428 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Rand (S. T.) — Continued. 



and Greek, lie continued daring the following 

 winter at Halifax. 



Mr. Eand relates how he was led to the study 

 of the Micmac, as follows: "My attention was 

 directed to the wandering tribes of our own 

 country, and I resolved to acquire a knowledge 

 of the Micmac language. I began the study in 

 the spring of 1846. I got very little help from 

 books. I had to compose my own grammar 

 and vocabulary, and I would have given up the 

 study as a hopeless case had I not come in con- 

 tact with a Frenchman who had been brought 

 lip among the English and had turned Indian 

 when he was a wild young sailor, and who, 

 when I discovered him at Charlotte town, P. E. 

 Island, spoke English, French, and Micmac 

 with equal ease." 



In the year 1846 Mr. Rand took up his resi- 

 dence with his family at Charlottetown. In the 

 autumn of 1849 the Micmac missionary society 

 was formed, being formally organized the fol- 

 lowing year. Mr. Rand engaged to devote his 

 whole time to the work of the mission. For about 

 three years he maintained his residence at Char- 

 lottetovvn, acquiring a more intimate acquaint- 

 ance with the Micmac language, into which he 

 translated portions of the bible. The society, 

 deeming it desirable to found a missionary 

 establishment, recommended Mr. Hand to pro- 

 ceed to the neighborhood of Hantsport, Nova 

 Scotia, and judge of its eligibility for the pur- 

 pose contemplated. It was selected, and thither, 

 in Xovember, 1853, Mr. Rand removed with 

 his family. There he made his residence until 

 his death, Oct. 4, 1889. Until 1865 he was con- 

 nected with and received a salary from the so- 

 ciety, but for over twenty years there has been 

 no organized society, and Mr. Rand continued 

 his missionary and linguistic labors without any 

 regular assistance. 



Rasles (Sebastien). Lettre du pere Se- 

 bastien Rasles, missionnaire de la com- 

 pagnie de Jesus dans la nouvelle 

 France. A Monsieur son Frere. ANan- 

 rantsouak ce 12 Octobre 1723. 



In Lettres edifiantes,vol.23, pp. 198-307, Paris, 

 1738, 12°, (Astor, British Museum, Lenox.) 



Comments on Indian languages, pp. 209-217, 

 contains, pp. 215-216, the hymn O Salutaris 

 Hostia in Abenakise, Algoukine, Huronne, and 

 Illinoise. For an extract from this letter see 

 under the dictionary title below. 



Reprinted in the various editions of the Let- 

 tres 6difiantes as follows: 



Vol. 6, p. 165, Paris, 1781, 16°; vol. 4, p. 102, 

 Lyon, 1819, 8°; vol. 1, p. 669, Paris, 1838, 8°; 

 -vol. 1, p. 678, Paris, 1838, 8° ; Cartas edificantes, 

 vol. 13, pp. 346-347, Madrid, 1756, 4°; Choix des 

 lettres edifiantes, vol. 7, pp. 145-146, Paris, 1809, 



Reprinted also in the following works : 

 Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser 

 nnd Lande, vol. 17, p. 22, Leipzig, 1759, 4°. 



Rasles (S.) — Continued. 



Doublet de Boisthibault (J.), Les voeux dea 

 Hurons, p. 79, Chartres, 1857, 12°. 



Hanson (J. W.), History of the old towns, 

 etc., p. 37, Boston, 1849, 8°. 



Heriot (G.), Travels through the Canadas, 

 pp. 578-579, London, 1807, 4°. 



Hervas (L), Saggio pratico, p. 2S3, Cesena, 

 1787, sm. 4°. 



Kip ( W. I.), Early Jesuit Missions, pp. 29-30, 

 New York, 1846, 12°, and subsequent editions. 



La Harpe (J. F.), Abr6ge de I'histoire, vol. 

 14, pp. 398-399, Paris, 1790, 8°, and subsequent 

 editions. 



Shea(J.G.), History of the Catholic Missions, 

 p. 415, New York, 1855, 12°, and subsequent edi- 

 tions. 



Sobron (F. C. y), Los idiomas de la America 

 Latina, p. 101, Madrid, [1877], 12°. 



Numbers, in the Norridgwog lan- 

 guage, from Ralle's MS. dictionary of 

 the Norridgwog language, in the 

 library of Harvard college. 



In Massachusetts Hist. Soc. Coll. first series, 

 vol. 10, pp. 137-138, Boston, 1809, 8°. 



Numerals 1-1000 ; an extract from the manu- 

 script of the Abnaki dictionary subsequently 

 published, title of which is given below. 



[Prospectus of] A | Dictionary | of 



the I Abnaki language | of | North 

 America. | By Father Sebastien Rasles. 

 I Published from the author's manu- 

 script in the | library of Harvard Uni- 

 versity. I 



Cambridge: | E. W. Metcalf and 

 company, | Printers to the University. 

 I 1832. 



2 11. 4°. A prospectus of the dictionary pub- 

 lished the following year, for title of which 

 see next below. 



The second page (verso of the title) contains 

 two notes — one by the publishers, as follows : 

 "In this specimen the abbreviations, anti- 

 quated orthography, and other peculiarities of 

 the manuscript are followed as nearly as can be 

 done with our present types. New types will 

 be made in imitation of those characters in the 

 manuscript which differ from common Roman 

 letters." The second note, by the author, is as 

 follows : " 1691. II y'a un an que je suis parmi 

 les sauvages, et je commence k mettre en ordre, 

 en forme de dictionnaire, les mots que j'ap- 

 prens." 



The third page contains the first few words 

 of the dictionary (Abandonner-Acheter) in 

 double columns ; and the fourth page contains 

 the beginning of the "Particulae " found on pp. 

 547-565 of the dictionary, in double columns. 



Copies seen: Massachusetts Historical So- 

 ciety. 

 A dictionary of the Abnaki lan- 

 guage, in North America. By father 



