A Key Into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England: Together with Briefe Observations of the Customes, Manners, and Worships, &c. of the Aforesaid Natives, etc.Williams, Roger
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A Key Into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England: Together with Briefe Observations of the Customes, Manners, and Worships, &c. of the Aforesaid Natives, etc.
Williams, Roger
Narragansett Indians; Narragansett language
Nip, or nipéwese, Give me some water.
Namitch, commetesímmin, Stay, you must eat first.
Téaquacumméich, What will you eat?
Nókehick, Parch’d meal, which is a
readie very wholesome food,
which they eate with a little water, hot or cold; I have travelled
with neere 200 of them at once, neere 100 miles through the woods,
every man carrying a _little Basket_ of this at his _back_, and
sometimes in a hollow _Leather Girdle_ about his middle, sufficient
for a man for three or four daies.
With this readie provision, and their _Bow_ and _Arrowes_, are
they ready for _War_, and _travell_ at an _houres_ warning. With
a _spoonfull_ of this _meale_ and a _spoonfull_ of water from the
Brooke, have I made many a good dinner and supper.
Aupúmmineanash, The parch’d corne.
Aupúminea-nawsaùmp, The parch’d meale boild
with water at their houses,
which is the wholesomest
diet they have.
Msíckquatash, Boild corne whole.
Manusqussêdash, Beanes.
Nasàump, A kind of meale pottage,
unpartch’d.
From this the _English_ call their _Samp_, which is the _Indian_
corne, beaten and boild, and eaten hot or cold with milke or butter,
which are mercies beyond the _Natives_ plaine water, and which is a
dish exceeding wholesome for the _English_ bodies.
Puttuckqunnége, A Cake.
Puttuckqunnêgunash puttúckqui, Cakes or loves round.
Teâgun kuttie maûnch? What shall I dresse for you?
Assámme, Give me to eate.
Ncàttup, I am hungrie.
Wúnnancáttup, I am very hungry.
Nippaskanaûn tum, I am almost starved.
Pàutous notatàm, Give me drinke.
Sókenish, Powre forth.
Cosaúme sokenúmmis, You have powred out too much.
Wuttáttash, Drinke.
Nquitchetàmmin, Let me taste.
Quítchetash, Taste.
Saunqui nip? Is the water coole?
Saun kopaûgot, Coole water.
Chowhêsu, It is warme.
Aquie wuttàttash, Doe not drinke.
Aquie waúmatous, Doe not drinke all.
Necáwni mèich teàqua, First eat something.
Tawhitch mat me chóan, Why eat you not?
Wussaúme kusópita, It is too hot.
Teâguunnumméitch, What shall I eate?
Mateàg keesitàuano? Is there nothing ready boyld?
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