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6242: A dictionary of the Cree language, as spoken by the Indians in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, based upon the foundation laid by Rev. E.A. Watkins . 1938.
Watkins, Edwin Arthur (d.1881.)
d.1881. Church of England missionary; stationed at Fort George on Hudson Bay, 1852; translated the Gospels of St John and St Luke into Cree, 1855; stationed at St Andrews, Red River, 1856-1860; at Cumberland Mission, 1860-1863; at Portage la Prairie, after the death of his father-in-law, Archdeacon Cochrane, 1866-1881 (M.E.J., Dayspring in the far west; Greene, An historical sketch).

Other authors of Peel 6242

  • Mackay, John Alexander (1838-1923.) [info].
  • Faries, Richard (1870-1964.) [info].
  • Ahenakew, Edward (1885-1961.) [info].