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A new voyage to Carolina; containing the exact description and natural history of that country... and a journal of a thousand miles, travel’d thro’ several nations of Indians, giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c.
London: [s. n.], 1709
Physical Description: [6], 258, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., 1 map ; 21 cm. (4to)
Call number: D709/ L425n / [R]
Accession number: 15279
Notes: "A small dictionary of every tongue ...", p. 225-230, contains numbers, general vocabulary and phrases in the English, Tuskeruro [i.e. Tuscarora, a language in the Iroquois family spoken by a tribe in New York State and Ontario], Pamticough [a language spoken by the Pamlico Indians, who lived in Virginia], and Woccon languages [as spoken by a Siouan tribe near Piedmont, North Carolina].
First printed in serialized form as part of "A new collection of voyages and travels", compiled by John Stevens from 1708-1710, and printed in cumulation in London, 1711.
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Languages: Pampticough / Tuscarora / Woccon
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
