In this volume, three separate tracts, in the Cherokee character, on the use of intoxicating drinks, are bound together, in the usual Cherokee type, to match with the Gospels.
78.—Cherokee Hymns. 1 vol. 18mo. 67 pages. Cherokee character. Park Hill, Arkansas Mission Press, A. B. C. F. M., A. D. 1844. J. Candy, printer. Seventh edition. Also, fifth edition, 1833.
These hymns are translated from several sources, and adapted to the ordinary metres.
79.—Cherokee Almanac, for 1846. 1 vol. 12mo. 36 pages. Cherokee character. Missionary Press, A. B. C. F. M., Park Hill, Arkansas. J. Candy & John F. Wheeler, printers.
This is a useful and appropriate tract, and besides the usual astronomical calculations, has notices of some of the features and working of the new Cherokee Government, terms of Courts, &c.
80.—The Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to John. 1 vol. 18mo. p. 101. Park Hill, Ark. Miss. Press, A. B. C. F. M., John F. Wheeler, printer. A. D. 1838.
This translation into the Cherokee character is by the Rev. S. A. Worcester and Mr. Elias Boudinot, the latter an educated Cherokee.
81.—Poor Sarah. 1 vol. 18mo. 18 p. Cherokee character. A. D. 1843. Missionary Press, Arkansas. Also, edition of 1833. From the latter, this translation appears to be by Mr. E. Boudinot.
82.—Select Passages from the Holy Scriptures. 1 vol. 18mo. p. 24. Cherokee character. No imprint.
83.—The Acts of the Apostles. 1 vol. 18mo. p. 127. New Echota: John F. Wheeler and John Candy, printers. Printed for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, A. D. 1833.
This translation is by the Rev. Samuel A. Worcester and Mr. Elias Boudinot.
84.} Cherokee Almanac for 1840, p. 24. Park Hill, Arkansas. } 85.} ” ” for 1846, p. 36. Union, ” } 86.} ” ” for 1847, p. 36. Park Hill, ”
These Almanacs are expressed, chiefly, in the Cherokee character, while they denote its further adaptation to the language of astronomy, and give some facts of value in the local history and progress of this tribe; as such, they are, with No. 80, valuable elements of information.
87.—Scriptures in Cherokee. Various Gospels, &c. 1 vol. 18mo. 483 pages. Park Hill, Arkansas Mission Press, A. B. C. F. M., A. D. 1844.
This is a substantially bound volume, consisting of the Gospels, Acts, Epistles of Paul to Timothy, and select passages of Scripture, Hymns, &c., forming a kind of Scripture miscellany of much value.