A Key Into the Language of America

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Author

Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683

Title

A Key Into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England Together with Briefe Observations of the Customes, Manners, and Worships, &c. of the Aforesaid Natives, etc.

Credits

Brian Wilson, MFR, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

F001: United States local history: New England

Subject

Narragansett language

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 63701

Release Date

November 10, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CHARTER — CONSTITUTION. — OFFICERS
4. 4.SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF ROGER WILLIAMS. — FOOTNOTES: — A KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA,
5. 5.TO MY DEARE AND WELBELOVED FRIENDS AND COUNTREYMEN, IN OLD AND NEW ENGLAND.
6. 6.DIRECTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE LANGUAGE.
7. 7.AN HELPE TO THE NATIVE LANGUAGE
8. 8.CHAPTER I. — Of Salutation. —Observation. — OBSERVATION. — OBSERVATION. — OBSERVATION. — OBSERVATION. — OBSERVATION. — OBSERV. — OBSERV.
9. 9.CHAP. II. — Of Eating and Entertainment. — The observation generall from their eating &c.
10. 10.CHAP. III. — Concerning Sleepe and Lodging. — From their Sleeping: The Observation generall.
11. 11.CHAP. IV. — Of their Names. — Numbers of the Masculine Gender. — Of the Feminine Gender. — From their Numbers, Observation Generall.
12. 12.CHAP. V. — Of their relations of consanguinitie and affinitie, or, Blood and Marriage. — From their Relations. —Observation generall.
13. 13.CHAP. VI. — Of the Family and Businesse of the House.
14. 14.CHAP. VII. — Of their Persons and parts of Body. — The generall observation from the parts of the bodie.
15. 15.CHAP. VIII. — Of Discourse and Newes. — The generall Observation from their Discourse and Newes.
16. 16.CHAP. IX. — Of the time of the day. — The general Observation from their time of the Day.
17. 17.CHAP. X. — Of the Season of the Yeere. — Generall Observation from their Seasons of the Yeere.
18. 18.CHAP. XI. — Of Travell. — Generall Observations of their Travell.
19. 19.CHAP. XII. — Concerning the Heavens and Heavenly Lights. — Generall Observations of the Heavenly Bodies.
20. 20.CHAP. XIII. — Of the Weather. — Observation generall of the Weather.
21. 21.CHAP. XIV. — Of the Winds. — Generall Observations of the Wind.
22. 22.CHAP. XV. — Of Fowle. — The generall Observation of Fowle.
23. 23.CHAP. XVI. — Of the Earth, and the Fruits thereof, &c. — The Observation generall of the Fruits of the Earth.
24. 24.CHAP. XVII. — Of Beasts, &c. — The generall Observation of the Beasts.
25. 25.CHAP. XVIII. — Of the Sea. — Generall Observations of the Sea.
26. 26.CHAP. XIX. — Of Fish and Fishing. — The generall Observation of Fish.
27. 27.CHAP. XX. — Of their Nakednesse and Clothing. — Generall Observations of their Garments.
28. 28.CHAP. XXI. — Of Religion, the Soule, &c. — The generall Observation of Religion, &c.
29. 29.CHAP. XXII. — Of their Government and Justice. — Observation generall, of their Government.
30. 30.CHAP. XXIII. — Of Marriage. — Generall Observation of their Marriage.
31. 31.CHAP. XXIV. — Concerning their Coyne. — Observations generall of their Coyne.
32. 32.CHAP. XXV. — Of their Buying and Selling. — Generall Observation of Trade.
33. 33.CHAP. XXVI. — Of Debts and Trusting. — Generall Observations of their Debts.
34. 34.CHAP. XXVII. — Of their Hunting, &c. — Generall Observation of their Hunting.
35. 35.CHAP. XXVIII. — Of their Gaming, &c. — Generall Observations of their Sports.
36. 36.CHAP. XXIX. — Of their Warre, &c. — Generall Observations of their Warres.
37. 37.CHAP. XXX. — Of their Paintings. — Generall Observations of their Paintings.
38. 38.CHAP. XXXI. — Of Sicknesse. — Generall Observation of their Sicknesse.
39. 39.CHAP. XXXII. — Of Death and Buriall. — The Generall Observation of their Dead.
40. 40.THE TABLE.

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