. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . YEN-NIS-MO-QUA-HOS^TA OR WRIST BAND .. GA^GEH TA . YEU - NISHA-HOS-TA OR ARM BAND. Ch. L] IMPROVEMENT OF THE IROQUOIS. 393 selves. It would be a grateful spectacle, yet to be-hold tlie cMldren of our primeval forests cultivatingthe fields, over which their fathers roamed in sylvan mdependence. 17* CHAPTER II. Language of the Iroquois. — Alphabet. — The Noun. — Adjective.—Comparison. — Article. — Adverb. — Preposition. — Species ofDeclension.—The Verb.—Fulness of Conjugation.—FormationOF Sentences. — The Lords Prater. The language of the Iroquois,
. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . YEN-NIS-MO-QUA-HOS^TA OR WRIST BAND .. GA^GEH TA . YEU - NISHA-HOS-TA OR ARM BAND. Ch. L] IMPROVEMENT OF THE IROQUOIS. 393 selves. It would be a grateful spectacle, yet to be-hold tlie cMldren of our primeval forests cultivatingthe fields, over which their fathers roamed in sylvan mdependence. 17* CHAPTER II. Language of the Iroquois. — Alphabet. — The Noun. — Adjective.—Comparison. — Article. — Adverb. — Preposition. — Species ofDeclension.—The Verb.—Fulness of Conjugation.—FormationOF Sentences. — The Lords Prater. The language of the Iroquois, like all unwrittenlanguages, is imperfect in its construction, andscarcely admits of comparison, except on generalprincij^les, with those which have been systematizedand perfected. It would doubtless be characterizedby the schoolman as a barbarous jargon, althoughentitled to some portion of the indulgence which isdue to all primitive or uncompounded languages, inthe early stages of their formation. To us, how-ever, there is an interest incident to these dia
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