[1] JAN ORIBIER BRIANT, ka tfhifhe aiamittuatfhet,
gaie kaffinau ka aiamiharitjits ka ganauerimatuau; fhauerimeuets,
gaie tfhipaiatikukaueuets u-kuffifiriuaua Shatfhegutfh, Ifkuamif
kutft, Retfhifhekafhitfh, Uafhatfh, Shekutimitfh, Piakuagamitfh,
[5] Afhuabmufhuanitfh, Mitinekapitfh, gaie miffi mifli iriniuiaftfhitfh
kaffinau ka tarijits, mag’ kueiafku aiamiharitjits.
Ispish merueritaman, atit he nifhitauabatameku, atit he ftfhiftfhinoamatutuieku
aiamihe ftfhiftfhinoamatfheui maffinah gan; egu ifpifh kafferitaman, atit eka
irinifituau, eriuetfh kaffinau papa miffi gatfheftfhimiteku aiamihe k’uttauiuau,
[10] atit gaie eka ui ftfhiftfhinoamaganiuituau. Mitfhetiuets tfhiifkuebeuets, tfhifkueba-
rituets, min’mag’ matfhiriniuatifuets, gaie tfifhe Manitua utfhita rifkatififtaguets.
Umiftikufhiuets ka uabamekuituau, pitta eka matfhi ftfhiftfhinoabamitakuau, ariui
pitta miru ftfhiftfhinoabamirekuau gaie nafpitauekuituau ! Ka matfhi ftfhiftfhinoaba-
mitekuau, utfhita paftatiuets gaie eka ui ianuerimitifutuauùfuka kata tebinamaga-
[15] niuets. Tfhifhe Manitu taitabath tfhi-t-ukuffifimiguau he fugaitafuieku, ifpifh
ui tfhifkuebeieku, maratfhiriniuatifieka, matihi Manitua auakaniteku gaie. Taita-
batfh gaie tfhi ui irinifinauau, tfhifhe Manitu gaie tfhi ui fhauerimiguau ifpifh ui
tiberimiteku matfhi Manitu, mag’eka ka ui irinifitjits umiftikufhiuets ui ftfhitfhi-
noabamekuituau.
[20] Kaffinau ka paftatitjits tfhifhe Manitua tapue fhikatiguets, at ka tfhifkuebetjits,
ka maratfhiriniuatifitjits, utfhita aiamihe u papagunauabiuetts u-t-atamifiuets pafta
aituinitfh he u-t-atfhakkuffituau; unauifh fhauerimigufiuets gaie, eriuetfh tfhifhe
Manitua ufam ka miru-iriniuatifiritjfi eiapitfh uanirau fhauerimigutuau, fuka
he tfhifhikamafutuau kueiafku ka ianuerimitifutjits.
[25] Tfhisfherimituau egu kaffinau ni-kuffifets nehiro iriniuets, he kafferitaman ifpifh
eka erinifituau, auia eka ka aiamiharitjits uanifhihatuau, tfhibifka-
uatuau gaie. Tfhisfheritakuau ni-tanifets nehiro ifkueuets eka ka aiamihe gana-
uerimitifutjits, eka ka miru atafhitjits, ka fafegapafta-miruerimutjits mamau umif-
tikufhiua, iriniui napuea mag’ piaftatutatjits, tfhifhe Manitua nama nafpitfh kata
[30] fhauerimiguets. Tfhisfhritakuau umiftikufhiuets, ifpifh unauifh iabikunihigutuau
keffiteukuperitjfi, uirauau nehiro ifkueua ka maratfhi tutauatuau; taitabatfh pa-
gufheritamuets tfhitfhi aiamihe uitapimituau, ka kaffitenkupet mina ni tfhitahi-
mauau, mamau Uabiftiguiath tfhifhe utfhimau, eka nafpitfh uirauau aiamihe ni-
pauihatuau. Pitta tetipan he kupiffiuitamatfhet, gaie mitfhetikuau he ftfhftfhi-
[35] noamatfhet, fuka eiapitfh arimifit, tfhitfhi kaffinau ariui ganauerimitifutuau, tfhi-
tfhi eka miffi miffi eiapitfh meftifutuau atamafkamigutfh, eka ka tfhi irinifitjits.
Umiftikufhiuets kaffinau, uanirau attaue-iriniuets ni uittamuauets tfhitfhi aiamihe
Tipahiganiriu uitfhihatuau, (he irinifituau,) uir ka aiamihe atuftfhet.
Pitta kaffinau, tfhifhe Manitu fhauerimiteku, efpifh aiamihe tfhipaiatikataguk;
[40] pitta uaftenitamaganiuituau efku eka ka fugaitafutjits, tfhifhe Manitua tfhitfhi ui-
batfh ukuffifimigutuau, aiamihe katauatifhiuiniriu eiapitfh ganaueritakuau; egu
eteritaman, egu mufhtaueritaman. Tfhitfhi gaie kaffinau tfhisfheritakuau uir maf-
finahiganiriu, kaffinau papa aiamihe uitfhuapinatfh kata nifhitauabatamu, akutau
gaie, aiamihe Tipahigan; mitfhetuau gaie ispifh eteritak. Uabiftiguiatfh epian,
[45] meffinahitfheian gaie, nifhuafhifh tatuau tibifkatfh Uafhikufamu Pihiffimu, ua me-
natfhitaganiuit miru Manitu, ka ifpifh Jefus pineututaguban, nikuturiniu afhu ni-
fhuafhifh mitaffu mitanau, nikutuafhifh afhu nifhuafhu pipunutfh.
J.O BRIANT.
Hubert, Keffiteuagupet, gaie Meffinahitfhet.
[50] UABISTIGUIATSH Maffinahitfheuets Broun, gaie GIRMOR. 1768.