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
Against the Birds the _Indians_ are very carefull, both to set their
corne deep enough that it may have a strong root not so apt to be
pluckt up (not too deep lest they bury it, and it never come up:) as
also they put up little watch-houses in the middle of their fields,
in which they, or their biggest children lodge, and early in the
Morning prevent the Birds, &c.
Kokókehom, An Owle.
Ohómous,
Kaukont-tuock, Crow, Crowes.
Obs: These birds, although they doe the corne also some hurt, yet
scarce will one _Native_ amongst an hundred will kil them, because
they have a tradition, that the Crow brought them at first an
_Indian_ Graine of Corne in one Eare and an _Indian_ or _French_
Beane in another, from the Great God _Kautántouwits_ field in the
Southwest from whence they hold came all their Corne and beanes.
Hònck, hònckock, Goose, Geese.
Wómpatuck-quâuog, Swan, Swans.
Wéquash-shâuog,
Munnûcks-munnûcksuck, Brants, or Brantgeese.
Quequécum-mâuog, Ducks.
Obs: The Indians having abundance of these sorts of Foule upon their
waters, take great paines to kill any of them with their Bow and
Arrowes; and are marvellous desirous of our English Guns, powder and
shot (though they are wisely and generally denied by the English) yet
with those which they get from the French, and some others (Dutch
and English) they kill abundance of Fowle, being naturally excellent
marks-men; and also more hardned to endure the weather, and wading,
lying, and creeping on the ground, &c.
I once saw an exercise of training the English, when all the English
had mist the mark set up to shoot at, an Indian with his owne piece
(desiring leave to shoot) onely hit it.
Kitssuog, Cormorants.
Obs: These they take in the night time, where they are asleepe on
rocks, off at Sea, and bring in at break of day great store of them:
Yo aquéchinock, There they swim.
Nipponamouôog, I lay nets for them.
Obs: This they doe onshore, and catch many fowle upon the plaines,
and feeding under okes upon akrons, as Geese, Turkies, Cranes, and
others &c.
Ptowéi, It is fled.
Ptowewushánnick, They are fled.
Wunnùp, pash, Wing, Wings.
Wunnúppaníckánawhone, Wing-Shot.
Wuhóckgockánwhone, Body-Shot:
Wuskówhàn, A Pigeon.
Wuskowhánannûaog, Pigeons.
Wuskowhannanaûkit, Pigeon Countrie.
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