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Loskiel, George Henry, 1740-1814.

History of the mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America. In three parts... Translated from the German by Christian Ignatius La Trobe.

London: printed for the Brethren’s Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, 1794

Physical Description: xii, 159, [1], 234, [2], 233, [23] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; map; 22 cm. (8vo)

Call number: JA794/ L879h

Accession number: 03020

Notes: Includes a comparative vocabulary listing several dozen terms in English, Delaware, and Iroquois in three parallel columns: p. 22-23, 2nd group. Translated from: Geschichte der Mission der evangelischen Brüder unter den Indianern in Nordamerica, first published Barby [Germany], 1780 and reprinted, with additions, Barby [Germany], 1789.

Digital facsimile copy of book available.

Languages: Delaware / Iroquois

Genre: Vocabulary

Region: North America