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Correspondence from William Brooks Cabot to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm ca. 1930-1946, part 1

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living site there. As I remember, the name of Royalls' Rim has the form.
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Sokoké[?] - Souriquois[?] I have never[?] approached + must. The word [?] occurs, is[?] probably [?], rather[?] the cat[three crossed out] [?] a cataract idea, I should say.
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Your feeling about Connecticut names reminds that Nelson found he could talk with a Delaware lakes; and the Mohegan shades into the Hudson Rim[?] sort as you go west + the H. R. into the Delaware, the same with western [?] Island. After doing[?] with S. E. New England names I get the home feeling you speak of from Virginia names.
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living site there. As I remember, the name of Royalls' River has the form.
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Sokoké - Souriquois I have never approached, & must. The word Sookpehellen [?] occurs, is probably Delaware, rather than cat [three struck through], rather a cataract idea, I should say.
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Your feeling about Connecticut names reminds that Nelson found he could talk with a Delaware lately [?]; and the Mohegan shades into the Hudson River sort as you go west & the H. R. into the Delaware, the same with western Long Island. After doing with S. E. New England names I get the home feeling you speak of from Virginia names.
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I've been saving personal names lately, have 3700 indexed. It was because a good many Indians were known by the names of their places. They all had private names I assume, also, but it would not be the Indian way to be forward about them. Once indexed these names turn out much more interesting & profitable than I expected. Rather the first [? best?] forms of the language are in them & help clear up place-names. It might be worth while

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living site there. As I remember, the name of Royalls' River has the form.

Sokoké - Souriquois I have never approached, & must. The word Sookpehellen [?] occurs, is probably Delaware, rather than cat [three struck through], rather a cataract idea, I should say.

Your feeling about Connecticut names reminds that Nelson found he could talk with a Delaware lately [?]; and the Mohegan shades into the Hudson River sort as you go west & the H. R. into the Delaware, the same with western Long Island. After doing with S. E. New England names I get the home feeling you speak of from Virginia names.

I've been saving personal names lately, have 3700 indexed. It was because a good many Indians were known by the names of their places. They all had private names I assume, also, but it would not be the Indian way to be forward about them. Once indexed these names turn out much more interesting & profitable than I expected. Rather the first [? best?] forms of the language are in them & help clear up place-names. It might be worth while