| | 1 | Author: | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1742-1823 | | | | | Moravian missionary, ethnographer, linguist. Heckewelder, a member of the Moravian community at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was active among the Indians of Pennsylvania and Ohio, from 1763 until 1810. He served as envoy and consultant for the U.S. government on Indian affairs and was correspondent with P. S. Du Ponceau on Indian linguistics. | |
| | | Title: | Vocabularies and Miscellaneous Papers Pertaining to Indian Languages
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Lenni Lenape | Delaware | Shawnee | Algonquin | Mohican | | | | Dates: | Circa 1821 | | | | Extent: | 5 items | | | | Abstract: | 5 items by Heckewelder. Includes comparative vocabularies of Lenni Lenape, Delaware, Shawano, Algonquin, Mohican, and others | | | | Source: | American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee American Indian Vocabulary Collection (497 V85) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
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