A winter fish, which comes up in the brookes and rivulets; some call them Frost fish, from their comming up from the Sea into fresh Brookes, in times of frost and snow. Qunosuog. | A fresh fish; which the Indians break the Ice in fresh ...
A discourse on the languages of Native Americans encountered by the early settlers written by Roger Williams, who was forced to leave Massachusetts and established Rhode Island. This early linguistic...
The book was the first study of Native American language written in English, and the commentary on Indian ways of life make it a worthwhile read.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
A Key Into the Language of America
This historic text was written to accomplish two goals: Firstly, it is a practical, instructional guidebook written with the colonial society in mind.
This historic text was written to accomplish two goals: Firstly, it is a practical, instructional guidebook written with the colonial society in mind.
A white woman's recreation of the sound and spirit of Indian poetry. A sampler: "eagle / turkey / partridge / cormorant / Ptowewushannick. / They are fled."
Firstly, this is a practical, instructional guidebook written with the colonial society in mind. Particularly where religious missions are concerned, the author feels that colonialists should have a command of Native American languages.