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
8.—Catechism of the Wesleyan Methodists, for children of tender years.
New York: Waugh & Mason. 16 p. 18mo. A. D. 1836. Compiled and published
by order of the British Conference.
9.—A collection of Hymns for the use of Native Christians, in the
Mohawk language. New York: D. Fanshaw. A. D. 1835. 147 p. 18mo.
SECTION II.—ONEIDA.
10.—A Prayer Book, comprising the morning and evening service, and
other forms used in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United
States. New York: Swords, Stanford & Co: D. Fanshaw, printer. A. D.
1837. 1 vol. 12mo. 168 pages.
This is a compilation made from several sources, by Rev. Solomon
Davis, missionary to the Oneidas, at Duck Creek, Wisconsin. It is not
without some inaccuracy that it is set forth as being in the language
of the Six Nations, nor can it be strictly asserted to be in the Oneida
dialect, although understood by that nation. The vocabularies that have
been taken denote very considerable differences in the languages of the
several Iroquois cantons, greater indeed, by far, than might have been
expected, when it is known that these tribes understand each other. The
question is one, rather of philology, than practical teaching, which we
are informed is sufficiently well advanced by the present work. It is
here arranged under the head of the Oneida dialect, from the known fact
that Mr. Davis labors, and has long labored with that people, and the
observed prevalence of the Oneida dialect, in portions of the work.
SECTION III.—SENECA.
11.—Diahsawahgwah Gayadoshah—Reading lessons. Boston: Crocker &
Brewster. 1 vol. 42 p. 8vo. A. D. 1836.
The clear and neat type and white paper of this little volume, and the
exact system of notation in which the Seneca tongue appears, denote
the careful labors, in this branch, of Rev. A. Wright, who has been
for many years a missionary of the American Board at the Buffalo
Reservation, in Western New York. There is a vocabulary of 16 pages, of
concrete terms and conversational forms, at its close, which adds to
its practical and philosophical value.
12.—Ne Iaguhnigoagesgwathah—The mental Elevator. Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14. 8
pages each. Cattaraugus Reservation, Mission Press. A. D. 1846. 32 p.
13.—The Mental Elevator, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14. 8 pages 8vo. each.
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