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Show iS8o] AUTHORITIES 279 ography of the Siouan Languages'* ( Bulletin, 1887); Bibliography of the Iroquoian Languages" ( Bulletin, 1888); " Bibliography of the Muskhogean Languages" ( Bulletin, 1889); " Bibliography of the Algonquian Languages" ( Bulletin, 1891); " Bibliography of the Athapascan Languages" ( Bulletin, 1892); " Bibliography of the Chinookan Languages" ( Bulletin, 1893);" Bibliography of the Salishan Languages" ( Bulletin, 1893); " Bibliography of the Waka-shan Languages" ( Bulletin, 1894). While Pilling's bibliographies are primarily linguistic, they include references to nearly all the early works of general description and are quite indispensable to the student. THE ESKIMO The best of the early accounts of the Eskimo is D. Cranz, History of Greenland ( 2 vols., 1767; 2d ed., 1820). The book is written from the point of view of the missionary, but contains much shrewd and accurate observation. The best later works are: E. Petitot, Vocabulaire Francais- Esquimau ( 1876); H. Rink, Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo ( 1876), The Eskimo Tribes ( 1887); F. Boas, " The Central Eskimo" ( Bureau of Ethnology, Sixth Annual Report, 1888); J. Murdock, " Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition" ( Bureau of Ethnology, Ninth Annual Report, 1892); E. W. Nelson, " The Eskimo about Bering Strait" ( Bureau of Ethnology, Eighteenth Annual Report, 1899). A full bibliography up to 1887 will be found in Pilling, Bibliography of the Eskimo Language. INDIANS OP THE NORTHWEST COAST The literature on the North Pacific tribes has become quite extensive during recent years. This is largely due to the systematic observations which have been made by the British Association for the Advancement of Science. W. F. Tolmie and G. M. Dawson had previously published papers incidental to their geological work for the Canadian |