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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 T. Osborne, MDCCXLVII [1747]
Physical Description: xvi, [4], 90, iv, 91-204, 283, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Call number: D747/ C688h
Accession number: 02755, 04455
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 compared to the names used by the English and/or the terms used by 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. Consists of the same sheets as 1747 edition printed London: T. Osborne with new title page.
JCB copy 1 has folded map detached and bound to face title page; copy 2 has map bound to face p.21, 3rd group.
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Languages: Cayuga / Iroquoian languages / Mohawk / Oneida / Onondaga / Seneca
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
