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

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inclosures, and of course getting away
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with their crops. The Conn. name Towantuck is a good specimen.
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    Your idea about Almonchiquois appeals to me. I think of Al - as Wal -, adjicton [?]
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complimentary. Could it be an-[one underlined], as in
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Anmoughcawgus - ( a fishing word?). Again,
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- ouch is accented in words for a chief, mondrius, gentleman.  Those graceless
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Indian Islanders, when one of them does something clumsily, say, "Owen
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ooch ghe ah?, are you a white man?
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In the north I am classed as utchiniaw, perhaps for paying my bills, certainly not
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for being a chief. The Indian I. phrase is only a dig at our awkwardness at their
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pursuits, not at our dignity, not much.
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What I am getting at is that the Al. name is not past imagining as the the tribes
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name for its own people, meaning something like fine people. The Narcapri [sp?]
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name for themselves is about that.
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Comseagan [sp?] was given me at Oldlosias[sp?] as
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rough narrows.
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Wiscasset means wearing banks, Newell Lyon said Whetchakasika; v. Wistajuscus
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here, where the worn banks are high and striking. Saugus - Saugust seems  the
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same, judging from the much used

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inclosures, and of course getting away

with their crops. The Conn. name Towantuck is a good specimen. 

   Your idea about Almonchiquois appeals to me. I think of Al - as Wal -, adjicton [?]
complimentary. Could it be an-[one underlined], as in 
Anmoughcawgus - ( a fishing word?). Again,

- ouch is accented in words for a chief, mondrius, gentleman. Those graceless Indian Islanders, when one of them does something clumsily, say, "Owen ooch ghe ah?, are you a white man? 

In the north I am classed as utchiniaw, perhaps for paying my bills, certainly not 
for being a chief. The Indian I. phrase is only a dig at our awkwardness at their 
pursuits, not at our dignity, not much. 
What I am getting at is that the Al. name is not past imagining as the the tribes
name for its own people, meaning something like fine people. The Narcapri [sp?]

name for themselves is about that. Comseagan [sp?] was given me at Oldlosias[sp?] as rough narrows. Wiscasset means wearing banks, Newell Lyon said Whetchakasika; v. Wistajuscus here, where the worn banks are high and striking. Saugus - Saugust seems the same, judging from the much used