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Part of the second volume of Gatschet's 1890 monumental two-volume study of Klamath culture and language. Includes a 478-page Klamath-English dictionary, followed by a 208-page English-Klamath dictionary. Gatschet also includes an introduction, list of sounds used in the Klamath language, and a list of errata. Together with Part one of this set (Ethnographic Sketch, Texts, and Grammar), this is the definitive work on Klamath language and ethnology. Gatschet, an American ethnologist, born in Switzerland, was trained as a linguist in the universities of Bern and Berlin. He was a pioneer in the scientific study of Native American languages, an ethnologist of the U.S. Geological Survey, and, beginning in 1879 a member of the newly organized Bureau of American Ethnology ; At head of title: Department of the interior. U.S. Geographical and geological survey of the Rocky Mountain region. J. W. Powell, in charge

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