Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians
By: by Washington Matthews, assistant surgeon United States Army
Contributors: Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887, writer of preface; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Series: Miscellaneous publications / Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey of the Territories -- no. 7; Indigenous Peoples: North America; Miscellaneous publications (Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)) -- no. 7.; Indigenous Peoples: North America
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 1877
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Hidatsa Indians; Hidatsa language; Dictionaries; English; English language; Hidatsa; Grammar; Social life and customs
Description: This work is based on Dr. Washington Matthews studies of the Hidatsa Indians while stated at a military post and serving as a medical officer of the Army. This work presents what Matthews learned by observing manners, customs, and other characteristics, as well as making a close and careful study of their language. The original intent was to publish this treatise as a portion of a general work on Indian ethnography, but a delay in publishing the larger work made it desirable to prepare this material as a separate publication.
Notes: "Hidatsa grammar": pages 87-121.

"Hidatsa [-English] dictionary": pages 123-212.

"English-Hidatsa vocabulary": pages 213-239.

At head of title: Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survery of the Territories, F.V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist-in-Charge.

Reproduction of the original from the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta.

English and Hidatsa.
Table of contents: title: Prefatory note; title: Ethnography. pt. 1. Village at Fort Berthold; title: Ethnography. pt. 2. The Hidatsa Tribe; title: Philology; title: Hidatsa grammar; title: Letters; title: Nouns; title: Pronouns; title: Verbs; title: Adjectives; title: Adverbs; title: Hidatsa dictionary; title: Local names; title: English-Hidatsa vocabulary.