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
---ᎪᏪᎸᎢ----
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)