Edward G. Gray is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University.

• PrefaceNorman FieringIntroductionEdward G. GrayPART I: TERMS OF CONTRACTChapter 1. Babel of Tongues: Communicating with the Indians in Eastern North AmericaJames AxtellChapter 2. The Use of Pidgins and Jargons on the East Coast of North AmericaIves GoddardPART II: SIGNS AND SYMBOLSChapter 3. Pictures, Gestures, Hieroglyphs: “Mute Eloquence” in Sixteenth-Century MexicoPauline Moffitt WattsChapter 4. Iconic Discourse: The Language of Images in Seventeenth-Century New FranceMargaret J. LeaheyChapter 5. Mapping after the Letter: Graphology and Indigenous Cartography in New SpainDana LeibsohnPART III: THE LITERATE AND THE NONLITERATEChapter 6. Continuity vs. Acculturation: Aztec and Inca Cases of Alphabetic LiteracyJosé Antonio MazzottiChapter 7. Native Languages as Spoken and Written: Views from Southern New EnglandKathleen J. BragdonChapter 8. The Mi’kmaq Hieroglyphic Prayer Book: Writing and Christianity in Maritime Canada, 1675–1921Bruce GreenfieldPART IV: INTERMEDIARIESChapter 9. Interpreters Snatched from the Shore: The Successful and the OthersFrances KarttunenChapter 10. Mohawk Schoolmasters and Catechists in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Iroquoia: An Experiment in Fostering Literacy and Religious ChangeWilliam B. HartChapter 11. The Making of Logan, the Mingo OratorEdward G. GrayPART V: THEORYChapter 12. Spanish Colonization and the Indigenous Languages of AmericaIsaías LernerChapter 13. Descriptions of American Indian Word Forms in Colonial Missionary GrammarsLieve JookenChapter 14. “Savage” Languages in Eighteenth-Century Theoretical History of LanguageRüdiger SchreyerSelect BibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

"Although the various essays focus on different sets of issues and perspectives, the unifying theme of linguistic or communicative interaction ties them together in complementary ways ... The editors and authors ... have done an excellent job of avoiding esoteric methodologies ... This is a very acceptable interdisciplinary book that will be essential for anyone interested in European and indigenous contacts in the colonial period."  · H-Net Reviews (H-LatAm)"This collection is a very welcome addition to scholarship on Native-European encounters in the New World ... Both the broad coverage and the interdisciplinary approaches ... will offer future scholars of colonial situations conceptual tools ... a strong and accessible collection that will lead scholars of diverse subfields in very profitable common directions."  · Indigenous Nations Studies"[A] fascinating volume [and] valuable reference for future work."  · American Studies International

Edward G. Gray is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University.

• PrefaceNorman FieringIntroductionEdward G. GrayPART I: TERMS OF CONTRACTChapter 1. Babel of Tongues: Communicating with the Indians in Eastern North AmericaJames AxtellChapter 2. The Use of Pidgins and Jargons on the East Coast of North AmericaIves GoddardPART II: SIGNS AND SYMBOLSChapter 3. Pictures, Gestures, Hieroglyphs: “Mute Eloquence” in Sixteenth-Century MexicoPauline Moffitt WattsChapter 4. Iconic Discourse: The Language of Images in Seventeenth-Century New FranceMargaret J. LeaheyChapter 5. Mapping after the Letter: Graphology and Indigenous Cartography in New SpainDana LeibsohnPART III: THE LITERATE AND THE NONLITERATEChapter 6. Continuity vs. Acculturation: Aztec and Inca Cases of Alphabetic LiteracyJosé Antonio MazzottiChapter 7. Native Languages as Spoken and Written: Views from Southern New EnglandKathleen J. BragdonChapter 8. The Mi’kmaq Hieroglyphic Prayer Book: Writing and Christianity in Maritime Canada, 1675–1921Bruce GreenfieldPART IV: INTERMEDIARIESChapter 9. Interpreters Snatched from the Shore: The Successful and the OthersFrances KarttunenChapter 10. Mohawk Schoolmasters and Catechists in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Iroquoia: An Experiment in Fostering Literacy and Religious ChangeWilliam B. HartChapter 11. The Making of Logan, the Mingo OratorEdward G. GrayPART V: THEORYChapter 12. Spanish Colonization and the Indigenous Languages of AmericaIsaías LernerChapter 13. Descriptions of American Indian Word Forms in Colonial Missionary GrammarsLieve JookenChapter 14. “Savage” Languages in Eighteenth-Century Theoretical History of LanguageRüdiger SchreyerSelect BibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

"Although the various essays focus on different sets of issues and perspectives, the unifying theme of linguistic or communicative interaction ties them together in complementary ways ... The editors and authors ... have done an excellent job of avoiding esoteric methodologies ... This is a very acceptable interdisciplinary book that will be essential for anyone interested in European and indigenous contacts in the colonial period."  · H-Net Reviews (H-LatAm)"This collection is a very welcome addition to scholarship on Native-European encounters in the New World ... Both the broad coverage and the interdisciplinary approaches ... will offer future scholars of colonial situations conceptual tools ... a strong and accessible collection that will lead scholars of diverse subfields in very profitable common directions."  · Indigenous Nations Studies"[A] fascinating volume [and] valuable reference for future work."  · American Studies International

Edward G. Gray is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University.

• PrefaceNorman FieringIntroductionEdward G. GrayPART I: TERMS OF CONTRACTChapter 1. Babel of Tongues: Communicating with the Indians in Eastern North AmericaJames AxtellChapter 2. The Use of Pidgins and Jargons on the East Coast of North AmericaIves GoddardPART II: SIGNS AND SYMBOLSChapter 3. Pictures, Gestures, Hieroglyphs: “Mute Eloquence” in Sixteenth-Century MexicoPauline Moffitt WattsChapter 4. Iconic Discourse: The Language of Images in Seventeenth-Century New FranceMargaret J. LeaheyChapter 5. Mapping after the Letter: Graphology and Indigenous Cartography in New SpainDana LeibsohnPART III: THE LITERATE AND THE NONLITERATEChapter 6. Continuity vs. Acculturation: Aztec and Inca Cases of Alphabetic LiteracyJosé Antonio MazzottiChapter 7. Native Languages as Spoken and Written: Views from Southern New EnglandKathleen J. BragdonChapter 8. The Mi’kmaq Hieroglyphic Prayer Book: Writing and Christianity in Maritime Canada, 1675–1921Bruce GreenfieldPART IV: INTERMEDIARIESChapter 9. Interpreters Snatched from the Shore: The Successful and the OthersFrances KarttunenChapter 10. Mohawk Schoolmasters and Catechists in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Iroquoia: An Experiment in Fostering Literacy and Religious ChangeWilliam B. HartChapter 11. The Making of Logan, the Mingo OratorEdward G. GrayPART V: THEORYChapter 12. Spanish Colonization and the Indigenous Languages of AmericaIsaías LernerChapter 13. Descriptions of American Indian Word Forms in Colonial Missionary GrammarsLieve JookenChapter 14. “Savage” Languages in Eighteenth-Century Theoretical History of LanguageRüdiger SchreyerSelect BibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

"Although the various essays focus on different sets of issues and perspectives, the unifying theme of linguistic or communicative interaction ties them together in complementary ways ... The editors and authors ... have done an excellent job of avoiding esoteric methodologies ... This is a very acceptable interdisciplinary book that will be essential for anyone interested in European and indigenous contacts in the colonial period."  · H-Net Reviews (H-LatAm)"This collection is a very welcome addition to scholarship on Native-European encounters in the New World ... Both the broad coverage and the interdisciplinary approaches ... will offer future scholars of colonial situations conceptual tools ... a strong and accessible collection that will lead scholars of diverse subfields in very profitable common directions."  · Indigenous Nations Studies"[A] fascinating volume [and] valuable reference for future work."  · American Studies International