IROQUOIAN LANGUAGES. 



47 



Claus(D.) — Contiuued. 



ti oil need for the first lirae to facilitate tbe 

 proiuiuciation of the long worda, Paulus 

 Salionwiidi, the Mohawk Clerk and School- 

 master, being present at the correction of 

 every proof sheet to approve of their being 

 properly placed. By these precautions many 

 mistakes of the first edition, which were 

 copied in the second, were avoided. 



"* * * Colonel Daniel Clans or Claesse, as 

 the name is sometimes written, was probably a 

 native of the Mohawk Valley, where he ac- 

 quired, in early life, a knowledge of the Iro- 

 quois language, and was in consequence at- 

 tached as Interpreter to the department of 

 General Johnson. * * * He died at Cardiff, 

 Wales, in the latter part of 1787. Colonel 

 Claus's early and long connection with the In- 

 dian Department as interpreter, rendered him 

 thoroughly conversant with the Iroquois 

 tongue; his services were therefore highly 

 useful in superintending the publication of a 

 correct translation of the Book of Common 

 Prayer into the Mohawk language." — O'Cal- 

 Inghan. 



Copies geen: Brinley, British Museum, Con- 

 gress. 



At the Brinley s.ale, Xo. 5710, an " old English 

 red morocco, gilt, flue copy," brought $10 ; hav- 

 ing been bought by " Bartlett," I presume it is 

 in the Carter Brown Library. 



Si'c Book of Comuion Prayer. 



[Golden (Cad wallader).] The | history 

 I of the I Five ludiau Nations | De- 

 peudiug on tlie Province [ of ! New-York 

 I InAmerica. | [Printer's ornament] | 

 Printed and Sold by William Brad- 

 ford in I New York, 1727. 



2 p. 11. pp. i-sviii, 1-119, 12°. "A short vocab- 

 ulary of some words and names used by the 

 French authors, which are not generally un 

 derstood by the English that under-staud the 

 French language, andmaj- therefore be useful to 

 those that intend to read the French accounts 

 or to compare them with the accounts now 

 published," I)]), xi-xiii, contains a number of 

 Iioquois words. 



Copies seen : British Mu,seum, Brown, Lenox. 



The Menzies copy, No. 429, brought $210 ; 

 the Brinley copy, No. 2770, $320; the Murphy 

 copy, No. 613, $85. 



"A volume of the greatest rarity, not more 

 than sis copies being known in the United 

 States." — Sabin, in the Menzies catalogue. 



The I history | of the | Five Indian 



. nations | of | Canada, | Which are de- 

 pendent I Ontlie Province of New- York 

 in America, | and | Are the Barrier be- 

 tween the English and French | in that 

 Part of the World. | With | Acconnts 

 of tlieir Keligion, Manners, Customs, 



Golden (C.) — Continned. 

 Laws, and Forms of . Goverumout; their 

 several Battles and Treaties with the 

 European Na- | tious; particular Rela- 

 tions of their several Wars with the 

 other Indians; | and a true Account of 

 the present State of our Trade with 

 them. I In which are shewn | The great 

 Advantage of their Trade and Alliance 

 to the British Nation, | and the In- 

 trigues and Attempts of the. French to 

 engage them from us; | a Subject near- 

 ly concerning all our American Planta- 

 tions, and highly | meriting the Con- 

 sideration of the British Nation at this 

 Juncture. | By the Honourable Cad- 

 wallader Colden, Esq ; | One of his 

 Majesty's Counsel, and Surveyor-Gen- 

 eral of New-York. I To which are added, 

 I Accounts of the several other Na- 

 tions of Indians in North-America, their 

 I Numbers, Streugth, &c. and the 

 Treaties which have been lately | made 

 with them. A Work highly entertain- 

 ing to all, and particular- | ly u.seful to 

 the Persons who have any Trade or 

 Concern in that Part of | of [-s/c] the 

 World. I 



London : ] Printed for T. Osborne, in 

 Gray's-Inu. MDCCXLVII [1747]. 



Pp. i-xx, 1-204, 1-283, map, 8^.— A vocabulary 

 of some words &c. pp. xv-xvi. 



Copies seen : Astor, Boston Athenseum, Brit- 

 ish Museum, Brown, Congress, Dunbar, Lenox, 

 AVatkinsou. 



The Menzies copy. No. 430, brought $9.50; 

 the Brinley copy, No. 2771, .$3.75; the Pinart 

 copy. No. 239, 30 fr. ; the Murphy copy. No. G14, 

 $8.50. Quaritch, No. 29934, prices a calf copy 

 21. Clarke, 1886, No. C336, prices it $5. 



The I history | of the j Five In- 

 dian Nations j of | Canada, which are | 

 The Barrier between the English and | 

 French in that Part of the World, j 

 With I Particular Accounts of their Re- 

 ligion, Manners, Customs, Laws, | and 

 Government ; their several Battles and 

 Treaties with the | European Nations; 

 their Wars with the other Indians; 

 I and I A true Account of tlie present 

 State of our Trade with them. | In 

 which are shewn, | The great Advan- 

 tage of their Trade and Alliance to the 

 British Nation ; j and the Intrigues and 

 Attempts of the French to engage them 

 from us : | a Subject nearly concerning 



