Cuoq, J. A. (Jean André), 1821-1898.

Father Jean André Cuoq, priest, missionary, author and linguist, was born in France in 1866. He entered the Sulpician order in 1843, and was ordained in Paris in 1845. In 1846, he became a missionary to the Indians at the Lake of Two Mountains near the town of Oka in the Canadian province of Québec. He acquired knowledge of local Iroquois and Algonquin dialects and supervised the publication of several religious pamphlets prepared in Algonquin as well as the publication of an Iroquois dictionary. Other publications included "La Livre des sept nations" (1861); "Jugement erroné de M. Ernest Renan sur les langues sauvages" (1864); and "Études philologiques sur quelques langues sauvages de l'Amérique" (1866). Cuoq died at the Lake of Two Mountains mission on July 21, 1898.

From the description of Letter : Oka, [Quebec], to Rev. Albert Osborn, Buffalo, New York, 1888 Jan 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702180388

Father Jean André Cuoq, priest, missionary, author and linguist. Cuoq was born in France in 1866, entered the Sulpician order in 1843, and was ordained in Paris in 1845. In 1846, he became a missionary to the Indians at the Lake of Two Mountains near the town of Oka in Canada. After acquiring knowledge of local Iroquois and Algonquin dialects, Cuoq supervised the publication of several religious pamphlets prepared in Algonquin and published an Iroquois dictionary. Other publications included "La Livre des sept nations" (1861); "Jugement erroné de M. Ernest Renan sur les langues sauvages" (1864); and "Études philologiques sur quelques langues sauvages de l'Amérique" (1866). Cuoq died at the Lake of Two Mountains mission on July 21, 1898.

From the description of Letter : to an unidentified recipient, 1866 Jul 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702178975

Rose Harrington was the first wife of anthropologist M. R. Harrington.

Cuoq was a missionary who was fluent in the Iroquois language.

From the description of Lexicon of the Iroquois language, with notes and appendices, 1870-1898. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 67615585

Priest, missionary, linguist, and philologist, also known as Nuj-Kwenatc-anibic (Algonquian) and Orakwanen-takon (Iroquois).

Born in 1821 in France, J.A. Cuoq studied theology and discovered a facility for languages before his ordination as a priest in 1845 and his departure for Canada in 1846. Appointed curate at the Notre Dame church in Montreal, Cuoq also began a ministry at the mission Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes in Oka, Quebec. There, among the Iroquois and Algonquians, Cuoq began writing and publishing religious booklets in the languages of his parishioners. By the 1860's Cuoq had become a recognized authority on Indian languages; he continued to write and publish until his death in 1898.

From the description of J.A. Cuoq letters, 1879-1894. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34464280