ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



331 



McLean (J.) — Continued. 

 [Translations into the Blackfoot lan- 

 guage, 1885.] C) 



Manuscript in possession of its author, who 

 has kindly described it for me as follows : 



"Contains five chapters from Matthew's gos- 

 pel, the Lord's prayer, and selections from the 

 scriptures and prayers, with one or two hymns. 



" In translating these I used an interpreter, 

 but found the work so unsatisfactory that I 

 gave up translating and applied myself enthusi- 

 astically to the study of the language, deferring 

 translation until I was fully master of the sub- 

 ject." 



In the preparation of his linguistic material 

 Mr. McLean is using the alphabet adopted by 

 the Bureau of Ethnology. 



Rev. John McLean was born in Kilmarnoch, 

 Ayrshire, Scotland, Oct. 30, 1852 ; came to Can- 

 ada in 1873, and was graduated B. A. from 

 Victoria University, Cobourg, Ontario. Some 

 years afterward his alma mater conferred on 

 him the degree of M. A. In 1874 he entered 

 the ministry of the Methodist church. In 1880, 

 at Ham 1 ton, Ontario, he was ordained for 

 special work among the Blackfoot Indians, 

 leaving in June of the same year for Fort Mac- 

 Leod, Northwest Territory, accompanied by 

 his wife. At this point were gathered about 

 700 Blood Indians, which number was subse- 

 quently increased by the arrival of Bloods and 

 Blackfeet from Montana to 3,500. Mr. McLean 

 settled upon the reserve set apart for these In- 

 dians and diligently set to work to master 

 their language, history, etc., and on these sub- 

 jects he has published a number of articles 

 in the magazines and society publications. 

 I am informed by Mr. James N. McDonald, edi- 

 tor of the Moose Jaw Times, that, at the re- 

 quest of the anthropological committee of the 

 British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, Dr. McLean has for .several years pre- 

 pared notes on the language, customs, and tra- 

 ditions of the Blackfoot confederacy, and that 

 the results of this labor are partly given in one 

 of the reports of the committee, but at this 

 writing I have not seen the article referred to. 

 Although burdened with the labors of a mis- 

 sionary, he found time to prepare a post-gradu- 

 ate course in history and took the degree of 

 Ph. D. at the Wesleyan University, Blooming- 

 ton, 111., in 1888. Besides the articles which 

 have appeared under bis own name. Dr. McLv^'an 

 has written extensively for the press under the 

 non de plume of Robin Rustler. He is now 

 (May, 1890) stationed at Moose Jaw, Northwest 

 Territory, having left the Indian work in July, 

 1889. He has for several years been inspector 

 of schools, and is now a member of the board of 

 education and of the board of examiners for the 

 Northwest Territory. 



MacLean (J. P.) The word | hell | in | 

 various languages. | J. P. MacLean. | 

 Urbana, 111., Oct. 1888. 



MacLean (J. P.) — Continued. 



Half title on cover as above, text pp. 1-16, 8°. 

 From advanced proofs of the Universalist Quar- 

 terly, October, 1888, where I presume it also ap- 

 peared. 



. American languages, pp. 14-16, gives terms for 

 the idea of hell in various languages, among 

 them the Delaware, Narragansett, Chippeway, 

 Cree, and Massachusetts. 



Copies seen : Pilling. 

 McLeod (R. R.) Quoddy Indian Dia- 

 lect. 



4 11. 16°. Consists of words and short sen- 

 tences in "Indian" and "English," parallel 

 columns. The matter is on the rectos of 11. 1 

 and 3 and on the versos of 11. 2 and 4. 



Copies seen : Powell. 



Macleod (Eev. Xavier Donald). Devo- 

 tion I to the I blessed virgin Mary | in 

 I North America. | By | the rev. 

 Xavier Donald Macleod, | professor 

 L&c. two lines.] | With a memoir of 

 the author, | by | the most rev. John B. 

 Parcell, D. D. | archbishop of Cincin- 

 nati. I 



New York: | Virtae & Yorston, | 12 

 Dey street. [Copyright 1866. J 



Pp. i-iv, 3-7, ix-xxiii, 1-467, 8°. 



Memorare in Penobscot (from Vetromile), p. 

 354. 



Copies seen: British Museum, Congress, Shea. 



History | of | Roman Catholicism | 



in I North America. | By | the rev. 

 Xavier Donald Macleod, | professor 

 [&c. one line.] | With a memoir of the 

 author, | by | the most rev. John B. 

 Purcell, D. D., j archbishop of Cincin- 

 nati. I 



New York : | Virtue & Yorston, | 12 

 Dey street. [186-?] 



Portrait 1 1. title verso blank 1 1. publishers ' 

 notice pp. iii-iv, contents pp. v-vii, dedication 

 verso blank 1 1. memoir pp. ix-xxiii, text pp. 

 1-461, index pp. 463-467, 8°. 



Memorare in the Penobscot language (from 

 Vetromile), p. 354. 



Copies seen: Boston Athenaeum. 



Madison (Dr. — ). [Names of ten In- 

 dian chiefs in the Chippewa language, 

 with English significations.] 



In American Soc. Eirst Ann. Rept. p. 57, New 

 Haven, 1824, 8^. 



Collected at Fort Howard, Sept. 1818, by Dr. 

 Madison, who was physician of the post. 



Madison (James). Vocabulary of the 

 Delawares, in 1792. From the papers 

 of James Madison. 



In Schoolcraft (H.R.),Indiau Tribes, vol. 3, 



pp. 424-427, Philadelphia, 1 853, 4°. 

 Contains about 270 words. 



