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gee, I ut'h I n.au'do walr'gaaiT lie'uia'di 

 wa'uoh daah. | The four gospels | in tbo 

 [ Seueca language. | 



New York : | American Uible Society, 

 I instituted in the year MDCCCXVI. | 

 1878. 



Title verso blank 1 1. test, entirely in Seueca, 

 pp. 3-445, 16°.— Matthew, pp. 3-128.— Mark-, pp. 

 129-209.— Luke, pp. 210-344.— .Joliu, pp. 345-445. 



Copies seen: Cungress, Pilling, Powell. 



[ ] Deg. l[-2]. I He ui y.ii' wall .syolr 



no'nali jih, | tga Tva ua' gwa on netl ne 

 I ga ya' dos lii'yu neli. 



Colophon : II. M. Morgan, Printer, 

 Gowanda, N. Y. [n. d. ] 



Iv'o title-page, heading a.s above ; pp. 1-64, 10'^, 

 consisting of two parts (Deg. 1, Deg. 2), eacli 

 with its own pagination of 32 p.iges antl with a 

 second and continuous pagination on the inner 

 niargius of the pages. Scripture tracts in the 

 Seneca language. 



Deg. 1 coutains: Ho' syo uiih no Tu an' Ja 

 deti [the creation], pp. 1-5. — 'Si/a nos hais' dali 

 [the serpent], pp. 6-10.— Xe dju dj"e' ah dgli 

 no dyuou [thefirst murderer], pp. 11-14. — Nch 

 noil gas' de' o wg niint [the great rain], i)p. 

 15-20. — Netl neb de galls' da' .In don go waati 

 fthe great tower] , pp. 21-22. — KeEneh tho wil' no 

 goh Abraham [the call of Abraham], pp. 23-26. — 

 Gaa nail [liynin], p. 26. — Go w'ai' o woh' dob no 

 ganon'day.ijndok [thedestrnctionof the cities], 

 ])p. 27-30. — Ga ^ natt [two hymns], pp. 31-32. 



Deg. 2 contains: Neb no Joseph [the story of 

 Joseph], pp. 1-6 (33-38).— Xeu ho no' ga doh no 

 Moses [the birth of Moses], pp. 7-9 (39-11).— 

 Neil he' ni o' ye n.i' witLi oh no Moses [the acts 

 of Moses], pp. 10-14 (42-40).— Exodus, oi' waft 

 xix (and xx)[ a literal tran.?lation], pp. 14-21 

 (46-53).— Gajl uati [hj-mn],p. 21 (53).— Ga yail' 

 dail hodis' yo nift [tho makiug of the idol], pp. 

 22-25 (54-57).— Net! ne manna [the mannal, ]ip. 

 pp. 26-27 (58-59).- De(y w(j w.^i' not gah' w.ah 

 ua' wen ni' yull [tho rebellion against God], 

 pp. 28-32 (60-64). 



Copies seen : Powell. 



- — Deg. 1[-7J. I Gai' \va van' dali goli. 

 [n. d,] 



No title-page, pp. 1-04, 16°, consistingof seven 

 parts (Deg. 1. to Deg. 7.), each witli its own pagi- 

 nation and with a second and continuous pagina- 

 tion on tho innermargins of the pages. Tracts 

 in the Seueca language. 



Deg. 1, pp. 1-4, contains: lie' ii.a' o w.a yeetl 

 Na' wen ni' yutr. 



Deg. 2, pp. 1-4 (5-8), contains : IIo n.a'ya guh 

 ni g6oli da' ak Ila' yah da deil Na' weu ni'yuh. 



Deg. 3, pp. 1-4(9-12), coutains: Ni o'i oh'- 

 d«s yuu' dati no twais' hi yn no gail' ni go ,atr'- 

 geh [the work of tho Holy Spirit]. 



Deg 4, pp. 1-4 (13-16). contains; G.ii naii 

 shotr [three hymns]. 



Wright (A.) — Continued. 



Deg. 5, pp. 1-16 (17-32), contains: Gai' wa- 

 neil' ak shau [sin]. 



Deg. 6, pp. 1-24 (33-56), contains: Gai' wi- 

 yus' Avk gatbiiah' goh [sermon preached at tho 

 opening of tho Convention of tho Indian 

 Churches, at Cattaraugus, Feb. 4, 1845]. 



A manuscript note in M.ajor I'owell's copy 

 states that "this sermon was translated by the 

 assistance of "William Jones, deceased, and is 

 almost the only relic of bis style of speaking 

 Seneca, which the old people reg.ard as far more 

 correct than that of any of our present inter- 

 preters, who Anglicize their Indian too much 

 to suit tho views of such as are not accustomed 

 to English modes of thought." 



Deg. 7, pp. 1-8 (57-64), contains : Neil tho ya- 

 dotl ne John [the 3d chapter of tho Gospel of 

 .John], pp. 1-6; Ga' a nail [three hymns, one 

 signed "J. P. Turkey" and two signed "J. 

 Dudley"], pp. 6-8. 



Copies seen: American Board of Commis- 

 sioners, Powell. 



[ ] No i wi yus'dgs hail' no cha ga o he- 



dvs', I Hdui o y^ah ho ya doh | ne Mat- 

 thew [Mark, Luke.] [n.d.] 



No title-page ; pp. 1-132, 8°. Go.spels in tho 

 Seneca language. Each of the three gospels 

 has the same caption, exceptthat "Mark"and 

 ' ' Luke " are severally substituted for Matthew. 

 Tliej' occupy, respectively, pp. 1-78, 79-128, and 

 129-132, the last, Luke, being incomplete. Tho 

 copy in the Am. Bible Society's library has ap 

 parently been prepared as "copy" from which 

 to print another edition, proofreader's marks 

 being plentifully scattered over tho margins. 



Copies seen : American Bible Society, Pilling, 

 Powell. 



Mr. N.H.Parker, of Versailles, N. Y., has 

 supplied me with the following sketch of this 

 author: 



" He was born in Hanover, N. H., September 

 7, 1803, and graduated at Andover Theological 

 Seminary in 1831, going directly to the Senecas 

 on tho Butfalo Reservation as a missionary, for 

 which ho h.ad been fitting himself, and imme- 

 diately entering upon his lifelong work in tho 

 field allotted to him. He remained with tho 

 Senecas on the Butlalo Iteservation until the 

 year 1845, when he removed with the Indians 

 to the Cattaraugus lloservation, •where ho re- 

 mained until his death, April 13, 1875. 



"After entering ujion his field of labor, he 

 btcaiuo convinced that a knowledge of tho 

 Seneca language would greatly aid him in his 

 work, and begau its study with great zeal. 

 Being a good linguist, aud having a thoroi\gb 

 knowledge of tho cla.ssics, he soon spoke the 

 Seneca language with fluency. Having mas- 

 tered it, ho commenced the translation of a part 

 of the l)ook of Geucsis and the ei)istlo of Jauu's. 

 He also prepared two editions of hymns. Trans- 

 ferring tho work of translation to tho Catta- 

 raugus Eeservalion, ho hero completed tho 

 work of translating the four gospels, is.sned <v 



