THE TABLE.
| CHAP. | PAGE. |
| I. Of Salutation, | 27 |
| II. Of Eating and Entertainment, | 33 |
| III. Of Sleepe, | 38 |
| IV. Of their Numbers, | 41 |
| V. Of Relations of consanguinity, &c. | 44 |
| VI. Of House, Family, &c. | 47 |
| VII. Of parts of body, | 58 |
| VIII. Of Discourse and Newes, | 62 |
| IX. Of time of the day, | 67 |
| X. Of Seasons of the Yeere, | 69 |
| XI. Of Travell, | 72 |
| XII. Of the heavenly Lights, | 79 |
| XIII. Of the Weather, | 81 |
| XIV. Of the Winds, | 83 |
| XV. Of Fowle, | 85 |
| XVI. Of the Earth and Fruits thereof, | 89 |
| XVII. Of Beasts and Cattell, | 95 |
| XVIII. Of the Sea, | 98 |
| XIX. Of Fish and Fishing, | 102 |
| XX. Of their Nakednesse and clothing, | 106 |
| XXI. Of their Religion, Soule, &c. | 109 |
| XXII. Of their Government, | 120 |
| XXIII. Of their Marriages, | 124 |
| XXIV. Of their Coyne, | 123 |
| XXV. Of their Trading, | 133 |
| XXVI. Of their Debts and Trusting, | 139 |
| XXVII. Of their Hunting, | 141 |
| XXVIII. Of their sports and Gaming, | 145 |
| XXIX. Of their Warres, | 148 |
| XXX. Of their Paintings, | 154 |
| XXXI. Of their sicknesse, | 156 |
| XXXII. Of their Death and Buriall, | 160 |
I have further treated of these Natives of New-England, and that great point of their Conversion in a little additionall Discourse apart from this.
I have read over these thirty Chapters of the American Language, to me wholly unknowne, and the Observations, these I conceive inoffensive; and that the Worke may conduce to the happy end intended by the Author.
Io. LANGLEY.
Printed according to this Licence; and entred into Stationers Hall.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg 5: ‘establish an enact’ replaced by ‘establish and enact’.
Pg 6: ‘whom the preident’ replaced by ‘whom the president’.
Pg 7: ‘an acconnt of’ replaced by ‘an account of’.
Pg 12: ‘concluded treates’ replaced by ‘concluded treaties’.
Pg 18: ‘Natives, Salvages’ replaced by ‘Natives, Savages’.
Pg 19: ‘call themselues’ replaced by ‘call themselves’.
Pg 31: ‘seaven yeares after’ replaced by ‘seven yeares after’.
Pg 32: ‘lodge with yon’ replaced by ‘lodge with you’.
Pg 34: ‘Is the water coo.’ replaced by ‘Is the water coole?’.
Pg 41: ‘21’ replaced by ‘21, &c.’.
Pg 41: ‘30, &c.’ replaced by ‘30’.
Pg 44: ‘An Old mn,’ replaced by ‘An Old man,’.
Pg 44: ‘Old men.a’ replaced by ‘Old men.’.
Pg 45: ‘ars distinguished’ replaced by ‘are distinguished’.
Pg 47: ‘of the Couutrey’ replaced by ‘of the Countrey’.
Pg 55: ‘I use is.’ replaced by ‘I use it.’.
Pg 55: ‘too foot long’ replaced by ‘two foot long’.
Pg 62: ‘hey will stile’ replaced by ‘they will stile’.
Pg 65: ‘Ablalive case’ replaced by ‘Ablative case’.
Pg 78: ‘In stormy vvinter’ replaced by ‘In stormy winter’.
Pg 93: ‘Doe you trash?’ replaced by ‘Doe you thrash?’.
Pg 95: ‘Pig, and and rooting’ replaced by ‘Pig, and rooting’.
Pg 113: ‘Men and Women men goe’ replaced by ‘Men and Women goe’.
Pg 118: ‘the Ordiances’ replaced by ‘the Ordinances’.
Pg 126: ‘then the women’ replaced by ‘than the women’.
Pg 134: ‘of Eng- or Dutch’ replaced by ‘of English or Dutch’.
Pg 151: ‘The honse was’ replaced by ‘The house was’.
TABLE: ‘VIII. Of Of Discourse’ replaced by ‘VIII. Of Discourse’.