A grammar of the Cree language: With which is combined an analysis of the Chippeway [sic] dialect
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- Title
- A grammar of the Cree language: With which is combined an analysis of the Chippeway [sic] dialect
- Author
- Rev James Evans
- Publication year listed
- 1844
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A grammar of the Cree language: With which is combined an analysis of the Chippeway [sic] dialect
Author: Howse, Joseph, 1773-1852. (author)
Year: 1844
Howse, Joseph: 1773-1852. Born in England; in service of HBC, 1795-1815; at York Factory, Gordon House, Carlton House, Chesterfield House, and Paint Creek House; first HBC servant to cross the Rockies, 1810; retired to England. // A link between Howse's grammar and the missionary translators at Rossville is a letter by Rev. James Evans, quoted in the preface, commending the grammar. Howse considered Cree the oldest and purest of the Algonquian languages. Royal Geographical Society is said to have contributed £50 towards publication of the 1st edition. Also published, London: Trübner & Co., 1865 (xix, [1], 324p.).