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Page 130
... prayers to Wahconda , the Creator and Pre- server of the world , to whom they ascribe infinite power and omnipresence . But , although they believe in a future life , it cannot be said that this vague belief has any important influence ...
... prayers to Wahconda , the Creator and Pre- server of the world , to whom they ascribe infinite power and omnipresence . But , although they believe in a future life , it cannot be said that this vague belief has any important influence ...
Page 213
... prays or asks . The subjunctive has a causative and a conditional form , and a third according as the action passes from the third person to the subject of the proposition , or to another third person or object . The infinitive by ...
... prays or asks . The subjunctive has a causative and a conditional form , and a third according as the action passes from the third person to the subject of the proposition , or to another third person or object . The infinitive by ...
Page 428
... Praying Indians , which is about to be printed by the Antiquarian Society . I have very little knowledge of the matter . Five years ago , I obtained the manuscript from the Rev. Mr. Campbell , of Pittsburg , who had recently brought it ...
... Praying Indians , which is about to be printed by the Antiquarian Society . I have very little knowledge of the matter . Five years ago , I obtained the manuscript from the Rev. Mr. Campbell , of Pittsburg , who had recently brought it ...
Page 429
... Praying Indians , which script ( as things then stood ) was a true account of that matter . And were I to write it again ( as things were then circumstanced ) , I could not add or diminish from the substance of it . * But since the war ...
... Praying Indians , which script ( as things then stood ) was a true account of that matter . And were I to write it again ( as things were then circumstanced ) , I could not add or diminish from the substance of it . * But since the war ...
Page 430
... in New England ; so prays Your obliged servant in this work of the Cambridge , in New England , December 18th , 1677 . Lord Jesus Christ , D. G. ELIOT'S LETTER . The Reverend Mr. JOHN ELLIOT ( teacher 430 EPISTLE DEDICATORY .
... in New England ; so prays Your obliged servant in this work of the Cambridge , in New England , December 18th , 1677 . Lord Jesus Christ , D. G. ELIOT'S LETTER . The Reverend Mr. JOHN ELLIOT ( teacher 430 EPISTLE DEDICATORY .
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Abenakis adjectives Algonkin Algonkin-Lenape American amongst animate appear Athapasca belonging Boston called Capt Captain Carolina Catawbas Charlevoix Cherokee Chicasas Chippeways Choctaw Christian Indians colony conjugation Creeks degree of north Delawares dialects dual east eastern enemy English ermikp Eskimaux father Five Nations French Gookin Grammar hundred Hurons Indian languages inflections inhabitants Island Lake lands Lenape living lungiha Massachusetts mentioned Miamis miles Mississippi Mohawks Mountains mouth Muskhogee Nanticokes Narragansets neen north latitude nouns object plural possessive praying Indians prefixed principal probably pronouns Red River respect Sachem Sauks second person settlements Shawnoes sing singular Sioux Six Nations South Carolina southern speak Susquehannocks tenses termination territory thee third person thou thousand souls tion tokchě transitions treaty treaty of Easton tsheeng Tuscaroras Tuteloes verb vicinity villages vocabulary wadchan warriors western Woccons wonni words Wyandots Yamassees