The title of this publication is as follows:
Smithsonian Institution--Bureau of Ethnology | J.W. Powell Director | Introduction | to the | Study of Indian Languages | with | Words Phrases and Sentences to be Collected | By J.W. Powell | Second edition--with charts | Washington | Government Printing Office | 1880
Pp. i-xii, 1-228, and 8 ruled leaves. 4^o.
The following is the
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.—ON THE ALPHABET.
Page. Vowels 4 Diphthongs 5 Consonants 6 Mutes 6 Nasals 7 Spirants 8 Sibilants 9 W, Y, R, L, and H 9 Interrupted sounds 11 Synthetic sounds 12 Complex combinations 13 Alphabet 14
CHAPTER II.—HINTS AND EXPLANATIONS.
Sec. 1.—Persons
18
Sec. 2.—Parts of the body
18
Sec. 3.—Dress and ornaments
18
Sec. 4.—Dwellings
20
Sec. 5.—Implements and utensils
23
Sec. 6.—Food
24
Sec. 7.—Colors
25
Sec. 8.—Numerals
25
Sec. 9.—Measures
26
Sec. 10.—Division of time
27
Sec. 11.—Standards of value
27
Sec. 12.—Animals
28
Sec. 13.—Plants, &c.
29
Sec. 14.—Geographic terms
29
Sec. 15.—Geographic names
30
Sec. 16.—The firmament, meteorologic and
other physical phenomena and
objects
30