"Arrived at York in the afternoon, and commenced getting a small Indian
spelling book, which I had written, printed at Mr. McKenzie's office."
and considering "Spelling" was only 12 printed pages--3 sheets of
paper--that, I think, does qualify as "a small Indian spelling
book."

_Syncope:_

Several words are presented in a partial syncope form. For example,
_gagiinawishkiwin_ to mean a fib, a lie or a falsehood, in the partial
syncope form is _ggiinawishkiwin_, and the full syncope form is
_ggiinwishkwin_. Summerfield presents this word as _Kenahweskewin,
n. falsehood_, which seems to match the partial syncope form of the
word. However, if this partial syncope is noted, so should the dozen
or so other words shown in partial syncope.

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Errors and Anomalies

_Spelling Book_:

[Title page]
Ah-ne-she-nah-pay, [-nah-pa]
Kah-ke-ke-noo-ah-mah-ween-twah [Ka-ke-ke-]

[Words of one Syllable]
Squahch [Squach]
shwahs [shwas]

[Words of two syllables accented on the 1st & 2nd]
kah che [ka che]

[Words of three syllables accented on the last]
ko se non [koo se non]

Words of four syllables accented on the sixth.
[_text unchanged: probably error for "on the first"_]

[Six syllables] [Accented on the second and last]
wah wah pe ko noo jeeh [koo noo jhee]

[Lord's Prayer]
Oo-tah-nu-me-tah-koo-se-win. [Oo-tah-ne-me-]
ne-kah-e-she-wa-pe-se-min [-we-pe-se-min]
nah-sahb-e-koo [nah-sab-e-koo]

[Grace Before Meat]
me-chim-pe-mah-te-se-win [me-chim pe-mah-]
kah-pah-ke-te-nah-mah-we-yongk [ke-te- nah]
ka-oon-je-mah-skah-we-se-yongk [ka-oon-je mah-skah-]
Jesus Christ a-spa-ne-moo-yongk [a-pa-ne-]

[Grace After Meat]
[_first line as printed:_
Ah-noo-shoo-tah -mah--ka-win, kah--e-squah, we-se-ningk.]
ka-ah-pa-ne-moo-yongk [-ne-moo yongk]

_Grammar Book_:

Nestahnah ahshepachick
[_spelling as in original: expected form is "-zhick"_]
necessarily implies an agent and an object acted upon
[an abject]

[Fable]
quakeskahwod enahkahkayah wahwazheowening
[_text reads enahka-/yah at line break_]

[Vocabulary]
Ahnweh, n. a bullet [Ahnewh]
Dahdahwawegahmig, n. a store or shop [Dahdahwawegahnig]
Kenahweskewin, n. falsehood
[_printed as shown: better form is "Kkenahweskewin"_]
Mahnedoo, n. a spirit [s spirit]
Mahdwayahbegahegun, n. a