Onondaga materials, Indian manuscripts, 1661-1879

Culture:
Onondaga includes: Onöñda'gega'
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language: French | Onondaga
Date: 1821-1865 and undated
Contributor: Magon de Terlaye, François-Auguste, 1724 -1777
Subject: Missions | Linguistics | Iroquoian languages | Sulpicians | Religion
Type: Text
Genre: Microfilms | Dictionaries | Translations
Extent: 2 items
Description: Materials prepared by French Sulpician missionaries in New France in the French and Onondaga languages. Items include an undated French-Onondaga dictionary attributed to Magon de Terlaye, and an unattributed list of members of "Les trois confrairies de la Ste. Famille du Sault de St. Regis," an Indian women's religious society, dated to 1821-1865. The latter also includes members' date of joining and describes their duties; prayers and rules of conduct for the group are written in Onondaga. Originals in Seminaire de Montreal, les Pretres de Saint-Sulpice.
Collection: Indian manuscripts, 1661-1879 Mss.Film.1109