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Another tongue brought in, to confess the great Saviour of the world. Or, Some communications of Christianity, put into a tongue used among the Iroquois Indians, in America. And, put into the hands of the English and the Dutch traders; to accomodate the great intention of communicating the Christian religion, unto the salvages, among whom they may find any thing of this language to be intelligible.
Boston: Bartholomew Green, 1707
Physical Description: 16 p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Call number: D. Math/ C.16/ [R]
Accession number: 0599
Notes: "To the English and Dutch traders, among the Iroquois Indians": p. 2-4. The text is a brief catechism printed in sections of Iroquois, Latin, English, and Dutch.
Caption title on p. 5 reads: A glorious Christ, exhibited and glorified, in a language used, among the Iroquois Indians, in America.
The Indian translation aided by Domine Godefridus Dellius? Cf. Holmes.
Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes, who contributed to the English translation.
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Languages: Iroquois
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds
Region: North America
