Mohegan materials, American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection
Culture:
Language: English | Mohegan-Pequot
Date: circa 1820s
Contributor: Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823
Subject: Linguistics
Type: Text
Genre: Vocabularies
Extent: 17 pages
Description: The Mohegan materials in this collection consist of manuscripts listed in the finding aid as item 19, "Mahicanni [Mohegan] words taken down from the mouth of one of that nation who had been born in Connecticut"; items 21 & 22b, "Comparative vocabulary of the Delaware, Minsi, Mohicon, Natick, Chippeway, Shawanoe [i.e. Miami], and Nanticoke languages"; and items 22 & 22a, "Comparative vocabulary of the Lenni Lenape, Mahicanni, Nanticoke, Shawano, Natick, Chippuwa and Algonquin languages"
Collection: American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection Mss.497.V85