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... thee , " & c . , are always expressed by a single word . This feature is found universally in every American language , from Greenland to Cape Horn , which has been investigated . John Eliot accordingly commences his Grammar with an ...
... thee , " & c . , are always expressed by a single word . This feature is found universally in every American language , from Greenland to Cape Horn , which has been investigated . John Eliot accordingly commences his Grammar with an ...
Page 181
... thee , & c . , must have preceded the invention of the verbs , nouns , and pronouns , in their respective insulated forms . This might be true of pure relative nouns , such as , father ; and we find some reasons for thinking that it was ...
... thee , & c . , must have preceded the invention of the verbs , nouns , and pronouns , in their respective insulated forms . This might be true of pure relative nouns , such as , father ; and we find some reasons for thinking that it was ...
Page 184
... thee in three words ; and the number of inflections , or combinations of inflections , required for the purpose , is the same with that of the words , which we use in order to attain the same object , ( 1 , thou , me , thee , we , us ...
... thee in three words ; and the number of inflections , or combinations of inflections , required for the purpose , is the same with that of the words , which we use in order to attain the same object , ( 1 , thou , me , thee , we , us ...
Page 185
... thee , 66 him , pe , pi , us , 66 eho , hush , hus , okla , huppi , us , huchi , you , okla , them . All the pronouns , in the nominative case , precede the verb , excepting ille , which is a termination . The rule applies equally to ...
... thee , 66 him , pe , pi , us , 66 eho , hush , hus , okla , huppi , us , huchi , you , okla , them . All the pronouns , in the nominative case , precede the verb , excepting ille , which is a termination . The rule applies equally to ...
Page 188
... thee I love , ' ' thee he has insulted . ' When speaking of himself in connexion with a third person , he becomes the most important party . May we not also trace to an exclusively oral language , com- bined with the habit of public ...
... thee I love , ' ' thee he has insulted . ' When speaking of himself in connexion with a third person , he becomes the most important party . May we not also trace to an exclusively oral language , com- bined with the habit of public ...
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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