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A66450	A key into the language of America, or, An help to the language of the natives in that part of America called New-England together with briefe observations of the customes, manners and worships, &c. of the aforesaid natives, in peace and warre, in life and death : on all which are added spirituall observations, generall and particular, by the authour ... / by Roger Williams ...	Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683.	1643 (1643)	Wing W2766; ESTC R12632	65,582	228

rest of Adams sonnes and Daughters on the other side or America some thinke as big as the other three should neither have nor desire clothing for their naked Soules or Bodies More particular O what a Tyrant's Custome long How doe men make a tush At what 's in use though ne're so fowle Without once shame or blush Many thousand proper Men and Women I have seen met in one place Almost all naked yet not one Thought want of clothes disgrace Israell was naked wearing cloathes The best clad English-man Not cloth'd with Christ more naked is Then naked Indian CHAP. XXI Of Religion the soule c. MAnit-manittówock God Gods Obs. He that questions whether God made the World the Indians will teach him I must acknowledge I have received in my converse with them many Confirmations of those two great points Heb. 11. 6. viz 1. That God is 2. That hee is a rewarder of all them that diligently seek him They will generally confesse that God made all but then in speciall although they deny not that English-mans God made English Men and the Heavens and Earth there yet their Gods made them and the Heaven and Earth where they dwell Nummusquaunamúckqun manit God is angry with me Obs. I have heard a poore Indian lamenting the losse of a child at break of day call up his Wife and children and all about him to Lamentation and with abundance of teares cry out O God thou hast taken away my child thou art angry with me O turne thine anger from me and spare the rest of my children If they receive any good in hunting fishing Harvest c. they acknowledge God in it Yea if it be but an ordinary accident a fall c. they will say God was angry and did it musquantum manit God is angry But herein is their Misery First they branch their God-head into many Gods Secondly attribute it to Creatures First many Gods they have given m●… the Names of thirty seven which I have al●… which in their solemne Worships they invo●… cate as Kautántowwit the great South-West God t●… to whose House all soules goe and fro●… whom came their Corne Beanes as they say Wompanand The Easterne God Chekesuwànd The Westerne God Wunnauaméanit The Northerne God Sowwanànd The Southerne God Wetuómanit The house God Even as the Papists have their He and Sh●… Saint Protectors as St. George St. Patric●… St. Denis Virgin Mary c. Squáuanit The Womans God Muckquachuckquànd The Childrens God Obs. I was once with a Native dying of wound given him by some murtherous 〈◊〉 who rob'd him and run him throug●… with a Rapier from whom in the heat of h●… wound he at present escaped from them b●… dying of his wound they suffered Death at new Plymouth in New-England this Native dying call'd much upon Muckquachuckquànd which of other Na●…ves I understood as they believed had appeared to the dying young man many yeares before and bid him when ever he was in distresse call upon him Secondly as they have many of these fained Deities so worship they the Creatures in whom they conceive doth rest some Deitie Keesuckquànd The Sun God Nanepaushat The Moone God Paumpágussit The Sea Yot●…anit The Fire God Supposing that Deities be in these c. When I have argued with them about their Fire-God can i●… say theybe but this fire must be a God or Divine power that out of a stone will arise in a Sparke and when a poore naked Indian is ready to starve with cold in the House and especially in the Woods often saves his life doth dresse all our Food for us and if it be angry will burne the House about us yea if a spark fall into the drie wood burnes up the Country though this burning of the Wood to them they count a Benefit both for destroying of vermin and keeping downe the Weeds and ●…hickets Praesentem narrat quaelibet herba Deum Every little Grasse doth tell The sons of Men there God doth dwell Besides there is a generall Custome amongst them at the apprehension of any Excellency in Men Women Birds Beasts Fish c. to cry out Manittóo that is it is a God as thus if they see one man excell others in Wisdome Valour strength Activity c. they cry out Manittóo A God and therefore when they talke amongst themselves of the English ships and great buildings of the plowing of their Fields and especially of Bookes and Letters they will end thus Manittôwock They are Gods 〈◊〉 you are a God c A strong Conviction naturall in the soule of man that God is filling all things and places and that all Excellencies dwell in God and proceed from him and that they only are blessed who have that Jehovah their portion Nickómmo A Feast or Dance Of this Feast they have publike and private and that of two sorts First in sicknesse or Drouth or Warre or Famine Secondly After Harvest after hunting when they enjoy a caulme of Peace Health Plenty Prosperity then Nickómmo a Feast especially in Winter for then as the Turke saith of the Christian rather the Antichristian they run mad once a yeare in their kind of Christmas feasting Powwaw A Priest Powwaûog Priests Obs. These doe begin and order their service and Invocation of their Gods and all the people follow and joyne interchangeably in a laborious bodily service unto sweating especially of the Priest who spends himselfe in strange Antick Gestures and Actions even unto fainting In sicknesse the Priest comes close to the sick person and performes many strange Actions about him and threaten and conjures out the sicknesse They conceive that there are many Gods or divine Powers within the ●…ody of a man In his pulse his heart his Lungs c. I confesse to have most of these their customes by their owne Relation for after ●…nce being in their Houses and beholding ●…hat their Worship was I durst never bee an ●…ye witnesse Spectatour or looker on least I should have been partaker of Sathans Inventions and Worships contrary to Ephes. 5. 14. Nanouwétea An over-Seer ana Orderer of their Worship Neen nanowwúnnemun I will order or oversee They have an exact forme of King Priest and Prophet as was in Israel typicall of old in that holy Land of Canaan and as the Lord Iesu ordained in his spirituall Land of Canaan his Church throughout the whole World their Kings or Governours called Sachima●…g Kings and At●…owaūg Rulers doe govern Their Priests performe and manage their Worship Their wise men and old men of which number the Priests are also whom they call 〈◊〉 they make solemne speeches and Orations or Lectures to them concerning Religion Peace or Warre and all things Nowemaúsi●…teem I give away at the Worship Heo●… she that makes this Nickòmmo Feast or Dance besides the Feasting of sometimes twenty fifty an hundreth yea I have seene neere a thousand persons at one of these Feasts they give I say a great quantity of

Kutteaûg Comméinsh I will give you your Money Nkèke Comméinsh I will give you an Otter Coanombúqusse Kuttassokakómme You have deceived me Obs. Who ever deale or trade with them had need of Wisedome Patience and Faithfulnesse in dealing for they frequently say Cuppàmanem you lye Cuttassokakómme you deceive me Misquésu Kunúkkeke Your Otter is reddish Yo aúwusse Wunnêgin This is better Yo chippaúatu This is of another price Augausaúatu It is Cheap Muchickaúatu It is deare Wuttunnaúatu It is worth it Wunishaūnto Let us agree Aquie neesquttónck qussish Doe not make adoe Wuchè nquittompscat About a penny They are are marvailous subtle in their Bargaines to save a penny And very suspicious that English men labour to deceive ●…hem Therefore they will beate all markets ●…nd try all places and runne twenty thirty ●…ea forty mile and more and lodge in the Woods to save six pence Cummámmenash nitteaūguash Will you have my Money Nonânum I cannot Noonshem   ●…awhitch nonanum êan Why can you not ●…achage nkòckie I get nothing ●…ashaumskussayi commêsim How many spans will you give me Neesaumsqussayi Two spans ●…hwaumscussayi Three spans ●…owompscussayi Foure Spans ●…apannetashaumscussâyi Five spans ●…uttatashaumskus Sayi. Six spans Endatashaumscussâyi Seven spans Enadacashaumskuttonâyi Seven spans Cowénaweke You are a rich man Obs. They will often confesse for their own ends that the English are richer and wiser and valianter then themselves yet it is for their owne ends and therefore they adde Nanoūo give me this or that a disease which they are generally infected with some more ingenuous scorne it but I have often seene an Indian with great quanties of money about him beg a Knife of an English man who happily hath had never a peny of money Aketash-tamòke Tell my money Now annakese I have mis-told Cosaumakese You have told too much Cunnoonakese You have told too little Shoo kekineass Looke here Wunêtu nitteaùg My money is very good Mamattifluôg kutteaùquock Your Beads are naught Tashin mesh commaûg How much have yo●… given Chich●…gin A Hatchet An●…skunck A Howe Maumichémanege A Needle Cuttatuppaúnamum Take a measure Tatuppauntúhommin To weigh with scales Tatuppauntúock They are aweighing Netâtup It is all one Kaukakineamuck Peben ochichauquânick A Looking Glasse Obs. It may be wondred what they do with Glasses having no beautie but a swarfish colour and no dressing but nakednesse but pride appeares in any colour and the meanest dresse and besides generally the women paint their faces with all sorts of colours Cummanohamógunna They will buy it of you Cuppittakúnnemous Take your cloth againe Cuppittakunnami Will you serve me so Cosaumpeekúnnemun You have tore me off too little cloth Cummachetannakún namous I have torn it off for you Tawhitch cuppittakunamiêan Why doe you turne it upon my hand Kutchichêginash kaukinne pokéshaas Your Hatchets will be soone broken Teâno wáskishaas Soone gapt Natouashóck quittea A Smith Kuttattaú amish aûke I would buy land of you Tou núckquaque How much Wuchè wuttotânick Plantation For a Towne or Niss●…kineam I have no mind to seeke Indiansuck sekineámwock The Indians are not willing Noonapuock naûgum They want roome themselves Cowetompátimmin We are friends Cummaugakéamish I will give you land Aquie chenawaûsish Be not churlish Generall Observation of Trade O the infinite wisedome of the most holy wise God who hath so advanced Europe above America that there is not a sorry Howe Hatchet Knife nor a rag of cloth in all America but what comes over the dreadfull Atlantick Ocean from Europe and yet that Europe be not proud nor America discouraged What treasures are hid in some parts of America and in our New English parts how have foule hands in smoakie houses the first handling of those Furres which are after worne upon the hands of Queens and heads of Princes More particular Oft have I heard these Indians say These English will deceive us Of all that 's ours our lands and lives In th' end they will bereave us So say they whatsoever they buy Though small which shewes they 're shie Of strangers fearefull to be catcht By fraud deceipt or lie Indians and English feare deceits Yet willing both to be Deceiv'd and couzen'd of precious soule Of heaven Eternitie CHAP. XXVI Of Debts and Trusting Noónat I have not money enough Noonamautuckquàwhe Trust me Kunnoonamaútuck quaush I will owe it you Obs. They are very desirous to come into debt but then he that trusts them must sustaine a twofold losse First of his Commoditie Secondly of his custome as I have found by deare experience Some are ingenuous plaine hearted and honest but the most never pay unlesse a man follow them to their severall abodes townes and houses as I my selfe have been forc'd to doe which hardship and travells it ha●… yet pleased God to sweeten with some experiences and some little gaine of Language Non●…mautuckquahé ginath Debts Nosaumautackquawhe I am much in debt Pitch nippáutowin I will bring it you Chenock n●…quombeg When cuppauútiin n●…teaùguash Will you bring mee my money Kunnaumpatous I will pay you Kukke●…skwhush   Keéskwhim teaug mésin Pay me my money Tawhitch p●…yáuyean Why doe you come Nn●…dgecom I come for debts Machêt●… A poore man Nummácheke I am a poore man Mesh nummaúchnem I have been ficke Nowemacaûnash nitteaùquash I was faine to spend my money in my sicknesse Obs. This is a common and as they think most satisfying answer that they have been sick for in those times they give largely to the Priests who then sometimes heales them by conjurations and also they keepe open house for all to come to helpe to pray with them unto whom also they give money Mat noteaûgo I have no money Kekineash nippêtunck Looke here in my bag Nummâche maúganash I have already paid Mat coanaumwaûmis You have not kept your word Kunnampatôwin keénowwin You must pay it Mach●…ge wuttamaûntam He minds it not Machàge wuttammauntammôock They take no care about paying Michéme notammaûntam I doe alwayes mind it Mat nickowêmen naûkocks I cannot sleep in the night for it Generall Observations of their debts It is an universall Disease of folly in men to desire to enter into not onely necessary but unnecessary and tormenting debts contrary to the command of the only wise God Owe ●…o thing to any man but that you love each other More particular I have heard ingenuous Indians say In debts they could not sleepe How far worse are such English then Who love in debts to keepe If debts of pounds cause restlesse nights In trade with man and man How hard 's that heart that millions owes To God and yet sleepe can Debts paid sleep's sweet sins paid death's sweet Death's night then 's turn'd to light Who dies in sinnes unpaid that soule His light 's eternall night CHAP. XXVII Of their Hunting c. VVEe shall not name over the severall sorts of Beasts which we named in the Chapter of Beasts The Natives hunt two

is onely in all their extremities a little boild water without the addition of crum or drop of other comfort O Englands mercies c. Tahaspunâyi What ayles he Tocketúspanem What aile you Tocketuspunnaúmaqun What hurt hath he done to you Chassaqúnsin How long hath he been sick Nnanowwêteem I am going to visit Obs. This is all their refreshing the Visit of Friends and Neighbours a poore empry ●…isit and presence and yet indeed this is very solemne unlesse it be in infectious diseases and then all forsake them and flie that I have often seene a poore House left alone in the ●…ld Woods all being fled the living not able to bury the dead so terrible is the apprehension of an infectious disease that not only persons but the Houses and the whole Towne takes flight Nummockquese I have a swelling Mocquesui He is swelled Wame wuhòck Mockqu●…sui All his body is swelled Mamaskishaûi He hath the Pox Mamaskishaûonck The Pox Mamaskishaûmitch The last pox Wesauashaûi He hath the plague Wesauashaûonck The plague Wesauashaùmitch The great plague Obs. Were it not that they live in sweet Aire and remove persons and Houses from the infected in ordinary course of subordinate Causes would few or any be left alive and surviving Nmunnadtommin I vomit Nqunnuckquus I am lame N●…psa I am d●…afe Npóckunnum I am blind Npockquanámmen My desease is I know not what Pésuponck An Hot-house Npesuppaûmen I goe to sweate Pesuppaûog They are sweating Obs. This Hot-house is a kind of little Cell or Cave six or eight foot over round made on the side of a hill commonly by some Rivulet or Brooke into this frequently the men enter after they have exceedingly heated it with store of wood laid upon an heape of stones in the midle When they have taken out the fire the stones keepe still a great heat Ten twelve twenty more or lesse enter at once starke naked leaving their coats small breeches or aprons at the doore with one to keepe all here doe they sit round these hot stones an houre or more taking Tobacco discoursing and sweating together which sweating they use for two ends First to cleanse their skin Secondly to purge their bodies which doubtlesse is a great meanes of preserving them and recovering them from diseases especially from the French disease which by sweating and some potions they perfectly and speedily cure wh●…n they come forth which is matter of admiration I have seene them runne Summer and ●…inter into the B●…ooks to coole them without the least hurt M●… qu●…eash The vaines Msq●… neépuck Blood Nsau●… paushaumen I have th●… bloody Flixe Matux 〈◊〉 auwaw ●…e cannot goe to stool Poww●…w Their Priest Maunêtu A Con urer Powwaw nippétea The priest is curing him Yo Wutteantawaw He is acting his ●…ure Obs. These Priests and onjurers like Simon 〈◊〉 doe bewitch the people and not onely take their Money but doe most certainly by the help of the Divell worke great Cures though most certaine it is that the greatest part of their Priests doe meerely abuse them and get their Money in the times of their sicknesse and to my knowledge long for sick times and to that end the poore people store up Money and spend both Money and goods on the Powwâws or Priests in these times the poore people commonly dye under their hands for alas they administer nothing but howle and roare and hollow over them and begin the song to the rest of the People about them who all joyne like a Quire in Prayer to their Gods for them Maskit ponamiin Give me a Plais●…er Maskit Give me some physicke Cotatámhea Drinke Both which they earnestly desire of the English and doe frequently send to my selfe and others for having experimentally found some Mercy of that kind through Gods blessing from us Nickeetem I am recovered Kitummayi nick êekon I am ju●… now recovered Generall Observation of their sicknesse It pleaseth the most righteous and y●…t patient God to warne and summon to try and arraigne the universall race of Adams sonnes commonly upon Beds of sicknesse before he proceed to execution of Death and Judgement Blessed those soules which prevent Judgement Death and sicknesse to and before the evill dayes come Arraigne and Judge themselves and being sick for Love to Christ find him or seek him in his Ordinances below and get unfained Assurance of Fternall enjoyment of Him when they are here no more More particular One step twix't Me and Death t was Davids speech And true of sick Folks all Mans Leafe it fades his Clay house cracks Before it's dreadfull Fall Like Grashopper the Indian leapes Till blasts of sicknesse rise Nor soule nor Body Physick hath Then Soule and Body dies O happy English who for both Have precious physicks store How should when Christ hath both refresh't Thy Love and zeale be more CHAP. XXXII Of Death and Buriall c. As Pummissin He is not yet departed Neene He is drawing on Pausawut kitonckquêwa He cannot live long Chachéwunnea He is neere dead Kitonckquêi Hee is dead Nipwi mâw. He is gone Kakitonckquêban They are dead and gone Sequttôi He is in blacke That is He hath some dead in his house whether wife or child c. for although at the first being sicke all the Women and Maides blacke their faces with soote and other blackings yet upon the death of the sicke the father or husband and all his neighbours the Men also as the English weare blacke mourning clothes weare blacke Faces and lay on soote very thicke which I have often seene clotted with their teares This blacking and lamenting they observe in most dolefull manner divers weekes and moneths yea a yeere if the person be great and publike Sequt Soote Michemeshâwi He is gone for ever Mat wònck kunnawmòne You shall never see him more Wunnowaúntam Wullóasin Grieved and in bitternesse Nnowántam ●…lôasin I am grieved for you Obs. As they abound in lamentations for the dead so they abound in consolation to the living and visit them frequently using this word Kutchimmoke Kutchimmoke Be of good cheere which they expresse by stroaking the cheeke and head of the father or mother husband or wife of the dead C●…epassotam The dead Sachim Mauchaúhom The dead man Mauchauhomwock Chepeck The dead Chepa●…quaw A dead woman Yo a papan He that was here Sachimaupan He that was Prince here Obs. These expressions they use because they abhorre to mention the dead by name and therefore if any man beare the name of the dead he changeth his name and if any stranger accidentally name him he is checkt and if any wilfully name him he is fined and and amongst States the naming of their dead Sachims is one ground of their warres so terrible is the King of Terrors Death to all naturall men Aquie mishash aquic mishómmokc D●…e not name Cowewênaki You wrong mee to wit in naming my dead Posakunnamun To bury Aukùck pónamun To lay in the earth Wesquaubenan To wrap up