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Peel 4314

Hunter, James (1817-1881) (translator) [info]; Mackay, John Alexander (1838-1923) (reviser) [info]. Ayamiawiw masinahikatow: The Book of Common Prayer and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England in Canada, translated into the language of the Cree Indians. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1917.
Physical description: viii, 299 p.; 17.5 cm.
Language: Cree; English
In the Eastern Swampy Cree dialect of Cree. Title in English and Cree syllabics; text entirely in Cree. Pages 1-65 and 172-217 in syllabics with text in Roman characters on facing pages; rest of text only in Cree syllabics. Includes tables and key to orthography. This 1917 revised edition reprinted, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1931; Toronto: Supplies Department, General Board of Religious Education, 1940 (viii, 299p.). Pages 243-252 published separately as The Church catechism , London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1925, in Cree syllabics, with English/Cree title-page. For first version, see Peel 310.
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