Vocabulario de la lengua de los Xicaques / por Amory Edwards. [between 1858 and 1878]

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Vocabulario de la lengua de los Xicaques / por Amory Edwards. [between 1858 and 1878]

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Vocabulary list of 37 words, and the numbers 1 to 10, and 20, in Spanish and Jicaque (Xicaque), transcribed by C. Hermann Berendt, from a brief article published in November 1858 by E.G. Squier under the title Les indiens xicaques du Honduras, in Nouvelles annales des voyages (vol. 4, p. 133-136; Berendt notes the source on the title page). Squier's article mainly consisted of a direct quotation from a communication that he received from Amory Edwards about the Jicaque Indians, which included the Jicaque vocabulary (p. 135). Whereas the article was in French and conveyed French vocabulary with the Jicaque equivalents, Berendt translates the French words into Spanish. Berendt also includes a narrative passage in Spanish, attributed to Squier (p. 2), which describes the areas of Honduras where the Jicaque Indians were living at that time, with 5,000 of them in the department of Yoro, and 1,000 in that of Santa Bárbara. The passage is a free translation of selected information about the Jicaque Indians contained in the part of Squier's article that directly quotes from Edwards. A few annotations by Berendt include two words in Nahuatl (tliltic, mazatl; p. 3) that are similar to the Jicaque.

3 leaves : paper ; 205 x 127 (145 x 100-110) mm. bound to 205 x 127 mm.

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nah,

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spa,

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Edwards, Amory, 1814-1881.

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Served as United States consul to Buenos Aires from 1840 to 1845; appointed consul general of Nicaragua in the United States in 1851. Was a partner in the Honduras Interoceanic Railway Company, formed in the early 1850s. E.G. Squier, who acted as agent and secretary for the latter company, describes Edwards as its last active agent, at the time that Edwards communicated information about the Jicaque Indians and their language. From the description of Vocabulario de la lengua de los X...

Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899

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Dr. Daniel Garrison Brinton (13 May 1837-31 July 1899) was born in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pa., on "Homestead Farm" to Lewis and Ann (Garrison) Brinton. Brinton entered the army as a surgeon and served as Medical Director of the II Army Corps, holding the rank of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. After the war, Brinton became well known for his work in ethnology, anthropology, and linguistics of North and South America. From the description of Dr. Daniel Garrison Brinton papers,...

Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878

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