Cyrus Byington Books

Cyrus Byington was a missionary who dedicated his life to developing the written form of the Choctaw language. Despite training as a lawyer, he immersed himself in studying and documenting the Choctaw language, which he learned during his missionary work. His lifelong effort to create a lexicon and other linguistic tools resulted in one of the most comprehensive dictionaries of a Native American language. Byington's work not only helped preserve the language but also facilitated the dissemination of religious texts in written form.