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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I917 



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After returning- from the Houma Dr. Swanton proceeded to 

 Charenton. La., where he spent a few days revising some of his 

 material on the Chitimacha language with Benjamin Paul, one of 

 the four surviving speakers of this tongue and a man who had 

 assisted him on previous visits. Although it was found that there 

 was little new material to he had. Dr. Swanton secured some gram- 



l-ii,. I I I. --.Ml tiler of my Knisati iiUc-r])rfKT and oiu- 

 of my |)riiK-i])al informants. 



malical informalinn of great value in fixing ihc i)ri)pcr jxjsition ot 

 Chitimacha among llie languages of ihe n-gion. 



From ( harenton he proceeded to Kinder, in ( alcasieu ])arish, where 

 he rem.-iined for ahoul two weeks, recording texts from the Koasati 

 lndian> just east of that town. Tlie Koasati Language is similar 



