Excerpt from The Present State of New-England, With Respect to the Indian War: Wherein Is an Account of the True Reason Thereof, (as Far as Can Be Judged by Men;) Together With Most of the Remarkable Passages That Have Happened From the 20th of June, Till the 10th of November, 1675
There are alfo anothet'tort of Indians, (beft know to thecommonalty of Bra/3073) by the name of Mr. Elliot: Indéam, 'or Captain Gaggim In'diam. This Mr. Elliot, you mufi underf'tand, is the Man that hath by his own gieat Labour and Study: invented-the way of Printing the Indian Language, and hath alfo perfeélly Tran'flated the Whole 'bible, with the Singing Pfalms in Meeter; theaaffembliescatec'hifma the Praaife of Piety, into the Invali de Language 5 as alfo Written feveral Books, very profitable for underfianding the Grounds of Ch'rifiian Religion: For which Pains and Labour, he de s Honour from allfuch who are well-millers to things of'thellke Na-z titre, whofe Name will never Die in new-englabd.' t' 3 a A Shecimen of his Tranflation of the Bible into the Indian Language is as followeth.
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