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The Resource Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader, : describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians; with an account of the posts situated on the river Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. : To which is added, a vocabulary of the Chippeway language. Names of furs and skins, in English and French. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux tongues, and a table, shewing the analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway languages., By J. Long

Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader, : describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians; with an account of the posts situated on the river Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. : To which is added, a vocabulary of the Chippeway language. Names of furs and skins, in English and French. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux tongues, and a table, shewing the analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway languages., By J. Long

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1 online resource (x, [4], 295, [1] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates
Note
  • "List of subscribers": p. [iii]-vi
  • Contains numerous names of Indian chiefs, and members of tribes, and numerous examples, peppered throughout the text, of phrases and place names in various Indian languages which the author knew or which the Indian spoke to him. Also contains detailed description of various Indian villages in Upper and Lower Canada, upstate New York, and the Great Lakes regions. Discusses the Five and Six Nations of Indians, descriptions of Indian dances, marriage ceremonies and other social customs
  • Includes various speeches by Indian chiefs, betrothal speeches, and war songs in the text in the Ojibwa language
  • Vocabularies of Indian languages, p. [183]-295, 3rd count, include a list of words in English and an Eskimo language on p. [183]; a comparative glossary of numbers 1-100 and every hundred thereafter to 1,000 in English, Iroquois, Algonquin and Ojibwa on p. 184-195; a comparative glossary of verbs and nouns in English, Algonquin and Ojibwa on p. 196-208; a comparative glossary of words in English, Mohegan and Shawnee on p. 209; a comparative glossary of words in English, Mohegan, Algonquin and Ojibwa on p. 210-211; a glossary of words in English and Iroquois on p. 212-215; "Names of furs and skins in English and French" on p. 216-217; "Parts of the human body" in English and Ojibwa on p. 218-220; "Names of animals, &c" in English and Ojibwa on p. 221-223; "Merchandise" in English and Ojibwa on p. 224-226; a general table of words in English and Ojibwa on p. 227-252; a general table of words in Ojibwa and English on p. 253-282
  • "Familiar phrases in the English and Chippeway languages", p. [283]-295, has divisional title page
  • Signatures: pi2 (pi1 verso blank) A (A4 verso blank) chi1 B-2P (2A3, 2P4 versos blank)
  • Errata, p. [1], 2nd count
  • "Sketch of the western countries of Canada 1791", folded frontispiece map, is a map by the author of the regions of the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence, and James' Bay with the location of the resident Indian tribes
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Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader, : describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians; with an account of the posts situated on the river Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. : To which is added, a vocabulary of the Chippeway language. Names of furs and skins, in English and French. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux tongues, and a table, shewing the analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway languages.
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Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader,
Title remainder
describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians; with an account of the posts situated on the river Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. : To which is added, a vocabulary of the Chippeway language. Names of furs and skins, in English and French. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux tongues, and a table, shewing the analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway languages.
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By J. Long
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  • engfremul
  • eng
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  • 41878
  • III:3465
  • T122592
Citation source
  • Sabin
  • Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800
  • ESTC
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Long, J.
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  • maps
  • plates
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1717-1797
  • 18th Cent
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Walpole, Horace
  • Coleman, George
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  • Fur trade
  • Indians of North America
  • Ojibwa Indians
  • Ojibwa language
  • Ojibwa language
  • Eskimo languages
  • Iroquois language
  • Algonquin language
  • Mohegan language
  • Shawnee language
  • Indian linguistics
  • Indian linguistics
  • Indian linguistics
  • Indian linguistics
  • Indian linguistics
  • Indian linguistics
  • Great Lakes Region (North America)
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Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader, : describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians; with an account of the posts situated on the river Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. : To which is added, a vocabulary of the Chippeway language. Names of furs and skins, in English and French. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux tongues, and a table, shewing the analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway languages., By J. Long
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https://archive.org/details/voyagestravelsof01long
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Note
  • "List of subscribers": p. [iii]-vi
  • Contains numerous names of Indian chiefs, and members of tribes, and numerous examples, peppered throughout the text, of phrases and place names in various Indian languages which the author knew or which the Indian spoke to him. Also contains detailed description of various Indian villages in Upper and Lower Canada, upstate New York, and the Great Lakes regions. Discusses the Five and Six Nations of Indians, descriptions of Indian dances, marriage ceremonies and other social customs
  • Includes various speeches by Indian chiefs, betrothal speeches, and war songs in the text in the Ojibwa language
  • Vocabularies of Indian languages, p. [183]-295, 3rd count, include a list of words in English and an Eskimo language on p. [183]; a comparative glossary of numbers 1-100 and every hundred thereafter to 1,000 in English, Iroquois, Algonquin and Ojibwa on p. 184-195; a comparative glossary of verbs and nouns in English, Algonquin and Ojibwa on p. 196-208; a comparative glossary of words in English, Mohegan and Shawnee on p. 209; a comparative glossary of words in English, Mohegan, Algonquin and Ojibwa on p. 210-211; a glossary of words in English and Iroquois on p. 212-215; "Names of furs and skins in English and French" on p. 216-217; "Parts of the human body" in English and Ojibwa on p. 218-220; "Names of animals, &c" in English and Ojibwa on p. 221-223; "Merchandise" in English and Ojibwa on p. 224-226; a general table of words in English and Ojibwa on p. 227-252; a general table of words in Ojibwa and English on p. 253-282
  • "Familiar phrases in the English and Chippeway languages", p. [283]-295, has divisional title page
  • Signatures: pi2 (pi1 verso blank) A (A4 verso blank) chi1 B-2P (2A3, 2P4 versos blank)
  • Errata, p. [1], 2nd count
  • "Sketch of the western countries of Canada 1791", folded frontispiece map, is a map by the author of the regions of the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence, and James' Bay with the location of the resident Indian tribes
Extent
1 online resource (x, [4], 295, [1] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates
Form of item
online
Note
  • John Carter Brown Library copy 1 (D791 .L848v 1-SIZE) bound separately. This copy contains numerous manuscript annotations in the hand of George Coleman, Senior, and an engraved portrait proof of him inset at front of volume. This copy possibly owned formerly by Horace Walpole.
  • Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy 1: contains numerous manuscript annotations in the hand of George Coleman, Senior, and an engraved portrait proof of him inset at front of volume. This copy possibly owned formerly by Horace Walpole, according to a note by Henry Stevens dated London, Feb. 25, 1866.
  • John Carter Brown Library copy 2 (B790 .C838h 1-SIZE) bound as 2nd item of 4 with: An historical journal of the expeditions, by sea and land, to the north of California / by Miguel Costansó, London, 1790.
  • John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has dedication leaf, p. [3-4], 2nd count, misbound before the list of subscribers, p. [iii]-vi, 1st count.
  • John Carter Brown Library copy 2 bound in contemporary full treed calf.
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Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader, : describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians; with an account of the posts situated on the river Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. : To which is added, a vocabulary of the Chippeway language. Names of furs and skins, in English and French. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux tongues, and a table, shewing the analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway languages., By J. Long
Link
https://archive.org/details/voyagestravelsof01long
Publication
Note
  • "List of subscribers": p. [iii]-vi
  • Contains numerous names of Indian chiefs, and members of tribes, and numerous examples, peppered throughout the text, of phrases and place names in various Indian languages which the author knew or which the Indian spoke to him. Also contains detailed description of various Indian villages in Upper and Lower Canada, upstate New York, and the Great Lakes regions. Discusses the Five and Six Nations of Indians, descriptions of Indian dances, marriage ceremonies and other social customs
  • Includes various speeches by Indian chiefs, betrothal speeches, and war songs in the text in the Ojibwa language
  • Vocabularies of Indian languages, p. [183]-295, 3rd count, include a list of words in English and an Eskimo language on p. [183]; a comparative glossary of numbers 1-100 and every hundred thereafter to 1,000 in English, Iroquois, Algonquin and Ojibwa on p. 184-195; a comparative glossary of verbs and nouns in English, Algonquin and Ojibwa on p. 196-208; a comparative glossary of words in English, Mohegan and Shawnee on p. 209; a comparative glossary of words in English, Mohegan, Algonquin and Ojibwa on p. 210-211; a glossary of words in English and Iroquois on p. 212-215; "Names of furs and skins in English and French" on p. 216-217; "Parts of the human body" in English and Ojibwa on p. 218-220; "Names of animals, &c" in English and Ojibwa on p. 221-223; "Merchandise" in English and Ojibwa on p. 224-226; a general table of words in English and Ojibwa on p. 227-252; a general table of words in Ojibwa and English on p. 253-282
  • "Familiar phrases in the English and Chippeway languages", p. [283]-295, has divisional title page
  • Signatures: pi2 (pi1 verso blank) A (A4 verso blank) chi1 B-2P (2A3, 2P4 versos blank)
  • Errata, p. [1], 2nd count
  • "Sketch of the western countries of Canada 1791", folded frontispiece map, is a map by the author of the regions of the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence, and James' Bay with the location of the resident Indian tribes
Extent
1 online resource (x, [4], 295, [1] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates
Form of item
online
Note
  • John Carter Brown Library copy 1 (D791 .L848v 1-SIZE) bound separately. This copy contains numerous manuscript annotations in the hand of George Coleman, Senior, and an engraved portrait proof of him inset at front of volume. This copy possibly owned formerly by Horace Walpole.
  • Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy 1: contains numerous manuscript annotations in the hand of George Coleman, Senior, and an engraved portrait proof of him inset at front of volume. This copy possibly owned formerly by Horace Walpole, according to a note by Henry Stevens dated London, Feb. 25, 1866.
  • John Carter Brown Library copy 2 (B790 .C838h 1-SIZE) bound as 2nd item of 4 with: An historical journal of the expeditions, by sea and land, to the north of California / by Miguel Costansó, London, 1790.
  • John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has dedication leaf, p. [3-4], 2nd count, misbound before the list of subscribers, p. [iii]-vi, 1st count.
  • John Carter Brown Library copy 2 bound in contemporary full treed calf.
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