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Hurlburt, Thomas (translator & printer) [info]. [The ten commandments]. [Norway House, NWT: Rossville Mission Press, 1855].

Physical description: Broadside .; 44 x 13.8 cm.

Language: Cree

Each commandment in syllabics is repeated in Roman. This was Hurlburt's first attempt at printing. For the story of the Rossville Mission Press and a catalogue of its imprints see Bruce Peel, Rossville Mission Press: The invention of the Cree syllabic characters, and the first printing in Rupert's Land , Montreal: Osiris, 1974.

Subject headings:

• Bible. O.T.
• Bible--Versions
• Indians of North America--Languages