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IOWA.
"THE IOWA
is a Sioux dialect, closely allied to the Dacota, spoken by the Iowas or Pahoja
(Grey Snow),
a nation of the Sioux race, who reside north of the river Des Moines.
Many of the Iowas, however,
have joined the Ottoes on the south side of the Platte, and are even said
(although no proof has been
afforded of the assertion) to have adopted the language of that people.
The number of the lowas has
been computed at 1200. Five chapters only of the
Gospel of St.
Matthew have been translated
into
this language. These chapters were translated by Messrs. Irvin and
Hamilton, mies. among the
Iowas on the Missouri, in the service of the Board of Foreign Missions,
connected wiih the Presbyterian
Church of the United States. Some Iowa hymns, a primer, and part of an
Iowa grammar, have been
already published: and the completion of the Iowa version of the New
Testament has been anticipated
with much interest. Several years, however, have elapsed without the
evidence of any further progress
toward this desirable end."--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second
Edition) Samuel Bagster [Info only]
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