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Robert Beverley

Robert Beverley, Jr. (1673–1722), historian of early colonial Virginia

Tutelo language

Hale noted the testimony of colonial historian Robert Beverley, Jr. that the presumably related dialect of the Occaneechi was used as a lingua franca by all the tribes in the region of whatever linguistic stock, and was known to the chiefs, "conjurers", and priests of all tribes, who even used it in their ceremonies, just as European priests used Latin.

Robert Beverley, Jr.

Beverley was the second of three sons born to Major Robert Beverley of Yorkshire, England and his wife, Margaret Boyd.

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