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Four Gospels, Acts, Genesis, and Exodus... Translated into the Winnebago Indian Language
Four Gospels, Acts, Genesis, and Exodus... Translated into the Winnebago Indian Language
STACY, JOHN & J. STUCKI. Four Gospels, Acts, Genesis, and Exodus (Chapters 19 and 20), Translated into the Winnebago Indian Language. New York: American Bible Society, 1907. 483pp. Original cloth boards with gilt to spine. Gilt faded. First three leaves and final leaf in facsimile. Wear and fading to extremities. Front hinge starting. Good.
First edition. Title continues: "Translated into the Winnebago Indian language by John Stacy, a converted Winnebago Indian, and J. Stucki, missionary among the Winnebago Indians located at Black River Falls, Wis."
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is one of two federally recognized tribes of Ho-Chunk Native Americans. The other is the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Tribe members often refer to themselves as Hochungra - "People of the Parent Speech". Their historic language is part of the Siouan family.