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BIBLIOGEAPHY OF THE 



Gravier (J.) — Continued, 

 by the late Hon. Henry C. Murphy [see Le 

 Boulanger (J, I.)], may have been the French- 

 Illinois counterpart of the Illinois-French dic- 

 tionary of Gravier, or may have been a tran- 

 script of that counterpart revised and com- 

 pleted by Le Boulanger ; but it appears that Mr. 

 Murphy's manuscript was in the Ifiami-Illinois 

 dialect, while the earlier work I have described 

 is unquestionably in that of the Peouaria-l\\\- 

 nois, among whom Gravier labored. Mr. Mur- 

 phy (to whom I showed the volume here de- 

 scribed) believed it to be of earlier date than 

 the French-Illinois dictionary belonging to 

 him." 



More recent comparison shows the two dic- 

 tionaries to have no connection, the one with 

 the other. 



In Dr. Trumbull's Notes on forty Algonkin 

 versions of the Lord's prayer, pp. 98-99, there is 

 given an Illinois version ' ' as printed by Bodiani 

 \sic\, Oratio Dominica in CLV Linguas (Paris, 

 1806) 'ex. MS.'" concerning which the author 

 speaks as follows: 



"A copy of this version, evidently from the 

 same original, was communicated to Dr. John 

 Pickering in 1823 as from a MS. grammar and 

 dictionary of the Illinois language. The Ms. 

 may have been that of Father Boulanger, mis- 

 sionary to the Illinois in 1721. The version is 

 more probably that of Father James G-ravier, 

 S. J., missionary from 1687 to 1706, who 'was 

 the first to analyse the language thoroughly 

 . and compile its grammar, which subsequent 

 missionaries brought to perfection.' I have 

 recently had the good fortune to discover the 

 long-lost dictionary of Gravier, with additions 

 and corrections by his successors in the Illinois 

 mission, and by its aid I am enabled to correct 

 some — though not all— of the errors of Bodoni's 

 copy." 



According to Shea's Catholic Missions, p. 415, 

 note, a catechism in the Illinois language by 

 Father Gravier was in existence some years 

 since but seems to have been lost. 



James Gravier, missionary, born in France ; 

 died in Mobile, Ala., in 1708. He was a member 

 of the Society of Jesus, and was sent as a mis- 

 sionary to Canada, but it is uncertain at what 

 time. He was stationed at Sillery in the autumn 

 of 1684 and the ensuing spring, but must have 

 gone west soon afterward, as he was on the 

 Illinois Mission in 1688, and succeeded 

 AUouez about 1690 as superior. He was ap- 

 pointed vicar- general by Bishop de Saint Vallier 

 in the following year. He has left a journal of 

 his mission extending from 20 March, 1693, to 

 15 Feb., 1694. He built a chapel outside the 

 French fort for the convenience of the Miami 

 Indians on St. Joseph's River, among whom he 

 labored with great success. He also visited 

 the Peorias, but without result. His chief 

 success was with the Kaskaskias, whose chief 

 he converted, and of whom he baptised 206 in 

 less than eight months. He also planned mis- 

 sions to the Cahokia and Tamarois bands of 



Gravier (J.) — Continued. 



Indians, which he subsequently carried out, a® 

 well as to the Osages and Missonris, who sent 

 embassadoi s to him. In 1696 he went to Mont- 

 real, but soon returned and devoted himself to 

 the more distant missions. In 1705 some of 

 the Illinois, instigated by their medicine men, 

 attacked him, and he was severely wounded. 

 The missionary proceeded to Paris for treat- 

 ment, but obtained little relief. He then went to 

 Louisiana, and landed at Isle Massacre, 12 Feb., 

 1708. His wound, aggravated by his long 

 voyage, proved fatal soon afterward. Father 

 Gravier was the first to analyze the Illinois- 

 language and compile its grammar, which 

 subsequent missionaries brought to perfec- 

 tion.— AppZeton's Cyclop, of Am. Biog. 



Gray (Asa) and Trumbull (J. H.) Re- 

 view of Candolle's Origin of cultivated- 

 plants ; with annotations upon certain 

 American species ; by Asa Gray and J. 

 Hammond Trumbull. 



In American Journal of Science, vol. 25, pp. 

 241-245, 370-379; vol. 26, pp. 128-138, New-Ha- 

 ven, 1883, 8°. 



Names of plants in a number of North 

 American languages, among them the Abnaki, 

 Chippewa, Virginia, and Narragansett. 



Green (Dr. Samuel Abbott). History of 

 Medicine in Massachusetts. | A | Cen- 

 tennial Address | delivered before | 

 the Massachusetts medical society j at 

 Cambridge. | June 7, 1881. | By | Sam- 

 uel Abbott Green, M. D. | 



Boston: | A. Williams and company. 

 I Old Corner Bookstore. | 1881. 



Half-title with list of books on verso 1 1. titl& 

 verso printer 1 1. dedication verso note 1 1. ad- 

 dress pp. 5-127, correction p. 128, appendix pp. 

 129-131, 8°. 



The appendix contains a letter from Trumbull 

 (J. H.), pp. 129, 130, giving a number of terms^ 

 for diseases in Massachusetts, Narragansett^ 

 Chippewa, and Western Cree. 



Copies seen : Fames, Pilling. 



Groton | during | the Indian wars, j* 



By I Samuel A. Green, M. D. | 



Groton, Mass. | 1883. 



Title verso printers 1 1. dedication versO' 

 blank 1 1. contents verso blank 1 1. text pp. 7- 

 192, index pp. 193-214, 8°. 



Indian names applied by the early settlers to 

 streams, ponds, or places in the original town- 

 ship of Groton, and its neighborhood, and for 

 the most part still in common use, pp. 188-189. 



Trumbull (J. H.), Meaning and derivation of 

 the original name of the town, pp. 189-190. 



Copies seen: Fames, Massachusetts Histor- 

 ical Society, Pilling. 



