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by Christian Kauder

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Ristigouche, P. Q. The Micmac Messenger, 1921. 8vo, pp. 4 , xii, 5 -456; red buckram with gilt title on spine, red stained edges; very good. Liturgy in Mi'kmaq. Mi'kmaq ideograms are the oldest known native writing north of Mexico, and were adapted for the use of Catholic missionary work in the 17th century. The first attempt at printing a book of religious instruction in Micmac hieroglyphs was fraught with difficulty, took almost ten years to produce, and a

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