CHAPTER III.

COLUMBIAN LANGUAGES.

The Haidah, its Construction and Conjugation -- The Nass Language and its Dialects -- Bellacoola and Chimsyan Comparisons -- The Nootka Languages of Vancouver Island -- Nanaimo Ten Commandments and Lord's Prayer -- Aztec Analogies -- Fraser and Thompson River Languages -- The Neetlakapamuck Grammar and Lord's Prayer -- Sound Languages -- The Salish Family -- Flathead Grammar and Lord's Prayer -- The Kootenai -- The Sahaptin Family -- Nez Percé Grammar -- Yakima Lord's Prayer -- Sahaptin State and Slave Languages -- The Chinook Family -- Grammar of the Chinook Language -- Aztec Affinities -- The Chinook Jargon 604