BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Abnaki — Continuerl. 



Two of the hymas have as a heading the En- 

 glish word "Resolve"; the others are headed 

 C. M., Short M., &c. They appear to be rough- 

 ly printed, as though intended for proof-sheets. 

 Copies seen: Powell. 



Abnaki. [Book of prayers, etc., in the 

 Maresehit (orMaliseet) and Caniba dia- 

 lects of the Abuaki language.] 



Manuscript, pp. 1-78 and 2 11. long 18<=, be- 

 longing to Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull, Hart- 

 ford, Conn. 



It contains Prifere du Matin en Marichit, 

 Cantlque, Priere du Soir en Caniba, Priere 

 avant la Confession, Interrogation pour la Con- 

 fession, Priere avant (et apr^s] la Communion, 

 Cat6chisme, Maniere de Baptiser, etc. 



This manuscript formerly belonged to Mr. 

 George Brinley, of Hartford. It is entered in 

 the sale catalogue of his books under no. 5694, 

 whence the following note is taken: 



'"Written by some French missionary to the 

 Abnakis. It is complete and well preserved, 

 though its pages bear traces of long and fre- 

 quent use. It formerly belonged to l)r. John 

 Pickering, to whom it was presented by Bishop 

 (and Cardinal) Cheverus. 



"The mission for which this manual was 

 compiled included Indians of at least two 

 tribes, the Canibas, of whose principal dialect 

 Kasles has given us a vocabulary, and the Et- 

 chemins and Mareschites, on and near the St. 

 John's River. ' We read in the relations of the 

 Jesuits, that the Canibas, the Etchemins, and 

 other Indians of different tribes lived together 

 in one village,' under the instruction of the 

 missionary Fathers (Maurault, Hist, des Abe- 

 nakis, 9); and it is not improbable that this 

 manual contains translations made early in the 

 17th century, and preserved in manuscript cop- 

 ies by successive missionaries." 



The manuscript sold for $6.50. 



Abnaki. [Manuscripts in the Abnaki 

 language.] (*) 



Under several authors in this bibliography 

 ■will be found titles and descriptions of Abnaki 

 manuscripts preserved at the Roman Catholic 

 mission of Pierreville, Canada, copied from G-ill 

 (C), Notes sur de vieux manuscrits abenakis 

 {q.v.). In addition to those which he places 

 under the names of their respective authors he 

 adds a general note as follows : " There are oth- 

 er manuscripts in Abnaki belonging to families 

 in the village — books of piety containing 

 prayers, psalms, chants, etc." 



Abnaki. Prieres 1 des sauvages abna- 

 kis de St.Frangois. 



Manuscript. 33 unnumberedpp. 12°, belonging 

 to Dr. J.Hammond Trumbull, Hartford, Conn. 

 It formerly belonged to Mr. George Brinley, of 

 Hartford, and is titled under no. 5695 of the 

 sale catalogue of his books, from which the fol- 

 lowing note is taken : 

 "The writing resembles that of the preoed- 



Abniki — Continued. 



ing volume [Abnaki Book of prayers] and is 

 probably by the same hand, but it shows that 

 the writer has become more familiar both 

 with the language and with the«pen. The 

 character used by the French missionaries for 

 ou or English w (8) is employed, and the nasals 

 are marked as in Rasles's Dictionary, by ii. In 

 addition to the prayers contained in the earlier 

 manual, it has the Litanies of the Virgin, and 

 of the Holy Name of Jesus, the Psalms and 

 Antiphons for Vespers, and the hymns ' Lucis 

 Creator' and ' Veni Creator.'" 

 The manuscript sold for $6.75. 



Abnaki. Racines Abnaquises, ouplutdt, 

 Dictionnaire abanaquis-frangais. 



Manuscript, anonymous and undated, pp. 

 1-130, sm. 4°, in the library of Laval University, 

 Quebec. Pp. 38-98 are missing and the last 

 numbered page is blank; the first and last 

 leaves are much damaged. The writing is legi- 

 ble. 



The first four pages of the text contain the 

 theory of the composition of words in the Ab- 

 naki language. 



Partially copied as follows : 



Abnaki. Racines Abanaquises. 



Manuscript, anonymous and undated, 15 un- 

 numbered pp. (the 12th and 15th of which are 

 blank), in the library of Laval University, Que« 

 bee. It is an essay toward a French-Abnaki 

 dictionary, and is the beginning of a copy of the 

 manuscript titled next above. 



Abnaki. [Register of baptisms, confir- 

 mations, marriages, and deaths at the 

 mission of the Saguenay and of Lac St. 

 Jean.] 



Manuscript, 65 unnumbered 11. oblong 4^. 

 The first leaf, what would be the third, and one 

 or more at the end, are lacking. In the library 

 of Laval University, Quebec. 



Contains many proper names of the Abnaki 

 Indians. 



Abnaki. [Religious instructions, chants, 

 and meditations in the Abnaki lan- 

 guage.] 



Manuscript, 11. 1-190 (of which 11. 111-121, 

 161-163 are blank), sm. 8°, in the library of 

 Laval University, Quebec. Well written and 

 bound in calf. 



At the beginning is this heading: Modus ex- 

 cipiendarum barbarorum confessionum. It con- 

 tains the explanation of the commandments of 

 God, chief prayers, hymns, and prayers of the 

 church, instructions, and meditations. 



Abnaki. [Religious songs, with notes.] 

 Manuscript, pp. 1-590 (with blank pages here 

 and there numbered with the others), 4°, in the 

 library of the archbishopric of Quebec. With- 

 out title, name, or date ; very legible ; bound 

 in boards covered with gray cloth. 



