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The history of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, which are the barrier between the English and French in that part of the world... The second edition.
London: Printed for John Whiston... and Lockyer Davis... and John Ward, MDCCL [1750]
Physical Description: [2], xvi, [4], 90, iv, 91-204, 283, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Call number: D750/ C688h
Accession number: 35511
Notes: Includes “A vocabulary of some words and names used by the French authors, which are not generally understood by the English that understand the French language, and may therefore be useful to those that intend to read the French accounts, or compare them with the accounts now published” (p. xv-xvi), giving approximately 3 dozen terms (mostly place and tribal names) used by the French, in parallel columns with equivalent terms used by the English and/or the Five Nations tribes (also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, including the old Five Nations of New York: Mohawks, Oneydoes, Onnondagas, Cayugas, and Sennekas).
RLIN note: “The Six Nations included the tribe of the Tuscaroras in North Carolina.”
Part 1 originally printed under title: The history of the Five Indian Nations depending on the province of New-York in America, New York, 1727. Parts 1, 2, and all additional contents in this edition bear some resemblance to text of 1727. Consists of the same sheets as 1747 edition printed London: T. Osborne with new title page.
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Languages: Cayuga / Iroquoian languages / Mohawk / Oneida / Onondaga / Seneca
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
