Comments on: Eastman-Lord Museum, North Conway, NH http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2008/08/28/eastman-lord-museum-north-conway-nh/ Musings about quilts and much more; website: http://www.quiltersmuse.com Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:11:17 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: David Mathieson http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2008/08/28/eastman-lord-museum-north-conway-nh/comment-page-1/#comment-4029 David Mathieson Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:51:46 +0000 http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2008/08/28/eastman-lord-museum-north-conway-nh/#comment-4029 One quick comment on your reference to the Abenaki. This word abenaki means people of the earth so in general this term refers to all the northeastern indian population fot the northern Algonquin dialect including all those in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, as well as the northern border area of Massachusetts. This also includes the eastern provences of Canada. In New Hampshire this would refer to the western Abenaki which incuded the Pennacook and Cowasuck. The westen Abenaki were not passers through trading as they went but residents who migrated from one season to another. They refer to this land, New Hampshire, as N'dakina. Translated this means "our land!". Look at the root in both words "aki" which in their language means land or earth. Go to http://www.cowasuck.org/ to learn more about the people and their history. Best wishes, Dave One quick comment on your reference to the Abenaki. This word abenaki means people of the earth so in general this term refers to all the northeastern indian population fot the northern Algonquin dialect including all those in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, as well as the northern border area of Massachusetts. This also includes the eastern provences of Canada. In New Hampshire this would refer to the western Abenaki which incuded the Pennacook and Cowasuck. The westen Abenaki were not passers through trading as they went but residents who migrated from one season to another. They refer to this land, New Hampshire, as N’dakina. Translated this means “our land!”. Look at the root in both words “aki” which in their language means land or earth. Go to http://www.cowasuck.org/ to learn more about the people and their history.
Best wishes, Dave

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