CHAPTER NINE:
FAMILY LANGUAGE
kəya na kikawəss'
is that your mother?
ahα, neya na nikaəss
yes, that's my mother
kolitəhαsi'
are you happy?
ahα, nolitəhαsi
yes, i am happy
...ni wəči-wəlitəhαsi
...that's why ɪ'm happy
kekʷ wəči-ahtα wəlitəhαsiwan'
why are you not happy?
ni wəči-ahtα wəlitəhαsiwa
that's why I'm not happy
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.
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