Katolik deneya'tiye dittlisse. Livre de prieres en langue Montagnaise
Montreal: C. O. Beuchemin & Fils, 1890. 12mo, pp. 404; green paper boards backed in purple buckram; speckled edges; upper board stained, spine sunned, O. M. I. stamp on cover and title page, label residue on spine. A prayer book, catechism and hymnal in Chipewyan, transliterated in Latin characters. Laurent Legoff was fluent in the Chipewyan language, wrote a number of books on the subject, and translated religious texts using both Latin characters and a syllabic system. The Chipewyans are part of the Northern Athabascan group of peoples. They were located generally in Western Canada. Pilling, Athapascan, p. 53. Item #47862
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