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An interesting account of the voyages and travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke, in the years 1804-5, & 6. Giving a faithful description of the river Missouri and its source--of the various tribes of Indians through which they passed--manners and customs... To which is added a complete dictionary of the Indian tongue.
Baltimore: P. Mauro, 1813
Physical Description:
Call number: D813/ T779i
Accession number: 10873
Notes: “Examples of their language” (p. 116-124) lists over 300 terms in English with Knistenaux or Cree equivalents, mostly nouns, including body parts; kinship terms; animals; flora and fauna; tools and household objects; weather, seasons, and time; numbers 1-1000; personal and possessive pronouns; and 2 dozen verbs.
A spurious account, one of various spurious editions (cf. Elliott Coues, ed., “History of the expedition... of Lewis and Clark”, 1893, v.1, p. cviii-cxvii; and Paltsits, “Bibliographical data, in Original journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition”, 1904, v.1, p. lxvi-lxx.
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Languages: Cree
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
