Writing in the Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Harvey Markowitz states: “Though many historians now question the sincerity with which most of the colonists entered into [a] compact [that is,“ to ‘ civilize ’ the New World’s ‘ savages ’ ”], the depth of Eliot’s commitment is witnessed by the fifteen years he toiled in learning Massachusett and devising an orthography to transcribe the Bible.
पहली थी जॉन ऎलिअट की बाइबल, जो मैसाचूसॆट्‌स में बॉस्टन और रॉक्सबॆरी के निकट रहनेवाली मैसाचूसॆट जाति के लिए १६६३ में छापी गयी ।