river 1

 

BRANCH 4: (questions and answers)

 

Question 3

tαn wətatsin? 
What color is s/he? 

 

mkasewíko 
s/he is black (ember) 

anikəwátso 
s/he is blue (blue mushroom) 

mskíhkəwatso 
s/he is green (grass) 

mkʷiko 
s/he is red 

wisάwiko 
s/he is yellow 

tohpkʷanəčəsso 
s/he is brown (earth, soil) 

wαpeyo 
s/he is white 

sonapəčəsso 
s/he is purple (jam) 

skʷàməčəsso 
s/he is pink (salmon) 

mάlatso 
s/he is gray 

álənčəsso 
s/he is orange (English loan word)

 

 continue

 

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.