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AMERICANA
NATIVE
AMERICANA
Ojibwa / Chippewa 
Bible. N.T. Ojibwa. 1833. James. Kekitchemanitomenahn gahbemahjeinnunk Jesus Christ, otoashke wawweendummahgawin. Albany: Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1833. 12mo (19.1 cm, 7.5"). 484 pp. (pagination skips 478 & 479, repeats 480 & 481).
Click the interior images for enlargements. • Darlow & Moule 3025; Pilling, Algonquian, 257. On James, see: Dictionary of American Biography, IX, 576. Period-style quarter tan cloth with light blue paper–covered sides, spine with printed paper label. Pages foxed. One leaf with tear from upper margin extending into top five lines of text, without loss; two leaves with inner margins repaired some time ago. (21002)
5 Books of the New Testament ( “PLUS”) 
ALL in CHEROKEEBible.
N.T. Matthew. Cherokee. 1844. Worcester & Boudinet. The Gospel according to Matthew, translated into the Cherokee language. Fourth edition. Park Hill [OK]: Mission Press, John Candy, pr., 1844. 12mo (13.5 cm, 5.25"). 120 pp. [bound with] Bible.
N.T. John. Cherokee. 1841. Worcester & Boudinet. The Gospel of Jesus Christ according to John. Translated into the Cherokee language. Second edition. Park Hill: Mission Press, John Candy, pr., 1841. 12mo. 101 pp. [with] Bible. N.T. Acts. Cherokee. 1842. Worcester & Boudinet. The Acts of the Apostles. Translated into the Cherokee language. Second edition. Park Hill: Mission Press, John Candy, pr., 1842. 12mo. 124 pp. [with] Bible. N.T. Timothy. Cherokee. 1844. Worcester & Boudinet. The Epistles of Paul to Timothy. Translated into the Cherokee language. Park Hill: Mission Press, John Candy, pr., 1844. 12mo. 28 pp. [with] Bible. N.T. Epistles of John. Cherokee. 1843. Worcester & Boudinet. The Epistles of John. Translated into the Cherokee language. Second
edition. Park Hill: Mission Press, John Candy, pr., 1843. 12mo. 20 pp. [with] Bible. Cherokee. Selections. 1843. Worcester and E. Boudinot. [drop-title] Select passages from the Holy Scriptures. [Park Hill: Mission Press, 1843?]. 12mo. 24 pp. [with] Cherokee hymns, compiled from several authors and revised. Park Hill: Mission Press, 1844. 12mo. 67, [2] pp.
Click the interior images for enlargements. The presence of the “Select passages from the Holy Scriptures” and the hymnal is most uncommon in these ad hoc volumes of Bible parts. The hymns are without music. There is one illustration, a crucifixion, in John.
An extremely nice volume.
New
Testament in
ChippewaBible. N.T. Chippewa. O’Meara. 1854. Ewh Oowahweendahmahgawin owh Tabanemenung Jesus Christ, keahnekuhnootuhbeegahdag Anwamand egewh Ahneshenahbag Ojibway anindjig. Toronto: Henry Roswell [for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge], 1854. 8vo. 766 pp., [1 (errata)] f.
The first complete translation of the New Testament into Ojibwa appeared in 1833 and was the effort of Edwin Jones, a surgeon in the U.S. Army (with the help of John Taylor, a U.S. army interpreter). The second translation was by Henry Blatchford and appeared in 1844. O’Meara’s is the third translation and the first printed in Canada.
• Pilling, Proof-sheets, 2830 (who lists it as by James rather than Frederick O’Meara); Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Chippewa-32; Darlow & Moule 3034. Recent quarter calf, old style; raised bands, gilt ruling above and below the bands as accents, gilt center devices in spine compartments. Deep red spine label lettered in gilt; marbled paper sides. One corner-tip of title-page lost; no other chips or tattering, and the text is quite clean. 
A very good copy of an uncommon indigenous language item.
One in MICMAC
— The First Printing of 
ACTS
Bible. N.T. Acts. Micmac. 1859. Rand. Tan Teladakadidjik Apõstalewidjik. [then in Pitman phonetic alphabet] The Acts of the Apostles. Bath: Pr. for the British and Foreign Bible Society by Isaac Pitman, 1863. 12mo. 140 pp.
The translation used was Silas Rand's.
As plain as the binding may be, it has a binder's ticket: "Watkins Binder."
• Darlow & Moule 6786; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Micmac 11; Pilling, Proof-Sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians, 3181g. Contemporary sprinkled sheep, slightly discolored. Spine damaged with loss of leather, and joints giving way. Internally a very good copy. Now housed in a simple acid-free phase box.
Second Acts . . .
Bible. N.T. Acts. Micmac. 1863. Rand. Tan Teladakadidjik Apostalewidjik. [Then in Pitman phonetic alphabet] The Acts of the Apostles. In Micmac. Bath: Printed for the British & Foreign Bible Society, by Isaac Pitman, 1863. 12mo. 140 pp.
• Banks, p. 94; Pilling, Algonquian, p. 421; Darlow & Moule 6786; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Micmac 11; Pilling, Proof-Sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians, 3181g. Original sprinkled sheep, spine worn with loss of leather and joints opening from top and bottom. Interior very good.
Micmac
Matthew & JohnBible. N.T.
Matthew. Micmac. 1871. Pela
kesagunoodumumkawa tan tula uksakumamenoo westowoolkw' sasoogoole clstiawti
ootenink. Megumoweesimk. Chebootook: Megumagea' Ledakan-Weekugukemkawa Moweome,
1871. 12mo. 126 pp. [bound with] Bible. N.T. John. Micmac.
1872. Wooleagunoodumakun tan tula Saneku. Meumoweesik [sic for Megumoweesmk].
Chebootook: Megumagea' Ledakun-Weekugukemkawa Moweome, 1872. 12mo. 103, [1 (blank)]
pp.
The 1870s saw major efforts at revision: Matthew and John, the two Gospels offered here, were the first to be revised. The works were printed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and have a pronunciation guide printed on the verso of the title-page. (Please note that many, many un-HTML'able diacritical marks have been deleted from the title and imprint information above: If you need to see these intact, please request a fax.) • Darlow & Moule 6788 and 6789. Contemporary purple cloth in imitation of pebbled morocco. Binding lightly rubbed; hinges starting. Overall an impressively good copy.
Micmac Matthew (Alone)
Bible. N.T. Matthew. Micmac. 1871. Rand. Pela kesagunoodumumkawa tan tula uksakumamenoo westowooklw' sasoogoole clistawti cotenink, Megumoweesimk. Chebootook: Megumagea' Ledakun-Weekugukemkawa Moweome, 1871. 12mo. 126 pp.
The 1870s saw major efforts at revision: Matthew and John were the first to be revised. Printed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, they have a pronunciation guide printed on the verso of their title-pages. We are proud to offer "Matthew" in this new version, which Darlow and Moule state is a revised edition of No. 6781, published in 1853.
• Pilling, Algonquian, p. 420; Banks, p. 95; Evans 521; Darlow & Moule 6788. Not in Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection. Original pebble-textured cloth. Very good.
Please note that Micmac's diacriticals do not readily accept HTML'ing — if fully correct transcription of this book's title is important to you, please ask for a fax.
Matthew Alone Again, in Micmac
Bible. N.T. Matthew. Micmac. 1871. Rand. Pela kesagunoodumumkawa tan tula uksakumamenoo westowooklw' sasoogoole clistawti cotenink, Megumoweesimk. Chebootook: Megumagea' Ledakun-Weekugukemkawa Moweome, 1871. 12mo. 126 pp.
• Darlow & Moule 6788. Contemporary black cloth in imitation of pebbled morocco. Binding lightly spotted. Overall an impressively good copy.
MARK — CREE
Bible. N.T. Mark. Cree. 1876. Hunter. Oo Meyo Achimoowin St. Mark. The Gospel according to St. Mark. London: Pr. for the British & Foreign Bible Society, 1876. 12mo. 89 pp.
• Banks, p. 38; Evans 83; Pilling, Algonquian, p. 245; Darlow & Moule 3118, who state it is a new edition of 3113; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Cree-19. Original limp cloth. A fine copy.
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