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    Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578))
    Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578))
    Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578))
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      Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) - James Constantine Pilling

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      Title: Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578))

      Author: James Constantine Pilling

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      SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.

      CATALOGUE

      OF

      LINGUISTIC MANUSCRIPTS

      IN THE

      LIBRARY OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.

      BY

      JAMES C. PILLING.

      Contents

      CATALOGUE OF LINGUISTIC MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY

      OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.

      By James C. Pilling.

      Mr. Henry R. Schoolcraft, while engaged in the preparation of his work—Information respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States—sent to various persons residing among the Indians a Comparative Vocabulary of the Languages of the Indian Tribes of the United States, a quarto paper of 25 pages, comprising 350 words, and the numerals one to one billion. The returns from this were for the most part incorporated in his work; a few, however, found their way into the collection of the Smithsonian Institution.

      In 1853-'54, Mr. George Gibbs, while engaged under Gov. Isaac I. Stevens in Explorations for a route for the Pacific Railroad near the 47th and 49th parallels of north latitude, became interested in the study of the languages of the Indians inhabiting the Northwest, and collected many vocabularies. To further extend this work, he prepared and had printed a folio paper of three leaves entitled A vocabulary of 180 words which it is desired to collect in the different languages and dialects throughout the Pacific Coast for publication by the Smithsonian Institute at Washington.

      These were sent to such persons as, in his judgment, were competent to furnish the material desired, and many of them, filled or partly filled, were returned to him. A second edition of this vocabulary, 6 ll., folio, was issued.

      In 1863 there was published by the Smithsonian Institution a pamphlet with the following title:

      Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. | —160— | Instructions | for research relative to the | Ethnology and Philology | of | America. | Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. | By | George Gibbs. | Washington: | Smithsonian Institution: | March, 1863.

      2 p. ll., pp. 1-51. 8 o.

      In his introductory remarks, Professor Henry thus states the

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