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Baudry des Lozières, Louis Narcisse, 1761-1841.

Voyage a la Louisiane et sur le continent de l’Amérique septentrionale, fait dans les années 1794 à 1798.

Paris: Dentu, 1802

Physical Description: viii, 382 p., [1] leaf of plates : folded map ; 22 cm.

Call number: E802/ B342v

Accession number: 00-58

Notes: Attributed to Louis Narcisse Baudry des Lozières by Sabin. Author gives a list of known Indian nations on p. 241-245 with the list of individual tribes and bibliographical notes giving their locations. "Des sauvages de la Louisiane, dispersés sur les bords du Mississipi, et sur d'autres rivières qui arrosent son continent", p. 246-253, gives a list of Indian tribes and a brief description of their locations and number. "Deux vocabulaires de sauvages", p. 348-362, includes: "Langage des Naoudoouessis" [the Dakota language], which includes a glossary of numbers in both the Dakota and French languages, a "chanson sauvage" with its literal and free French translation, and a list of phrases translated into French on p. 348-353; and "Langage des Chipouais" [the Chippewa, or Ojibwa language], which gives a glossary of numbers, a sizeable glossary and phrases in the Ojibwa and French languages on p. 353-362. "Louisiane et pays voisins, d'après les relations et les cartes les plus récentes" is the title of the folded frontispiece map, but the map shows all but the most eastern edges of the United States.

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Languages: Dakota / Ojibwa

Genre: Specimen / Vocabulary

Region: North America