Download or read book A Glossary of Mississippi Valley French, 1673-1850 (Classic Reprint) written by John Francis McDermott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Glossary of Mississippi Valley French, 1673-1850 Indian, I have next placed the abbreviation Ind. Then follows the customary abbreviation to Show the part of speech. The definition is given, whenever possible, in a Single word. For all words of unusual meaning I have cited the authority of region al dictionaries or have added illustrative passages from travel books and documents to show the particular sense in which the word was used. For terms descriptive of customs I have named sources where the reader will find much fuller accounts than I have had space for. For those standard but often misused words included I give the definition without citation of authority, for they are to be found in Littr . Except for words of these last two classes, current or standard uses of entries have not been mentioned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.