A Key Into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England
Together with Briefe Observations of the Customes, Manners, and Worships, &c. of the Aforesaid Natives, etc.
Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, published A Key into the Language of America in London in 1643, and it is one of the earliest works in English on a Native American language. Organized by subject, its chapters on greetings, eating, sleeping, names, numbers, family, weather, trade, religion and much else give Narragansett words and phrases with their English meanings, followed by observations on the customs of the people and short verses in which Williams often turns the comparison against the English. This text comes from the 1827 reprint by the Rhode Island Historical Society. It is both a language manual and a record of daily life among the Narragansett, written by a man who lived and traded among them. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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