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 Title:  Arawak manuscripts     
 Dates:  1803 
 Abstract:  This large volume contains German to Lokono dictionary. Theodor Schulz, a German Moravian missionary to British Guiana, compiled the dictionary in the nineteenth century and sent it to the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.498.3.Sch8 
 Extent:  0.3 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Arawak language | Arawak language -- Dictionaries -- German | Indians of South America -- Languages | Linguistics | Moravians -- Missions 
2Author:  Schmick, Joh. Jac. (Johann Jacob), 1714-1778Requires cookie*
 Title:  Miscellanea linguae nationis Indicae Mahikan     
 Dates:  Circa 1753-1767 
 Abstract:  These two bound volumes contain a large dictionary of Mohican. The collection was the gift of John Heckwleder, suggesting that he may have used the books in his missionary efforts.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.Sch5 
 Extent:  0.2 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Languages | Linguistics | Mahican language | Mahican language -- Dictionaries -- German | Moravians -- Missions