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
It is rightly called the Sea turne, because the wind commonly all the
Summer, comes off from the North and Northwest in the night, and then
turnes againe about from the South in the day: as _Solomon_ speaks of
the vanitie of the Winds in their changes, _Eccles._ 1. 6.
Mishâupan, A great wind.
Mishitáshin, A storme.
Wunnágehan, or Faire wind.
Wunnêgin waúpi,
Wunnêgitch wuttìn, When the wind is faire.
Mattágehan, A crosse wind.
Wunnágehatch, When the wind comes faire.
Mattágehatch, When the wind is crosse.
Cowunnogehúckamen, You have a faire wind.
Cummattagehúckamen, The wind is against you.
Nummattagehúckamen, The wind is against mee.
_Generall Observations of the Wind._
God is wonderfully glorious in bringing the _winds_ out of his
Treasure, and riding upon the wings of those _winds_ in the eyes of
all the sonnes of men in all Coasts of the world.
More particular.
English and Indian both Observe
The various blasts of wind:
And both I have heard in dreadfull stormes
Cry out aloud, I have sinn’d.
But when the stormes are turn’d to calmes
And seas grow smooth and still;
Both turne (like swine) to wallow in,
The filth of former will.
’Tis not a storme on sea, or shore,
’Tis not the Word that can;
But ’tis the spirit or Breath of God
That must renew the Man.
CHAP. XV.
_Of Fowle._
NPesháwog, } Fowle
Pussekesesuck, }
Ntauchâumen, I goe a fowling or hunting.
Auchaûi, Hee is gone to hunt or fowle.
Pepemôi, He is gone to fowle.
Wómpissacuk, An Eagle.
Wompsacuckquâuog, Eagle.
Néyhom, mâuog, Turkies.
Paupock, sûog, Partridges.
Aunckuck, quâuog, Heath cocks.
Chógan èuck, Black-bird, Black-birds.
Obs. Of this sort there be millions, which are great devourers of
the _Indian_ corne as soon as it appeares out of the ground; unto
this sort of Birds, especially, may the mysticall Fowles, the Divells
be well resembled (and so it pleaseth the Lord Jesus himselfe to
observe _Matth._ 13.) which mysticall Fowle follow the sowing of the
Word, and picke it up from loose and carelesse hearers, as these
Black-birds follow the materiall seed.
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