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CHAPTER SIX:

FAMILY LANGUAGE

 

pone iyo  
place it here


ni alihato  
do it that way


wisawhto  
put it away


wisawahton  
I put it away


wihkʷene 
take it 


pekihton  
clean it


kestakəna  
I wash him (AN clothing) 


nəkestakənəmən
I wash it (INAN clothing)


 

July 21, 1857

Author and Transendentalist Henry David Thoreau comes to Indian Island and hires Joe Polis for a journey to Moosehead Lake, the West Branch of Penobscot, the Allagash, East Branch of Penobscot, and then back down the main branch of the Penobscot River.