Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1917-08-23
Gum 100. 6e6nrtStaee Don Yater &auoer.

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Hildiitt auf icine srobcn @erbienitt
I'M oic Wcnifbeit 5ufommen lieb
cntbob ibn uler Northumberland
llebri9cns bate Serr 8ouoer tpenie
Seoiirfniiie. Iermlih mar itcts Ieir
alcib, drmlifsr nod icin gett. oas
CT lit aus 9aumditen 3uiamnenees
5intmert. Or perlanste eenau bieielbt
ao't, lpeld)e nlan Den urnteu SniuiIer
ocs Spituls rcifte. ohne ireenb iueld1t
Sutbdt norh Ius5cifnung. gis gun
Sdbrc 1877 ID. Wopenlbcr -
blieb or III Gttelbriid. giniumc Spus
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SrtbeiIung bon Yripats llntcrrift i'm
Sran3O'iiten uuo gngliihen FILTER
ieine Sagc aus. Su trieb ibn sic
Sebniudt naf ieiner 0tiiiion lpicber
fort in Die neue 8elt. Sb or nad
Imeritu eeiommen. pbcr oh er oli
Der Seereiie gcitorbcn lit. peib man
nidt.
Batter &auber's spifcm Der Wlie .Wsae .
Spra6e.
Die Nuguite Mummer oes Central
Slattes" cutbdlt cine iebr intereiiante
gciprchung Der bon Yater aauber err
puhtcn 3eihen gum Shreiben Der
pic Ytacs Sprad1c. Die mir bier
folgcn laiicn:
81 ben I~iiiipraren unter ben Snz
ninncrn u~nieres Sentiments, Die lid,
I'M 10. Sabrbunbert eincn beionoerer
Ndmen gcmaht baben, gcbprt Der
Sllrcmbureer il ian &aus
Der. Inter ben Mies Mucs Snbius
nern HeusS hottlanb's ipirtenh. err
eud)te er Elm Spitem bon Shrift3eitcn
bieroslppbiidber Mrt, Die er bunn fir
DEN Srud mebrerer TN Sabre 1855
in 8ien eriticnener SGriftcn in Der
Spra6e ieuer Snbinner p~ertpenbete
ltnb 8fpdr licS er 8atetismls, 8cbets
unb @eiansbuh in oieier 3eihens
iprude beriteaen.
1ie es itriut. battcn oicie Sns
binncr bereits in friibcren 3eiten bic
8eipobnbcit. 8ebortcs poer @eifnutcs
Acknowledgement, inoem iie babel Nals
5cid3en pcripanoten. Die bon ben WiIs
iionaren ocs II. S~abrbunoerts
,Waie -Nar Sieruslppben"
aenannt purben. God, paren lie 10
iubtpiouca, oaB Der cine Suoiancr Die
Iuf3eihuuils zines anberen dubercn
nid)t gu cnt5iffern pcrmohte. 9ereits
Der 1875 inter Den Nic Rac lptrfenbe
Hefouefte 9brttien Sc Glerca balte
auf oicier 8eipobnbeit ieiner Snbiuner
nuf, inocm CT cine ieincm llnterriht
in ben 8laubcnsipabrbciten angepabte
Serie Dor 3cihen ocrpnnbte. Oapon
1T ieboh nidlts auf nnicrc 3eit eez
fommen; nnr Il Den @crihtcn ipcib
mani bapon.
8arrid Iallern beihdftist iif in
iciucm groBcn Berfe iiber ,Yicture
Drifting OF the Gmerican Snpians"
iopobl nit Den Yeriud,en bes Srans
5isfancrs I'M II. Sabrbunoert. lpie
alih nit ieucn bes Heoemptoriiten
&alieer ipdbrenh ocs %periloilencn
SdfuIums. Nahbcm er bort uui
Seitc 667 Yatcr Sc Glercq's Be-
rit,t iiber bas bon ihm erbatte
3cid,cusS nitem dbsebrudt, id)reibt er.
3u &duocr ilberacbenb:
The next important notice or ap-
pearance Of the Micmac characters Is
in the work Of Rev. Christ. Kauder. a
RedemptOrist On missionary. . 1t
was printed In Vienna In 1863 and
therefore was about two centuries later
than the first recorded invention of the
characters. During those two centu-
ries the French and therefore the Ro-
man Catholic influences had been much
Of the time dormant In the habitat Of
the Mismacs 1.-THE enforced exodus Of
the French from Acadle being about
1859. Father Kauder was one of the
nose active In the renewal of the mis-
sions. He learned the Micmac Ian
guage. probably gathered together such
''hieroglyphs" on rolls Of bark az had
been preserved, added To them parts Of
the Greek and Roman alphabet and
other designs. and arranged the whole
I'm systematic and grammatic form.
After About Twenty Years of Work
upon them he procured their pr4mting
In Vienna. A small part of the edi-
ton. which was the first printed
reached the Micmacs. The main part,
shipped later, was lost at sea I'm the
transporting vessel. -.
The publication OF Father Kauder
was a duodecimo In three parts: Cate
chism, 144 pages; religious reflections,
100 pages; and hymnal, 2Os pages.
They are very seldom found bound to-
gether. and a perfect copy Of either Of
the parts or volumes "a rare. On a
careful examination of the ~hieroglyphs,
So called. 1t seems evident that ON the
original substratum of Micmac designs
or symbols, each Of which represented