pp.— Another examina- 

 tion (text and French or Latin translation), 22 

 pp. — Ritual, exhortations for administering the 

 sacraments to the Micmac Indians, for baptism 

 (text and French translation), 8 pp.— For the 

 "saint viatique," 2 pp. — For extreme unction, 4 

 pp.— For marriage, 8 pp.— Micmac-French gloss, 

 2 pp. — Instruction on the confession and gram- 

 matic notes, 10 pp. — Stanzas on the acts of faith, 

 hope, and charity, 1 p. — Grammatic notes and 

 translation of some Micmac words, 2 pp. 



The manuscript is bound in parchment and 

 is well preserved, though the insects have at- 

 tacked the cover and some of the leaves, and a 

 few of the leaves are detached. 



The following is an extract of the above: 



Ritual I Micmaok | [l]816. 



Manuscript, 2 11. pp. 1-106, 12°, in the Micmac 

 language, in the archbishopric of Quebec. On 

 the first leaf is the ti tie above, verso blank, fol- 

 lowed by 1 blank 1. and on the recto of the next 

 loaf a more modern title reading as follows: 



Le I veni mecum ] d'un Missionnaire Mik- | 

 makque. | Jos. M. Bellenger Pretre | mission- 

 naire des Sauvages | des Ristigouche. | 2 mai. 

 1817. 



This is followed by the text, which is an ex- 

 tract from the manuscript titled next above, 

 and the contents are as follows : Catechism, pp. 

 1-41. — Prayers before and after confession, pp. 

 41-44. — Prayers before and after communion, 

 pp. 45-52. — Prayers for morning and evening, 

 pp. 52-75. —Ser mon for every Sunday, pp. 75- 

 77. — Administration of baptism, pp. 78-87. — 

 Administration of marriage, pp. 88-94. — St. Via- 

 tique, pp. 95-98.— Extreme unction, pp. 98-106. 



See Maillard (A. S.) 



Beltrami (Giacoino Costantiuo). La d^- 

 couverte | des | sources | du | Missis- 

 sippi I et de I la riviere Sanglante. | 

 Description | Du Cours entier du Mis- 

 sissippi, I Qui n'^tait connu, que parti- 

 ellement, et d'une graude partie de | 

 celuide la riviere Sanglante, presque | 

 entierement inconnue; ainsi que du | 

 cours entier de I'Ohio. | Apergus His- 

 toriques, des Endroits les plus int^res- 

 sans, I qu'on y rencontre. | Observations 

 critico-philosophiques, | Snr Jes Mceurs, 

 la Religion, les Superstitions, les Cos- 

 tumes, les Arrr.es, | les Cbasses, la 

 Guerre, la Paix, le D6nombreraent, 

 I'Origine, &c, &c. | deplusieurs nations 

 indiennes. | Parallele | De ces Pen pies 

 avec ceux de 1' Antiquity, du Moyen Age, 



