[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Edwards says that the Mabi-can was spoken u by all the Indians throughout New England; " that though each tribe had " a different dialect," the language was " radically the same." Yet the Algonquin of the Mablcans was essentially different from the Algonquin of the Lenapes. Loskiel explains this more fully : " Though the three tribes of the Delawares have the same language, yet they speak different dialects. The Unamis and Wunalacbtikos, who formerly inhabited the eastern coast of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, nearly agree in pronunciation; but the dialect of the Monsys^ who formerly lived in Menissing, beyond the Blue mountains, differs so much from the former, that they would hardly be able to understand each other, did they not keep up a continual intercourse. The language of the Delawares has an agreeable sound, both in common conversation, and public delivery. The dialect spoken by the Unamis and JVunalachtikos is pecu liarly grateful to the ear, and much more easily learnt, by an