(AMERICAN INDIANS) Wicoicage The First Four Books of Mose

Sale 2675 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 750

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Wicoicage . . . The First Four Books of Moses, in the Dakota Language, bound with Psalm Wowapi. The Book of Psalms, in the Dakota Language and Dakota Wowapi Wakan Kin. The New Testament in the Dakota Language. 254, 265, [11], 408 pages. 3 volumes in one. 8vo, full morocco gilt, moderate wear; minor dampstaining and foxing, a few early pencil notes; all edges gilt; 5 ownership inscriptions on endpapers. New York: American Bible Society, 1872, 1871, 1871

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Translated by the Rev. Thomas S. Williamson and Stephen R. Riggs. Pilling Siouan, pages 78 and 63 (stating that these are in the Santee dialect). None traced at auction.