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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



La-wson (J.) — Continued. 



but fell a victim to the jealousy of the Tusca- 

 lora Indians, who confounded the surveyor of 

 their territory with those that had despoiled 

 them of it. He was captured while exploring 

 L^orth Carolina in 1712, in company with a Swiss 

 named Graffenried. The latter was permitted 

 to buy himself free, but Lawson was put to 

 death, probably in the manner he describes in 

 his book. — Appleton's Cyclojj. of Am. Biog. 



Le Boulanger {Pere Joseph Ignatius). 

 [French- Illinois dictionary. 



New York : Cramoisy press. 1865.] 



No title-page, heading "Dictionnaire; " text 

 pp. 1-8, 8°, alphabetically arranged by French 

 words ; double columns ; includes Abbaisser— 

 Ainsi. 



Of this work, which was to form one of the 

 series of Shea's American Linguistics, but one 

 signature was printed. When this portion was 

 put in type the manuscript was sent to the 

 owner at his request and was never returned. 



The following is an extract from the pros- 

 pectus : 



"A Manuscript Dictionary exists of the Illi- 

 nois language, which, in extent and in careful 

 preparation, exceeds any work known on any 

 of the Algonquin dialects. It is to all appear- 

 ance the work of the Jesuit Father Le Boulan- 

 ger, whose labors on the Illinois language are 

 highly extolled in the Lettres Edifiantes. The 

 Illinois have now disappeared, but for purposes 

 of research and study their language is one of 

 the most interesting of the various dialects of 

 the wide-spread Algonquin. They were on the 

 extreme Southwest, and were separated on the 

 East by the Iroquois from the Delawares, and 

 had on the "West the Dacota tribes. Their 

 language, as shown in this Dictionary, throws 

 much light on western names of tribes, rivers, 

 lakes, &c., and by comparison with that of the 

 kindred Lenni or Delawares, as preserved by 

 the Moravians, furnishes the amplest known 

 material for the study of the Algonquin lan- 

 guage. 



"As it is liable to perish by any untoward ac- 

 cident, I have obtained permission to print ou^ 

 hundred copies. The dictionary will form over 

 five hundred pages, in fine type, double col- 

 umn, similar to that used in the French-Onon- 

 dago Dictionary issued by me. It will be is- 

 sued in four parts, of about one hundred and 

 twenty-five pages each, at $5 per part. Ten 

 copies will be printed on large paper, at $10 

 per part." 



Copies seen : Eames, Pilling, Powell, Shea. 



The manuscript from which this signature 

 was printed is as follows: 



[French and Miami-Illinois diction- 

 ary.] 



Manuscript; 23 p. 11. (the seventh of which 

 is blank), 13 blank 11. 2 U. 11. 1-11, 15-44, 46-185, 

 and 37 blank 11. folio (16|+10| inches). In the 

 Carter Brown Library, Providence, K. I. 



Le Boulanger (J. I.) — Continued. 



At the top of the first leaf, the verso of which 

 is blank, is the following note in a modern hand- 

 writing: " La langue dans laquelle est 6crit ce 

 volume est celle des Miamis-illinois, voyez au 

 mot ilUnois et au mot langues dans le diction- 

 naire, pages 102 eL 108. E. Martin." 



The next 22.1eaves contain, minutely written 

 in double, treble, and quadruple columns, the 

 following prayers, hymns, catechisms, and gos- 

 pels in the Illinois language: "Acte de foi de 

 la presence de Dieu, Examen de Conscience, 

 Acte de Contrition, Priere pour les parens, <fec., 

 Prieres pour La S'*^. Messe, au Commencement, 

 a I'evangile, au sanctus, a L Elevation de 

 L hostie, a L Elevation du Calice, apres L Ele- 

 vation, au dernier Evangile, 1 page ; Pour Yk 

 Dimanche, Pour le Lundi, Pour le Mardi, Autre 

 himne des anges, Autre, Pour le Mercredi, 

 hymne du Patron, Panis Angelicus, 1 page; 

 Pour le Jeudy, Lauda Sion Salvatorem, O Salu- 

 taris hostia, PourleVendredivexilla regis, Pour 

 le Samedi ave maria stella, Sur Le miserere, 1 

 page; Malheureuses Creatures, Benissez le 

 Seigneur Supreme, 1 page; Yespres, Cantique 

 a la Louange de la S'^.-vierge, De profundis. 

 Ad te domine Levavi, Laudate Pueri, Levavi 

 oculos, In Exitu Israel, Laudate Doum oes 

 Gentes, Capitule Benedictus, himne. Magnifi- 

 cat, 1 page; Petit Catechisme, Des Sacraments, 

 1 page ; Invocation en commen§ant Le Catech., 

 a la fin du Catechisme, Autre Catechisme, 2 

 pages; De Sacramentis, 2 pages and 1 blank 

 leaf; Explication du Decalogue, 1 page; De 

 Cultu et Invocatione Sanctorum, 2". Command, 

 3^ Command, 1 page; 4 Commandemt, 5^. Com- 

 mandemt, 1 page; 6 Command., 7. Comman- 

 demt, 8. Commandemt, 9 et 10. Commandemts, 

 1 page ; des Command, de L Eglise, De Eccre- 

 sia seu templo, Simbole des Apostres, 2 pages ; 

 S. Joan baptista, etc., 1 page ; Dominica l^f and 

 other Sunday gospels, 12 pages ; Histoire de la 

 Genese, in 35 chapitres, 13 pages. 



These are followed by 14 leaves, all of which 

 are blank, excepting the verso of the 14th, 

 which contains " Passion de Jesus C", filling 

 one-third of the page. Brief grammatical 

 forms, in single, quadruple, and quintuple col- 

 umns, fill both sides of tho next leaf and the 

 recto of the following one, on the verso of 

 which the dictionary begins with folio 1. 'This 

 is written in a single column, on the outer mar- 

 gin or half page of the verso of every leaf, 

 the inner half and recto being left blank. A 

 column contains on an average about 18 French 

 words, each of which is followed by a number 

 of Illinois equivalents and phrases, making in 

 all about 80 lines. The total number of French 

 words in the dictionary is nearly 3,000. The 

 apparent imperfections after leaves 11 and 

 44 are merely errors in numeration. Leaves 

 82-84 are wrongly numbered 72-74. 



A manuscript note on the fly-leaf says: 

 "This manuscript was purchased for me by 

 Messrs. Hector Bossange & Son at the sale of 

 the books and manuscripts of M. Marcel, for- 



