110 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



I3emillier (L. E.) — Continued. 



The Eev. Mr. O'Brien writes me: "Father 

 Demillier left other manuscripts, and among 

 them a Passamaquoddy dictionary, but they 

 can no longer be found. Father Vetromile is 

 supposed to have had the dictionary at the time 

 of his death, but whether it was carried by him 

 to Italy, where he died, and there left, or is yet 

 among his effects in this country, is not known. " 



Essais I de Grammaire | Mique- 



maqiie. j Pleasant-Point le l^*" Novem- 

 bre 1836. | Frere Edmond Louis De- 

 millier Pretre Missionnalre j de la Con- 

 gregation des Sacrds Cceurs de J6sus et 

 de Marie | et de Padoration perp^tuelle 

 du Tres S* Sacrament de I'Autel | chez 

 les Indiens Passamaqaoddis, Etat du 

 Maine | Etats Uuis d'Am^rique. Nou- 

 velle Angleterre. 



Manuscript; title as above reverse blank 1 1. 

 text pp. 1-144, sm. 4° ; bound in boards. In 

 possession of the Rev. Mr. O'Brien, St. Mary's 

 Church, Bangor, Maine, who sent it to me for 

 inspection. It, also, would seem to bo only a 

 copy, for reasons mentioned above, but Father 

 Yetromile was of the opinion that its author 

 ■was Pere Demillier. 



At the foot of the title-page, in a different 

 handwriting, is a note: "Belonging to Rev. 

 Eugene Vetromile, Apostolic Missionary to the 

 Indians, Eastport, Me. " On the margin of p. 

 59 is this note : Voyez page 62, errata. 2 pages 

 oubli6es ici." 



A partial copy of this manuscript as follows : 



Essais I de Grammaire Miquemaque 



I Pleasant Point le l^rNovembre 1836 | 

 Frf^re Edmond Louis Demillier | Pretre 

 missionnalre de la Congregation | des 

 Sacr^s Cceurs de Jesus et de Marie | et 

 de I'adoratiou perpetuelle du tres St | 

 Sacrament de I'autel | cbez les Indiens 

 Passaniaquoddis, Etat | du Maine, E. U. 

 de l'Am6rique, Nouvelle | Angleterre. 



Partial manuscript copy, consisting of title 

 reverse blank 1 leaf and 8 other leaves, 8°; 

 in possession of Dr. J. G. Shea, Elizabeth, New 

 Jersey, who writes me: "Vetromile lent me 

 the manuscript, but reclaimed it almost imme- 

 diately, before I had time to copy more than a 

 few pages." 



[Prayers and hymns in the Passa- 

 maquoddy language. ] 



Manuscript ; 2 p. 11. pp. 1-57, sm. 4° ; bound in 

 boards. Several pages are filled with Latin 

 and French hymns, and a few with musical 

 notation. The recto of the first preliminary 

 leaf contains this note: "Pleasant Point le 30 

 Avril 1841. Louis Edmond Demilier." On the 

 recto of the second preliminary leaf is the fol- 

 lowing in Passamaquoddy: Nya Margueritte 

 Joseph Marie j h8tchi pabattemi sikhighen, iSte 



Demillier (L. E.) — Continued. 



peraighetek | Nec8tamk8ak oquemoltsin kessa- 

 ktekSusinsk | tsel eskSnadek; kessena t6debi8 

 8enots8hi | ghitm8aghen. 1839. | Kisi t8nai8sa 

 P. Edmond Demillier | Alnambi6 Patliano. | 

 Fr. Edmond Demillier. 



A short catechism in Penobscot begins on p. 

 47 with the heading "CabattomSi G-h6kim- 

 sote." 



This manuscript is now in possession of Rev. 

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

 Maine, who kindly forwarded it to me for ex- 

 amination. 



' ' In 1833 the Society of Picpus, a congregation 

 of the third order of St. Francis, sent out 

 Messrs. Edmund Demilier and Petithomme, 

 destined to restore the Franciscan missions in 

 Maine. They arrived at Boston while the 

 Bishop was erecting the monument of Father 

 Rale, and on his return proceeded to Pleasant 

 Point, and began their labors. Finding but 

 one Penobscot able to speak French, they com- 

 menced the study of the native language; De- 

 milier at the villages, Petithomme in their 

 winter camp. They continued their mission 

 with great profit, and early in 1834 the bishop, 

 now possessed of a manuscript prayer-book of 

 Mr. Romagn6, had it printed, and thus facili- 

 tated the labors of the missionary school. 



"In the spring Mr. Petithomme received an- 

 other destination and Demilier was left alone. 

 His study of the language was most success- 

 ful; he was soon able to confess his penitents 

 in Abnaki, and when the bishop next visited 

 the mission he could not withhold the expres- 

 sion of his astonishment at the facility with 

 which the father preached in his newly-acquired 

 language. Turning his knowledge to account. 

 Father Demilier drew up a new prayer-book, 

 the printed one being very erroneous, and also 

 translated the Quebec catechism. 



' ' Under his care the mission took a new form . 

 Many vices were abolished and some improve- 

 ment made in the social well-being of these 

 Indian Catholics, while the regularity of divine 

 worship did much to restore their former piety. 



" if ot withstanding the insignificance of his 

 mission in numbers, Mr. Demilier devoted him- 

 self to it without a murmur till his death on 

 the 23d of July, 184B, when his flock lost a kind 

 and self-sacrificing pastor." — Shea. 



Deucke (Christian Frederick). Essay | 

 of a I Chippuway-Indian | spelling- 

 book, I by I Christian F. Denke [sic], | 

 Missionary among the Chipuway [sic] 

 -Indians. | 



Easton: | Printed by Samuel Long- 

 cope. I 1803. 



Title verso blank 1 1. note (sounds, &c.) 

 verso blank 1 1. text pp. 5-29, sm. 8°. 

 Copies Seen: Trumbull. 



Nek I nechenenawachgissitschik | 



bambilak | naga | geschiechauchsit- 



