ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



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Jefferson (T.) — Continued. | 



A copy, made by Mr. Duponceau, and forms \ 



no. X of a collection made by him and recorded ; 



in a folio account-book, of which it occupies pp. I 



42-45. It is dated Dec. 1792. | 



Arranged in four columns to the page, two | 

 of English and two of Delaware, and contains 

 about 250 words. 



A Vocabulary of tlie language of 



the Uuquacliog Indians, wlio constitute 

 the Piisspatock settlement in the town 

 of Brookhaven, south side of Long Isl- 

 and. By Thomas Jefferson, Esq. 



Manuscript in the library of the American 

 Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. It 

 forms no. xi of a collection of copies made by 

 Mr. Duponceau and recorded in a folio account- 

 book, of which it occupies pp. 46-18. 



Arranged four columns to the page, two of 

 English, two of Unquachog, and contains about 

 180 words. 



"The orthography is English. This vocabu- 

 lary was taken by Thos. Jeflferson, Jan. 13th, 

 1791, in presence of James Madison & Genl. 

 Floyd. There remain but three persons who 

 can speak its language; they are old women; 

 from two of these brought together, this vocab- 

 ulary was taken; a young woman of the same 

 tribe was also present who knew something of 

 the language." 



There is a copy of this vocabulary in the li- 

 brary of the Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, 

 D. C. 



In a letter to Mr. Harris, dated Washington, 

 April 18, 1806, Mr. Jefferson says : 



"At a very early period of my life, contem- 

 plating the history of the aboriginal inhabitants 

 of America, I was led to believe that if there 

 had ever been a relation between them and the 

 men of color in Asia, traces of it wouhl be 

 found in their several languages. I have there- 

 fore availed myself of every opportunity which 

 h.is offered to obtain vocabularies of such tribes 

 as have been within my reach, corresponding 

 to a list then formed of about two hundred 

 and fifty words. In this I have made such 

 progress that within a year or two more I think 

 to give to the public what I then shall have 

 acquired." 



In a letter from Monticello, dated Sept. 21, 

 1809, to Dr. Barton, he says : 



'I received last night your favor of the 14th 

 and would with all possible pleasure have com- 

 municated to you any part or the whole of the 

 Indian vocabularies which I had collected, but 

 an irreparable misfortune has deprived me of 

 them. I have now been thirty years availing 

 myself of every possible opportunity of pro- 

 curiug Indian vocabularies to the same set of 

 words. My opportunities were probably better 

 than will ever occur again to any person having 

 the same desire. I ha I collected about fifty, 

 and had digested most of them in collateral 

 columns, and meant to have printed them tha 

 last year of my stay in Washington. But not 



Jefferson (T.) — Continued. 



having yet digested Captain Lewis's coUoction 

 nor having leisure then to do it, I put it off 

 till I should return home. The whole, as well 

 digest as originals, were packed in a trunk of 

 stationery, and sent round by water with about 

 thirty other packages of my effects, from Wash- 

 ington, and while ascending James river this 

 package, on account of its weight and pre- 

 sumed precious contents, was singled out and 

 stolen. The thief, being disappointed on open- 

 ing it, threw into the river all its contents, of 

 which he thought he could make no use, 

 Among these were the whole of the vocabula- 

 ries. Some leaves floated ashore and were 

 found in the mud; but these were ve'ry few, 

 and so defaced by the mud and water that no 

 general use can ever be made of them." 



Jefferys (Thomas). The natural and 

 civil I history | of the | French domin- 

 ions I in I North and South America. | 

 Giving a particular Account of the | Cli- 

 mate, I Soil, I Minerals, | Animals, ( 

 Vegetables, [ Manufactures, | Trade, 

 I Commerce, | and | Languages, | to- 

 gether with I The Religion, Govern- 

 ment, Genius, Character, Manners and 

 I Customs of the Indians and other In- 

 habitants. I Illustrated by | Maps and 

 Plans of the principal Places, | Col- 

 lected from the best Authorities, and 

 engraved by | T. Jefferys, Geographer 

 to his Royal Highness the Prince of 

 Wales. I Part I. Containing | A Descrip- 

 tion of Canada and Louisiana[-Part II. 

 Containing | Part of the Islands of St. 

 Domingo and St. Martin, | The Islands 

 of I St. Bartholomew, Guadaloupe, Mar- 

 tiuico, La Grenade, | and | The Island 

 and Colony of Cayenne]. | 



London, | Printed for Thomas Jefferys 

 at Charing-Cross. | MDCCLX [1760]. 



2 vols. : 4 p. 11. pp. 1-168; 2 p. 11. pp. 1-246; 

 maps, folio. 



Of the origin, languages ... of the dif- 

 ferent Indian nations inhabiting Canada (in- 

 cluding the Algonkins and Saltuers), part 1, 

 pp. 42-97. 



Copies seen : British Museum, Congress. Mas- 

 sachusetts Historical Society. 



At the Field sale, a copy, no. 1119, brought 

 $6.50. 



The natural and civil | history | of 



the I French dominions | in | North and 

 South America. | With an Historical 

 Detail ofthe Acquisitions and Conquests 

 made by the | British arms in those 

 Parts. I Giving a particular Account of 

 the I climate, | soil. | minerals, | ani- 



