ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



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Hunter (James) — Continued. 



might be able to carry them through the press, 

 but found we could not ; the work of our En- 

 glish parish left no time." 



Eev. James Hunter, D. D., was born April 

 25, 1817, in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England, 

 where he also acquired his educatiou. He 

 came to America in 1844 as a missionary to the 

 Indians. From this time until 1855 he was lo- 

 cated at Devon Station, Cumberland, and from 

 1855 to 1865 at "Winnipeg as minister of St. 

 Andrew's Church. Most of his translations 

 were made while at Devon Station. Return- 

 ing to England in 1865 he was appointed vicar 

 of St. Matthew. Bayswater, London, where he 

 worked for many years most successfully as .a 

 popular preacher and organizer, and where he 

 died February 12, 1881. 



Hunter (Jean). Kukwachetoowe | Muss- 

 inahikun. | Watts' | first catechism; | 

 translated into the language of the | 

 Cree Indians, | of the diocese of Rup- 

 ert's land, north-west America, | by | 

 Mrs. Hunter, j 



London: | Printed for the church 

 missionary society. | 1855. 



Title verso a key 1 1. remarks (signed J. H. 

 Feb. 5, 1855) p. 3, text (in Roman characters, 

 and entirely in the Cree language) pp. 4-8, 16°. 



Copies seen: Church Missionary Society. 



Kukwach^.toowe ] mussinahikun. | 



A catechism | for the | Cree Indians of 

 Rupert's land | (north-west America), 

 I by I Mrs. Hunter. ] 



London: | printed for the | Society 

 for promoting christian knowledge, | 

 Great queen street, Lincoln's-inn fields. 

 I 1874. 



• Title verso key to the orthography 1 1. re- 

 marks (signed J. H.) p. 3. text (entirely in the 

 Cree language, Roman characters) pp. 4-8, 16°. 

 Copies seen: Eames, Pilling, Powell, Society 

 for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 



Nistum I 00 mamowe mussin^huma- 



kawin | Joljn. | The first epistle gen- 

 eral I of I John ; | translated into the 

 language of the | Cree Indians, | of the 

 diocese of Rupert's land, north-west 

 America. | By Mrs. Hunter. | 



London : | printed for | the British 

 and foreign bible society, | 18.55. 



Title verso printers 1 1. key verso remarks 

 (signed "J. H.") 1 1. text (entirely in the Cree 

 language, Roman characters) pp. 5-18, 16°. 



Copies seen: American Bible Society, Pilling, 

 Trumbull, Eames. 



Priced by Leclerc, 1878, no. 2093, 20fr. 



[Three lines syllabic characters.] | 



The first epistle general | of | John, | 



Hunter (Jean) — Continued, 

 translated by | Mrs. Hunter | into the 

 I language of the Crees. | Transmuted 

 into the phonetic syllabic symbols | of 

 the ] Indians of Rupert's land, north 

 west America, | under the | superin- 

 tendence of the I Right Rev. David | 

 Lord Bishop of Rupert's Land. | 



[London : Church missionary house, 

 18.56.] 



Title verso blank 1 1. text (entirely in the 

 Cree language, syllabic characters) pp. 1-13, S°. 

 Printed from engraved plates. 



Copies seen : Brinley, Church Missionary So- 

 ciety, Powell, Pilling. 



This work is printed in the same characters 

 as, and is usually issixed in connection with, 

 Hunter (.lames). Portions of the book of common 

 prayer, 1856. 



[ ] Nistum I 00 mamowe mussina- 



humakawiu | John. | The first epistle 

 general | of | John. 



[London : printed for the British and 

 foreign bible society, 1876.] 



Half-title verso blank 1 1. text (entirely in the 

 Cree language, Roman characters) pp. 113-126, 

 16°. Appended to : 



Hunter (James), Oo meyo achimoowin St. 

 John, London, 1876. 



Copies seen: Church Missionary Society, 

 Eames, Pilling, Powell. 

 [ ] Nikunioowina. 



[London: W. M. Watts. 18.55.] 



;N"o title-page, heading only; text (entirely in 

 the Cree language, Roman characters) pp. 249- 

 274, 16°. Contains 33 hymns. 



Appended to Hunter (James), Ayumehawe 

 Mussinahikun, 1855. 

 [ ] Nikumoowina. 



[London : Gilbert &Rivington. 1876.] 



No title-page, heading only ; text (entirely in 

 the Cree language, Roman characters) pp. 741- 

 828, 16°. 



Contains 100 hymns and four doxologies. 



Appended to Hunter (James), Ayumehawe 

 mussinahakin, 1876. 



Archdeacon Hunter's book was published 

 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowl- 

 edge, the oflB.cer8 of which declined to print 

 these hymns because they contained some by 

 Moody and Sankey. Mrs. Hunter's texts were 

 therefore printed for some other society, prob- 

 ably the Church Missionary Society, and ap- 

 pended to her husband's translation. 



Kunache nikumoowina, | a ke mus- 



sinahuk | naheyowe keeswawinik, | 

 Mrs. Hunter, | St. Matthew, Bays- 

 water, London, W. | 



London : | printed by Gilbert and 

 Rivington, | St. John's square and 

 Whitefriars street, E. C. | 1877. 



