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BIBLIOGEAPHY OF THE 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



publish anythinge about the worke of God 

 vpon the lodians they send it to the Corpora- 

 tion and leaue the dedication to them which 

 wee hope wilbee attended." They also re- 

 solved that " It is left to the two Commission- 

 ers for the Massachusets to glue order for the 

 printing of fine hundred or a Thousand Cate- 

 chismes in the Indian langwige and to allow 

 paper and the Charge of printing ; and that the 

 worke may bee carried on the more exactly 

 and to better Satisfaction It is ordered that 

 Thomas Stanton's healpbee used in the same." 

 One year later, on the 25th of September, 1654, 

 they wrote to the Corporation in London ; 

 "one Cattachesme is alreddy printed and M"^ 

 Person is preparing another to sute these 

 southwest ptes where the languige differs from 

 theires who Hue about the Massacheuesetts." 

 It appears that Mr. Eliot did not avail himself 

 of Stanton's knowledge of the Indian tongue, 

 as suggested by the Commissioners, for on the 

 18th of September, 1654, they wrote to him : 

 " Wee desired that Thomas Stanton's help 

 might haue been vsed in the Cattachisme 

 printed and wish that noe Inconvenience bee 

 found through the want thereof; And shall 

 DOW advise that before you proceed in Trans- 

 lating the Scriptures or any pte of them you 

 Improue the best healjtes the Countrey af- 

 foards for the Indian Languige that if it may 

 bee these southwest Indians (some of whome 

 as wee are now Informed desire healp both for 

 Reading and to bee Instructed in the things 

 of God and Christ) may vnderstand and haue 

 the benifltt of what is printed." 



Seven years after the appearance of this edi- 

 tion a new impression was begun, as follows : 



— - [A primer or catecliism in the Mas- 

 sacliusetts Indian langurge. Second 

 impression. 



Cambridge : printed by Samuel Green 

 and Marmaduke Johnson. 1662.] (*) 



The Commissioners of the United Colonies 

 wrote from Plymouth to Mr. Richard Hutchin- 

 son and Mr "William Ashurst, in England, 

 September 12, 1661 : "By the account you will 

 find wee haue remaining 414?&:4: 4 stocke a 

 great part wherof wilbee expended in print- 

 ing the bible and a new Impression of a Cati- 

 chisme." They also wrote to Mr. Usher in 

 Boston, September 13th, 1661 : "Alsoe wee pray 

 you take order for the printing of a t. ousand 

 coppyes of Mr. Elliotts Catichismes which wee 

 vnderstand are much wanting amongst the In- 

 dians ; which being finished Receiue from the 

 presse and dispose of them according to order 

 abouesaid." The account presented to the 

 Commissioners by Mr. Usher in September, 

 1662, contains a charge; "To printing 1500 

 Cattachismes," 151. Another reference to the 

 book occurs in the account of disbursements 

 sent by the Commissioners to England, Septem- 

 ber 13th, 1667, as follows: "To Indian bibles 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



primers deliuered to Mr. Elliott and Mr. lohn 

 Cotton and to ScoUers," 21. 10s. 2d. 



No copy of this edition is known to be extant. 



The following note by Br. Trumbull on the 

 edition of 1662 requires a slight correction: 

 "The cost of printing, at this period, was 

 about £2. 10 per sheet, for 1000 copies (exclusive 

 of paper, which was supplied by the Corpora- 

 tion), and this would not be increased more 

 than twenty per cent, (to £3) by the press-work 

 on 500 additional copies. At £3 per sheet, the 

 Catechism must have required five sheets (80 

 pages sm. 8vo.), to bring the cost of the edition 

 to £15. This agrees nearly with the charge of 

 paper for printing the first edition in 1654; 

 when 'for the two Catechisms,' Eliot's and 

 Peirson's, Green used 30 reams. iN'ot more 

 than 14J reams was required for Peirson's 

 (4| sheets per copy, edition of 1500), leaving 

 at least 15J for Eliot's or sufficient for a small 

 8vo. of 70 to 75 pages." The reference here to 

 the edition of 1654 must be a mistake. The ac- 

 count of Samuel Green, the printer, which con- 

 tains the entries "for printing two Catta- 

 chismes 30 Reame," and "for printing the 

 Bible 368 Reame," was rendered in September, 

 1663, and the catechisms referred to were 

 without doubt Pierson's of 1658, and the second 

 impression of Eliot's made in 1662. 



[ ] The I Indian Primer ; | or, | The 



wayof training up of our | Indian Youth 

 in the good ] knowledgeof God, inthe | 

 knowledge of the Scriptures | and in 

 an ability to Reade. | Composed by J. 

 E. I 2 Tim. 3 14, 15. Qut ken nag- | 

 wutteansh nish nahtuhtauanish ] kah 

 pohkontamanish, waheadt | noh nah- 

 tuhtauonadt [ 15. Kah wutch kum- 

 mukkiesuin- | neat kcowahteo wunnee- 

 tupana- 1 tamwe wussukwhongash^ &c. | 



Cambridge, Printed [by Marmaduke 

 Johnson] 1669. (*) 



64 unnumbered leaves, 32°. Signatures A, 

 B, C, and D in sixteens. In the Massachusetts 

 Indian language. See the fac-simile of the title- 

 page. 



The first leaf, recto blank, contains on the 

 verso a cut of the royal arms. The title, sur- 

 rounded by an ornamental border, is on the- 

 recto of the second leaf, on the verso of which,, 

 also surrounded by a border, and between twc 

 horizontal rules, is the following text in five 

 lines : Prov. 22.6. | "Jf ehtuhpeh peisses ut | 

 mayut ne woh ayont: | kah kehchisuit matta 

 pish I wunnukkodtumooun [i. e. "Train up a 

 child in the way he should go : and when he is 

 old, he will not depart from it "J. The recto 

 of the third leaf, which is marked A3, has a bor- 

 der of small fieur-de-lis shaped ornaments, and 

 contains two alphabets, small and capital, the 

 five "UnnoQtoowaash" or vowels, and the nine 

 " Neesontoowaash " or diphthongs. Spelling 



