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Delaware Indian Language of
1824
C. C.
Trowbridge
Edited by
James A. Rementer
In 1823, a man named
Charles C. Trowbridge went to Indiana Territory to
collect data about the Lenape or Delaware
language. After only two and a half months,
Trowbridge collected over 280 pages of handwritten
information, making the first full-fledged
treatment of Southern Unami, the dialect spoken by
the two groups still existing in Oklahoma today.
This is the dialect of Lenape that was spoken in
the southern half of New Jersey, southeastern
Pennsylvania, and Delaware. More...
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 Native American History
& Culture
Sketches
of
Ancient History of the Six Nations
David Cusick
First published in 1825, this
work represents one of the earliest attempts to
reconstruct pre-contact Iroquois history. Compiled
by David Cusick, a Tuscarora historian, the book
attempts to relate events as far back as 1000 BC
based on the oral tradition of the Iroquois. While
it would be unreasonable to assume that the
traditions recorded in this work are precise, it
is clear that they likely contain a kernel of
ancestral memory making the work wholly invaluable
to a study of Iroquois history and folklore.. More....
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 Bestseller
A Vocabulary
of Mohegan-Pequot
American
Language
Reprints Series, Vol. 9
Complied by J. Dyneley Prince
and Frank Speck
Mohegan-Pequot was an Eastern Algonquian
language originally spoken in southeastern
Connecticut. It became extinct in the early 20th
century. This vocabulary contains 446 words
collected by J. Dyneley Prince and Frank Speck
from Fidelia Fielding, a resident of Mohegan,
Connecticut and the last native speaker of the
dialect; with 12 additional words from the
Brothertown reservation in Wisconsin. It features
etymological and comparative linguistic commentary
for each term. More...
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 Early Frontier
The Pennsylvania and New York
Frontier
History
from
1720 to the Close of the American
Revolution
William Brewster
Covering a period of roughly 60
years from 1720 through the early 1780s, this
volume provides invaluable information of the
various conflicts and land-grabs that took
place on the Pennsylvania and New York
frontier during the initial period of
settlement. Among the people, places and
incidents covered in this volume are: the
Susquehanna Indian town of Shamokin, The Great
Lancaster Treaty of 1744, the Battle of
Oriskany, the Wyoming Massacre, the Sullivan
Expedition, and many others More...
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