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i&jty three admissions, Wd bppF^ession and, one-by letter.
About one-thifd of the population attend meeting' on the
sabbath. Their meetinghouse was built by themselves, with
a little assistance j from abroad. |
They have also a school bouse, the expense of which was
■nearly all defrayed by themselves. There-is but One school
among them* which is kept the yeaf tbrc^ghv with the fexeepi-
tion of the vacations. _ The teacher is appointed-by the American
Board. The number of scholars the past year, ls-uot far
from fifty-. '
I have been among these Indians now nearly -eight years. 11
can see that there has been an advance, both in their moral
and physical Condition^
It is within the memory of many now living among them,
when drunkehness was almost universal; now, cbmparatively,
few are intemperate. ■ A majority of the chiefs,brd’decidedly
Temperance men, and exeftuLsalutary influence. They have
a temperance society, and hold frecfuent meetings They utterly
forbidthe traffic in intbxieatihg drinks‘On their-own «oil-.
The marriage relation is being better mnderstood- by them;
and more-appreciated. More o f the young^men and Women;
enter into the marriage relationj-in the regular dRistia'a way,
than a few years ago. | Four couple have-beep regut arlymar-
ried the past year. Number of deaths, eight; an unusual
number since 1 have been'among them,
There is. besides the church, above. refe?re,dd0, a Bdptist
church, organized a: few years since* the particulars of which,
I am unable to give. , For any information you may wish respecting
it,T would refer you to James Cusickrtbeir.rninister.
On the whole, there is much tp encourage the philanthropist.
and the Christian in labors for the good, and'well being
Of the Indians here, although we meet with many obstacles
and difficulties in the vtey.
They are becoming more and more industrious in their
habits, as the appearance of their farms, and the. amount of
produce, and their personal appearance, will testify. .. .
. TUSC.ARQRA VOCABULARY.
Man &es’g t Euh queh, yahkenh hek ’gh,
■God, exists? Ya wunh ne yuh, yah kenh hek ’gh.
Fishes swim. >' Kenk.chinh, keuh hob nuk, wah nah wuhn’s.
Birds fly . “Chenunh,keuh lioh neuh, na yuh nunh hah n’yeh.
A fish 'swims. Skenh che aht, wah nah wuhn’s.
> A'bird flies. Skah ch8*nunh e’shrah.
Gn&Wjeffi. Enh Che, a ne hah.
1 Na wah th’sunh, kah ya ng hah. .
A littte man. ■ Renh thras s’tenh, a ne hah.
a A little dog: 1A re’s.
-i A>&odman. -Renh kweh, strah kwah’st.
-\A held man. Renh kweh, struh k’senh.
A,goqi-bow. i- Wah- nah' kwah’st.
A bad' for&'vWah nah k’s§nh.
- Gofld. Kah re-whahya nffi.
Evil. Kah re whah k’senb.
| Blessedness. Kah yenb wah nunk..
Mankind. En noo keuh’f.
\ Fhe world. Wah’f nah kwa kenh. \
There is nothing answering to the infinitive and participle.
I have therefore used the present indicative in the translat
io n I have divided the words into syllables, whether they
are simple dr compound.1 Where two or more words occur
in the translation of a phrase, I have separated them by a
comma. I have used the English alphabet with natural
powers so" far 4 s . Tuscarora' sounds could be indicated by
them. It is impossible to give, in many cases, a correct
sound. A alone; has the sound of a in hate. Ah, like our
interjection ah.; The, sound I intend to indicate by sunk,
keuh, heuhj would he given, very nearly, by the Seneca alphabet
used by Mr. Wright, thus, sah, kah, or kah, ha. The
emphasis is, almost invariably, qn the penultimate. Often a
slight emphasis on .Some others. There is also often a pro-
lOhgation of sound not indicated by any mark, as I supposed
' you would not'need it. ■ i