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A dictionary of the Otchipwe language , explained in English . 2nd edition . Part I : English - Otchipwe . Montréal : Beauchemin & Valois . Baraga , Frederic . 1880. A dictionary of the Otchipwe language , explained in English .
A dictionary of the Otchipwe language , explained in English . 2nd edition . Part I : English - Otchipwe . Montréal : Beauchemin & Valois . Baraga , Frederic . 1880. A dictionary of the Otchipwe language , explained in English .
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“ We , we who are the English , w own this Island of Ottawas . Your chiefs have ceded it , ' that is what he said . This word greatly surprised us . We have never ceded this Island of ours nor the little ones .
“ We , we who are the English , w own this Island of Ottawas . Your chiefs have ceded it , ' that is what he said . This word greatly surprised us . We have never ceded this Island of ours nor the little ones .
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He therefore undoubtedly spoke a variety of London English , most likely a lower - class dialect akin to modern Cockney . Since 5 he had acquired excellent penmanship at school but never mastered standard English spelling , it is easy ...
He therefore undoubtedly spoke a variety of London English , most likely a lower - class dialect akin to modern Cockney . Since 5 he had acquired excellent penmanship at school but never mastered standard English spelling , it is easy ...
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action Algonquian American appears Archives Baraga beaded Bloomfield British called Canada Carleton University chiefs collection COLON Conference consonant Cree cultural described Detroit dialect discussion early English event evidence evidential example fact father final fishing George given gives gloss Grant hunting Indian indicate initial Island James John Kickapoo knowledge Lake land language later letter Linguistics live Manitoba marked meaning Menominee Meskwaki Mi'kmaq Michigan Moose Factory move Native negative North noted occurs Ojibwe Ontario person plural possible present Press preverbs recorded reduplication REFERENCES region repetition reported Reserve River settlers short similar speaker stress suffix suggests syllable term tion tradition translation Treaty University Upper verb vocabulary vowel windigo Winnipeg words written Yurok