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The history of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, which are dependent on the province of New-York in America, and are the barrier between the English and French in that part of the world.
London: Printed for Lockyer Davis...; J. Wren...; and J. Ward, MDCCLV [1755]
Physical Description: 2 v.; map ; 18 cm. (12mo)
Call number: D755/ C688h
Accession number: 35512
Notes: Includes “A vocabulary of some words and names used by the French authors, who treat of the Indian affairs, which are different from the names of the same people of places, used or understood by the English, and may therefore be useful to those that intend to read the French accounts, or compare them with the accounts now published” (v.1, p.259-260), 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).
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; part 2 and additional text not found in 1727 edition.
JCB copy has folded map bound to face v.1, p.[i].
To access digital facsimile copy of book, click here. Vol. 2 may be seen here
Languages: Cayuga / Iroquoian languages / Mohawk / Oneida / Onondaga / Seneca
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
