History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan / A Grammar of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author

by Andrew J. Blackbird

Ne-daw-yaw-naw e-naw-ko-ne-ga-win.
We have a rule, or, a law.

O-we-o-kwon o-ge-au-taw-son.
His hat he pawned.

Ne-be-me-baw-to-naw-baw au-pe pen-ge-she-naw.
I was running when I fell.

NOTE.—Except some condensation and arrangement in the grammar, this work is printed almost verbatim as written by the author.—EDITOR.