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A Key Into the Language of America
''A Key into the Language of America'' (also known as ''A help to the Language of the Natives in that part of America called New England'') is a book written by Roger Williams in 1643 describing the Native American languages (largely Narragansett, an Algonquian language) in New England in the 17th century.〔 Reprint of a book first published in 1643.〕 The book is the first study of an Amerindian language in English.
==History==
The author, Roger Williams, was a Puritan who fell or was banished from Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island. He believed that the King had no right to grant title to Native American lands without their permission. Williams interacted extensively with the Narragansett and Wampanoag tribes as a missionary, friend, and trader. Williams extolled many parts of Indian culture as superior to European culture, and he wrote several complimentary poems within the book. The book was the first major study of a Native American language and was intended for English usage in communicating with Native Americans. Presumably, Williams also published the book to rebut Massachusetts' distorted claims about the first Native American conversions to Christianity (particularly that of Wequash Cooke, a Pequot in Connecticut) and to thereby halt Massachusetts' moral claims to Rhode Island's territory.〔"The Ambivalent Uses of Roger Williams's "A Key into the Language of America"," by J. Patrick Cesarini, ''Early American Literature'' Vol. 38, No. 3, (© 2003 University of North Carolina Press), pp. 469-494 (accessed July 9, 2009 on JSTOR)〕 Williams' friend Gregory Dexter printed the book in London, England, and the publication brought Williams much public attention.
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