IROQUOIAN LANGUAGES. 



17 



Brant (J.) — Coutimietl. 



New York : Printed by McElratli and 

 Bangs for the New York District Bible 

 Society. l«'2t». (*) 



239 pp. 12°. Gospel of Mark in the Mobuwk 

 langaase. 



Title from O'Callagliuu'a American Bibles, 

 p. 201. 



The gospel according to | St. Mark, | 



translated into the | Mohawk tongue, | 

 by Captain Brant. | As also several por- 

 tions of the I sacred scriptures, | trans- 

 lated into the same language. | 



New-York, | published by the New- 

 York District Bible Society. | M'Elrath 

 & Bangs, Printers. | 1821). 



Second title: No loyatlailo kensjli ty | origh- 

 watlokeuohty | roghyadon S. Mark, | dekawen- 

 nadenyonk : Kanyenkehliakakawennon- dagli- 

 kouli, Thayeutauekeu tehhaweu- natenyonh. , 

 otyake skaro lonb no riglnvadokengh ty | skag- 

 hyadon oweuna, j kauyenkehbaka. | 



New-York, | published by tbe New-York Dis- 

 trict Bible Society j M'Elratb ct Bangs, Print- 

 ers. I 1829. 



English title verso 1. 1 (p. 2), Mohawk title 

 recto 1. 2 (p. 3) verso blank, text pp. 6-239 alter- 

 nate English and Mohawk, 12°.— Some chapters 

 in Genesi.s, pp. 6-21. — Some chapters in the gos- 

 pel of St. Matthew, pp. 21-37. — The gospel ac- 

 cording to St. Mark, pp. 38-177. — A collection of 

 sentences of the holj' soiptiires, pp. 178-239. 



Copies seen : Boston Atbenaiuni, Massachu- 

 setts Historical Society, Pilling, Powell. 



Letter written by Joseph Brant, or 



Thayendanegea, iu the Mohawk lan- 

 guage to General Schuyler, October 23, 

 1783, with an English translation. 



In American Hist. Record, vol. 2, pp. 354-356, 

 Philadelphia, 1873, i°. 



Joseph Brant ( Thayendanegea ), a Mohawk 

 chief, born in Ohio about 1742. died on his estate 

 at the head of Lake Ontario, Canada, November 

 24, 1807. Having taken a part in the campaign 

 of Lake George iu 1755 and in various subse. 

 quent conflicts, he officiated, after Sir William 

 Johnson's death, as secretary of Uol. Guy John- 

 aon, superintendent generalof the Indians ; and 

 when the American Revolution began he was 

 instrumental iu exciting the Indians against the 

 colonies. He took partiu tbe massacre of Cher- 

 ry Valley and in other sanguinary affairs. He 

 had been sent about 1760 to I)r. ^Vheelock^s In- 

 dian school in Connecticut, and in 1775-76 he 

 visited Eugland. He was received with great 

 distinction on a second visit to that country iu 

 1786, and was afterward attached to the military 

 service of Sir Guy C.-rletou iu Canada. 



During his stay iu England he collected 



funds for a church and published the Book of 



Common Prayer and the Gospel of Mark iu 



Mohawk and English. One of his sous iu 1811 



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Brant (J. ) — Continued. 



and 1812 led a body of Canadians and Indians 

 employed by Great Britain against the United 

 States. The Life of Joseph Brant, by W. L. 

 Stone (1830), has passed througli many editions; 

 the latest, New York, ISG^.—Appletons' Oyclo- 

 pd'dia of American liioumpliy. 



[ Breboenf i I'lh-e Jean).] Doctrine | 

 Chrestienne, dv | R. P. Ledesine de 

 la ! Conipagnie de lesvs. | Traduite en 

 Langage Canadois, pour la Con- | uer- 

 sion des habitans du dit pays. | Par vu 

 pere de la meme Conipagnie. | [Cut: 

 IHS] I 



A Koven, | Chez Richard I'Alle- 

 niaut, I pres le College. | 1630. 



I'll. 1-26, 16°, in the Huron language. 



Copies seen: British Museum, Brown. 



Ludewig erroneously states that Brebneut's 

 translation was printed at Roueu, 16!0. The 

 British ;\Iusenm catalogue makes the same 

 mistake. Their copy is bound with a Cham- 

 plain of 1613. which possibly accounts for the 

 error. 



Reprinted in the following editions of Cham- 

 plain's Voyages : 



Doctrine Chrestienne, dv R. P. Le- 



desme de la Conipagnie de lesvs. Tra- 

 duicte en langage Canadois, autre que 

 celuy des Montagnars, pour la conuer- 

 sion des habitans du dit pays. Par le 

 R. P. Brebtpuf de la mcsme Conipagnie. 



In Charaplain (S. de), Les voyages de la Nov- 

 velle France, pp. 1-15, Paris, Claude Collet, 

 1632, 4'^. 



Copies seen .- British Museum, Brown, Con- 

 gress, Lenox. 



Ludewig, p. 27,quotiug from Vater, states that 

 the edition— Paris, Collet, 1627, 8°— contains the 

 linguistic pieces by Brebanif and Masse. This 

 is not correct. 



Doctrine chrestienne, dv R. P. Le- 



desnie de la Conipagnie de lesvs. Tra- 

 duicte en langage Canadois, autre iine 

 celuy des Montagnars. pour la conuer- 

 sion des habitans du dit pays. Par le 

 R. P. Breb(euf de la nienie Conipagnie. 



In Charaplain (S. de), Les voyages de la Nov- 

 velle France, pp. 1-15, Paris, Louis Sevestre, 

 1032,4°. 



Copies seen: Boston Atheua-um, Br )wu, 

 Lenox. 



Doctrine chrestienne, dv R. P. Le- 



desme de la Conipagnie de lesvs. Tra- 

 duicte en langage Canadoi.s, autre (pie 

 celuy des Montagnars, pour laconner- 

 sion des habitans du dit pays. Par le 

 R. P. Brebd'uf de la nioiiic coiniiagnie. 



