Ojibwe materials, John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder letters to Peter Stephen Du Ponceau

Concerning the printing and distribution of his Dencke was retired from Upper Canada for drinking; Heckewelder can't ask him to do a grammar of the Chippewa using Zeisberger as a model. Discusses Indian vocabularies being collected by Du Ponceau. Sends vocabulary compiled from Carver (C) and Sa...

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Other Authors: Dencke, J. (Jeremiah), 1725-1795, Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844, Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823, Sargeant, John, 1710-1749, Pickering, John, 1737-1805, White, Samuel, Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1819
Subjects:
Anishinaabe
Ojibwe
Mohican
Linguistics
Canada
Indian
anishina*
Online Access:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9601
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Summary:Concerning the printing and distribution of his Dencke was retired from Upper Canada for drinking; Heckewelder can't ask him to do a grammar of the Chippewa using Zeisberger as a model. Discusses Indian vocabularies being collected by Du Ponceau. Sends vocabulary compiled from Carver (C) and Samuel White (S), a Nanticoke. Heckewelder has little knowledge of the Mahicanni [Mohican]; suggests missionary, Sargeant.

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