180 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Zeisberger (D.) — Continued. 



Manuscript, 7 vols. sni. 4°, contaiuiuj; in all 

 2,367 pp. written on both sides, but only one- 

 lialf of eacb page written upon; tlie intention 

 probably was to fill the em])ty halves with an 

 English transcript, the first Cpp. of vol. 1 being 

 carried out on this plan. The manu.script is 

 nicely prepared and is well preserved. There 

 is no date to the volumes within, but fastened on 

 tho outside of each volume is a label dated 177G. 



"This is one of tho most important of his 

 works, which ho began early in life, and upon 

 which ho bestowed the greatest care and the 

 most persevering diligence, calling in tho aid 

 of Iroquois sachems, who rendered him valua- 

 ble assistance." — De Schireiaitz. 



According to this writer there is also in the 

 possession of the United Brethren at Bethlehem 

 a manuscript which he describes as "a shorter 

 work of the same character as tho above." 



OnoudagaiscLc Grammatica | von | 



David Zeisberger | A Grammar of the 

 Onondago | language, by David Zeis- 

 berg[sic] ] with an English Trauslation 



I by Peter S. Du Ponceau. 



Manuscript; title verso blank 1 1. another 

 leaf, recto blank, verso text, the opposite page 

 to which is paged 1, pp. 1-17C, sm. 4'^; dated on 

 the outside 1770. Double columns. 



Onoudagaische Grammatica | von 



David Zeisberger. 



Manuscript; title verso blank 1 1. text pp. 

 1-87, sm. 43. Dated outside 177G. 



The above manuscripts wore seen by me dur- 

 ing the autumn of 1887 at tho library of the 

 Penn.sylvania Historical Society, where they 

 were temporarily deposited by tbe Society of 

 United Brethren of Bethlehem, Pa. 



Kurze Einleitung in die Principia 



der Sprache der G Nationen. (*) 



Manuscript ; pp. 1-24, 8°. 



Die Geschichte der Tage de.s Men- 



Hchensohns von seinem Leiden ati bis 

 zu seiner HiiTielfarth iibersetzt in die 

 Spracho der G Nationen. Erster Ver- 

 such 17G7. (») 



ZeLsberger (D.) — Continued. 



Manuscrii)t, pp. 1-208, 8°. This title .and the 

 one immediately preceding it were furnished me 

 by Mr. A. Glitsch, of the Uniticts-Bibliothek, 

 Ilerrnhut, Saxony, where the manuscripts are 

 preserved. 



Worterverzeichniss von der | Onon- 



dagoischc Sprache | von David Zeisber- 

 ger. (*) 

 Manuscript, 2 11. folio, in tho Lenox Libr.ary, 

 New York city. Four pages written in double 

 columns. About 350 words, German and Ouon- 

 d.iga. Apparently written .about the year 1800, 

 or a little earlier; handwriting very plain. 

 Title from Mr. Wilborforco Eames. 

 "The Rev. David Zeisberger was born at 

 Zauchtenthal, in Mor.avia, April 11, 1721, and 

 died at Goshen, in Ohio, November 17, 1808, 

 aged 87 years. Ho fust came to America .about 

 1739 ; began the study of the Indian langu.ages 

 in 1745, and .about 1750 commenced his mission- 

 ary labors among the Indi.ans, which he con- 

 tinued until his death. He traversed Mass.a- 

 chu.sctts and Couneoticut, Kew York, Pennsyl- 

 vania, and Ohio, entered Michigan and Canada, 

 preaching to many nations in m.any tongues. 

 He brought tho Gospel to the Mohicans and 

 Wamjianoags, to the N.auticokcs and Sh.aw- 

 anesc, to the Chippewas, Ottawas, and Wyan- 

 dots, to the Un.arals, Un.alachtgos, .and Monseys 

 of the Delaware race, to the Onondagas, Ca- 

 yugas, and Senecas of the Six Nations. Speak- 

 ing the Delaware language fluently, as well .as 

 the Mohawk and Onondaga dialects of the Iro- 

 quois; familiar with tho Cayuga and other 

 tongues ; an .adopted sachem of tho Six Na- 

 tions ; u.atur.alized .among the Monseys by a 

 formal act of the tribe ; swaying for a number 

 of years the Grand Council of the Delawares : 

 at one time the keeper of the archives of the 

 Iroquois Confederacy; versed in tho customs 

 of the aborigines, adapting himself to their 

 mode of thought, and, by long habit, a native 

 in many of his own ways, no Protestant mis- 

 sionary, and but few men of any other calling, 

 ever exercised more real influence and was 

 more sincerely honored among the Indians." — 

 De Schweinitz. 



