Cover Page

This is a digital reproduction of the original cover page from 1880 and is within the public domain.

ᎯᎠ

this is

ᎣᎪᎯᏳᎭ

our articles of faith

ᏗᎾᏓᏬᏍᎩ

(of) the churches

ᎤᎾᏤᎵ

ours/belonging to us

ᎪᏪᎵ

book

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ᏗᎾᏓᏬᏍᎩ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᎪᏪᎵ

the churches

the church

ours/belonging to us

book/page

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specific record (a particular record)

ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏅᏅ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᎡᎢ, ᎤᏂᏁᏅᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏓ ᏧᏂᎧᎿᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏚᏂᎲᎢ.

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ᎤᏬᏘᏯ ᎢᎦᏱᏛᎭ

ᎠᏥᏁᏤᎸᎯ ᏧᏁᏢᏙᏗ, ᏧᏁᏢᏔᏅᎯ.

ᏓᎵᏆ ᏣᎳᎩᏱ

[Tahlequah, Cherokee Land]

1880

ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᎵᏍᎩ ᏗᎦᎴᏴᏙᏗ ᏗᎦᎴᏴᏔᏅᎯ

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ᏣᏥ ᏦᎸᏧᎭᎵ,

John Tsolvtsuhali

[Cherokee name of John Newton Brown]

[tso-lv = Tobacco]

ᏣᎳᎩ ᏗᎦᎴᏴᏗᏍᎩ.

Cherokee Editor (also could mean printer/publisher)