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Nehiro-iriniui aiamihe massinahigan, Shatshegutsh, Mitinekapitsh, Iskuamiskutsh, Netshekatsh, Misht', Assinitsh, Shekutimitsh, Ekuanatsh, Ashuabmushuanitsh, Piakuagamitsh, gaie missi missi nehiro-iriniui Astshitsh ka tatjits, ka kueiasku aiamihatjits ka utshi.
Québec City [Uabistiguiatsh]: William Brown and Thomas Gilmore, 1767
Physical Description: 96 p. ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Call number: E767/ N395i
Accession number: 06150
Notes: A catechism and prayer book entirely in the language of the Montagnais Indians. Note on front pastedown leaf: “A missal in the language of the Abenaki Indians, who are now settled at Ste. François, near the Seigneury of Becancour, Lower Canada. Québec, Oct. 1832”. Contains index.
The compiler-translator’s name, Jean-Baptiste La Brosse, is given in its Montagnais form in the Approbation: Jan Batist Tshitshisahigan. The printers, William Brown and Thomas Gilmore, were printing partners in Quebec City from 1763 to 1772. Cf. A. Fateaux, The introduction of printing into Canada, Quebec, 1930, p. 71-77.
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Languages: Abenaki / Cree-Montagnais
Genre: Catechisms and creeds
Region: North America
