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
Obs: Which is the onely paine will force their stout hearts to cry;
I cannot heare of any disease of the stone amongst them (the corne
of the Countrey, with which they are fed from the wombe, being an
admirable cleanser and opener:) but the paine of their womens child
birth (of which I shall speake afterward in the Chapter of Marriage)
never forces their women so to cry, as I have heard some of their Men
in this paine.
In this paine they use a certaine root dried, not much unlike our
Ginger.
Sítchipuck, The necke.
Qúttuck, The throat.
Timeqúassin, To cut off or behead.--Which they are most skilfull to
doe in fight: for whenever they wound, and their arrow sticks in the
body of their enemie, they (if they be valorous, and possibly may)
they follow their arrow, and falling upon the person wounded and
tearing his head a little aside by his Locke, they in the twinckling
of an eye fetch off his head though but with a sorry knife.
I know the Man yet living, who in time of warre, pretended to fall
from his owne campe to the enemie, proffered his service in the
front with them against his owne Armie from whence he had revolted.
Hee propounded such plausible advantages, that he drew them out to
battell, himselfe keeping in the front; but on a sudden, shot their
chiefe Leader and Captaine, and being shot, in a trice fetcht off
his head, and returned immediately to his owne againe, from whom in
pretence (though with this treacherous intention) hee had revolted:
his act was false and treacherous, yet herein appeares policie,
stoutnesse and activitie, &c.
Napànnog, The breast.
Wuppíttene énash, Arme, Armes.
Wuttàh, The heart.
Wunnêtunita, My heart is good.
Obs: This speech they use whenever they professe their honestie; they
naturally confessing that all goodnesse is first in the heart.
Mishquínash, The vaines.
Mishquè, néepuck, The blood.
Uppusquàn, The backe.
Nuppusquànnick, My back, or at my back.
Wunnícheke, Hand.
Wunniskégannash, Hands.
Mokássuck, Nayles.
Obs: They are much delighted after battell to hang up the hands and
heads of their enemies: (Riches, long Life, and the Lives of enemies
being objects of great delight to all men naturall; but Solomon
begged Wisedome before these.)
Wunnáks, The bellie.
Apòme, Apòmash, The thigh, the thighs.
Mohcònt, tash, A legge, legs.
Wussètte, tash, A foot, feet.
Wunnichéganash, The toes.
Touwuttínsin, What manner of man?
Tonnúckquaque, Of what bignesse?
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