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
This translation is by A. Hill; corrected by J. A. Wilkes, Jr., Grand
River, C. W. This translation, like the preceding, contains the English
and Mohawk in parallel passages, and like that, is thus rendered a
valuable element in the study of language.
3.—Ne Ne Jinihodiyeren. The Acts of the Apostles, in the Mohawk
language. New York: Howe & Bates, for the Young Men’s (Methodist)
Auxiliary Bible Society. 1 vol. 12mo. 120 pages. A. D. 1835. Translated
by H. A. Hill, with corrections by William Hess and John A. Wilkes,
Jr. It is accompanied by a translation of the Epistle of Paul to the
Romans, in 56 pages, by the same translator and revisors.
4.—The Gospel according to St. Mark. New York: McElrath & Bangs, for
the New York District Bible Society. 1 vol. 239 pages, 12mo. A. D. 1829.
Of this translation, there exist earlier copies. It is from the pen
of the noted Chief, Captain Joseph Brant, called Tarenyawagon, by his
people. He employs the word Niyoh, for the Supreme Being. He gives
the English and Mohawk in opposite pages. The volume terminates with
a collection of sentences from the Scriptures, which are designed for
practical instruction. These are curious and valuable exemplifications
of the power of the two languages. In point of brevity and conciseness,
the English exceeds the Mohawk, as 25 to 38, (vide p. 192, et seq.)
The mind of that Chief would appear to have been well indoctrinated in
leading Scriptural truths, and exhibits no little power of appropriate
selection in these passages. If he became a savage in battle, and
exhibited the peculiar subtlety, cruelty, and power of Indian deception
while on the war path, he had the power to sink into a philosophic
calm, in his study. This translation is indeed, a better apology for
the alleged cruelty of his life, than the rather labored vindication in
the volumes of his ardent biographer, the late Colonel W. L. Stone.
5.—The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians, in the Mohawk language. New
York: Howe & Bates, for the Young Men’s Bible Society. 1 vol. 18 double
pages, 12mo., with the Epistle to the Ephesians, 18 double pages, 12mo.
A. D. 1835. Translated by H. A. Hill, with corrections by William Hess
and J. A. Wilkes, Jr.
6.—THE EPISTLES OF PAUL, in Mohawk, namely: To the Phillipians, p. 17;
To the Colossians, p. 16; To the Thessalonians, p. 22; To Timothy,
p. 31; To Titus, p. 11; To Philemon, p. 7. These six Epistles of the
Apostle, which are comprehended in 104 12mo. pages, are the translation
of William Hess, an educated Mohawk, with corrections by J. A. Wilkes,
jun. New York: Howe & Bates, for the Young Men’s auxiliary Bible
Society, Method. Epis. Church, A. D. 1836.
7.—Ne Yeriwanontonthæ ne ne Wesleyan Methodists. Lynn, Mass: Newhall &
Hathorne. 12 p. 18mo. A. D. 1834.
This is a translation of the Catechism of the Wesleyan Methodists,
published at New York in 1836 by Waugh & Mason, at the Conference
Office, 200 Mulberry street.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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