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Correspondence from William Brooks Cabot to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm ca. 1930-1946, part 3 (ms158_b1f017_003.06.pdf)

�447 Jan 6/35 Dear Mrs Eckstorm, Thanks for the [illegible]. I began to think something had happened to you, not hearing for so long. I haven't done much, [illegible] Thomas[?] I was done with the business but it is waking up a little, maybe. Your macheyony[?] seems good. I see D-L has knee, elbow + bad[underlined] clay[underlined]. Curiously the form for knee holds practically without change in the Cree[underlined] dialects, + these are about the farthest away of any I have[?] from our N. England ones. Am interested in your location of Marrosheen[?], + enclose a copy of my (quite unstudied) Marrosheen[?] slip[?]. My first guess is for a black-mud tide place. It's rather odd, finding that mov[?][underlined] in the Algonquin, which is

Description: Letters concerning Indian languages, culture, and history.

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Language: English

Date: ca. 1930-1946

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