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BIBLIOGEAPHY OF THE 



Simerwell (R.) — Continued. 



April 9, 1824, to December 10, 1837; 5 books of 

 accounts from 1829 to 1856 ; book of mathemat- 

 ical examples ; do. traveling expenses ; list of 

 letters received and sent, from 1824 to 1833 ; 

 and church, book of branch of Pottawatomie 

 Baptist church, from March 29, 1840, to Jan- 

 uary 12, 1814 ; 3 books of minutes of proceed- 

 ings of the same church." 



The preceding sketch is compiled mainly 

 from Rev. Isaac McCoy's History of Baptist 

 Indian Missions, Washington, 1840. Some addi- 

 tional particulars concerning the earlier and 

 later periods of his life have been furnished by 

 Mr. Robert Simerwell Baxter, a grandson of 

 Mr. Simerwell. 



.Noaquett, whT was also named Luther Rice, 

 after a prominent officer of the Baptist board 

 of missions, was one of the Putawatomie In- 

 dian boys who were taken into Rev. Isaac 

 McCoy's family and school soon after the estab- 

 lishment of the Baptist mission at Carey sta- 

 tion, Michigan territory, in 1822. In 1824, 

 when "about fifteen years of age," he had 

 already acquired considerable knowledge of 

 English. The report of Commissioner John L. 

 Leib to Governor Cass, made in November 

 1824, contains the following account of him : 

 " Noaquett, or Luther Rice, and Anthony Rollo, 

 have made such proficiency in the English lan- 

 guage as to enable them to interpret between 

 the missionaries and the Indians; and even 

 religious discourses have been explained to 

 their red brethren, in a manner highly credit- 

 able to the boys, and satisfactory to the mis- 

 sionaries. Luther Rice, who is not yet fifteen 

 years of age, when he first entered this institu- 

 tion, was wild from the woods, acquainted with 

 no language but his native Indian. He is a 

 -very promising lad, making rapid improve- 

 ments in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and 

 exhibiting an inquisitive mind, and a strong 

 desire for the acquisition of knowledge." In 

 1826 he was sent with half a dozen other Indian 

 lads to complete his education in one of the east- 

 ern schools, probably at the Baptist Theological 

 Institute, Hamilton, IN". T., under the care of 

 Rev. D. Hascall. On or after the removal of 

 the Putawatomie mission from Michigan to the 

 Indian territory in 1833, Noaquett rejoined Mr. 

 Simerwell and his people. His name appears 

 as joint translator with Mr. Simerwell on the 

 title-page of the Putawatomie hymn book and 

 catechism printed in 1835. A few years later, 

 Mr. McCoy mentions, with words of approba- 

 tion, a speech "delivered by Luther Rice, alias 

 Ifoaquett, a full-blooded Indian," at a temper- 

 ance meeting among the Putawatomies, on 

 July 4th, 1839. 



Simon (Barbara Anne). The hope of 

 Israel; | presumptive evidenca | that 

 the I aborigines of the western hemi- 

 sphere I are descended from the | ten 

 missing tribes of Israel. | [Five lines 



Simon (B. A.) — Continued. 



Hebrew.] | Isaiah xl. | By Barbara 

 Anne Simon. | 



London : | published by R. B. Seeley, 

 and W. Burnside : | and sold by L. B. 

 Seeley and sons, Fleet street, | J. Hatch- 

 iird and son, Piccadilly, and | J. Nisbet, 

 Berners street. | MDCCCXXIX [1829]. 



Title verso printers 1 1. dedication verso 

 blank 1 1. poem entitled "Restoration of Isra- 

 el " pp v-vi, errata verso advertisement 1 1. in- 

 troduction pp. 1-32, text pp. 33-318, appendix 

 pp, 319-328, 8°. 



Scattered through this work are general re- 

 marks on Indian languages, principally the Al- 

 gonquian. 



Copies seen: British Museum, Powell, "Wat- 

 kinson. 



The Field copy, no. 2138. sold for $L38; the 

 Murphy copy, no. 2286, $3.25. 



The ten tribes of Israel | historically 



identified | with the | aborigines | of | 

 the western hemisphere. | By Mrs* 

 Simon | [Quotation four lines.] | 



Published by R. B. Seeley and W. 

 Burnside; ] and sold by L. and G. 

 Seeley, | Fleet street, London. | MD 

 CCCXXXVI [1836]. 



Half-title verso printer 1 1. title verso blank 

 1 1. contents pp. v-vi, preface pp. vii-viii, pre- 

 liminary observations pp. ix-xl, text pp. 1-370, 

 8°. 



Linguistics as given under title next above. 



Copies seen : Astor, British Museum. 



The Field copy, no. 2139, sold for $1.50; the 

 Squier copy, no. 1241, $2.25. 



Sinclair (John). [Translations into the 

 Cree language. ] (") 



In a biography of the Rev. Henry Stein- 

 hauer, published in the Missionary Outlook for 

 January, 1881, ii is stated that "Mr. Sinclair 

 translated the Old Testament as far as the end 

 of Job ; also the Gospels and Acts ; while Mr. 

 Steinhauer translated from the beginning of 

 the Psalms to the end of the Old Testament and 

 from the beginning of Romans to the end of 

 the New." 



In the Canadian Methodist Magazine for 

 May, 1885, the Rev. John McLean says: "He 

 [Steinhauer] and John Sinclair, a half breed, 

 translated the Bible into Cree. Sinclair trans- 

 lated the Old Testament to the end of Job, and 

 the New Testament to the end of the Acts of 

 the Apostles. Mr. Steinhauer translated the 

 remaining parts of the Old and New Testament. 

 I have in my library a manuscript copy of 

 Genesis written in the Cree syllabic characters 

 by John Sinclair. It is a beautiful specimen of 

 penmanship." 



See Mason (W.) for a fuller discussion of the 

 translation of the bible into the Cree language. 



