ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



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Aubery (J.) — Continued. 



nakis (q. v.), as follows: At the beginning is a 

 complete index in Latin. The work is in the 

 handwriting of Father Aub6ry and contains 

 all the liturgic chant, gradual and vesperal, 

 annotated with Latin text and translation in 

 Ah6nakis, besides various chants, songs, hymns, 

 prayers, special prayers before and after com- 

 munion, etc., the whole in Ab6nakis. Besides 

 the annotation of the plain chant, there are airs 

 of songs, the music of which is annotated. 

 They are not extraordinary melodies, but their 

 antique rhythm is not without a certain charm. 

 Several of the songs have not the music, but 

 the airs, borrowed from ditties, like the old 

 song of Marseilles, are indicated at the head. 

 Thus, on page 291 there is a duet for the com- 

 munion to the air: 'Ah! vousdirai-jeMaman,' 

 -and elsewhere three other songs, the first of 

 which, entitled : 'Desiderium animae possidendi 

 Jesum in coelo,' is to the air: ' Jardins que la 

 nature et Tart,' etc., the second to the air: 'Jo 

 me brdle I'oeil au fondd'un puits," and the third 

 to the air: 'Bacchus, c'est toi que je chante.' 



" The binding is in very bad condition; sev- 

 eral leaves are detached and others missing en- 

 tirely, while some pages are in a different hand- 

 writing, evidentlj' recopied to replace others too 

 much worn for further use." 



In addition to the three manuscripts de- 

 scribed above, there are others, according to 

 Judge Gill, belonging to families in the village 

 — books of piety, containing prayers, poems, 

 chants, and songs, copied or extracted from 

 the larger work of Father Aub6ry. 



[ ] Ts8i Paiibattaui | Mes.'dSi Kessit 



SissSakkamighinnS Arenaiibe. 



Manuscripts, in the Abnaki language, in the 

 library of the archbishopric of Quebec. The 

 above title forms the first heading to the col- 

 lection, which is in sm. 8^, bound in gray 

 leather. The following are the headings to the 

 respective papers: 



[ ] De necessitate | , Religionis am- 



plecteadae | samma capita. 



Manuscript, in the Abnaki language, in the 

 library of the archbishopric of Quebec; il un- 

 numbered 11. on the recto of the first of which 

 is the above title, the verso blank. Two blank 

 11, precede the title-page and one foUows the 

 text; sm. 8°. 



[ ] Paubattami-nisSi- | xedoangan | 



8t8i kido'aiigan. 



Manuscript, in the Abnaki language, in the 

 library of the archbishopric of Quebec; 46 

 unnumbered 11. sm. 8°. 



[ J Tanni erekmegSak | meteSrenS 



aagouimet, | aari ntatt8ermet | pan- 

 battaminn8imegne | Sebetsi teberSta- 

 usB. 



Manuscript in the Abnaki language in the li- 

 brary of the archbishopric of Quebec. The first 

 leaf has heading as above, verso blank ; the text 



Aubery (J.) — Continued. 



consists of four parts of 6 unnumbered 11. each, 

 each part numbered — 1 at the end of the first, 

 2 at the beginning of the second, etc.; 4 blank 

 11. at end; sm.8°. 



[ ] De Confessione. 



Manuscript in the Abnaki language in the li- 

 brary of the archbishopricof Quebec; 11. 1-32, sm. 

 8°. There is no title, the heading above appear- 

 iugatthe head of each pageoftext. Withtheex- 

 ception of 1. 30 it is written on both sides. The 

 manuscript ends on the recto of 1. 31 in the mid- 

 dle of the page with the heading De Satisfao- 

 tione, which indicates, probably, that the man- 

 uscript was unfinished. The last three pages are 

 blank. 



[ ] Funesedit dari aranrakit [ anstar- 



akkazezitsik | gSagSetsimSrank ansite- 

 8ak. 



Manuscript in the Abnaki language in the li- 

 brary of the archbishopric of Quebec; 6 un- 

 numbered 11. followed by 4 blank 11. The text 

 consists of religious songs written in pale ink 

 and nearly undecipherable. 



Father Joseph Aub6ry was born in France 

 March 10, 1674, and entered the Society of Jesu3 

 September 8, 1690. He came to Canada in 1694, 

 before completing his theological course, was 

 ordained at Quebec September 21, 1699, and was 

 employed on the Abnaki missions. He accom- 

 panied Father Bigot to the mission at Penta- 

 goet, Acadia, where he lived a few years. la 

 1709 he was ordered to St. Francis, and remained 

 at that mission until his death, which occurred 

 in 1755. He was buried in the first church of 

 the Abnakisat St. Francis, and is the only mis- 

 sionary who has been interred at that place. 



Father Aub6ry was well versed in the Ab- 

 naki language. Ho wrote much, and nearly 

 always in that language. By arduous and per- 

 severing labor during 46 years he formed a con- 

 siderable collection of valuable manuscripts. 

 As these were deposited in the church, with the 

 registers of the mission, they were unfortunate- 

 ly destroyed in 1759 in the incendiary burning 

 of that church. Of all these there have been 

 preserved only an Abnaki vocabulary and alarge 

 paper book containing many hymns, motets, 

 psalms, and songs; at the time of the fire they 

 were in the hands of Father Virot. This vo- 

 cabulary contains a great number of very valu- 

 able notes, which haA^e served us much for the 

 history of the Abnakis. — Maurault. 



Auer (Alois). Outside title : Sprachen- 

 halle. I 



N. B. Die erste Abtheilung, das Vater 

 Unser in 608 Sprachen und Mundarten, 

 enthalt den Adelung'schen Mithridates 

 sammt 86 von mir beigef iigten Vater- 

 Unser-Formeln, in getreuen Abdrucke 

 nach den | Quellen, und zwar in tabel- 

 larischer Aufstellung, um alle Mangel 



