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Voyages from Montreal, on the river St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific oceans; in the years 1789 and 1793.
London: Printed for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies...; Cobbett and Morgan...; and W. Creech, at Edinburgh by R. Noble, 1801
Physical Description: [4], viii, cxxxii, 412, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates: [3] folded maps, port. ; 28 cm. (4to) (Pages [i] - cxxxii of this copy are bound at end.)
Call number: D801/ M156v/ 1-SIZE
Accession number: 02244
Notes: "Vocabulary in the languages of the Nagalier and Atnah tribes", p. 257-258, gives a comparative glossary of words in English, in the language of the Nagalier, or Chin-Indians [unidentified] and the Atnah, or Carrier-Indians [the Ahtena Indians].
Selection of vocabulary in an unidentified Eskimo language as spoken in what Alexander Mackenzie calls "the friendly village": p. 376.
"General history of the fur trade from Canada to the North-West": p. [i]-cxxxii.
Names of moons from May to April in an unidentified Indian language: p. cv-cvi.
"Examples of the Knisteneaux and Algonquin tongues", p. cvii-cxvi, gives a comparative glossary in the Knisteneaux [Cree] and Algonquin languages.
"Some account of the Chepewyan Indians", p. cxvi-cxxxii, includes "Example of the Chepewyan tongue", p. cxxix-cxxxii, in which is given a comparative glossary of words in English and the Chipewyan languages.
Signatures: piČ (pi1, pi2 versos blank) A-3F⁴ (A1, Q4, versos blank) 3G⁴ (-3G4) a-q⁴ rČ.
Errata: p. [1-2], 4th count.
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Languages: Ahtena / Algonquin / Carrier / Chipewyan / Cree / Carrier [Athabaskan]/ Eskimo
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
