Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Issue 68, Part 3E. Croswell, 1908 - Government publications |
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... persons . Of the latter I have several thousands con- nected with New York , mostly Iroquois , but fully representative of the less important Algonquin tribes . All have dates , and many of them interesting histories . The mere mention ...
... persons . Of the latter I have several thousands con- nected with New York , mostly Iroquois , but fully representative of the less important Algonquin tribes . All have dates , and many of them interesting histories . The mere mention ...
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... persons who received and recorded names were not always persons of good education , and their writing is often hard to ... person or sex is expressed , the initial letters vary accordingly . In Iroquois local names many have the prefix T ...
... persons who received and recorded names were not always persons of good education , and their writing is often hard to ... person or sex is expressed , the initial letters vary accordingly . In Iroquois local names many have the prefix T ...
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... person or local incident , but the statement is true of both . With both there is little appearance of poetic fancy . Names were a convenience , and but little more . Mr Morgan's words follow : The method of bestowing names was peculiar ...
... person or local incident , but the statement is true of both . With both there is little appearance of poetic fancy . Names were a convenience , and but little more . Mr Morgan's words follow : The method of bestowing names was peculiar ...
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... persons , form an integral part of their language , and hence are all significant . It furnishes a singular test of their migrations , for accurate descriptions of localities become in this manner incor- porated into their dialects ...
... persons , form an integral part of their language , and hence are all significant . It furnishes a singular test of their migrations , for accurate descriptions of localities become in this manner incor- porated into their dialects ...
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... person of the present indicative , g being taken away , but this has excep- tions . Kon , ston , or ton may be added to verbs to express causality and this was quite common , as onnehon , to live on any- thing , from onhhe , to live ...
... person of the present indicative , g being taken away , but this has excep- tions . Kon , ston , or ton may be added to verbs to express causality and this was quite common , as onnehon , to live on any- thing , from onhhe , to live ...
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Albany Algonquin annual report appears applied ash pit beads bones brook Bruyas called Canada castle Cayuga Cayuga lake celt ceremonies Charlevoix chief cited clan Coeymans condolence Continue to listen council creek Cusick defined Delaware derived dialect East Canada creek east side Erie falls flint Genesee Genesee river given Haii haii hail Handsome Lake head hill Hudson Indian name Indian village Iroquois Iroquois name Ja-ta-gweh-ni-yo-shonh Jat-hon-de-nyunk journal lake land Mahicans meaning mentioned miles Mohawk Morgan Morgan's name mountain nation Neck O-nen occiput Oneida Oneida lake Onondaga Otisco lake patent pipe pond pottery vessel probably refer river rock Ruttenber sachems Sauthier's map Schoharie creek Schoolcraft seems Seneca Seneca river side of trench skeleton skull song Southold Spafford stone stream Thou who wert tion town tract tree tribe Tuscarora valley wampum wert ruler west side word written York Zeisberger