There is nothing answering to the infinitive and participle. I have
therefore used the present indicative in the translation. I have
divided the words into syllables, whether they are simple or compound.
Where two or more words occur in the translation of a phrase, I have
separated them by a comma. I have used the English alphabet with
natural powers so far as Tuscarora sounds could be indicated by them.
It is impossible to give, in many cases, a correct sound. _A_ alone,
has the sound of _a_ in hate. Ah, like our interjection ah. The sound I
intend to indicate by sunh, keuh, heuh, would be given, very nearly, by
the Seneca alphabet used by Mr. Wright, thus: s_a_h, k_a_h, or k_a_h,
h_a_. The emphasis is, almost invariably, on the penultimate. Often a
slight emphasis on some others. There is also often a prolongation of
sound not indicated by any mark, as I supposed you would not need it.
I have not been able to finish this translation until now, (Oct. 20,)
as I was absent, or otherwise engaged for some time after you had left;
and when finally I was ready, Mr. Chew was not, until recently. I hope
it has not been too long delayed.
I received your letter from New-York, of Sept. 16th. Nicholas Cusick,
the father of James and David, was about 82 when he died. I have not
been able to learn where he was born. He died at this place October,
1840. I do not know that there was anything very peculiar about him. He
never was a “priest or juggler in his earlier days,” that I can learn.
Yours, truly,
GILBERT ROCKWOOD.