LECOFF, RÉV. PÈRE LAURENT — Grammaire de la langue Montagnaise

Paris : Montreal 1889 Complet de l'errata et du tableau dépliant tableau dépliant des Adjectifs se conjuguant comme des verbes neutres ou inobjectifs 351 p. HARDCOVER: (Couverture rigide. Reliure postérieure. Pas de titre au dos. VERY GOOD / TRES BON ÉTAT) SCARCE grammar in the French tongue. The author of this rather voluminous grammatical work sub-divides the tribes who speak the Montagnais language, which is of the Tinne or Athapaskan family, as follows: (1) Chippeweyans proper, dwelling around the three lakes Ile a la Crosse, Froid and Coeur and along the English River. (2) Kkai Telekke Ottinen or "people of the willow-covered country," hunting around Athapaska Lake, east of Slave Lake and on Slave River. (3) Edshenn eldeli or Caribou-Eaters, who live around the great lakes called Caribou, La Hache and Brochet ("pike,")