[106] Collections Massach. Histor. Soc., vol. IX., p. 76.
[107] Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., vol. IX., p. 77. Trumbull’s History of Connecticut, vol. I., p. 28.
[108] The Atlantic Ocean.
[109] P. 235.—This MS. is in the library of the Society of the United Brethren at Bethlehem.
[110] Loskiel, part II., ch. 9.
[111] Mr. Zeisberger wrote a complete dictionary of the Iroquois language, in three quarto volumes, the first of which, from A to the middle of H, is unfortunately lost. The remainder, which is preserved, contains upwards of 800 pages, which shews that, at least, the Indian languages are not so poor as is generally imagined. It is German and Indian, beginning with the German.[112]]
[112] [This work, entitled “Deutch und Onondagaishes Wörterbuch,” i. e., Lexicon of the German and Onondaga Languages, complete in 7 vols., MS., is deposited in the Library of the American Philosophical Society, at Philadelphia. Also a complete grammar of the Onondaga by the same author.]
[113] This word should be pronounced according to the powers of the German Alphabet.
[114] Being, or Spirit.
[115] An old Indian told me about fifty years ago, that when he was young, he still followed the custom of his father and ancestors, in climbing upon a high mountain or pinnacle, to thank the Great Spirit for all the benefits before bestowed, and to pray for a continuance of his favour; that they were sure their prayers were heard, and acceptable to the Great Spirit, although he did not himself appear to them.