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Lovell, Maine Apr. 2, 1939

Mrs. Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Brewer, Maine

My dear Mrs. Eckstorm, It seems a long time since I received those letters, which have been a great help to me, and for which I have not cased to be grateful. Since receiving them I have done considerable work on the Indians with Arnold, a work not yet complete in all details since in a few years I hope to be having some time in Boston, and there are books and documents there that I would like personally to examine. I have, however, covered all the principal sources of evidence, Arnold's letters and journal, Henry's narrative, Sauter's[?] and Dearborn's journals, and others of lesser importance, and have become convinced that the names Natanis[?], Erineos[?], Aeneas, Eneas, Sabatis, and Sabattis represent four Indians, two, Natanis[?] and Sabatis, brothers, dwelling in the Dead River region at the ov. 4, took part in the fighting before Quebec, probably served later with Andrew Gilman on the Penobscot, entered in the Revolutionary Rolls as "Penobscots" but may have been of old Norridgewock stock, (your letters make it perfectly clear that this would be possible); and two others, Sabattis* and Enneos (Aeneas, Eneas), probably Penobscots (whether of Norridgewock stock or not I find it impossible to determine), joined Arnold on or before Oct. 13 on which date they were sent with letters to Quebec, returned, probably by Nov. 1, saying that their letters had been taken from them, were present at Sartigan[?] on Nov. 4, and remained with Arnold for some time afterward, but were never able to convince him of the truth of their story. The further identification of these two Indians I have found it impossible to establish but it is known that at the outset of Arnold's expedition there were St.