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BIBLIOGEAPHY OF THE 



Wheeler (C. H. ) — Continued. 



by Henry E. Schoolcraft, LL. D., and the Hon. 

 J. Hammond Trumbull, whose high reputation 

 and well-known accuracy in whatever relates to 

 the Indian languages, literature, and history, 

 are a sufficient guaranty for the correctness of 

 this portion of the Vocabulary. Information in 

 regard to certain names of the same class has 

 also been obtained from the Kev. Edward Bal- 

 lard, Secretary of the Maine Historical Society." 



In Dr. Trumbull's essay on The composition 

 of Indian geographical names (Hartford 1870), 

 p. 50, he says : " It may be proper to remark in 

 this connection, that the writer's responsibility 

 for the correctness of translations given in that 

 vocabulary does not extend beyond his own 

 contributions to it." 



The publishers of Webster's dictionaries, 

 Messrs. G-. & C. Merriam «fe Co., inform me that 

 this etymological vocabulary first appeared in 

 the edition of 1864— Noah Porter's first edition. 

 I have not easy access to a copy of that edition, 

 and 80 have contented myself with titling the 

 nearest to it in date which the Library of Con- 

 gress possesses. The etymological vocabulary 

 appears unchanged in the 1888 issue of the 

 Unabridged, but has been excluded from the 

 new (1890) International. 

 [Wheeler (Eev. Leonard flemenway).] 

 Orthography of the Ojibway language. 



[New York? 1862?] 



No title page, heading only ; text pp. 1-3, 8°. 



Alphabet, vowel sounds, consonants, dip- 

 thongs, sounds peculiar, pp. 1-2. — Examples 

 (13) in this orthography (Ojibway and equiva- 

 lent English), p. 2.— The Lord's prayer (Mat- 

 thew vi, 9-13, in Ojibway), p. 2.— Hymn, " Come 

 Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove " (five stanzas in 

 Ojibway), pp. 2-3. — Questions and answers (five 

 of each, Ojibway and equivalent English), p. 3. 



Miss Harriet Wheeler, Beloit, Wis., daughter 

 of the author, says: "The pamphlet entitled 

 'Orthography of the Ojibway language' was 

 published in 1862, and was the orthography 

 used in publishing the hymn book [see Jones 

 (P.) and others, pp. 269-270], a copy of which 

 you have." In another letter the same writer 

 says : ' ' After studying the language a few years 

 my father published an Orthography of hisown, 

 which he considered more simple and better 

 adapted to the language than the French meth- 

 od. It was used in his mission school at Oda- 

 wah, and is still used extensively by the mis- 

 sionaries among the Ojibways." 



Copies seen : Pilling. 



[ ] Confession of Faith & Covenant 



of the Churches connected with Ojibwa 

 Mission. Translation into Ojibwa. 

 [1842-1866.] 



Manuscript, 12 unnumbered 11. about 6 by 8 

 inches in size, sent to me in October, 1890, for 

 Inspection, by Miss Harriet Wheeler, of Beloit, 

 Wis., a daughter of the author, who said it had 

 been promised by her mother to the State His- 



Wheeler (L. H. ) — Continued. 



torical Society. The writing stops near the 

 middle of the recto of the 10th leaf. The first 

 5 11. are in Ojibwa, the remainder being the 

 equivalent English. The above heading ap- 

 pears at the top of the first page, and the head- 

 ing "Covenant" at the top of the fourth page. 

 The first portion of the work, occupying the 

 first three leaves, consists of eleven numbered 

 articles or paragraphs, and is evidently the 

 "confession of faith." The "covenant" occu- 

 pies 11. 4 and 5. The English portion commences 

 on the sixth leaf with the heading "Confession 

 of Faith of The Mission Church at La Pointe," 

 the eleven articles in English extending to the 

 recto of the eighth leaf, near the bottom of which 

 is the heading "Covenant " and the commence- 

 ment of the English equivalent of that portion 

 of the work. 



[Essay towards a grammar of the 



Ojibway language. 1842-1866.] 



Manuscript in three parts, in the possession 

 of the compiler of this bibliography, consisting 

 of 12 pp, letter paper, 17 pp. letter paper, and 

 17 pp. foolscap. The work consists almost en- 

 tirely of verbal forms, ©oncerning this work 

 Mr. E. P. Wheeler, of Beloit, Wis., a son of 

 the author, writes me as follows : 



"It was my father's plan, had he lived, to 

 carry out his system of orthography in a series 

 of text books for use in the schools where both 

 the English and Ojibwa Indian languages were 

 taught. He hoped also to have completed a 

 grammar which he started, some manuscripts of 

 which may still be in existence." 



Miss Harriet Wheeler, a daughter, in sending 

 me the manuscripts above described, says: "My 

 father prepared a grammar and acatechisra, but 

 owing to ill health was not able to finish them. " 



[Words, phrases, and sentences in the 



Ojibwa language. 1842-1866.] 



Manuscript, apparently a fragment, 10 un- 

 numbered 11. 6 by 9 inches in size ; no title or 

 general heading; in possession of the compiler 

 of this bibliography. 



Ojibway and equivalent English facing. 



A few headings appear — ' ' Days of the week, " 

 "Diff'erent kind of houses," "Things used in 

 making a house," "Persons and things in a 

 school house." 



Words from the Peep of Day. [1842- 



1866.] 



Manuscript, 20 unnumbered 11. 6^ by 8 inches 

 in size, with heading as above, in possession of 

 the compiler of this bibliography. Parallel col- 

 umns of Ojibway and equivalent English. Sub- 

 jects are indicated here and there, such as 

 ' ' Father's care, " " Good angels, " " The tempta- 

 tion," "Twelve disciples," "The first miracle," 

 ' ' Daughter of Jairus, " " The loaves and fishes, ' ' 

 "Bad angels," "The creation," "Adam and 

 Eve, "The first sin," "The Son of God," 

 "Mother of Jesus," "The Shepherds," "The 

 wise men." 



