1854.  Latham (Robert Gordon).

  On the languages of New California.  In Proceedings of the Philological
    Society of London for 1852 and 1853.  London, 1854, vol. 6.

Read before the Philological Society, May 13, 1853.  A number of languages are examined in this paper for the purpose of determining the stocks to which they belong and the mutual affinities of the latter.  Among the languages mentioned are the Saintskla, Umkwa, Lutuami, Paduca, Athabascan, Dieguno, and a number of the Mission languages.

  1855.  Lane (William Carr).

  Letter on affinities of dialects in New Mexico.  In Information
    respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian
    tribes of the United States, by Henry R. Schoolcraft.  Philadelphia,
    1855, vol. 5.

The letter forms half a page of printed matter.  The gist of the communication is in effect that the author has heard it said that the Indians of certain pueblos speak three different languages, which he has heard called, respectively, (1) Chu-cha-cas and Kes-whaw-hay; (2) E-nagh-magh; (3) Tay-waugh.  This can hardly be called a classification, though the arrangement of the pueblos indicated by Lane is quoted at length by Keane in the Appendix to Stanford’s Compendium.

  1856.  Latham (Robert Gordon).

  On the languages of Northern, Western, and Central America.  In
    Transactions of the Philological Society of London, for 1856.  London
    [1857?].

This paper was read before the Philological Society May 9, 1856, and is stated to be “a supplement to two well known contributions to American philology by the late A. Gallatin.”

So far as classification of North American languages goes, this is perhaps the most important paper of Latham’s, as in it a number of new names are proposed for linguistic groups, such as Copeh for the Sacramento River tribes, Ehnik for the Karok tribes, Mariposa Group and Mendocino Group for the Yokut and Pomo tribes respectively, Moquelumne for the Mutsun, Pujuni for the Meidoo, Weitspek for the Eurocs.

  1856.  Turner (William Wadden).

  Report upon the Indian tribes, by Lieut.  A. W. Whipple, Thomas
    Ewbank, esq., and Prof.  William W. Turner, Washington, D.C.,
    1855.  In Reports of Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most
    practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi
    to the Pacific Ocean.  Washington, 1856, vol. 3. part 3.

Chapter V of the above report is headed “Vocabularies of North American Languages,” and is by Turner, as is stated in a foot-note.  Though the title page of Part III is dated 1855, the chapter by Turner was not issued till 1856, the date of the full volume, as is stated by Turner on page 84.  The following are the vocabularies given, with their arrangement in families: