While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Tribal
divisions,Thetribes 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)
Pentugouet (Penobscot)
Narakamigou (Rocameca)
Anmissoukanti (Amaseconti)
Muanbissek
Pegouakki (Pequawket, N. H.)
Medoktek (Medoctec)
Kwupahag
Pesmokanti (Passamaquoddy)
Arsikantegou (Arosaguntacook)
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.
