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Correspondence from Charles E. Banks to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm ca. 1915-1930, Part 2
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| − | + | �its entire length. It has not falls to prevent this - like so many Maine rivers. It simply meanders in a flat country. I do not think it is good sense to take roots [?] syllables and in a grammatical spirit give an interpretive name for this river without a knowledge of whether it runs uphill or down. And as far "in this other side little river" I hope the Indians had more sense. | |
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| + | As a side light - I found a Captain [?] in [?] which seems to be a possible answer to the supposed Indian name of their marshy creek [?] [?]. I believe it has been carefully analyzed by some of the pundits and baptized with a fancy name Poor [?] River! I am sure that excellent work is being done by some of them - philologically. It is where they apply root words to impossible situations that they [?] my vocabulary for [?]. The late Father O'Brien said [?] was from an Abnaki word meaning to [?], because the Indian get seasick when going there! As if that was the only island that [?] vomiting to visitors. | ||
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| + | I believe Mt. [?] was called by Smith - "[?] Mount", from a great Indian chief. If you have any ideas on this sub-[?], I would appreciate them. I suppose your have heard of the famous burial on its top of the sainted St. [?] (?) with enough [?], [?], Bears, Skunks, Wolves etc to keep every Indian in North America busy for a year bringing items in tribute. I have had to [?] this and disarm [?] [?] as having her [?] on York's famous handwork. | ||
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| + | Yours sincerely | ||
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| + | C E Banks | ||
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�its entire length. It has not falls to prevent this - like so many Maine rivers. It simply meanders in a flat country. I do not think it is good sense to take roots [?] syllables and in a grammatical spirit give an interpretive name for this river without a knowledge of whether it runs uphill or down. And as far "in this other side little river" I hope the Indians had more sense.
As a side light - I found a Captain [?] in [?] which seems to be a possible answer to the supposed Indian name of their marshy creek [?] [?]. I believe it has been carefully analyzed by some of the pundits and baptized with a fancy name Poor [?] River! I am sure that excellent work is being done by some of them - philologically. It is where they apply root words to impossible situations that they [?] my vocabulary for [?]. The late Father O'Brien said [?] was from an Abnaki word meaning to [?], because the Indian get seasick when going there! As if that was the only island that [?] vomiting to visitors.
I believe Mt. [?] was called by Smith - "[?] Mount", from a great Indian chief. If you have any ideas on this sub-[?], I would appreciate them. I suppose your have heard of the famous burial on its top of the sainted St. [?] (?) with enough [?], [?], Bears, Skunks, Wolves etc to keep every Indian in North America busy for a year bringing items in tribute. I have had to [?] this and disarm [?] [?] as having her [?] on York's famous handwork.
Yours sincerely
C E Banks