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Reize door de binnenlanden van Noord-Amerika.
Leyden: A. en J. Honkoop , 1796
Physical Description: 2 v. : ill. (some col., 1 folded), folded map, port. ; 24 cm. (8vo)
Call number: D796/ C331r
Accession number: 04072
Notes: “Van de taalen, beeldspraakige figuuren enz. der Indiaanen” (p. 150-155) includes a discussion of four classes of North American Indian languages (Irokeezen, Chipéway or Algonkin, Naudowessie, and Cherokee/Chickasaw); references to the Ottawaws, the Saukies, the Ottagaumies, the Killistinoes, the Nipegons, the bands about Lake La Pluye, and the remains of the Algonkins or Gens de Terre, the Winnebagoes, and the Menomonies; and a “Descriptive specimen of [Chipéway] hieroglyphicks”. Following are "Korte woorden lijst van de Chipéwaysche taal (p. 156-166), listing over 250 terms in Dutch alphabetical order with Chipéwaysche/Ojibwa equivalents, concluding with numerical terms; and "Korte woorden-lijst van de Naudowessiesche taal” (p. 167-172), listing over 100 terms in Dutch alphabetical order with Naudowessie/Dakota equivalents, also including numerical terms, and concluding with a Naudowessie hunting song and Dutch translation. Brief remarks referring to languages spoken by the Assinipoils, the Naudowessies, the Killistinoes, and the Chipéwaysche also appear in v.1, p. 73.
Translation by J. D. Pasteur of Travels through the interior parts of North America in the years, first published, London, 1778; this translation of third edition, London, 1781. Carver’s authorship of this work has been questioned (see Echeverria & Wilkie 784:12 and ESTC N63312); also attributed tentatively to John Coakley Lettsom, known to be involved with the work at least in the category of editor. Cf. Bourne, E.G., “The travels of Jonathan Carver”, Amer. hist. review, v. 11, no. 2 (Jan. 1906), p. 287-302.
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Languages: Dakota / Ojibwa
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
