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Nouvelle relation de la Gaspesie, qui contient les moeurs & la religion des sauvages gaspesiens Porte-Croix, adorateurs du soleil, & d’autres peuples de l'Amerique Septentrionale, dit [sic] le Canada.
Paris: Laurent Rondet for Thomas Amaulry, 1692
Physical Description: [28], 572, [4] p. ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Call number: E692/ L462n/ [R]
Accession number: 12913
Notes: Chapter VII, “De l’ignorance des Gaspesiens”, relates the author’s invention of a special system of characters devised by the author to produce “kignamotinoer, ou kateguenne” (p. 130; cf. “Oukateguennes kignamatinoër, des Papiers instructifs ŕ prier Dieu”, p. 534), and contains terms for seasons and months (p. 158-160). Chapter VIII, “De la langue des Gaspesiens”, consists primarily of general remarks on usage and pronunciation (p. 160-164). Chapter XXI, “Premier retour de l’Auteur en France, & la harangue que le Chef des Gaspesiens luy a faite ŕ son départ” (p. 518-572) contains vocabulary passim (p. 534, 537, 538, 541, 546-549, 552, 554). First published, Paris, 1691; these are the same sheets with a new title page. Title page of 1691 edition gives Chrestien Le Clercq as author. JCB copy imperfect: disbound and wanting both boards and spine.
Languages: Micmac
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
