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Abnaki Tribal Divisions

Tribal divisions, The tribes included in the confederacy as noted by Maurault have already been given. In a letter sent by the Abnaki in 1721 to the governor of New England their divisions are given as follows:

Narantsouuk (Norridgewock)
Anmissoukanti (Amaseconti)
Medoktek (Medoctec)
Arsikantegou (Arosaguntacook)
Pentugouet (Penobscot)
Muanbissek
Kwupahag
Narakamigou (Rocameca)
Pegouakki (Pequawket, N. H.)
Pesmokanti (Passamaquoddy)
Ouanwinak (Wewenoc, south edge of N. H.)

The following is a full list of Abnaki tribes:

Accominta
Amaseconti
Arosaguntacook
Etchimin
Malecite
Missiassik
Norridgewock (the Abnaki in the most limited sense)
Passamaquoddy
Penobscot
Pequawket
Rocameca
Sokoki
Wewenoc

The bands residing oil St Croix and St Johns Rivers.  Spoke a different dialect front those to the southward, and were known collectively as Etchimin. They are now known as Passamaquoddy and Malecite. Although really a part of the Abnaki, they were frequently classed as a distinct body, while on the other hand the Pennacook tribes, although distinct front the Abnaki, were often classed with them on account of their connection daring the Indian wars and after their removal to Canada.

According to Morgan they had fourteen gentes:

Name Animal   Name Animal
Mals'-sŭm Wolf   Ta-mä'-kwa Beaver
Pis-suh' Black Wildcat   Maguh-le-loo' Caribou
Ah-weh'-soos Bear   Kä-bäh'-seh Sturgeon
Skooke Snake   Moos-kwä'-suh' Muskrat
Ah-lunk-soo Spotted Animal   K'-che-gä-gong'-go Pigeon Hawk
Meh-ko-ä' Squirrel   Che-gwä'-lis Spotted Frog
Koos-koo' Crane   Mä-dä'-weh-soos Porcupine

     According to Chauvignerie their principal totems were the pigeon and the bear, while they also had the partridge, beaver, and otter totems.

Index of Tribes or Nations

Source: Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906

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