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... sixty - one of the distinct languages . Excluding the extinct Woc- cons , the nineteen other families have each but one ascertained language or dialect . the nineteen others , ten are west of the Stony PREFATORY LETTER . 3.
... sixty - one of the distinct languages . Excluding the extinct Woc- cons , the nineteen other families have each but one ascertained language or dialect . the nineteen others , ten are west of the Stony PREFATORY LETTER . 3.
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... in that respect , to note whether he was an Englishman , a German , a Frenchman , & c . But the guttural sounds which abound in all the Indian languages , and even some of their nasal vowels , have no equivalent , 4 PREFATORY LETTER .
... in that respect , to note whether he was an Englishman , a German , a Frenchman , & c . But the guttural sounds which abound in all the Indian languages , and even some of their nasal vowels , have no equivalent , 4 PREFATORY LETTER .
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... been intro- duced in this essay . Want of space did not permit to extend the inquiry to the languages of Mexico and other parts of Spanish America . ' investigated , a distinct character common to all , PREFATORY ' LETTER . 5.
... been intro- duced in this essay . Want of space did not permit to extend the inquiry to the languages of Mexico and other parts of Spanish America . ' investigated , a distinct character common to all , PREFATORY ' LETTER . 5.
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... They cannot even give an account of the ancient monuments , found in the valley of the Mississippi and of its tributary streams . The want of documents elucidating the past history of tribes still in the 6 PREFATORY LETTER .
... They cannot even give an account of the ancient monuments , found in the valley of the Mississippi and of its tributary streams . The want of documents elucidating the past history of tribes still in the 6 PREFATORY LETTER .
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... the Indian tribes border- ing on the Pacific , between the sixtieth and forty - eighth degrees of lati- tude , has been alluded to . The vocabularies of PREFATORY LETTER . 7 By ALBERT GALLATIN, LL D INTRODUCTORY ESSAY.
... the Indian tribes border- ing on the Pacific , between the sixtieth and forty - eighth degrees of lati- tude , has been alluded to . The vocabularies of PREFATORY LETTER . 7 By ALBERT GALLATIN, LL D INTRODUCTORY ESSAY.
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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