Native Writings in Massachusett (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 185)
By Unknown Author.
Description
2 Volume Set: An ed. of all known manuscript writings in the Massachusetts language by native speakers. Because of the significance of these materials for many fields & areas of interest, basic linguistic, historical, & ethnographic analyses are included. Massachusetts is an extinct Eastern Algonquian language spoken aboriginally & in the Colonial period in what is now southeastern Massachusetts. The Indians speaking this language are those referred to as the Massachusetts, the Wampanoags (or Pokanokets), & the Nausets, who inhabited the region encompassing the immediate Bos...
ISBN(s)
087169185X, 9780871691859
