The vocabulary now published is copied from a small volume printed about thirty years ago, entitled "Wobanaki Kimzowi Awighigan," i.e. Abenaki Spelling Book. It was procured by the writer with much difficulty, as it was the only copy that could be obtained among them. It is supposed by those qualified to judge, to be a fair specimen of the dialect formerly spoken on the Androscoggin and Kennebec, although there are in it many words originally borrowed from the French and English. From a memorandum made when with them a few years since, the name of their tribe, as near as can be written and pronounced in English, is W'Banankee, accenting the last syllable. The treaties, now for the first time printed, are copied from the original in the possession of the writer; they will be perused with pleasure by those interested in antiquarian researches. But at the present day it is difficult to realize the interest which these proceedings and documents excited; they were often considered almost a matter of life or death to the frontier settlers. It is apparent that every chief had then his peculiar totem, or symbol. At a later period this system was abandoned, and they used only a simple cross. Among the chiefs who signed, is to be found the totem of Bombazeen and some others, whose names are perpetuated in history for their bloody exploits. The autographs annexed show the names of men then prominent in both provinces, and some of them afterwards attained the highest positions in political life. The vocabularies and treaties are now submitted for publication by request of the Maine Historical Society. BOSTON, AUGUST, 1859. EXTRACTS FROM A SPELLING-BOOK IN THE ABENAKI LANGUAGE. PUBLISHED IN BOSTON IN 1830, AND CALLED "KIMZOWI AWIGHIGAN," THE LAST WORD BEING THE TERM FOR BOOK. The sounds of the vowels are represented in English according to the following scheme. _Vowels._ _Sounded._ A a as _a_ in father, psalm. E e as _e_ in met, or in accident. I i as _ee_ in seen, or _i_ in machine. O o as _o_ in note. U u as _u_ in tube, cube; also used after _g_, as in language. [)u] as [)u] in cup, sun. _Nasal._ [O=] [o=] _Dipthongs._ Ai ai as _i_ in pine, nine. Au au as _ow_ or _ou_ in how, thou. _Consonants._ _Names._ B b bi D d di G g gi H h hi J j ji K k ki L l li M m mi N n ni P p pi S s si T t ti W w wi Z z zi CH ch chi