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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Indiane — Continued. 



fac-similes of both titles, and of double pages 

 19, 19. 



The text is in Indian on the left-hand side 

 and in English on the right. The English 

 text begins on the recto of the third leaf 

 (numbered 4), and is continued ou the recto of 

 every leaf to the end. The text in Indian be- 

 gins on the verso of the second leaf (the En- 

 glish title), and is continued in the same way 

 on the verso of every leaf to the end, each In- 

 dian page containing the translation of the 

 English on the opposite or right-hand page and 

 also the same leaf number. The contents are 

 as follows on the English side : Scripture texts 

 from Prov. 22. 6, Chap. 23. 17, 18, Eph. 6. 1, and 

 I Chron. 28. 9, on 1. 4; The alphabet, The vow- 

 els. The consonants, Double letters, Italick let- 

 ters, Italick double letters, 1. 5 ; The great En- 

 lish letters, The small English letters, The great 

 letters. Easy syllables for children, 11. 6-7; 

 AYords of one syllable or division, to "Words of 

 fifteen syllables or parts, 11. 8-13 ; The Lord's 

 prayer, 1. 13; The Lord's prayer expounded, 

 11. 13-18 ; The Christian belief as it was taught 

 in the ages following after the apostles, 1. 18 ; 

 The Christian belief in tweuty and four ques- 

 tions and answ^s concerning Christian doc- 

 trine (including the ten commandments), 11. 

 19-30 ; Spiritual milk for babes, drawn out of 

 the breasts of both testaments, for the nour- 

 ishment of their souls, by John Cotton, B D., 

 11. 30-46; A covenant with God, wherewith we 

 are to receive the Lord's baptism, 11. 46-47 ; 

 Marks by which any man coming to the Lord's 

 table, should examine himself, 11. 47-48 ; Gen- 

 eral duties, The-duties of parents, and of chil- 

 dren, 11. 48-50 ; The duties of husbands and of 

 wives. The duties of masters and of servants, 



11. 50-51 ; The duties of the rulers, and of the 

 people, The duties of the preachers, and of the 

 people, 11. 51-52; God's judgments against dis- 

 obedient children, 1. 52; God's judgments on 

 mocking children, Against lying children, 1. 

 53 ; Against those who break the Sabbath day, 

 For the encouragement of Godly children, 11. 

 54-55; The promises of God, which the poor 

 Indians may hope to receive, 11. 55-57 ; The an- 

 ger of God against drunkenness, 11. 57-58; 

 Against idleness, 11.58-59; Against lying, 11. 59- 

 60 ; Against uncleanness, 11. 60-61 ; Against 

 theft, 11. 61-62 ; Against revengeful deeds, Eom. 



12. 17-21, Jam. 1. 19, 20,1. 62; A morning prayer 

 for children, 1. 63 ; An evening prayer for chil- 

 dren, 1. 64; A prayer before meat, A thanks- 

 giving after meat, 1. 65; Short prayers to be 

 used on every occasion that shall be (selections 

 from psalms), 11. 66-70; Psalm 119 (selections), 

 11. 70-73 ; Psalm 125 (selections), 11. 73-74; The 

 first Psalm (in metre), 11. 74-75; The twenty 

 and third Psalm (in metre), 11. 75-76; Some 

 verses of the 51 Psalm (in metre), 11. 76-77; 

 Some verses of the 103 Psalm (in metre), 11. 77- 

 78; Psalm 122 (in metre), 1. 78; The order of 

 the names of all the books of the Old and New 

 Testaments, 1. 79 ; The numeral letters and fig- 



Indiane — Continued. 



ures for the ready finding every chapter, psalm 

 or verse in the whole Bible, 11. 80-83 ; Couuseh 

 and warnings concerning death, The last words 

 of a Christian man, 1. 84, ending with 'Finis." 



This primer differs considerably from Eliot's 

 Indian primer of 1669 and 1687. Grindall Raw- 

 son's translation into the Indian language of 

 John Cotton's Spiritual Milk for Babes, origi- 

 nally printed in 1691, is on leaves numbered 

 (on the verso) 30-46, but with alterations in the 

 wording and orthography which were made 

 perhaps by some other person. If the object 

 of these changes was to conform it more nearly 

 to the Nope dialect, spoken on Martha's Vine- 

 yard, where "the most valuable body " of the 

 Christian Indians then resided, it is probable 

 that Experience Mayhew may have prepared 

 or edited the primer. His translation of the 

 psalter and the gospel of John into that dialect 

 had already been printed (Boston, 1709), and he 

 was actively engaged for many years after- 

 wards in preaching and ministering to the In- 

 dian congregation on the island, where he was 

 settled as minister. As the primer was much 

 used iji the Indian schools, it is probable that 

 other editions were printed between those of 

 1687 and 1720, of which no copies have been 

 found. 



A portion of this edition, comprising the 

 " Words of one Syllable or Division " to ""Words 

 of fifteen Syllables or Parts,'" the Lord's prayer 

 and the ten commandments, was reprinted in 

 the second volume of the third series of the 

 Collections of the Massachusetts Historical So- 

 ciety (Cambridge, 1830), in the appendix to 

 Josiah Cotton's Indian vocabulary, edited by 

 Dr. John Pickering, pp. 244-249. 



Copies seen: Boston Public, British and For- 

 eign Bible Society, British Museum, Lenox, 

 Trumbull. 



The Lenox copy, in the original leather 

 binding, fresh and clean, was bought at the 

 Brayton Ives sale. New York, Feb., 1891 (no. 

 837) for $230. Mr. Briuley's copy in blue levant 

 morocco was sold in New York, March, 1879 (no. 

 793), for $110, Dr. Trumbull beingthe purcha.ser. 



[Indiane primer asuh negonneyeuuk. 

 Ne nashpe Mukkiesog woh tauog wun- 

 uanmhkuttee ogketaniunnate Indiane 

 Unuontoowaonk. KahMeninnunkwutch 

 Mukkiesog. 



Mushauworaak. 173-?] 



Second title: [The Indian primer or the first 

 Book. By which Children may know truely to 

 read the Indian Language. And Milk for Babes. 



Boston. 173-?] 



84 (?) leaves, numbered regularly on the 

 recto, sm. 12°. Signatures [A,B, C,j D, E, F, 

 G, H, I, K, [L,] M, N, and O, all in sixes (?). 

 See the facsimiles of double pages 19, 19. 



This appears to be an exact reprint, in 

 slightly smaller type and in smaller and nar- 

 rower pages, of the edition of 1720, from which 



