Document: A Short Account of the Mohawk Indians, their Country, Language, Stature, Dress, Religion and Government, thus described and recently, August 26, 1644, sent out of New Netherland, by Johannes Megapolensis the younger, Preacher there. Image 021

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Ghent University Library, Belgium
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megapolensis_021
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A Short Account of the Mohawk Indians, their Country, Language, Stature, Dress, Religion and Government, thus described and recently, August 26, 1644, sent out of New Netherland, by Johannes Megapolensis the younger, Preacher there.
Dutch Title:  "Een kort Ontwerp vande Mahakvase Indiaenen, haer Landt, Tale, Statuere, Dracht, Godes-Dienst ende Magistrature, aldus beschreven ende nu kortelijck den 26 Augusti 1644 opgesonden uyt Nieuwe Nederlant, door Johannem Megapolensem juniorem, Predikant aldaer." Image 021

Document Date
1644-08-26
Document Date (Date Type)
1645-01-01
Document Type
book-pamphlet
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book-pamphlet

Translation
Translation

page 8: ILLUSTRATION [image rotated in the original] “Een Mahakvaes Indiaen, met hun steden ende woningen”:

 

A Short Account of the Mohawk Indians, their Country, Language, Stature, Dress, Religion and Government, thus described and recently (August 26, 1644) sent out of New Netherland, by Johannes Megapolensis the younger, Preacher there.

At Alckmaer, By Ysbrant Jansz. Van Houten, Bookseller and City Printing House in the Lange-straet, in the Printing Press

 

References

Images courtesy of Ghent University, public domain.

English translation used : The Project Gutenberg E-text of Narratives of New Netherland, by Various

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A Short Account of the Mohawk Indians, by Johannes Megapolensis the younger, August 26, 1644