A Cree Grammar: Being a Simplified Approach to the Study of the Language of The Cree Indians of Canada by Hives, Harry Ernest [1901-1974] - 1948

Toronto: The Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada, 1948. First Ediition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. Original wraps and matching title vignette on front cover. [7] 8-102 p.p. Includes 36 Cree grammar lessons and an A-Z list of English-Cree and Cree-English vacabularies. Harry Ernest Hives [1901-1974], a Church of England Missionary spent time among the Plains Cree and Woodland Cree. He began his missionary work at Cumberland House, Lac-La-Ronge, Payton, and Battleford. Hives was "indebted...to the Indians at Stanley and Lac la Ronge for their patience and carefulness in giving the exact shades of meaning," which enabled him to formulate the rules upon which the Cree language is based. Hives later served as the Commisary for Indian Affairs to the Bishop of Saskatoon. Wear and fraying at spine ends. Creasing to covers. Early ownership inscriptions on front inner cover and upper right corner of title page in pen. Otherwise interior clean, bright. A good copy. [Peel, #7029].