The Lenâpé and Their Legends: With the complete text and symbols of the Walam olum, a new translation, and an inquiry into its authenticityBrinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
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The Lenâpé and Their Legends: With the complete text and symbols of the Walam olum, a new translation, and an inquiry into its authenticity
Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
Delaware Indians; Delaware language -- Texts; Picture-writing, Indian
12. Woak wtellawoll neli, Elanggomêllen, ktelgiquiki
And he-said-to-him to-him Friend like
matte attemikēn jun (_or_ tá elinàquo wentschi jun
not ashamed here not like therefore here
k'mattîmikeen,); woak {müngachsa} mattacu witachpungkewi
thou-art-ashamed and { ilik } not marriage
Schakhokquiwan ktellachquiwon? Necama tschuk k'pettúneù.
coat thou wearest He but He-mouth-shuts.
13. Nannen w'tellawoll na Sakima nelih Wtallocacannüng;
Then he-said-to-them the king to-them his-servants
Kachpiluh nan/woan Wunachkall woak W'sittall, woak
Fasten-ye-him his-hands and his-feet and
lannéhewik quatschemung enda achwipegnunk, nitschlenda
throw-him where in pitch-darkness even-some
Lipackcuwoagan woak Tschætschak koalochinen.
weeping and teeth-gnashing
14. Ntitechquoh macheli moetschi wentschimcussuwak,
Because many they-are-called
tschuk tatthiluwak achnaeknuksitschik.
but they-are-few the-chosen
The asterisk occurs in the original apparently to indicate that a word
is superfluous or doubtful. The interlined translation I have supplied
from the materials in the mission-Delaware dialect, but my resources
have not been sufficient to analyze each word; and this, indeed, is not
necessary for my purpose, which is merely to present an example of the
true Unami dialect.
The Moravian Bishop, John Ettwein, was another of their fraternity
who applied himself to the study of the Delaware. Born in Europe in
1712, he came to the New World in 1754, and died at the great age of
ninety years in 1802. He prepared a small dictionary and phrase book,
especially rich in verbal forms. It is an octavo MS. of 88 pages,
without title, and comprises about 1300 entries. This manuscript exists
in one copy only, in the Moravian Archives at Bethlehem.
Bishop Ettwein also prepared for General Washington, in 1788, an
account of the traditions and language of the natives, including a
vocabulary. This was found among the Washington papers by Mr. Jared
Sparks, and was published in the "Bulletin of the Pennsylvania
Historical Society," 1848.
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