ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



17a 



Eliot CJ.) — Continued. 



preparatory at least for such a work. It is not 

 worthy the Name of a Grammar, but such as 

 it is, I humbly present it to your Honours, and 

 reque ~ t your Animadversions upon the "Work , ' ' 

 etc. On the last page he gives a short account 

 of his method of learning the language, for 

 which see the biographical sketch at the end 

 of this article. 



Copies seen: Bodleian, British Museum, 

 Brown, Lenox, Dr. G-eorge H. Moore, Trum- 

 bull. 



There is also a copy in the library of the 

 University of Gottingen; one in the library of 

 the University of Edinburgh, bound with the 

 new testament of 1661 ; and another in the 

 library of the American Philosophical Society 

 at Philadelphia, bound with the bible of 1685. 



A copy was sold by auction in London, May, 

 1859, for 45Z. 10«. This may be the copy now 

 in the Lenox Library, which contains the stamp 

 of the binder : ' ' Bound by Pratt for H. Stevens 

 1860." Mr. Brinley's copy, bound in levant 

 blue morocco, was sold in New York, March, 

 1879 (lSro.791), for $57.50, Dr. Trumbull being 

 the purchaser. 



The Indian grammar begun: or, an 



essay to bring the Indian language into 

 rules, for the help of such as desire to 

 learn the same, for the furtherance of 

 the gospel among them. By John Eliot. 

 [Thirteen lines ,of scripture texts.] 

 Cambridge : printed by Marmaduke 

 Johnson. 1666. 



In Massachusetts Hist. Soc. Coll. second 

 series, vol. 9, pp. 223-312, i-liv, Boston, 1822, 8°. 



Reprint of Eliot's grammar, preceded by 

 "introduc ory observations " on the Massa- 

 chusetts language, by Dr. John Pickering, 

 which occupy pp. 223-242, follovved by the gram- 

 mar, pp. 243-312. This is followed by " notes 

 and observations on Elioc's Indian grammar, 

 addressed to John Pickering, Esq., by Peter S. 

 Da Ponceau," pp. i-xxix. "Supplementary 

 observations, by the editor," followed by an 

 "index of Indian words in Eliot's grammar: 

 including select words from his translation of 

 the bible," the joint work of Messrs. Pickering 

 and Du Ponceau, conclude the paper. 



Issued separately with title-page as follows : 



A I grammar | of the | Massachusetts 



Indian language. | By John Eliot. | A 

 new edition : | with notes and observa- 

 tions, I by I Peter S. Da Ponceau, 

 LL.D. I and | an introduction and sup- 

 plementary 1 observations, | by | John 

 Pickering. | As published in the Massa- 

 chusetts historical collections. | 



Boston : | printed by Phelps and 

 Farnham. | 1822. 



Pp. 1-28, 3-66, i-lvi, S°. The contents are the 

 same as above, except that two pages have been 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



added from Mr. Duponceau, giving the nume- 

 rals, 1-10, of the true N'anticoke, the Nanticoke 

 according to Dr. Barton, and the Bambara Afri- 

 cans. 



Copies seen : Boston Athenaeum, British Mu- 

 seum, Brown. 



Eeprinted again as follows : 



The Indian grammar begun : or, an 



essay to bring the Indian language into 

 rules, for the help of such as desire to 

 learn the same, for the furtherance of 

 the gospel among them. By John Eliot. 

 [Twelve lines of scripture texts. ] Cam- 

 bridge : printed by Marmaduke John- 

 son. 1666. 



In Massachusetts Hist. Soc. Coll. second se- 

 ries, vol. 9 [second edition], pp. 223-312, i-liv, 

 Boston, 1832, 8°. (Eames.) 



[ ] The I Logick Primer. | Some Logi- 

 cal Notions to initiate | the Indians in 

 the know- | ledge of the Rule of Rea- 

 son : I and to know how to make | us© 

 thereof. | Especially for the Instruction 

 of I such as are Teachers | among 

 them. I Composed by J. E. for the | use 

 of the Praying Indians. | The use of this 

 Iron Key is to | open the rich Treasury 

 of j the holy Scriptures. | Prov. I. 4. Ta 

 give subtilty to the | simple ; to the 

 young man know- | ledge and discre- 

 tion. I 



[Cambridge:] Printed by M. J. 

 1672. • (*) 



40 unnumbered leaves as follows : 1 blank 

 leaf, title 1 leaf within a border of small orna- 

 ments verso blank, introductory remarks in En- 

 glish 1 leaf, text in the Massachusetts Indian 

 language with verbatim English interlinear 

 translation from the recoo of the fourth leaf 

 (A4) to the recto of the thirty-third leaf (E), 

 text in Indian alone from the recto of the thirty- 

 third leaf to the recto of the fortieth leaf, end- 

 ing with "Finis," verso blank, 32°. Signatures 

 A, B, C, D, and E in eights. The running head- 

 ing is: "The Logick Primer." See the fac- 

 similes of the title-pago and of two pages of 

 the text. 



In 1670, Mr. Eliot set up at Natick " a lecture 

 in logic and theology," which was attended by 

 the Indians once every fortnight during the 

 summer season. The purpose of the lecture 

 was "the better to prepare and furnish them 

 with abilities to explicate and apply the script- 

 ures." On the 20th of September of the same 

 year he wrote to the Corporation in London 

 about the work among the Indians as follows: 

 " And seeing they must have Teachers amongst 

 themselves, they must also be taught to be 

 Teachers: for which cause I have begun to 



