American Philosophical Society
Dictionnaire de la langue huronne, 1632
Sagard, Gabriel.
Mss.497.33.Sa1
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1 volume(s)
1 volume, 105 p., copy
1632
This dictionary was transcribed by James R. Malenfant for Peter S. Du Ponceau from Sagard's Le Grand voyage du pays des Hurons . . . avec un Dictionnaire de la langue huronne (Paris, 1632). Consists of an alphabetical list of French phrases translated into Huron. Penciled list of names: Mr. Richard, Priest at Detroit; Mr. Marchand, Sandwich; Isaac Walker; Robert Armstrong = Oonorandoroo = Hard Scalp.
1 volume, 105 p., copy.
LH-MV-E-15
In French and Huron.
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Existence and Location of Copies
For printed copy, see: 497.33
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Presented by Peter S. Du Ponceau, 1816.
Biographical/Historical note
Gabriel Sagard was a French missionary priest.
Early American History Note
This slender manuscript volume contains a transcription of a dictionary of the Huron compiled by Sagard Gabriel in the early 17th century. The document was transcribed and given to Peter DuPonceau in the 19th century for his work on Native American languages. It is in French with an occasional marginalia note in English.
Dictionaries.
Missionaries.
Wyandot language
Indians of North America -- Languages
Native American Materials
Manuscript Essays
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Language and Linguistics
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Malenfant, James R.