ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



10& 



Deleage (F. R.) — Continued. 



[ ] Kikinwaamakewin | masinaikans 1* 



kitsM apatshitonawats | kiwekamank, 

 pwalsliiwanank, apitipi \ kaiekotakak 

 anesbinapek. | [Sealof tlieOblates.] | 



[Two lines syllabic characters (Mon- 

 treal, etc.)] I 1859. 



Title in Eoman characters (each word liaving 

 its equivalent in syllabic characters underneath) 

 recto 1. 1 (p. 1), text in the Chippewa language 

 syllabic characters pp. 2-23 (pp. l-ll and 14 hav- 

 ing Koman equivalents interlined), 16°. 



Primer lessons, pp. 2-5. — Prayers, pp. 6-10. — 

 Hymns, pp. 11-23. 



Copies seen : Pilliag, Powell. 



I have placed this work under P6re D61eage 

 upon the authority of his predecessor at the 

 mission, P6re Garin. Bishop Lorrain was 

 under the impression it should be credited to 

 MM. Laverlochere and Garin until the latter 

 disclaimed its authorship. Later, at my re- 

 quest, he communicated with Father Plan, O. 

 M. I , superior of the Maniwaki mission in the 

 archdiocese of Ottawa, who confirms Pere 

 Garin's impression that it was translated by 

 Del6age. 



[ J L. J. C. et M. I. I Kikiuoamati- 



masinaigan, ( gaie | aiamiekakSedjin- 

 diSini-masinaigan. | [Four lines quota- 

 tion in French. ] I [Sealof the Oblates.] | 



Moniang [Montreal] : | takSabikickote 

 endatc John Lovell | 1866. 



Title as above verso imprimatur of Vic. 

 Gen. Truteau 1 1. text pp. 3-64, 18°. Catechism 

 in the Chippewa language. 



The catechism proper begins on p. 16, the 

 preceding pages being occupied with the al- 

 phabet, scripture lessons, numerals, etc. The 

 last two pages (63-64) also contain hymns. 



Bishop Lorrain says he does not know who 

 is the author of this work. Father Garin says 

 he is not sure about the author, but supposes 

 it can be credited to Pere Deleage, his suc- 

 cessor in those missions at the date of its pub- 

 lication. For a reprint of pp. 3-15, see G-u^guen 

 (J. P.) 



Copies seen : Fames, Pilling, Powell. 



[Primer chart in the Cree language.] 



A large sheet, 20 by 12J inches in size, con- 

 taining the 18 letters of the alphabet, both 

 capital and small, and easy syllables from A, 

 E, I, O, to ack, eck, ick, ock, in capital letters 

 on the left-hand side and in small letters on the 

 right-hand side, each of the two divisions in 53 

 lines. This double alphabet and syllabary are 

 printed on pp. 5-7 of the work next preceding— 

 "Kikinoamati-masinaigan," and on the same 

 pages of the partial reprint of that work cata- 

 logued herein under Gu^guen (J. P.), from one 

 or the other of which it was probably extiacl ed. 

 Copies seen: Fames, Pilling. 

 I have been unable to find anything definite 

 concerning this author, except that he min- 



Deleage (F. R. ) — Continued. 



istered for a number of years to the Indians of 

 Maniwaki, St. James Bay, and St. Maurice 

 Eiver, and that he died in 1884. 



See Garin (A. M.) 



Dellaweerches Gesang-Buchlein. See 



Grube (B. A.) 

 Demillier (Pere Louis Edmond). Lettre 



de M. Edmond Demilier. 



In Annales de la Propagation de la Foi, vol. 



8, pp. 191-200, Paris, 1835, 8°. Dated from 



Pleasant Point, le 20 avril 1834. (Congress.) 

 Remarks on the Abnaki language; sign of 



the cross, the pater, ave, sancta Maria, and 



definitions of about a dozen words in the same 



langiiage. 



The pater is reprinted in Shea (J. G.), 



Catholic missions, and in Trumbull (J. H.), 



Forfey versions. 



[ ] A I Cat6chisme | en langue Mik- 



make. | Pleasant-Point le 22 Juiu 1836. 

 Lu8ey Sikatiken. 



Manuscript; 2 p. 11. title p. 1, text pp. 2-341, 

 sm. 4° ; bound in boards. On the recto of the 

 first prel. leaf is a note in the same handwriting 

 as that of the manuscript: " IQ-Q'^'-e 1839, 4'' J du 

 soir 4- 3 degres neige, neige!!! k Pleasant 

 Point." And on the recto of the second prel. leaf 

 is the following, in Micmak, in the same hand- 

 writing: 



Pan8hobsk6k Ghakhimesot8i- | aSikhighan 

 Ki3it8naissa Louis | Edmond Demillier Alnam- 

 bay I Patriaiis 18 paimikaten- | nec8tamk8akai 

 nsanzek k63saktek8 | tsinesk6 taiba nekStails. 

 I haiimsS kis8k6 nisineske taiba | tambaSaiis. 

 ala taidebi8i a8en8tch8i | akitamohangan. 27 

 Mars 1836. | Sibahik Sdainek. 



At the bottom of the same page, in another 

 handwriting: "This belongs to Rev' Eugene 

 Yetromile Apostolic Missionary Eastport, Me." 



Micmac and equivalent French on facing 

 pages as far as pp. 222-223 ; the remainder wholly 

 Micmac, with the heading: "Pieces diverses 

 en langue Miqueraaque. Te Deum." 



The last page of the manuscript ends thus : 

 "m8 . . . Reli qua, quae pauca, desideran- 

 tur in MS." From this note, and from the 

 fact that the manuscript is written throughout 

 with remarkable nicety, and with no correc- 

 tions or alterations such as might be expected 

 in an original work, and from the further fact 

 that tbe date, 1836, is almost too early for De- 

 millier to have composed it, it would seem prob- 

 able that the manuscript is a copy and not au 

 original work by Demillier. 



This manuscript is now in the possession of 

 Rev. M. C. O'Brien, St. Mary's Church, Bangor, 

 Maine, who kindly sent it to me for inspection, 



Dictionary of the Etchimin lan- 

 guage. (*) 

 Manuscript. Referred to by Rev. Eugene 

 Vetromile in " The Abnakis and their history," 

 pp. 27, 50. 



