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excellent opportunities for the study of the languages and habits of our 

 North American Indians, while engaared in the a;oologic;il exi>]oralion of 

 the Upper Missouri. Our readers will recall his'aitide on the Mandan 

 Indians on page 57 of this volume. The contents of the present memoir, 

 after an introduction, embrace the following subjects: 



II. Knisteneaux, or Crees — Etlinographical History; 111, Blackfeet — 

 Ethnographical History; IV. Remarks on the Grammatical Structure of 

 the Blacktbot Language; V. Vocabulary of the Sik-si-ka. or Blackfoot 

 Language; VI. Shyennes— Ethnographical History ; VIL Remarks on 

 the. Grammatical Structure of the Sliyenne Language; VIIL Vocabulary 

 of the Shyenne Language. 



IX. Arapohos— Ethnographical History, and Remarks on the Gratn- 

 tnatical Structure of their Language; X. Vocabulary of the Arapoho 

 Language; XI, Atsinas — Ethnographical History and Vocabulary. 



_ XrV. Dakotas— Ethnographical History and Vo 



or Crow Indians — Ethnographi( 



matical Structure of their Language ; AVll. vocabulary ot the Aub-sa- 

 ro-ke, or Crow Language; XVIH. Minnitarees— Ethnographical History 

 and Vocabulary ; XIX. Mandans— Ethnographical History ; XX. Ob- 

 servations on the Grammatical Structure of the Mandan Language; 

 XXL Vocabulary of the Mandan Language; XXH. Sketch of the 

 Onid-ha, and Iowa or Oto Indians, with Vocabularies. 



Fifty copies of this memoir were printed at the author's expense, which 

 he desires to dispose of at two dollars per copy. Those desiring the 

 work can obtain it bv addressing Prof. S. F, Baird, Assistant Sect. Smith- 

 sonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 



3. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Phila- 

 delphia, for promoting useful knowledge. Vol. xii, new series. Parts i 

 and 11, pp. 46 1. Philad., 1862.— The contents of this volume are, 



Article L On the Geology and Natural History of the Upper Missouri ; 

 with a map. By F. V. Hayden, M.D. pp. 1-218. 



IL Experiments and observations upon the Circulation in the Snappmg 

 Turtle {Chelonura serpentina), with especial reference to the pressure of 

 tlie blood in the arteries and veins. By P. Weir Mitchell, M.D. pp. 

 219-230. 



in. On the Ethnography and Philolog)^ of the Indian Tribes of the 

 Missouri Valley ; with a map and plates. By F. V. Hayden. M.D. pp. 



It will' be seen from the above titles that much of the sulsranee of 

 this volume has already appeared in this Journal in the various papers of 

 Dr. Hayden which we have published. The Philosophical Society well 

 maintains the objects for which it was founded, "for promoting useful 

 knowledge." 



