Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . y widely spread amongNorth American Indians; and a rather amusing story of the waterspirits. The collections of Passamaquoddy folklore and mythologypublished by Dyneley Prince were found to be very characteristic andwell told stylistically. These Indians, several hundred in number, all speak Passama-quoddy. Even blue-eyed and yellow-haired children speak the lan-guage, so that there is no danger that it will soon become extinct, inshaqD contrast to Penobscot. Of course all (with one or two possibleexceptions) speak English ; l)
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . y widely spread amongNorth American Indians; and a rather amusing story of the waterspirits. The collections of Passamaquoddy folklore and mythologypublished by Dyneley Prince were found to be very characteristic andwell told stylistically. These Indians, several hundred in number, all speak Passama-quoddy. Even blue-eyed and yellow-haired children speak the lan-guage, so that there is no danger that it will soon become extinct, inshaqD contrast to Penobscot. Of course all (with one or two possibleexceptions) speak English ; l)ut Passamaquoddy is the language usedin their homes. The language itself, contrary to the usual belief, ishighly intricate phonetically, and as had previously been known it isclearly a tonal language. The differences in the pitch ot vowelsare easily noted when one listens to the spoken language. Unfortu-nately the Passamaquoddies rarely correct one if the syllables areeven purposely put on the wrong key. for the words seem even then 85 86 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. :0 Ch-1 » ljBJEBpi§pi ^Jf ?itM5- --??•-?! # tfH^^^^Bk?- -v^ vm^^^^^^B^^^i Hi j ii P^ fc SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I934 87
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