Indian migrations, as evidenced by language.  In The American
    Antiquarian and Oriental Journal.  Chicago, 1888, vol. 5.

In connection with the object of this paper—­the study of Indian migrations—­several linguistic stocks are mentioned, and the linguistic affinities of a number of tribes are given.  The stocks mentioned are: 

    Huron-Cherokee. 
    Dakota. 
    Algonkin. 
    Chahta-Muskoki.

  1885.  Tolmie (W.  Fraser) and Dawson (George M.)

  Comparative vocabularies of the Indian tribes of British Columbia,
    with a map illustrating distribution (Geological and Natural History
    Survey of Canada).  Montreal, 1884.

The vocabularies presented constitute an important contribution to linguistic science.  They represent “one or more dialects of every Indian language spoken on the Pacific slope from the Columbia River north to the Tshilkat River, and beyond, in Alaska; and from the outermost sea-board to the main continental divide in the Rocky Mountains.”  A colored map shows the area occupied by each linguistic family.

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Linguistic map.

In 1836 Gallatin conferred a great boon upon linguistic students by classifying all the existing material relating to this subject.  Even in the light of the knowledge of the present day his work is found to rest upon a sound basis.  The material of Gallatin’s time, however, was too scanty to permit of more than an outline of the subject.  Later writers have contributed to the work, and the names of Latham, Turner, Prichard, Buschmann, Hale, Gatschet, and others are connected with important classificatory results.

The writer’s interest in linguistic work and the inception of a plan for a linguistic classification of Indian languages date back about 20 years, to a time when he was engaged in explorations in the West.  Being brought into contact with many tribes, it was possible to collect a large amount of original material.  Subsequently, when the Bureau of Ethnology was organized, this store was largely increased through the labors of others.  Since then a very large body of literature published in Indian languages has been accumulated, and a great number of vocabularies have been gathered by the Bureau assistants and by collaborators in various parts of the country.  The results of a study of all this material, and of much historical data, which necessarily enters largely into work of this character, appear in the accompanying map.

The contributions to the subject during the last fifty years have been so important, and the additions to the material accessible to the student of Gallatin’s time have been so large, that much of the reproach which deservedly attached to American scholars because of the neglect of American linguistics has been removed.  The field is a vast one, however, and the workers are comparatively few.  Moreover, opportunities