Literature of the Indian Languages: A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books, Translations of the Scriptures, and Other Publications in the Indian Tongues of the United States, With Brief Critical NotesSchoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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Literature of the Indian Languages: A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books, Translations of the Scriptures, and Other Publications in the Indian Tongues of the United States, With Brief Critical Notes
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Indian imprints -- United States; Indians of North America -- Languages -- Bibliography
56.—The Gospel according to Matthew, and the Acts of the Apostles.
Louisville, (Ky.) William C. Buck, printer. 1 vol. 12mo. p. 240.
This translation is by Jonathan Lykins. It is printed in the
consonantal system of notation, which has been prepared by Mr. Meeker.
57.—Potewatemi Nememissinoikan. A. M. D. G., Saint Louis. 1 vol. 12mo.
62 pages. W. J. Mullin, printer. A. D. 1844. A Pottawattomie Prayer
Book.
58.—Potawatome Nkumwinin. Shawnee Baptist Mission. J. Meeker, printer.
A. D. 1835. 1 vol. 84 pages, small 8vo.
59.—Potewatome Missinoikan Catechisme. Pottawattomie Book of Catechism.
Cincinnati: Stereotyped by Monfort & Conahans, for the Catholic Church.
_No date._ (Received 23d December, 1844.)
60.—Potewatemi Nememissinoikun. Baltimore: John Murphy, for the
Catholic Church. A. D. 1848. 1 vol. 12mo. p. 160.
61.—Pottawattomie Spelling Book. Shawnee Mission. J. Meeker, printer.
A. D. 1834, 32 pages, 12mo.
62.—Pewani Ipi Potewatemi Missinoikan. Catholic Elementary Book for
Pottawattomies. Baltimore: John Murphy. A. D. 1846.
SECTION IV.—MOHEGAN.
BOOKS AND TRANSLATIONS IN THE MOHEGAN, MOHAEKANUC, OR STOCKBRIDGE
LANGUAGE.
63.—The Assembly’s Shorter Catechism. 1 vol. 18mo. 34 pages. _No
imprint or date._
This is one of the earliest translations made into our Indian
languages, and is understood to have been done prior to the American
Revolution, while this tribe dwelt at Stockbridge, Mass., on the
Housatonic River. It has the following endorsement: “This translation
was made by John Quinney and Capt. Hendrick, who received his (their)
commission from General Washington. Little else has ever been
translated into the Stockbridge language besides this.” The name of the
tribes is written on the cover, “Muh hee kun ne ew,” being the plural
of (to preserve the orthography of the endorsement,) “Muh hee kun,”
denoting Mohegan people. It is a well characterized dialect of the
sub-groupe of the Eastern Algonquins.
SECTION V.—MONTAGNAIS, OR MOUNTAINEERS.
BOOKS AND TRANSLATIONS IN THE MONTAGNAIS.
[This people occupy the country on the head-waters of the River
Saguenay, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, below Quebec,
reaching to the Labrador coast. They are a part of the great Algonquin
family so celebrated in the history of Canada.]
64.—Aiamieu Kukuetshimitun Missinaigan. Prayer and Question (Catechism)
Book. Quebec: 53 pages, 12mo. A. D. 1848.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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