At the first thunder shower in the spring; old Indians would go outside and build a fire; and cut up tobacco and throw it in (the fire) saying “our grandfather wants a smoke.”
Wečkawihle petαko mile wətαmawe kəmohsomsena here comes the Thunder, give tobacco to your grandfather.
French cartographer Samuel de Champlain leaves from France with a French nobleman, Pierre Du Gua De Monts, for Maine. They entered the Bay of Fundy by May, and later Champlain would meet Penobscot Chief Bashabez at the mouth of the Kenduskeag Stream on the Penobscot River.
Chapter One...Greetings and Introductions
Chapter Two...Things You May Say to a Child
Chapter Three...Things I Say To Mahseyo In The Morning
Chapter Four...Things to Say to a Guest
Chapter Five...Parents and Grandparents
Chapter Six...Family Language
Chapter Seven...Family Language
Chapter Eight...Family Language
Chapter Nine...Family Language
Chapter Ten...Frybread Recipe
Chapter Eleven...Family Language
Chapter Twelve...kələpemo
Chapter Thirteen...At the first thunder shower in the spring