Discusses the early years of Russian occupation and education on Kodiak Island, and the suppression of language and culture by the American education system.
Chinook text with headings in Chinook longhand with some English. Chinook Alphabet. Chinook Hymns: 1. O Tloos St. Joseph; 2. Naiko chako wawa; 3. O Maika tloos J.-C.; 4. Iakwa alta; 5. Sahale Taye Tanoz; 6. O J.-C. Nawitka; 7. Ankaate Ookook J.-C.; 7[repeated]. Naiko O J.-C.; 8. Tloosatta nsaika; 9. O Tloos Maric; 10. Kanawe Son O.I.M.; 11. Oookook Son ilep tloos; 12. Wek Saia J.-C.; 13. Na Jesus Tanas etc. 14. Dtet nsaika mamook. Refrain; 15. Sahale Taay iaka monmod; 16. Koper iht S. Taye; 17. o Salutaris Hostia; 18. Tantum Ergo. Last page identifies Father LeJeune as the author.
Text in Chinook with chapter headings in English. Includes the first seven chapters of what would later become the New Testament section of Bishop Durieu's Chinook Bible History published in 1899 (pp. 48-51). The text may be identical but this would need to be checked by a translator of Chinook shorthand to be certain.