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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Williams (E.) — Coutiuueil. 



Printed cover as above, no inside title, text 

 pp. 1-16, 8°, entirely in the Mohawk language. 



Copies seen : Eames, Powell. 



Priced by Clarke, 1830, No. 0780, 75 cents. 



The book of | commou prayer, | ac- 



cordiug to the use of the | Protestant 

 Episcopal Clinrch | iu the | United 

 States of America. | Translated iuto the 

 Mohawk or Iroquois language, by the 

 request | of the domestic committco of 

 the board of mis.sious of | the Protest- 

 ant Episcopal Church, | by the | Eev. 

 Eleazer Williams, V. D. M. | Revised 

 edition of his former translation. | 



New York : | Protestant Episcopal 

 Tract Society. | Depository No, 20 Joliii 

 street. | 1853. 



Title verso blank 1 1. text (entirely in ]\Io- 

 hawk, except the headings, which are some- 

 times iu English), pp. 3-108, lO^".— Order for 

 morning prayer, i)p. 3-32.— Order for evening 

 prayer, pp. 33-55.— Litany, pp. 56-70.— Psalms 

 of David, pp. 71-83.— Catechism, pp. 84-98.— 

 Pamily prayers, pj). 09-108. 



Copies st'i'n : Briuloy, Powell. 



At the Brinley sale two copies. No. 5717, 

 black, embos.sed morocco, red edges, unused, 

 sold for $3 eacli. The Murphy coi)y. No. '2730, 

 brought 50 cents. 

 The book of | common praj'er, | ac- 

 cording to the ns9 of the | Protestant 

 Episcopal Church | iu the | United 

 States of America. | Translated into the 

 Mohawk or Iroquois language, by the 

 request | of the domestic committee of 

 . the board of missions of | the Protest- 

 ant Episcopal Church, | by the | Rev. 

 Eleazer Williams, V. IJ. M. | Revised 

 edition of his former tran.slation. | 



New York: | II. B. Durand, 11 I'.iblc 

 House. I 18G7. 



Title verso blank 1 1. text (entirely in i\Io- 

 hawk, cxcepta few English headings) pp. 3-101, 

 10°. Tlie i)rayers for the Queen's majesty, and 

 for Iho Iloyal family, and a number of the 

 English headingsare omitted from this edition. 



Copies seen : P>ritish Museum. 



Tlio book of I common prnyer, | ac- 

 cording to the use of the | Protestant 

 Episcopal Cliurch | in the | United 

 States of America. | Translated into the 

 Mohawk or Ir()(piois language, by | the 

 Rev. Eleazer Williams, V. D. M. [ Sec- 

 ond edition. | Published for the Indian 

 commission ] of the | Protestant Epis- 

 copal Church. I 



New-York: 1 T. Wliittaker, 2 Bilde 

 House. I 1875. 



Williams (E.) — Continued. 



Title verso blank 1 1. text (entirely in Mo- 

 hawk, except a few English headings) pp. 3- 

 101, 16^. 



Copies seen: Powell. 



"In the United States, Eleazer "Williams, 

 while a catechist at Oneida Castle, N. T., un- 

 dertook to revise the former Indian Prayer 

 Book, under the advice of Bishop Hobart, who 

 called for offerings for this proposed work in 

 1815. It was not published, however, until 

 1837, and then appeared as the compilation of 

 Solomon Davis, Mr. "Williams' successor. It 

 was a small, plain book, ami copies of it aro 

 still found among the Now York Indians. Rev. 

 Mr. Williams' own retranslation, a later work, 

 was published about 1853, under direction of 

 Bishop Wainwright, and the second [.siV] edi- 

 tion, published in 1875, will serve to illustrate 

 all. 



" It differs so much from the others, that at 

 first sight it seems as hard to find a likeness as 

 to connect old English with modern. Compare, 

 fir instance, the first clause of the Lord's 

 Prayer already given. After a while, however, 

 old words are recognized witli changed faces. 

 In some of tlie hymns and anthems, taken di- 

 lectly from the earlier books, ij and d reappear, 

 but in most of them, as in the service itself, 

 Mr. Williams' French tastes have quite altered 

 spelling and pronunciation. If the question of 

 tlie "Lost Dauphin" were now discussed, it 

 r.iight have some support from this book. 



"In this Now York edition English does 

 not .-ippcar, ex(^ept on the title-page ; and all 

 llio olhces translated occupy but 100 pages, 

 witli 38 pages of hymns added. In no edition 

 is tlio English given with the hymns, which aro 

 often very sweetlj' sung in the various Indian 

 villages in New York and Canada. This Prayer 

 Book, published by our Indian Commission, 

 < outains the Morning and Evening Prayer, 

 with the Litany complete, eight Psalms for the 

 morning and evening of the first day of the 

 numth, the Catechism, and the Family Pray- 

 ers. It -does not compare favorably witli tlie 

 larger fjanada edition [seoNelles (A.) .and Hill 

 (.1.)], and has not the educational use belong- 

 ing to the printing of both languages. 



"It is said to be in the Mohawk language, but 

 this must be understood with some reservation. 

 Although Mr. Williams was brought up as a 

 Mohawk, he labored mainly for tlie Onoidas, 

 and this book was prepared for their use. The 

 two dialects closely resemble each other, while 

 dilfering from tliose of tlie remaining nations, 

 and hero seems an attempt to mingle the two, 

 and c\ en to moilify the language. Many words 

 aro alike iu these two dialects, and others dif- 

 fer mainly in the guttural sounds. Others, still, 

 dill'er greatly, liut are well understood, because 

 generally descriptive. 



"An experienced missionary tells th(> writer 

 that 'our Prayer Book is tlie (Canada one, 

 modilied by using the Oneida dialect wlierever 

 possible. Tlio Prayer Book and Scripture 



