Excerpt from The Language of the Mississaga Indians of Skugog: A Contribution to the Linguistics of the Algonkian Tribes of Canada In his essay on "American Languages, and Why we Should Study Them," Dr. D. G. Brinton has so ably pleaded their cause, that this attempt at the study of one of the Algonkian dialects needs scarce an excuse, except for the failings it may possess. It is intended to form part of a more ambitious undertaking - "The History of the Mississagas" - on which the writer has been for some years past engaged, and which he hopes before long to publish. The writer begs to acknowledge his indebtedness to Auzozhay, Nawigfckoke, Osawamsmi'ki, and other Mississagas, who have contributed to preserve what little is herein contained of the speech and legends of their people. He also desires to take this opportunity of thanking, for many favors shown him in the past, Mr. James Bain, Jr., Chief Librarian of the Public Library, Toronto, and Mr. J. C. Pilling, of the Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, D. C. To the former he wishes to express his appreciation of his kindness in permitting him to take a copy of the Toronto Missis-saga MS., and to the latter he desires to return thanks for the very kind manner in which he placed at the disposal of the writer the proof-sheets of that portion of his "Algonkian Bibliography," now in press, before publication. The writer desires also to testify to the kindly interest taken in the labors of fellow-investigators, by Dr. Brinton, whose works have been a fertile source of inspiration, and to thank Sir Daniel Wilson, President of Toronto University, and Dr. Franz Boas, of Clark University, for the encouragement they have afforded him in the study of American peoples and languages. Submitted as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Anthropology in Clark University, Worcester, Mass. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.