Consists of the following sections: 1. English-Nez Perce vocabulary. 8 pages. Received in Smithsonian Institution, August, 1875. 2. English-Nez Perce dictionary. 735 pages filled with English words ...
When he began recording the words of a Native speaker 40 years ago, linguist Noel Rude had no idea that his life’s work would form the foundation of the first dictionary for the Umatilla language.