Haudenosaunee materials, Selected materials, 1676-1930, on Indian linguistics
Culture:
Mohawk includes: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Date: 1755; 1847
Contributor: De Lorimier, Jean-Baptiste, 1786-1845
Subject: Linguistics | Iroquoian languages | Missions | Religion | Canada--History--To 1763 (New France) | Jesuits | Séminaire de Québec | Place names
Type: Text
Genre: Microfilms | Vocabularies | Correspondence | Essays
Extent: 3 items
Description: Part of a collection comprised of religious and linguistic materials in various Native American languages. Many were written by Jesuit missionaries of New France. These particular items include an unattributed 1847 letter, in French, on the etymology of some Personal names; a word list obtained at Sault St. Louis, with a note on provenance, attributed to de Lorimier, possibly the French-Haudenosaunee interpreter and agent Jean-Baptiste de Lorimier or one of his relations; and the 1755 "Livre des prieres, cantiques, et himnes en langue hyroquois telles qu'on se sont maintenant a la Mission du Lac des Deux Montagnes," containing various notes added to an original manuscript on plain chant, carols, articles preliminary to the peace of Versailles in 1783, description of a serpent killed at Chateau Ste. Anne, recipes, remedies, etc. Originals in Laval University, Seminaire de Quebec.
Collection: Selected materials, 1676-1930, on Indian linguistics Mss.Film.453