Part 10

XXI. Of their Religion, Soule, &c. 109

XXII. Of their Government, 120

XXIII. Of their Marriages, 124

XXIV. Of their Coyne, 123

XXV. Of their Trading, 133

XXVI. Of their Debts and Trusting, 139

XXVII. Of their Hunting, 141

XXVIII. Of their sports and Gaming, 145

XXIX. Of their Warres, 148

XXX. Of their Paintings, 154

XXXI. Of their sicknesse, 156

XXXII. Of their Death and Buriall, 160

I have further treated of these Natives of New-England, and that great point of their Conversion in a little additionall Discourse apart from this.

I have read over these thirty Chapters of the American Language, to me wholly unknowne, and the Observations, these I conceive inoffensive; and that the Worke may conduce to the happy end intended by the Author.

Io. LANGLEY.

Printed according to this Licence; and entred into Stationers Hall.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

Pg 5: ‘establish an enact’ replaced by ‘establish and enact’. Pg 6: ‘whom the preident’ replaced by ‘whom the president’. Pg 7: ‘an acconnt of’ replaced by ‘an account of’. Pg 12: ‘concluded treates’ replaced by ‘concluded treaties’. Pg 18: ‘Natives, Salvages’ replaced by ‘Natives, Savages’. Pg 19: ‘call themselues’ replaced by ‘call themselves’. Pg 31: ‘seaven yeares after’ replaced by ‘seven yeares after’. Pg 32: ‘lodge with yon’ replaced by ‘lodge with you’. Pg 34: ‘Is the water coo.’ replaced by ‘Is the water coole?’. Pg 41: ‘21’ replaced by ‘21, &c.’. Pg 41: ‘30, &c.’ replaced by ‘30’. Pg 44: ‘An Old mn,’ replaced by ‘An Old man,’. Pg 44: ‘Old men.a’ replaced by ‘Old men.’. Pg 45: ‘ars distinguished’ replaced by ‘are distinguished’. Pg 47: ‘of the Couutrey’ replaced by ‘of the Countrey’. Pg 55: ‘I use is.’ replaced by ‘I use it.’. Pg 55: ‘too foot long’ replaced by ‘two foot long’. Pg 62: ‘hey will stile’ replaced by ‘they will stile’. Pg 65: ‘Ablalive case’ replaced by ‘Ablative case’. Pg 78: ‘In stormy vvinter’ replaced by ‘In stormy winter’. Pg 93: ‘Doe you trash?’ replaced by ‘Doe you thrash?’. Pg 95: ‘Pig, and and rooting’ replaced by ‘Pig, and rooting’. Pg 113: ‘Men and Women men goe’ replaced by ‘Men and Women goe’. Pg 118: ‘the Ordiances’ replaced by ‘the Ordinances’. Pg 126: ‘then the women’ replaced by ‘than the women’. Pg 134: ‘of Eng- or Dutch’ replaced by ‘of English or Dutch’. Pg 151: ‘The honse was’ replaced by ‘The house was’. TABLE: ‘VIII. Of Of Discourse’ replaced by ‘VIII. Of Discourse’.