Wishram Texts, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Wishram Texts, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Sapir and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Wishram d104s, Vol. 2 The arrangement of the texts into the heads of Myths, Customs, . Letters, non-mythical Narratives, and Supple mentary Upper Chinookan d104s, is self-explanatory, and need not be commented upon. An effort has been made to secure as many types of text as possible, both in order to Obtain a reasonably wide range of linguistic data and to give at least some idea of various sides of Indian life and thought. Some brief remarks have already been made on the subject of Wishram mythology in another place.l The myths now presented, together with the late Mr. Curtin's Wasco Tales and Myths, in the latter part of the volume, will serve as evidence for the statements there made. In regard to the Wishram language itself. 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.