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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Le Clercq (C.) — Continued. 



that in a few days they learned all their prayers 

 without difficulty. ... I enlarged them so 

 as to include all the prayers of the Church, with 

 the sacred mysteries of the Trinity, Incarna- 

 tion, Baptism, Penance, and the Eucharist.' " 



For the description of a manuscript in these 

 characters see Micmac. 



Copies seen • Congress, Eames, Lenox, Pil- 

 ling. 



Priced by Clarke & co. 1886, no 4033, $10. 



The original edition of this work is, Paris 

 MDCXCI ; titles and descriptions of the va- 

 rious issues are given in this edition. 



Chr6tien Leclerq, French missionary, born 

 in Artois, France, about 1630; died in Lens, 

 France, about 1695. He was a member of the 

 Eecollet order of Franciscans, and in 1655 was 

 sent as missionary to Canada. Landing on the 

 coast of the island of Gasp6, he learned the 

 language of the Indians, and labored among 

 them for six years, when he was sent to France 

 to obtain permission to found a house of Eecol- 

 lets in Montreal. He was successful, and re- 

 turned to his mission in 1662. After passing 

 several years in Canada and meeting with little 

 success in his work, he returned to France and 

 was made guardian of the convent of Lens. 

 Leclerq claims for the Kecollets the honor of 

 being the first to compile a dictionary of the 

 languages of the Indians of Canada.— A^jsZe- 

 ton's Cyclop, of Am. Biog. 



[Legal {Bev. iEmile).] Promissiones 

 Domini Nostri Jesu Christi fj^-ctae B. 

 Marg. M. Alacoque. | Ekristowarsists | 

 Jesiis Christ kinnon omortsi-pik-setsi- 

 pisatarpi | Natoapisiw Margaret Mary 

 Alacoque, | ke ofuortsi-kristowatomo- 

 warpi amox matapix ayak- | astakatsi- 

 yaw ot atoap-oskitsiparpi. 



[Dayton, Ohio. Philip A. Kemper. 

 1888.] 



A small card, 3 by 5 inches in size, headed as 

 above and containing twelve "Promises of Our 

 Lord to Blessed Margaret Mary," in the Black- 

 foot language. 



Copies seen : Eames, Pilling, Powell. 



I have seen the same card minus the first 

 line of the above heading, also. (Pilling.) 



Mr. Kemper has published the same prom- 

 ises on similar cards in many languages. 



Adverbes et locutions adverhiales en 



Cree et en Pied-noir. [1883-1890.] (*) 

 Manuscript, 60 pp. 12°. "In this study the 

 adverbs and adverbial locutions are disposed 

 alphabetically according to the French; the 

 Cree adverbs are first given on the left side of 

 the page, with one or more little phrases in 

 which these adverbs occur, and opposite, on 

 the right, are given the Blackfoot adverbs, if 

 they are to be found, or the way to translate 

 the same phrases in the Blackfoot language. ' 



Legal (fi.) — Continued. 



Essai de classification desPied-noirs, 



Pieganes, et Gens-du-Sang dans leur 

 diff^rents " clans " ou "gentes." [1883- 

 1890.] (- 



Manuscript, 5pp. 12°. ''These are only, as 

 yet, the names of the various clans, with the 

 more important men among them." 



Fragment de chronologie des Indiens 



Pied-noirs, depuisl810. [1883-1890.] (*) 

 Manuscript, 7 pp. 12°. "This calendar was 

 collected in 1883 from a very old Indian of the 

 Blood tribe, who could count back to the year 

 of his birth. It has been a gratifying occur- 

 rence for me to find tl)at the year of the Eain 

 of Stars, ascribed to the winter of 1833, proved 

 to be correct when compared with the Dakota 

 "Winter Count. Each year is designated by its 

 appellation in Blackfoot, with some words of 

 explanation in French. This calendar is special 

 to the Bloods and Blackfeet, and the Pieganswill 

 have different names for many of these years, 

 and already I have entered some of those of the 

 Piegans." 



La vie du sauvage des plaines. 



[1883-1890.] C^) 



Manuscript, 180 pp. 12°. " This is a sort of 

 vocabulary, arranged not by alphabetic or- 

 der but under different titles selected after a 

 logical analysis of the Indian mode of living, 

 and expressing the various incidents of his cor- 

 poral and nomadic life and the exercise of his 

 mental faculties. Besides words, some short 

 phrases and sentences of common occurrences 

 are given, with their translation in Blackfoot. 

 I intend to add special entries for the sign lan- 

 guage opposite words and sentences." 



L^gendes et traditions des Pied- 

 noirs. [1883-1890.] (") 



Manuscript. 180 pp. 12°. "These narratives 

 are written down only in Blackfoot. They 

 were taken down as recited by an Indian speak- 

 ing very slowly, and every attempt was made 

 to have the language correct. I intend to make 

 a translation, either in French or English." 



Noms des mois en Pied-noir. [1883- 



1890.] C) 



Manuscript, 2 pp. 12°. "Each month has a 

 different name according as it may be charac- 

 terized by the condition of the atmosphere, the 

 growth of the buffalo, or the maturity of the 

 berries." 



Notes de grammaire sur la langue 



des Pied-noirs. [1883-1890.] (*) 



Manuscript, about 100 pp. 12°. 



Notes sur les diff^rents grades de I'l- 



nitiation guerrifere ou superstition se. 



[1883-1890.] C) 



Manuscript, 5 pp. 12°. " These notes are in 



tended to give only the names of the variouB 



