Bible. N.T. John. Mohawk. 1818. The Gospel According to Saint John: In the Mohawk Language = Nene karighyoston tsinihorighhoten ne Saint John. New York: Printed for the American Bible Society: D. Fanshaw, printer, 1818. 116, 116, [1] p.; 15 cm.
The translator was John Norton (Teyoninhokarawen), a Cherokee by birth, who had lived from infancy among the Mohawk. This edition is a reprint of the edition first published in London in 1804. It is the first translation into Mohawk of a biblical book printed in the United States.
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John 1:1-9 in Mohawk and English
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Source of information:
Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Compiled by T.H. Darlow and H.F. Moule. London: Bible House, 1903-11.