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 CHAPTER FOUR:

THINGS TO SAY TO GUESTS

 

 

pitike   
come in

 

kkatohpi 
are you hungry

 

ahtαmα   
no

 

ahα
yes

 

mitsi 
eat

 

katohksi 
are you sleepy

 

wəlessin   
lay down

 

nαtekʷahsi   
go to sleep 

 

na  
that

 

wihkʷenəmen  
take it

 

September 17, 1853

Guiding Henry David Thoreau on Pine Stream, a tributary of the West Branch of the Penobscot River, Joseph Attean kills a moose.