John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder worked as a Moravian missionary to the Indians of Ohio.
The Nottoway vocabulary lists was recorded from Edie Turner, "an old Indian woman," written down by John Wood and communicated to Heckewelder by "W. Jefferson" together with newsclipping, Petersburg, Virginia, March 17, identifying informant and relating Nottoway, Powhatan and Welsh. The vocabulary is listed by semantic categories "Of the Universe; Of the Human Species; Of Animals; Vegetable Kingdom; Division of Time; Domestic Articles; Adjectives; Numerals; Verbs." Marginal comparisons with Tuscarora, Onondaga, Wyandot, Delaware, etc., probably by Peter S. Du Ponceau. [See also letters of Jefferson to Du Ponceau, July 7, 1820; Du Ponceau to Jefferson, July 12, 1820.] The Lenape word list for plant terms was recorded by John Heckewelder, to which is appended a list of a list of the Latin botanical names for plants by Christian Frederick Kampman. The third item is John Heckewelder's English, Algonkian and Delaware comparative vocabulary (a list of 310 English words, without particular order).
1 volume, 34 p.
Gift from Peter Stephen Du Ponceau and accessioned, 1840 (38353).
This volume contains a vocabulary of Indian words for natural items compiled by John Heckewelder and others.
