234 NORTH AMERICAN LINGUISTICS. 
Eliot (John) — continued. 
Loudon, for the | propogation [sie] of the Gospel among the In- | 
dians in New-England. 1680. | AAS. Hv. ba. 
Indian title, within an acorn pattern border, verso blank, 1 1. ; Matthew to 
Revelation, A" to recto of Kk' in fours, verso of Kk= blank : = 1 p. 1. and 129 11. 
sm. 4°. Followed by the Psalms in meter : 
Wame Ketoohomae nketwohmaongash David. 
[Cambridge. 1682. J 
Kk^ to verso of Yy" in fours: = 53 11. sm. 4°. Followed by a brief catechism; 
title as in edition of 1663, 1 1. sm. 4'^. 
John Eliot, born 1604, died 1690, came to New England in 1631, commenced 
the study of the Indian language about 1646, and from that time on devoted 
himself to the teaching of the Indians. His translation of the Bible was com- 
pleted in 1658, after a labor of eight years. Portions had already been printed— 
Genesis in 1655, Matthew, and a few Psalms in meter. The printing of the New 
Testament was commenced about 1659 and completed in 1661 in an edition of 
about 1500 copies, of which 200 were ordered by the commissioners to be bound 
In leather for the immediate use of the Indians. Twenty copies, with a dedica- 
tion of the New Testament to Charles II., were sent to England for presentation. 
The Old Testament was finished in 1663 in an edition of about 1040 copies. Most 
of these were bound with the New Testament, Psalms, and one leaf Catechism, 
as occasion required. Those intended for the use of the Indians had both titles 
in Indian only. A dedication of the whole Bible to Charles II., and a general 
title in English in place of the Indian one, were prefixed to a few copies, twenty 
of which were sent to England. Two of these dedication copies, one of which is 
now in the Library of Brown University at Providence, contain the general title 
ij in both English and Indian. Another, formerly in the possession of the Rev. 
Thaddeus M. Harris, contains Vioth of the royal dedications.* In some of the 
dedication copies the New Testament title is tvithoiit the printer's device of 32 
stai's. Some copies have the running title to Luke xxi and xxiv incorrectly 
numbered "10" and "15"; others have these errors corrected, but in so doing 
the last letter of the catch-word ivaaheh on L' has been j^ushed into the margin, 
thus : waahe h. 
Fifteen years later, at the close of the Indian war of 1675-8, this edition Iiad 
been exhausted. Many of the Bibles had been carried away or destroyed, aud 
those in use were mostly imperfect. After a thorough revision by Mr. Eliot and 
the Rev. John Cotton, the printing of the new edition of the New Testament was 
commenced in 1680, but, although the title bears the date of this year, it was 
not completed until 1682. The edition was 2,500, of which 500 were bound for im» 
mediate nse.t No copy of this separate edition is known to be extant. Late in 
1685, or early in 1686, after six years' labor, the printing of the new edition of 
the Old Testament was completed in an edition of 2,000 copies, most of which 
were bound with the remaining New Testaments. The title, which bears date 
of 1685, may have been printed in both Indian and English,^ but no copy has 
yet been found with the latter. A dedication to the Hon. Robert Boyle, dated 
October 23, 1685, and printed on the recto of a single leaf, was prefixed to a few 
copies, only three of which are now known. § 
'Thomas, vol. 1, p. 398, 2d ed.; 1 Mass. Hist. Col., vii, pp. 222-228; Francis's 
Eliot, p. 223. 
t Thomas, vol. 1, pp. 58, 73. 
t Thomas, vol. 1, p. 73. ' 
§ Trumbull in Brinley Cat., No. 789. 
