A primer for the use of the Mohawk children, to acquire the spelling and reading of their own, as well as to get acquainted with the English, tongue, which for that purpose is put on the opposite page = Waerighwaghsawe iksaongoenwa. Tsiwaondad-derighhonny kaghyadoghsera; nayondeweyestaghk ayeweanaghnodon ayeghyàdow kaniyenkehàga kaweanondaghkouh; dyorheaf-hàga oni tsinihadiweanotea.

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Subtitles:Waerighwaghsawe iksaongoenwa. Tsiwaondad-derighhonny kaghyadoghsera; nayondeweyestaghk ayeweanaghnodon ayeghyàdow kaniyenkehàga kaweanondaghkouh; dyorheaf-hàga oni tsinihadiweanotea
Main Author: Claus, Daniel 1727-1787 (Author)
Corporate Author: John Carter Brown Library (Contributor)
Contributors: Brown, Harold 1863-1900. (Former owner)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:Undetermined language
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Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: London Printed by C. Buckton, Great Pultney-Street 1786
In:Year: 1786
Further subjects:B Mohawk language Texts
B Imprint 1786
B Indian linguistics Mohawk language
B Mohawk language Readers
B Catechisms, Mohawk
B General Works
B Readers (Primary)
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Item Description:Attributed to Daniel Claus by Sabin. - First printed in Montreal, 1781. - English and Mohawk on opposite pages. - Primer includes section on the alphabet, lists of words in one to eight syllables, a catechism, texts of prayers, the names and order of the books of the Old and New Testaments, and roman numeral letters and their spelled out translations in Mohawk. - Signatures: A-F (E1 missigned F1) G² (-G2). - Engraved illustration of Mohawk children in a classroom is bound as a frontispiece. - Engraved head pieces