ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



463 



Silvy (A.) — Continued. 



When in 1800 the British government took 

 possession of their property after the death of 

 the last survivor of the Jesuit order in Canada, 

 Father Cazot, their library was sold at auction, 

 and the Honorable John Neilson became the 

 possessor of a number of volumes, among -which 

 was found, by a happy accident, the manuscript 

 [by AUouez] which we have analyzed in the 

 preceding pages and the Montagnais diction- 

 ary, not less precious, the description of which 

 is found on the opposite page. 



" There is no date or hint as to the date when 

 the manuscript was composed. But in following 

 the career of Father Silvy, it may be assumed 

 that this work was done during his stay in the 

 Montagnais missions of Tadoussac and Hudson 

 Ba J', since this dictionary reproduces the Ian 

 guage of his neophytes. 



" The date of the manuscript may therefore 

 with some reason be placed between the years 

 1678 and 1688." 



[ ] Instructions Montaignaises. 



Manuscript, 11. 1-11, and 43 unnumbered 11. 

 em. 43, iu the library of the archbishopric of 

 Quebec. The title above is on the recto of the 

 first leaf, verso blank, the text beginning on 

 the recto of 1. 2. The headings are as follows : 

 De fine nominis, 11 pp. followed by a French 

 translation, 9 pp.— Then follows, De Deo uno, 6 

 pp.— DeDeouttriuo, 8 pp.— Decreationererum, 

 7 pp. — De creatione angelorura, 8 pp. — De cus- 

 todibus angelis, 4 pp. — De creatione nominis, 

 4 pp.— De creatione mulieris, 4 pip.— De peccato 

 primo parentnm, 4 pp. — De poenis a Deo 

 prirais parentibus inflictis, 5 pp.— In these dis- 

 courses the Montagnais and French renderings 

 are in double columns on the same page. The 

 following are in Montagnais only : De promis- 

 sione redemptoris in ipsomet paradiso facta, 9 

 pp. — De peccati originalis omnium peccatorum 

 fontis prima prole ; invidia ex qua fratricidium 

 ac homicidium ortura est, 5 pp.— De diluvio 

 universi, 5 pp.— De divisione linguarum, 4 pp. 

 Father Antonio Silvy, a Jesuit missionary, 

 arrived at Quebec June 7, 1671, and returned to 

 France in 1707. He labored in the regions of the 

 "West for 7 or 8 years ; afterward at Tadoussac 

 and on Hudson Bay, for about 10 years. He 

 resided for some years at Montreal and Quebec, 

 prior to his departure for France. 



Simerwell (Eobert). Wlkr | Potrwat- 

 ouie I msina'kiu ; | kewrnpinukatr. | Si- 

 seminwrn, | okena'ton. | Tr'min kesis 

 -1834 tso Pponkit pe kauekit | Hesus. | 



Sbawannoe Mission, | J, Meeker, 

 printer, | 1834. 



Title verso blank 1 1. text entirely in Pota- 

 watomi pp. 3-32, 18°. 



Primer lessons, pp. 3-13.— A dialogue, pp. 14- 

 17.— Prayers, pp. 17-21. —Extracts from Genesis, 

 pp. 21-28.— Hymns, pp. 28-30.— Explanation of 

 the " Putawatoraie characters, " pp. 30-32. 

 Cojpies seen : Boston Athenaeum. 



Simerwell (R.) — Continued. 



[Catechism and hymns in the Pote- 



watemi language. 1832.] 



Manuscript, 32 unnumbered 11. 4°, in the pos- 

 session of the compiler of this bibliography. 

 Pasteboard covers. The recto of the first leaf 

 has the heading "Indian Catechism"; the 

 verso has had a more detailed heading, fol- 

 lowed by the Alphabet, but the leaf has been 

 partly torn oflF and but little of the heading is 

 left. The date, 1832, is preserved. The verso 

 of the second leaf has the numerals 1-13.— Cat- 

 echism (English interlinear), 11. 4-12.— Hymns 

 (English accompanying), 11. 13-32. 



This manuscript was received from "Wm. H. 

 R. Lykins, Kansas City, Mo., in June, 1889, who 

 stated that he found it among papers of his 

 father, Johnston Lykins, and that it is in the 

 handwriting of Mr. Simerwell. 



[Dialogues, etc. in English and Pot- 



ewatemi.] 



Manuscript, 14 leaves, 16°, In possession of 

 Mr. John B. Dunbar, Bloomfleld, N. J. Towards 

 the end are three pages and a half of conversa- 

 tion in Potewatemi, with interlinear English 

 translation. Apparently written in Michigan 

 before 1834, except five pages which are in the 

 Meekerian orthography. The name of Mr. Cass, 

 who resigned the governorship of Michigan in 

 1831, is mentioned in one of the dialogues. 



[Discourses, translations, and frag- 

 ments of Indian gram-mar.] (*) 



Five manuscripts in the Potewatemi lan- 

 guage, in the library of the Kansas Historical 

 Society, to which they were presented by Mrs. 

 Sarah Baxter and Mrs. Elizabeth Carter in 

 1879. Title from Transactions of the Kansas 

 State Historical Society, vol. 1 and 2, p. 98. 



[Grammar of the Potewatemi lan- 

 guage.] (*) 

 Manuscript, 25 pp. closely written, in the 

 possession of Mr. R. S. Baxter, Auburn, Shaw- 

 nee County, Kansas. 



[Part of the gospel of Matthew, 



chap. 1 to chap, iii, verse 6, in Potewat- 

 emi ; also short sentences etc. in Pote- 

 watemi and English.] 



Manuscript, 19 leaves, 16°. In possession of 

 Mr. John B. Dunbar. Bloomfield, N. J. The 

 gospel and a few other pages are in the orthog- 

 raphy invented by Mr. Meeker in 1834; thereat 

 of the manuscript is apparently of older date. 



[A partial vocabulary of the Pote- 

 watemi language, and a hymn in the 

 same.] (*) 



Manuscript, in the library of the Kansas 

 Historical Society, Topeka. Presented by Mr. 

 R. S. Baxter in 1878. Title from Transactions 

 of the Kansas State Historical Society, vol. 1 and 

 2, p. 34. 



