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CHAPTER ONE:

GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION

 

tαnəkahk keyá?
How are you?


 

mečəkahk.
same.


 

pahkʷinαkʷəseyan ničəye?
How do you do brother?


 

kkʷey.
Hello.


 

tαn kəya kətaləwαsín?
How are you surviving?


 

kati-sαkhoket pemαsəwine eskʷatte.
It's getting hard for those of us still living.


 

kαlel 'li-wisi. kekʷ kətəli-wisi?
Carol is my name. What is your name?


 

nočəyewe alənαpe menahan.
I am from Indian Island.


 

tαn kočəyewé
Where are you from?


 

awehsohs nαkα pakamke 'wakotam.
bear and fisher are my relatives.


 

1670

Jean-Vincent D’abbadie the Baron of St. Castin arrives in Maine.