A single manuscript volume consisting of two sections written at different times, perhaps by different people. The first section is "A Vocabulary in the Mingo Tongue taken from the month of William Sack, a Canistogo Indian" on January 25, 1757 at Fort Augusta. William Sack's name is also written on the title page as "Toshetāquah." Also named on the title page is "Indian Peter", whose Native name is given as "Tāyāhaōndeate." This section runs 8 pages. The manuscript then changes to the financial transactions of an unknown individual running from 1764 to 1771, although some evidence suggests that Edward Burd kept this memorandum book and vocabulary. This section runs 58 pages.
John Vaughan, gift.
This volume contains a short vocabulary and an extended memorandum book. The vocabulary was taken from William Sack (also named on the title page as "Toshetāquah"), a Conestoga Indian, in January 1757 at Fort Augusta in the midst of the Seven Years' War. Also named on the title page is "Indian Peter", whose Native name is given as "Tāyāhaōndeate.") Sack would later become a controversial figure in Pennsylvania history. The Paxton Boys claimed he was a murderer and used his presence in the Conestoga's camp as pretext for their assault on the Conestoga Indians. The memorandum book contains the financial transactions of an unknown individual during the 1760s, although some evidence suggests that Edward Burd kept this memorandum book and vocabulary.
