_Spelling Book_:
[Title page]
Ah-ne-she-nah-pay, [-nah-pa]
Kah-ke-ke-noo-ah-mah-ween-twah [Ka-ke-ke-]
[Words of one Syllable]
Squahch [Squach]
shwahs [shwas]
[Words of two syllables accented on the 1st & 2nd]
kah che [ka che]
[Words of three syllables accented on the last]
ko se non [koo se non]
Words of four syllables accented on the sixth.
[_text unchanged: probably error for "on the first"_]
[Six syllables] [Accented on the second and last]
wah wah pe ko noo jeeh [koo noo jhee]
[Lord's Prayer]
Oo-tah-nu-me-tah-koo-se-win. [Oo-tah-ne-me-]
ne-kah-e-she-wa-pe-se-min [-we-pe-se-min]
nah-sahb-e-koo [nah-sab-e-koo]
[Grace Before Meat]
me-chim-pe-mah-te-se-win [me-chim pe-mah-]
kah-pah-ke-te-nah-mah-we-yongk [ke-te- nah]
ka-oon-je-mah-skah-we-se-yongk [ka-oon-je mah-skah-]
Jesus Christ a-spa-ne-moo-yongk [a-pa-ne-]
[Grace After Meat]
[_first line as printed:_
Ah-noo-shoo-tah -mah--ka-win, kah--e-squah, we-se-ningk.]
ka-ah-pa-ne-moo-yongk [-ne-moo yongk]
_Grammar Book_:
Nestahnah ahshepachick
[_spelling as in original: expected form is "-zhick"_]
necessarily implies an agent and an object acted upon
[an abject]
[Fable]
quakeskahwod enahkahkayah wahwazheowening
[_text reads enahka-/yah at line break_]
[Vocabulary]
Ahnweh, n. a bullet [Ahnewh]
Dahdahwawegahmig, n. a store or shop [Dahdahwawegahnig]
Kenahweskewin, n. falsehood
[_printed as shown: better form is "Kkenahweskewin"_]
Mahnedoo, n. a spirit [s spirit]
Mahdwayahbegahegun, n. a fiddle ... capable of vibrating [cabable]
Mezheshenon, v. give us [Mezheshenom]
Nasagwahbedaoonance, n. a pin, which signifies to prick with
[signifiies]
Pegiwh, n. gum, wax [Pegwih]
Wak, n. spawn
[_printed as shown: should be "Wahk" or "Wauk"_]
_Missing Letters:_
The second page of the "Fable" is imperfectly reproduced, so the end of
each printed line is conjectural. The text is shown here as printed,
with added letters in [brackets]. Line-end hyphens represent word
breaks, not glottal stops.
kiya kegezhechegahdagoobun! Ewh peenjahye-ee weba[h-]
goobun. Kagate onesheshin oostegwan ayaug omah, eke[-]
doo owh wahgoosh; kagate mejenahwa yahdahkahmi[g]
kahwenaindib ahyahsenoog!
Nahnind quahnoj quewesansug ahyahwug kiya equa[-]
sansug kemahzheh ekoogenedwah oowh enaindahmoowo[d]
kahween kagoo ohbahbah mahndahsenahwah, ewh ata[h]
oobeshegadahgoosewenewah, ahgoonwatahtesuwod kagoo
chekekadahmoowod medush azhe quakeskahwod enahka[hka-]
yah wahwazheowening. Koonemah eneneh odah ahtoo[d]
ewh onindj emah ostegwahning onowh pazhik kiya tahe[-]
kedooh kahekedood owh wahgoosh kagate sahquahno[j]
owh oostegwan omah ayog kagate sah mejenah wayahda[h-]
kahmig ahyah senoog ewh wenaindib.