L. J. C. & M. I. For anonymous titles 

 begianing with these letters see next 

 word of title. 



[La Brosse (Rev. Jean Baptiste de).] 

 Nehiro-iriniui | aiamihe | massinahi- 

 gan, ! Shatshegutsh, Mitinekapitsh, | 

 Iskuamiskutsh, Netshekatsh, | Misht', 

 Assinitsh, Shekutimitsb, | Ekaanatsli, 

 Ashuabmushuanitsh, | Piakuagamitsh, 

 I Gaie missi missi nehiro-iriniui Asts- 

 liitsh I ka tatjits, ka kueiaskii aiami- 

 hatjits ka utshi. | [Ornaments.] | 



Uabistiguiatsli [Quebec]. | Massina- 

 hitsetuau, Broun gaie Girmor. | 1767. 



Colophon on page 96 : TJabistiguiatsh, | Tshi 

 -t-iskuetauets, Broun gaie Girmor, 9, | usaku 

 -pihissimutsh, 1767. 



Title verso blank 1 1. approval by Jan Oribier 

 Briant pp. 3-5, p. 6 .blank, text entirely in Mon- 

 tagnais pp. 7-92, index pp. 93-96, errata p. 96, 

 sni. 4°. See the fac-simile of the title-page. 



Prayer book in the Montagnais language. 



"In the approbation by Bisbop Briant pre- 

 fixed to the volume the compiler's surname ap- 

 pears in its Montagnais form as Tshituhisahi- 

 gan, i. e., the broom (la brosse). 



" The title-page shows that this manual was' 

 prepared for the use of the Montagnais Indians 

 of the missions on the Saguenay, and abont 

 Lake St. John, 'at Shatshegu, Mitinekapi 

 [now Lake Portneuf], Iskuarai [Escoumains, 

 Saguenay co.], Netsheka [Lake Nitcheguan?J, 

 Mishtaasini [lake and river which flows from 

 it to L.Saint John], Shekutimi [mod. Chicou- 

 temi], Ekuan, Ashuabmushuan [Assuapmous- 

 soin river flowing into L. St. John from the 

 northwest], Piakuagami [mod. Pikouagami, L. 

 St. John], and all Nehiro-Iriniui places where- 

 soever, who rightly-pray ' (i. e., are Chris- 

 tians) ." — Trumbull. 



Copies seen : Archbishopric of Quebec, Brit- 

 ish Museum, Congress, Gagnon, Harvard, 

 Laval, Lenox, Trumbull. 



Leclerc, 1867, no. 1065, sold a copy for 190 fr. 

 The Brinley copy, no. 5645, finely bound, sold for 

 $30; another copy, no. 5646, in the original bind- 

 ing, $20; the Pinart copy, no. 662, brought 96 

 fr.; and the Murphy copy, no. 1767, $26. 



Kepriuted, almost literally, as follows : 



[ ] NeMro-iriniui | aiamihe j massina- 



higan, j S atshegutsh, JMitinekapitsh, 

 j Iskuamiskutsh, Netshekatsh, | Misht', 



La Brosse (J. B. de) — Continued. 

 Assinitsh, Shekutiraitsh, | Eknanatsh, 

 Ashuabmushaaaitsh, ( Piakuagamitsh, 

 I Gaie missi missi nehiro-iriniui Asts- 

 hitsh ka | tatj^s, ka kueiaska aiami- 

 hatjits ka utshi. | [Design.] | 



TJabistiguiatsh [Quebec]. | JMassina- 

 hitsheu, C. Le Frangois. | 1817. 



Title verso blank 1 1. approval by Jan Oribier 

 Briant pp. 3-5, text entirely in the Montagnais 

 language pp. 7-92, index pp. 93-95, approval of 

 t J. O. Ev. de "Quebec p. 96, 12°. The errata 

 noted on the last page of the first edition were 

 corrected in this reprint. 



Copies seen: Gagnon, Trumbull. 



Priced by Leclerc, 1878, no. 2215, 50 fr. At 

 the Pinart sale, no. 663, Qaaritch bought a copy 

 for 15 fr. 



A later edition as follows : 



[ — — ] Nehiro-iriniui | aiamihe | massina- 

 higan, | Shatshegutsh, Mitinekapitsh, 

 I Iskuamiskutsh, Netshekatsh, JMisht', 

 I Assinitsh, Sbekutimitsh, Eku- 1 anatsh, 

 I Ashuabmushuanitsb, | Piakuagam- 

 itsh, ! Gaie missi missi nehiro-iriniui 

 Astshitsh I ka tatjits, ka kueiasku 

 aiamihatjits | ka utshi. | [Picture of a 

 church.] I 



TJabistiguiatsh [Quebec]. | Massiua- 

 hitsheu, J.-B. Frechette, pere, | N» 13, 

 rue la Montague. | 1844. 



Title verso blank 1 I. dedication as in the two 

 earlier editions pp. 3-5, text entirely in Mon- 

 tagnais pp. 7-97, index pp. 98-100, 12°. 



Copies seen: Gagnon, Laval, Trumbull. 



[Primer in the IVIontaguais lan- 

 guage.] 



Colophon: TJabistiguiatsh [Quebec].] 

 ]VIassinahitsetuan, Broun gaie Girmor. 

 I 1767. 



^o title-page or heading; text pp. 1-8, folio 

 (6| by 9J inches) . See the reduced fac-simile of 

 a tracing of the first page. 



In an account-book of Messrs. Brown & Gil- 

 more, who printed the work, now belonging 

 to Surgeon-Major Neilson of Quebec, appears 

 the following entry : 



July 8, 1767. Received on account of general 

 printing and of P6re Labro?se for 3000 Indian 

 alphabets making one sheet quarto, *10, 4, 0. 



Copies seen: Laval. 



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