Pierson, Abraham. 1608-1678. No. 2 in **G.389b.59 Some helps for the Indians. Shewing them how to improve their natural reason, to know the true God, and the true Christian re-
ligion . . . Undertaken at the motion, and published by the order of the Commissioners of the United Colonies. By Abraham Peir- — son [sic]. ... London, Printed by M. Simmons, 1659.
(In Eliot. A further accompt of the progresse of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England. Pp. 22-35. London. 1659.) A catechism in the language of the Quiripi Indians. It ends abruptly: “The reason why there is so short an imperfect specimen given of it is because the ships came away from N. E. before any more of the copy was wrought off from the presse.”
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This card was printcd at the Boston es Public L brary, April 5, 1905.
F7213 — Quiripi Indians. Lang. Works in Quiripi. — Catechisms.