[2] Vol. i, p. vi.
[3] Scheme for a New Alphabet and a Reformed Mode of Spelling; Philadelphia, 1768.
[4] Dec. 26, 1789. The Works of B. Franklin, ed. by A. F. Smyth; New York, 1905, vol. i, p. 40.
[5] The Druid, No. 5; reprinted in Witherspoon's Collected Works, edited by Ashbel Green, vol. iv; New York, 1800-1.
[6] Vide, in addition to the citations in the text, the British Critic, Nov. 1793; Feb. 1810; the Critical Review, July 1807; Sept. 1809; the Monthly Review, May 1808; the Eclectic Review, Aug. 1813.
[7] 1815, pp. 307-14; reprinted in his Remarks on National Literature, Boston, 1823.
[8] American English, North American Review, April, 1883.
[9] A number of such Indian words are preserved in the nomenclature of Tammany Hall and in that of the Improved Order of Red Men, an organization with more than 500,000 members. The Red Men, borrowing from the Indians, thus name the months, in order: Cold Moon, Snow, Worm, Plant, Flower, Hot, Buck, Sturgeon, Corn, Travelers', Beaver and Hunting. They call their officers incohonee, sachem, wampum-keeper, etc. But such terms, of course, are not in general use.
[10] A long list of such obsolete Americanisms is given by Clapin in his Dictionary.
[11] An Account of the History, Manners and Customs of the Indian Nations....; Phila., 1818.