ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



469 



Smet (P. J. de) — Continued. 



j Rue aux Kats, 11. | H. Castelman | 

 f^diteur. | 1858. 

 Pp. i-ix, 1-503, 120. 



Names of Shyenne delegates with English 

 synonyms, p. 99. 



Copies seen : British Museum. 



The I Linton | Albvm. | By | P. S. 



[sic] De Smet | S. J. 



Manuscript belonging in 1887 to the late Col. [ 

 John Mason Brown, Louisville. Ky. ; embel- 

 lished cover with title as above, no inside title, 

 pp. 1-84, 4°. Pen and water-color sketches on 

 pp. 1, 3, 15, 33, 55, 61, and 65. 



A Delaware gainoh or hymn (four stanzas, 

 four lines each, signed "Watomika Sachem ne I 

 Delaware"),p. 3.— Alphabet (Cree syllabary) in 

 use among the Northwest Indians, p. 4.— Biog- 

 raphy of Father Watomika, S. J., of the Lenni 

 Lenape or Delaware nation (pp. 5-32), contains 

 Delaware proper names with English transla- 

 tions passim, and a mourning chantof four lines 

 in Delaware, p. 29.— Delaware old legend, pp. 

 32-40. The Lord's prayer in eigbtetn langiiages, 

 in most cases accompanied by tlie sign of the 

 cross, among them the Cree (syllabic charac- 

 ters), p. 67 ; Potewatemi, p. 68; Blackfoot (from 

 Giorda), pp. 69-70; Lenni Lenape or Delaware 

 with English interlinear, p. 79 ; Algonkin, p, 

 80 ; Ottawa and Penobscot ( ho latter from Ve- 

 tromile), p. 81 ; Passamaquoddy, p. 82. — Para- 

 phrase of the Lord's prayer in the Cree lan- 

 guage (syllabic characters) with English oppo- 

 site (five stanzas), pp. 82-83.— Christmas hymn 

 in Potewatemi, pp. 83-84.— Hymn to the Virgin 

 in Potewatemi (from Gailland), p. 84. 



Peter John De Smet, missionary, born in Ter- 

 monde, Belgium, December 31, 1801 ; died in St. 

 Louis, Mo., in May, 1872. He studied in the 

 Episcopal Seminary of Mecblin, and while there 

 he felt called to devote himself to the conver- 

 sion of the Indians. When Bishop Nerinx vis- 

 ited Belgium in search of missionaries, De Smet, 

 with five other students, volunteered to accom- 

 pany him, and sail from Amsterdam in 1821. 

 After a thort stay in Philadelphia, De Smet en- 

 tered the Jesuit novitiate at Whitemarsh, Md. 

 Here ho took the Jesuit habit. In 1828 he went 

 toSt. Louis and took part in establishing the Uni- 

 versity of St. Louis, in which he was afterwards 

 professor. In 1838 he was sent to establish a 

 luis.sion among the Potlawattamies on Sugar 

 Creek. He built a chapel, erected a school, 

 which was soon crowded with pupils, and in a 

 short time converted most of the tribe. In 1840 

 hH begged the bishop of St. Louis to permit him 

 to labor among the Flatheads of the Rocky 

 Mountains, and set out on April 30, 1840. He 

 arrived on July 14 in the camp of Peter Valley, 

 where about 1.600 Indiana had assembled to 

 meet liim. With the aid of an interpreter he 

 translated the Lord's prayer, the Creed, and the 

 Commandments into their language, and in a 

 fortnight all the Flatheads knew these prayers 



Smet (P. J. de) — Coutiuiied. 



and commandments, which were afterward ex- 

 plained to them. In the spring of 1841 he set 

 out again, and after passing through several 

 tribes, crossed the Platte and met at Fort Hall 

 a body of Flatheads, who had come 800 miles 

 to escort the missionaries. On September 24 

 the party reached Bitterroot River, where it 

 was decided to form a permanent settlement. 

 The lay brothers built a church and residence, 

 while De Smet went to Colville to obtain pro- 

 visions. On his return ... he remained 

 in the village familiarizing himself with the 

 language, into which he translated the cate- 

 chism. He then resolved to visit Fort Van- 

 couver ; ... on his return to St. Mary's he 

 resolved to cross the wilderness again to St. 

 Louis. There he laid the condition of his mis- 

 sion before his superiors, who directed him to 

 go to Europe and appeal for aid to the people 

 of Belgium and France. He sailed from Ant- 

 werp in December, 1843, with five Jesuits and 

 six sisters, and reached Fort Vancouver in Au- 

 gust, 1844. In 1845 he began a series of missions 

 among the Zingomenes, Sinpoils, Okenaganes, 

 Flatbows, and Koetenays, which extended to 

 the watershed of the Saskatchewan and Colum- 

 bia, the camps of the wondering Assiniboins 

 and Creeks, and the stations of Fort St. Anne 

 and Bourassa. He visited Europe several times 

 in search of aid for his missions. During his 

 last visit to Europe he met with a severe acci- 

 dent, in which several of his ribs were broken, 

 and on his return to St. Louis he wasted slowly 

 awsij.—Appleton's Cyclop, of Am. Biog. 



Smith (Ethan). View | of the | Hebrews; 

 I exhibiting | the destruction of Jerusa- 

 lem ; I the certain restoration of Judah 

 and [ Israel ; | and | an address of the 

 prophet Isaiah re- | lative to their res- 

 toration. .| By .Ethan Smith, | pastor of 

 a churchin Poultney,(Vt.) | [Two lines 

 scripture.] | 



Poultney, (Vt.) | Printed and pub- 

 lished by Smith & Shute. | 1823. 



Title verso copyright 1 1. introduction pp. iii- 

 iv, text pp. 15-183, contents pp. 185-187, 12°. 



A short comparative vocabulary (28 worda 

 and phrases) of Indian and Hebrew (from Bou- 

 dinot and Adair), showing analogies between 

 the two. 



Copies seen: Boston Athenaeum. 



View of the Hebrews; | orthe] tribes 



of Israel in America. | Exhibiting | 

 Chap. I. The destruction of Jerus:ilem. 

 Chap. II. The cer- | tain restoration of 

 Judah and Israel. Chap. III. The | 

 present state of Judah and Israel. 

 Chap. IV. An | address of the Prophet 

 Isaiah to the United | States relative to 

 their restoration f By Ethan Smith, | 

 pastor of a Church in Poultney (Vt.) | 



