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Correspondence from William Brooks Cabot to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm ca. 1930-1946, part 2

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June 3/36
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Dear Mrs. Eckstorm,
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It is most good of you to cook up + send me all the material on those names.  For the last days I have let Maine alone.  Being in Providence yesterday I ran out a few miles + straightened out 4 troublesome names.  These visits always give light, if only be eliminating possibilities that [?] got hold of one, vocabulary will-o-the-wisps.
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Re Nagwamkeag, a nearer base than the [?] word.  Though back of it, is MicMac nemamkaa[?] to leap (up).  You may be right about the islands at that, but the Indians up + down of the lands, equally your description.  Walks away with me.  I would give anything but (just now) money to see the ^(4 or 5) places we have been playing at.  Must get a look at Au[?], two or three hours at him would mean a good deal; + the Portland bus is cheap, + my [?] would put me up.  by the way, my memory is that [?] O'Brien was once in a boat somewhere with [?] + was the one who started some of the fancy meanings that are so lopped up by our fellow whites.  One was the smile of the Greak Spirit for Winnipasaukes.  Being a poet.  If he was the one it wouldn't hurt these miss [?].  New[?] stood his [?]

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�447 June 3/36 Dear Mrs. Eckstorm, It is most good of you to cook up + send me all the material on those names. For the last days I have let Maine alone. Being in Providence yesterday I ran out a few miles + straightened out 4 troublesome names. These visits always give light, if only be eliminating possibilities that [?] got hold of one, vocabulary will-o-the-wisps. Re Nagwamkeag, a nearer base than the [?] word. Though back of it, is MicMac nemamkaa[?] to leap (up). You may be right about the islands at that, but the Indians up + down of the lands, equally your description. Walks away with me. I would give anything but (just now) money to see the ^(4 or 5) places we have been playing at. Must get a look at Au[?], two or three hours at him would mean a good deal; + the Portland bus is cheap, + my [?] would put me up. by the way, my memory is that [?] O'Brien was once in a boat somewhere with [?] + was the one who started some of the fancy meanings that are so lopped up by our fellow whites. One was the smile of the Greak Spirit for Winnipasaukes. Being a poet. If he was the one it wouldn't hurt these miss [?]. New[?] stood his [?]