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THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES 



that in a few years the missionary had taught practi- 

 cally the whole Cree nation to read and write. And 



6YULABARIUM 



A dot gives a "w" sound 



EXAMPLES. 



atokwa VD*-)' piniatisiw ALHr^o 



maskanaw ~|"bCLo astumitik <ir\Cr 



n^ makwach ~)t>- ustootin <"3n^ 



pimachehewam ALPAV'^ kakwi q^j: 



The syllabic alphabet of the Cree language 



Lord Dufferin, when the matter came before him dur- 

 ing his north-west tour, said enthusiastically: "There 

 have been men buried in Westminster Abbey with 

 national honours whose claims to fame were far less 



