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A Key Into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England

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CHAP. PAGE.

I. Of Salutation, 27

II. Of Eating and Entertainment, 33

III. Of Sleepe, 38

IV. Of their Numbers, 41

V. Of Relations of consanguinity, &c. 44

VI. Of House, Family, &c. 47

VII. Of parts of body, 58

VIII. Of Discourse and Newes, 62

IX. Of time of the day, 67

X. Of Seasons of the Yeere, 69

XI. Of Travell, 72

XII. Of the heavenly Lights, 79

XIII. Of the Weather, 81

XIV. Of the Winds, 83

XV. Of Fowle, 85

XVI. Of the Earth and Fruits thereof, 89

XVII. Of Beasts and Cattell, 95

XVIII. Of the Sea, 98

XIX. Of Fish and Fishing, 102

XX. Of their Nakednesse and clothing, 106

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.

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