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CHAPTER ONE:

GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION

 

tαnəkahk keyá?
How are you?

 

mečəkahk.
same.

 

pahkʷinαkʷəseyan ničəye?
How do you do brother?

 

kkʷey.
Hello.

 

tαn kəya kətaləwαsín?
How are you surviving?

 

kati-sαkhoket pemαsəwine eskʷatte.
It's getting hard for those of us still living.

 

kαlel 'li-wisi. kekʷ kətəli-wisi?
Carol is my name. What is your name?

 

nočəyewe alənαpe menahan.
I am from Indian Island.

 

tαn kočəyewé
Where are you from?

 

awehsohs nαkα pakamke 'wakotam.
bear and fisher are my relatives.

 

May 1497

 

John Cabot, a "citizen of Venice" leaves from Bristol England in the ship Matthew. He made landfall in Maine a month later.