IROQUOIAN LANGUAGES. 



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Marcoux (J.) — Continued. 



Tiobtiiik [Montreal] : | tehoristora- 

 rakon John Lovell. | 1852. 



Colophon KahnaSake, 15 Janvier 1852. S. 

 Tharouliakauere . 



Title verso cross with short verse 1 1. text 

 pp. 3-198, index pp. 1U9-2U4, IG^. Prayer book, 

 entirely in the Mohawk language. 



In tlio only copy seen there are hound at the 

 end 71 11. of writing paper, on the first of which 

 and on 11. 68, 03, and 70 are written verses in 

 Mohawk. 



Copies seen : Eanies. 



Forlateredition, see Marcoux (J.) and Burtin 

 (N. v.). 



louteiennaientakSa solina ne Tlia- 



ronliiakauere kenlia loson KabuaSakc- 

 ronon rondanikenlia. On forninkiire dc 

 priere.s par fen M. Marcoux, Mis.sion- 

 naire du Sault St. Louis. 



In Cuoq (.J. A.), Tsiatak nihononSentsiake, 

 pp. 295-410, Tiohtiake, 1865, 12°. In the jMo- 

 hawk language. Signed Soso Tharonhiakanere, 

 KahnaSake, 15 Janvier 1852. 



Extracted, with some omissions and some 

 additions, from the prayer-hook of 1852. 



Lettres | de | feu M. Jos. Marcoux, 



I uiissionnaire du Sault, | aux | cliefs 

 iroquois | du | Lac des deux Montagues. 

 I 1848-49. I Nene tesakoiatonnihuo no 

 ratiko8anensk8e | kanesatakelaronon no 

 Tharouliiakauere- \ keuba KahuaSakeh- 

 ronon ronSauikeuha. | [Two lines quo- 

 tation in Mohawk.] | 



Tiohtiake [Montreal] : | Tehoristora- 

 rakon John Lovell. | 18G9. 



Printed cover as above, title as above verso 

 blank 1 1. text pp. 3-27, 16=', entirely in the ]Mo- 

 hawk language. 



Copies seen: Briuloy, Brinton, Pilling, Powell, 

 Trumbull. 



At the Briuley sale a copy. No. 5739, brought 

 $1. 



[ ] Vie I de | Catherine TekakSita | 



(Traduction iroquoise.) ( 



Tiohtiake [Montreal] | Tehoristora- 

 rakon J. Chapleau et Fils. ( 1876. 



Outside title as above, no inside title, pp. 1-53, 

 32°. A translation into Mohawk of a letter by 

 P. Chollencc printed in the Lettres edifiantes 

 et curieuses. Prepared for the press by the 

 Abb6 Cuoq. 



Copies seen : Brinton, Pilling, Powell. 



Gramniaire Jroquoise | ou | La Lan- 



gue Jroquoise | reduite | en Priucipe-s 

 Fixes I Par Moi | Sault Saint Louis | 

 1828. 



Manuscript, in the archives of the Koman 

 Catholic Church at Canghnawaga, Canada. 

 Title-page (in the upper right hand corner of 



Marcoux (J.) — Continued. 



which is "Jos. Marcoux ptre") reverse blank 

 1 1. 7 blank 11. text pp. 1-157 (reverse of last 

 page blank), 5 blank II. followed by tabic des 

 niatiires 3 pp. oblong folio. 



The manuscript has been well preserved and 

 is nicely bound. The first page begins with 

 the preface or introduction, entitled Gram- 

 niaire Iroquoise. The six tribes of Iroqxioia 

 are briefly referred to and the page closes with 

 the statement that "Cette grammaire sera di- 

 visee en trois parties, elemens, sj'ntaxe, et idio- 

 tismes." 



Premiere partie, lElemens, p. 1. In this 

 are given the number of letters used and 

 their difl'erent sounds. Regies do prononcia- 

 lion, p. 2. Five rules are given. On the mid- 

 dle of page 3 begins the chapter Des noms. 

 Then follow three pages on the noun. At the 

 end of p. 5 is the paragraph: Du paradigmo 

 k- des noms. Two pages are devoted to the 

 conjugation of this paradigm. Then follow 

 two pages of the conjugations in Paradigm a 

 of the nouns. Ou p. 10 is the chapter heading 

 1 >(s genres et nombres. Page 1 1 begins a chapter 

 on Nomsdenombre. Tlie.so are divided in to car- 

 dinal, ordinal, distributive, and multiplicative. 

 1st division, Nombres cardinaux — the numcr- 

 .tls 1-1,000,000. Page 14 begins a paragraph 

 entitled Observations, followed by Nombres 

 ordinaux; Nombres distributifs, p. 15; Nom- 

 bres mul'iplicatifs, p. 10. The next division 

 is Des adjectifs, observations, followed by the 

 divisions: comparatif et superlatif, p. 17. The 

 eighteenth page begins with Des pronoms. 

 This contains a full table of the personal pro- 

 nouns. The following page has a table of 

 Pronoms possessifs. Page 21 is devoted to 

 Pronoms indeterajines. Page 22 begins a now 

 chapter, Du verbe. " Lo verbe est le mot par 

 excellence do riro<iuois, pui-sque dans cetto 

 langue tout est verbe, noms, pronoms, adjec- 

 tifs." All of the pages to 108 are filled with 

 the paradigms of the different conjugations. 



Seconde partie, Syntaxe. This is divided 

 into paragraphs beaded: Syntaxe d'accord, p. 

 109; Tournegatif, p. 110: Tour interrogatif, p. 

 110 ; Tour impe'ratif, p. 111. The next division 

 is: Syntaxe des pronoms, p. Ill, followed by 

 the paragraphs: Que avec les verbes, p. 112; 

 De, pour avec los verbes, p. 113; Noms d'in- 

 strument, de cause, de matifere, <fec. p. 113; 

 Kegime d'un verbe sur un autre verbe, p. 114; 

 Des pronoms en, y, p. 114; Advcrbos do lieu, 

 p. 115; Des qu.antit6s, p. 115; Des comparai- 

 sons, p. 118; Des nu'suro.s, p. 118; Table des 

 mosures, nionoies, poids, longueur et largeur, 

 p. 119; Liquides, wit h tabhs p. 120 ; Tem.s, with 

 table, p. 121; Relations do parent6, pp. 121- 

 128. 



Troisieme partie, Idiotismcs. Forty of these 

 are given, each in numbered paragraphs, ex- 

 lending from p. 129 to p. 139. Pp. 140-150 are 

 blank. 



A new section, Difierencesdana les dialectes 

 iroquois entr'eux ct avec la languo liuronji^ 



