où j'en suis de mon histoire, where I am in my story

4. The Choctaws were an important confederacy. Through the Colonial period they usually sided with the French. After the Révolution they began to drift westward into Louisiana, and in 1830

they agreed to cède their lands east of the Mississippi to the govemment in exchange for a location in Indian Territory. They are now known there as the Choctaw Nation, and number about 20,000 " citizens," mostly of pure blood. Their government is autonomous.

Pag"e 97. — i. The Indians were to be landed on the west shore of the Mississippi in Arkansas; see page 98, line 22.

Pag'e 98. — i. que celui qui. Do not translate the que, it merely introduces the apositive statement celui qui, etc.

2. What follows is from a letter headed Washington, 24 janvier, i8j2, and addressed to de Tocqueville's father. In a previous letter to his sister-in-law (Mme. de la baronne Edouard de Tocqueville), written on Chesapeake Bay the i6th of January, he describes the return from New Orléans. The trip was made overland through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, the two Carolinas to Xorfolk, Va., which was reached on January 15. At that point the travelers embarked for Washington arriving there on the lyth.

Page 99. — i. A few weeks before the arrivai of de Tocqueville in Washington the twenty-second Congress assembled, thus bringing to Washington a large number of famous men. " Both for its members and the accomplished work of two sessions, this Congress will ever shine bright in the galaxy of history. Statesmen, the most illustrions and promising of the âge, served in one branch or the other." — Schouler.

2. Andrew Jackson was now in the middle of his first term as président (1829-1833). He was born of Scotch-Irish parents, in 1767, in Union County, Xorth Carolina. Although left early to make his own way in the world, by 1788 he was public prosecutor of what is now Tennessee; in 1796 became a member of the Constitutional Convention of the new state, and in 1797 was appointed a United States senator to fill a vacancy; 1 798-1 804 judge of the Suprême Court of Tennessee; 1804-1811 engaged in business; commanded at the Battle of New Orléans, January 8, 181 5, the most glorious land success of the United States in the War of 181 2. This campaign made him a national figure. In 1823 again became a United States senator from Tennessee; 1829-1837 Président. When he retired from office at the close of his term, he withdrew to the Hermitage, his home, near Nashville, Tennessee, where he spent the remainder of his days; died 1845.

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3. Washington is situated very picturesquely in the District of Columbia, on the northeast shore of the Potomac River about 100 miles from its mouth, and 228 miles by rail from New York. The plan of the city was made in 1791 by Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French engineer, and was approved by Washington; the next year the beginnings of the city were started, and by 1800 the north section of the Capitol was completed so that Congress could meet there. In 1814 the Capitol, President's Ilouse, and other public buildings were burned by the I^ritish, but were replaced within the next few years. In the fîrst years of its existence the growth of the city was very slow, and formed a striking incongruity with the grand scale on which the city was laid out. De Tocqueville was not the first traveler to sneer at this. The magnificence of the présent city dates from 1871, when improvements were begun which hâve now made Washington one of the handsomest capitals in the world. Population in 1900, 278,718.

4. This is a référence to La Fontaine's fable (x., LVii.), La laitière et le pot aie lait. A dairywoman was going to market one day carrying a pot of milk on her head. As she walked along she thought how she could buy with the milk a hundred eggs, and then with the chickens from thèse eggs purchase a pig.

Le porc à s'engraisser coûtera peu de son ;

Il était, quand je l'eus, de grosseur raisonnable ;

J'aurai, le revendant, de l'argent, bel et bon.

" With Utile care, And then the price

Ajid any fare, IVill be so nice,

HeHl groiv quite fat and big; For which the pork will sell."

With the money thus obtained a cow and calf would be procured. It was a pleasing thought and the woman danced for joy, when down came the pot of milk and with it ail her dreams.

Pagre 100. — I. Alexander the Great founded (331 B.c.) the city named for him in Egypt, and Peter the Great laid the beginnings of St. Petersburg in 1703.

Many words v/hich are practically identical in French and F2nglish, as well as certain pronouns and other forms which it is presumed will be easily recognized, hâve been omitied. The student should not forget, however, that he is always expected to exercise some ingenuity and discrimination in the adaptation of meanings whether they are new or old.

à, at, in, to, by, with, from, on.

abandon, w., abandonment.

abandonné, -e, abandoned.

abandonner, to abandon, leave, give up.

abattre, to eut down, vanquish.

abattu, -e, overthrown, broken.

abîme, w., abyss, depth,

aboiement, m., barking.

abord, m., access, arrivai, landing ; d' — , (at) first ; au premier — , at first sight. [land.

aborder, to approach, arrive at,

aboucher (s'), to hâve an interview, confer with.

aboutir, to end, terminate.

abri, m., shelter, cover.

abriter, to shelter.

abruti, -e, brutalized, besotted.

absolu, -e, absolute.

absolument, absolutely.

abus, m., abuse, misuse.

accablé, -e, overwhelmed.

accabler, to overwhelm.

accent, m., accent, tone.

accepter, to accept, receive.

acception,/., sensé.

accolade,/., embrace, hug.

accompagner, to accompany.

accompli, -e, accomplished, fulfilled.

accomplir, to accomplish, ef-

fect.

accorder, to grant.

accoutumé, -e, customary, ac-

customed.

accoutumer, to accustom ; s' — ,

to accustom oneself to.

accrocher (s'), to fasten to.

accroissement, m., growth, in-

crease.

accroupi, -e, squatting, cower-

ing.

accueil, m., welcome.

accueillir, to receive.

accumuler, to accumulate; s' — ,

to increase, accumulate.

accusé, -e, accused.

acéré, -e, sharp, keen.

achat, 711., purchase.

acheter, to buy, purchase.

achever, to finish, conclude.

acquérir, to acquire, buy.

acquis, -e, acquired.