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BRANCH 4: (questions and answers)

Review: What Color?

 

tαn wətatsin? 
What color is s/he?

 

mkasewíko aləmoss 
the dog is black

mehkʷiko senαpe  
the man is red

anikəwátso mahksən  
the shoe is blue

wαpeyo nsawαkan  
the eagle is white

mskíhkəwatso phenəm  
the woman is green 

tohpkʷanəčəssit nolke  
the deer is brown

 

 

tαn alatste?  
What color is it?

 

mkasewíkən wipit  
the tooth is black

mkʷikən wtàwakʷ  
the ear is red

anikəwátste kəpapisoti  
the button is blue

tohpkʷanəčitte αkoskʷeson   
the hat is brown

 

 

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July 21, 1857

Author and Transendentalist Henry David Thoreau comes to Indian Island and hires Joe Polis for a journey to Moosehead Lake, the West Branch of Penobscot, the Allagash, East Branch of Penobscot, and then back down the main branch of the Penobscot River.