Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-01-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
[9rom the " esi, an journal.
EXCURSION TO MOUNT KTAADN.
BY ". C. LARRABEE.
CHAPTER |.


dian vi ge al Uiutohn- Tisffo The Gov
.rmor-Ihe C,me;ary- I"str,p ion-L"-
dun names ,oi;h THAR s'gnyfcai,o".
Ia The year 1887. while engaged in the
Ge"logicai Survey OF Inc Sine, IN de an
EXCURSION to Al"uni K,a du. at the head
alters "i the Penob.coi River. Tn" .ur-
ney was altogether new to me, and ati,rd-
ed variety OF interesting incidents.
have Intended t" give my irirnds d sketch
of the inci,ienis, but have AZ YET been pre-
vented t,y my more l'npnrt"h' du,es. Now,
however, as have lew wi"ter evenings
of comparative leisure, | " i'll write out from
my peucilled notes the incidents oi "a pop
uiar character, onlitIng the scientific n,t,
C, on account of which the expedition
was made, as most Of the observations i'll
terestIng to The scientific may be found in
DR.. Jackson's Report.
On the 18th of September, our party ar
rived a, OIdtnwn from whence our Journey
up river was to commence. While arrange
n,ents where making for our departure,
having MI hour or two If leisure, | crossed
over Ia the Island, on which ia located the
village Of the Pennb.cot tribe IL ldians.
The population Of the village, when all at
home, the rest having gone hunting and
fishing. There are about twenty small,
wn,d. n framed houses, aud an uusod nun.
Der OF ca,nps, made of boards roughly put
i"sr,her, with fire in the middle, the
smok" finding ITS way out either ny the
opening IN The top, ar the cracks between
the boards, a. best suits its convenience.
For door to the camps, they hive an
opening a, which hargs blanket, as
curtain They have decent church and
Catholic priest, who also acts the pat
of a schpullna>ter. The dress Of the inhab-
itan,s is usually 81 nilar 10 the whites, and
tolerabiy decent. They appear uncom-
handsome. They are said 10 be- grossly
indecent. From the acquaintance l finn.
ed with individuals during the excursion, |
Judge them to be an inolfensive people,
much more moral, respectable, aud honest
than many Of the whites around them.
| had the honor, while on the Island, of
an interview with the Lieutenant Governor
Of the tribe, John Neptune. | prepared
myself to manifest suitable respect and
awe, on being ushered into his Exrellency's
august presence. | walked with as mach
dignity as well knew how to assume. 10
his man>iI which happened to be a
ramp, in n" way di>tln2ulshab from The
peb, an camps around II. excep, that ,h"rr
", re- more dog To hark-and WIS u-he'rd
through the vurlaincd d .or into the pres
enc. of his hou"r ard his lady. lie was
occupying a d,an,fi' post ion IN his chat
"f S'atr--whmh contested nf tine naked
-four of naked eat,h-beinre u bl,z,Dg fire.
envel"p-d in smoke; aud the lad was bus
led alb -urh dsln-stic affairs MS 'shI"g
dishes, aud the like He Is an intelligent.
ac',vr man, abnu, 81 yea = old, of great
b I'll strength and noble hearing. H,>
lady. t" say the least. is no grtM be",dy.
Aitrr nv iaiervi-w With the & werner,
ramblrd over The isl ud To :nIlrc, what in
frnaIion | might, respecting ,hi, setlle-
ment and soon ia re to their burial place. II
is a neat ceme,ary in the centre nj the set
tlen,ent. A, the head of each grave is
small wooden cross, some Of PLAIN board
Others iastefuly carved and painted Snne
OF the graves are surrounded by nea,
wooden frames, others are covered by a
small bx shaped like the top of house.
No marble monuments were erected in
memory OF the dead, but inscriptions were
neatly made OH the wooden slabs, fesem-
bling at a short distance white marble
From one of these slabs; copied the fol-
lowing inscriptions:
soSEPMALI oNEMUN
KEsIKANET IL,
AHrozf ME CHINE, DEC.
2STH, 1888, cH'PAToK, o,KEL
TAMTANiAL,
lHo HAK,sITUNXoN oIzf
AL PososEPAL ELAsUN
ETHAN.
The translation "f ih,s inscription, leave
10 th"se better skilled in languages than
am. give il precisely as it Stood, -xcep,
the letter z. as it occurs in three words.
In the inscription, the character used has
no corresponding one in the English. II
resembles the u in slight degree. There
is very interesting article among the pa
pers of the late Governor Lincoln, IN the
collections uf the Name Historical Society
respecting the Indian Languages. The
Penobscot> talk IEdian amongst themselves
and most Of the names of places and rivers
are of Indian origin. While on this sub
ject, I will give lew Of the Indian names
oc nlacaa With tbeir siunifica,io as I