Passamaquoddy Texts

Passamaquoddy Texts

The Passamaquoddy Indians of Maine, together with the Maliseets (Milicetes) or St. John's River Indians of New Brunswick, form a single linguistic group of the eastern Algonquin family known as Wabanaki "people of the dawn-land" or "East." The other most important members of this group of tribes are the Delawares, or Lenape, who still use the term Wapanachki of themselves, and, in the eastern States and Canada, the Penobscot, Abenaki and Micmac.[1] The Penobscot and Abenaki form a linguistic group similar to that of the Passamaquoddy and Maliseet, while the Micmac idiom stands more remote, although closely allied. It has been estimated that there are still about seven hundred, people who use the Passamaquoddy-Maliseet speech. 1.For the eastern Wabanaki group, cf. my articles: "Notes on the Language of the Eastern Algonquin Tribes," Amer. Jour. Phil. IX, pp. 310-316; "Forgotten Indian Place-names in the Adirondacks," Jour. Amer. Folk-lore, 1900, pp. 123-128; "The Modem Dialect of the Canadian Abenaki." Miscellanea Linguistica in Onore di Graziodio Ascoli, 1901, pp. 343-362; Leland and Prince, "Kuloskap the Master," Funk and Wagnalls, New York, 1902; "The Penobscot and Canadian Abenaki Dialects," Amer. Anthrop. 1902, N. S. 4, pp. 17-32; "The Penobscot Language of Maine," Amer. Anthrop., 1910, N. S. 12, pp. 183-208; "A Micmac Manuscript," Proceedings of the Congress of Americanists, Quebec, 1908. Cf. also the articles quoted below in the present Preface. General articles: "The Algonquin Noun," Proceedings of the Congress of Orientalists, Rome, 1904; "Algonquin Religion," Hastings, Dictionary of Religions, s. v. "God." The name "Passamaquoddy" is a corruption of pestumokat 'one who catches pollock-fish' (Gadus Pollachius) = peskatum. This term has been applied to the tribe only in comparatively recent times. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51200
Author: Prince, John Dyneley
Release Date: Feb 13, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English