Bibliography of the Chinookan Languages (Including the Chinook
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J-MRLJF. B 3 3B1 9 ; B k tek LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GIFT OF" ., \\MAJU Class 15 SMI T II S X I A X I X S T I I U T I < ) X BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY: J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CHINOOKAH" LANGUAGES (INCLUDING THE CHINOOK JARGON) BY JAMES CONSTANTINE FILLING^ WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1893 SMITHSONIAN INST1T U T I ON BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY: J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CHINOOKAN LANGUAGES (INCLUDING THE CHINOOK JARGON} BY JAMES CONSTANTINE FILLING I WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1893 LINGUISTIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES ISSUED BY THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. Smithsonian institution Bureau of ethnology. Catalogue of lin guistic manuscripts in the library of the Bureau of ethnology. By James C. Pilling. In Bureau of ethnology first annual report; half-title as above p. 553, text pp. 555-577, Washington, 1881, royal 8. Issued separately with cover title as follows : of in the of the Bureau Catalogue | | linguistic manuscripts | | library of James C. from the first annual ethnology | by | Pilling | (Extracted report of the Bureau of | ethnology) | [Vignette] | Government office 1881 Washington | printing | Cover title as above, no inside title, half-title as under entry next above p. 553, text pp. 555-577, royal 8. One hundred copies issued. Smithsonian institution Bureau of J.W.Powell director ethnology | Proof-sheets of a of the of the North | | | bibliography | | languages | | American Indians James Constantine | | only by | Pilling (Distributed to collaborators) | Government office 1885 Washington | printing | 1 1. Title verso blank notice (signed J. W. Powell) p. iii, preface (November 4, 1884) pp. v-viii, introduction pp. ix-x, list of authorities pp. xi-xxxvi, list of libraries re ferred to by initials pp. xxxvii-xxxviii, list of fac-similes pp. xxxix-xl, text pp. 1-839, additions and corrections pp. 841-1090, index of languages and dialects pp. 1091-1135, plates, 4. Arranged alphabetically by name of author, translator, or first word of title. One hundred and ten copies printed, ten of them on one side of the sheet only. Smithsonian institution Bureau of : J . W. director | ethnology Powell, of the Eskimo James Constantine | Bibliography | | language | by | Pilling | [Vignette] | Government office 1887 Washington | printing | Cover title as above, title as above verso blank I 1. preface (April 20, 1887) pp. iii-v, text pp. 1-109, chronologic index pp. 111-116, 8 fac-similes, 8. An edition of 100 copies issued in royal 8. Smithsonian institution Bureau of : J. W. director | ethnology Powell, of the Siouan Constautiue | James Bibliography | | languages | by | Pilling | [Vignette] | Government office 1887 Washington | printing | Cover title as above, title as above verso blank 1 1. preface (September 1, 1887) pp. iii-v, text pp. 1-82, chronologic index pp. 83-87, 8. An edition of 100 copies issued in royal 8. in IV LINGUISTIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES, BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. Smithsonian institution Bureau of : J. W. director | ethnology Powell, of the James Con stantine | Bibliography | | Iroquoian languages | by | Pilling | [Vignette] | Government office 1888 Washington | printing | Cover title as above, title as above verso blank 1 1. preface (December 15, 1888) pp. iii-vi, text pp. 1-180, addenda pp. 181-189, chronologic index pp. 191-208, 9 fac similes, 8. An edition of 100 copies issued in royal 8. Smithsonian institution Bureau of : J. W. director | ethnology Powell, of the James Constan- | Bibliography | | Muskhogean languages | by | tiue Pilling | [Vignette] | Government office 1889 printing | Washington | Cover title as above, title as above verso blank 1 1. preface (May 15, 1889) pp. iii-v, text pp. 1-103, chronologic index pp. 105-114, 8. An edition of 100 copies issued in royal 8. notes on Eliot s Indian bible and on his other Bibliographic | | | | translations and works in the Indian of Massachusetts | language | Extract from a " of the " Bibliography Algonquian languages j [Vignette] | Government office 1890 Washington | printing | Cover title as above, title as above verso blank 1 1. text pp. 1-58, 21 fac-similes. royal 8. Forms pp. 127-184 of the Bibliography of the Algonquian languages, title of which follows. Two hundred and fifty copies issued. Smithsonian institution Bureau of : director | ethnology J.W.Powell, of the James Coiistan- | Bibliography | | Algonquian languages | by | tine Pilling | [Vignette] | Government office 1891 Washington | printing | Cover title as above, title as above verso blank 1 1. preface (June 1, 1891) pp. iii-iv, introduction p. v, index of languages pp. vii-viii, list of fac-similcs pp. ix-x, text pp. 1-549, addenda pp. 551-575, chronologic index pp. 577-614, 82 fac-similes, 8. An edition of 100 copies issued in royal 8. Smithsonian institution Bureau of : director | ethnology J.W.Powell, of the James Con stan | Bibliography | | Athapascan languages | by | tine Pilling | [Vignette] | Government office 1892 Washington | printing | Cover title as above, title as above verso blank 1 1. [list of] linguistic bibliog raphies issued by the Bureau of Ethnology pp. iii-iv, preface (June 15, 1892) pp. v-vii, introduction p. ix, index of languages pp. xi-xii, list of fac-similes p. xiii, text pp. 1-112, addenda pp. 113-115, chronologic index pp. 117-125, 4 fac-similes, 8. An edition of 100 copies issued in royal 8. PREFACE. The designation given the family of languages treated of in this bibliography is based upon the name of a tribe living near the mouth of the Columbia River, from whom a vocabulary was obtained by Gabriel Franchere, of the Pacific Fur Company, about 1812, and pub 1 lished in his "Relation" in 1820, under the name Chinoiique ou Tchinouk. This vocabulary, consisting of thirty-three words, thirteen is in 2 numerals, and eleven phrases, given by Gallatin his "Synopsis" with the of the name to Chinook based spelling anglicized ; and, though upon the speech of but a single tribe, it was adopted by him as the name of a family of languages. The family includes a number of tribes whose habitat, to quote from 3 " Major Powell, extended from the mouth of the river up its course for some 200 miles, or to The Dalles. According to Lewis and Clarke, our best authorities on the pristine home of this family, most of their vil lages were on the banks of the river, chiefly upon the northern bank, though they probably claimed the land upon either bank for several miles back. Their villages also extended on the Pacific coast north ward nearly to the northern extension of Shoalwater Bay, and to the south to about Tilamook Head, some 20 miles from the mouth of the Columbia." As will be seen by reference to the list of tribal names given on a subsequent page, the number of languages embraced within the family is small; and the amount of material recorded under "Chinook" will be found to more than equal that given under the names of all the other divisions of the family combined. As a matter of fact, but little, comparatively, has been done in the collection of linguistic material relating to this family, a fact all the more surprising when it is considered that they have been long in contact with the whites. There has been no grammar of the language published, and until lately none has been compiled; there is but one printed dictionary that of Gibbs and the vocabularies are neither great in length nor wide in scope. There is hope of a better state of 1 Relation d un voyage a la cote nord-onest do 1 Amerique Septentrionale dans les anne"es 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813 et 1814. Montreal, 1820. 2 Synopsis of the Indian tribes within the United States east of the Rocky Moun- tains,andinthe British and Russian possessions in North America. Cambridge, 1836. 3 Indian linguistic families of America, north of Mexico. Washington, 1891. v VI PREFACE. affairs, however; for Dr. Franz Boas, the latest and most thorough worker in the Chinookan field, has his grammar, dictionary, and texts in an advanced state of preparation for publication by the Bureau of Ethnology. His material, collected during 1890 and 1891, was gathered none too soon, for, as will be seen by the extract from the introduction to his legends, which he has kindly permitted me to make and which is given on page 7 of this paper, the opportunity for so doing would soon have passed. It needs but a glance through the accompanying pages to show the preponderance of material, both published and in manuscript, relating to the Jargon over that of the Chinookan languages proper, a prepon derance so great that, were it proper to speak of the Jargon as an American language, a change of title to this bibliography would be necessary. Made up as it is from several Indian tongues, the Chinookan, Salishan, Wakashan, and Shahaptian principally, and from at least two others, the English and the French, the Chinook Jargon might with almost equal propriety have been included in a bibliography of any one of the other native languages entering into its composition. It is made a part of the Chinookan primarily because of its name and secondarily from the fact that that family has contributed a much greater number of words to its vocabulary than has any one of the others. Under various authors herein Blanchet, Deiners, Gibbs, Hale, Le Jeune, and others will be found brief notes relating to the Jargon, trade or international as it is called and language, idiom, variously ; the following succinct account of its origin from Dr. George Gibbs, 1 the first to attempt its comprehensive study, completes its history: The origin of this Jargon, a conventional language similar to the Lingua Franca of the Mediterranean, the Negro-English-Dutch of Surinam, the Pigeon English of China, and several other mixed tongues, dates back to the fur droguers of the last century.