This vocabulary offers the only known example of the Woccon language of eastern North Carolina. Presenting 144 words from a language of the Eastern Siouan group most closely related to Catawba, a Vocabulary of Woccon is a valuable primary source for a tribe known to history from only the scantest of records. The words in this vocabulary are taken from John Lawson's 1709 book A New Voyage to Carolina.
This vocabulary offers the only known example of the Woccon language of eastern North Carolina. Presenting 144 words from a language of the Eastern Siouan group most closely related to Catawba, a Vocabulary of Woccon is a valuable primary source for a tribe known to history from only the scantest of records. The words in this vocabulary are taken from John Lawson's 1709 book A New Voyage to Carolina.