CHAP. VI.

Of the Family and Businesse of the House.


Wetu,	An House.
Wetuômuck,	At home.
Nékick,	My house.
Kékick,	Your house.
Wékick,	At his house.
Nickquénum,	I am going;

Which is a solemne word amongst them; and no man will offer any hinderance to him, who after some absence is going to visit his Family, and useth this word Nicquénum, (confessing the sweetness even of these short temporall homes.)


Puttuckakàun,	A round house.
Puttuckakàunese,	A little round house.
Wetuomémese,	A little house;

which their women and maids live apart in, foure, five, or six dayes, in the time of their monethly sicknesse, which custome in all parts of the Countrey they strictly observe, and no Male may come into that house.


Neés quttow,	A long house with two fires.
Shwíshcuttow,	With three fires.
Abockquósiuash,	The mats of the house.
Wuttapuíssuck,	The long poles,
	which commonly men get and

fix, and then the women cover the house with mats, and line them with embroydered mats which the women make, and call them Mannotaúbana, or Hangings, which amongst them make as faire a show as Hangings with us.


Nòte, or Yòte,
Chíckot, &	Fire.
Sqútta
Notáwese & chickautáwese,	A little fire.
Púck,	Smoke.
Puckíssu,	Smokie.
Nippúckis,	Smoke troubleth me.
Wuchickapêuck,	Burching barke. And
	chesnut barke which they

dresse finely, and make a Summer-covering for their houses.


Cuppoquiíttemin,	I will divide house with you, or dwell with you.

Two Families will live comfortably and lovingly in a little round house of some fourteen or sixteen foot over, and so more and more families in proportion.


Núckqusquatch,	I am cold.
Núckqusquatchímin,
Potouwássiteuck,	Let us make a fire.
Wúdtuckqun,	A piece of wood.
Wudtúckquanash	Lay on wood.
Ponamâuta,
Pawacómwushesh,	Cut some wood.
Maumashinnaunamaûta,	Let us make a good fire.
Npaacómwushem,	I will cut wood.
Aséneshesh,	Fetch some small sticks.
Wònck, &	More.
Wònkatack,
Wonckataganash nàus,	Fetch some more.
Netashin & Newuchásinea,	There is no more.
Wequanántash,	A light fire.
Wequanantig,	A Candle, or Light.
Wequanantiganash,	Candles.
Wékinan,	A light fire.
Awâuo?	Who is at home?
Mat Awawanúnno,	There is no body.
Unháppo Kòsh,	Is your father at home?
Túckiu Sáchim,	Where is the Sachim?
Mat-apeù,	He is not at home.
Peyáu,	He is come.
Weche-peyàu hee mat,	Your brother is come with him.
Pótawash,	Make a fire.
Potâuntash,	Blowe the fire.
Peeyâuog,	They are come.
Wâme, paúshe,	All-some.
Tawhìtch mat peyá yean,	Why came, or, come you not.
Mesh noónshem peeyaùn,	I could not come.
Mocenanippeéam,	I will come by and by.
Aspeyàu, asquam,	He is not come yet.
Yò aútant mesh nippeéam,	I was here the sunne so high.

And then they point with the hand to the Sunne, by whose highth they keepe account of the day, and by the Moone and Stars by night, as wee doe by clocks and dialls, &c.


Wùskont peyâuog,	They will come.
Teaqua naúntick ewò,	What comes hee for?
Yo áppitch ewò,	Let him sit there.
Unhappo kòsh,	Is your father at home.
Unnàugh,	He is there.
Npépeyup náwwot,	I have long been here.
Tawhitch peyáuyean,	Why doe you come?
Téaguun kunnaúntamun?	What come you for?
Awàun ewò?	Who is that?
Nowéchiume,	He is my servant.
Wécum, nàus,	Call, fetch.
Petiteaûta,	Let us goe in.
Noonapummin autashehéttit,	There is not roome for so many.
Taubapímmin,	Roome enough.
Noónat,	Not enough.
Asquam,	Not yet.
Náim, nàmitch,	By and by.
Moce, unuckquaquêse,	Instantly.
Máish, kittummây,	Just, even now.
Túckiu, tíyu,	Where.
Kukkekuttokâwmen,	Would you speake with him?
Nùx,	Yea.
Wuttammâun tam,	He is busie.
Nétop notammâuntam,	Friend, I am busie.
Cotámmâuntam,	Are you busie?
Cotámmish,	I hinder you.
Cotammmúme, Cotamme,	You trouble me.

Obs: They are as full of businesse, and as impatient of hinderance (in their kind) as any Merchant in Europe.


Nqussûtam,	I am removing.
Notámmehick ewò,	He hinders me.
Maumacníuash,	Goods.
Aúqiegs,	Householdstuffe.
Tuckìiuash,	Where be they?
Wenawwêtu,	Rich.
Machêtu,	Poore.
Wenawetuónckon,	Wealth.
Kúppash,	Shut the doore.
Kuphómmin,	To shut the doore.
Yeaùsh,	Shut doore after you.

Obs: Commonly they never shut their doores, day nor night; and ’tis rare that any hurt is done.


Wunêgin,	Well, or good.
Machit,	Naught, or evill.
Cowaûtam?	Do you understand?
Machâug,	No, or not.
Wunuàug,	A Tray.
Wunnaugánash,	Trayes.
Kunàm,	A Spoone.
Kunnamâuog,	Spoones.

Obs: Insteed of shelves, they have severall baskets, wherein they put all their householdstuffe; they have some great bags or sacks made of Hempe which will hold five or sixe bushells.


Tácunck, or Wéskunck,	Their pounding Morter.

Obs: Their Women constantly beat all their corne with hand: they plant it, dresse it, gather it, barne it, beat it, and take as much paines as any people in the world, which labour is questionlesse one cause of their extraordinary ease of child birth.


Wunnauganémese,	A little Tray.
Téaqua cunnàtinne,	What doe you looke for?
Natínnehas,	Search.
Kekíneas,	See here.
Machage cunna miteôuwin?	Doe you find nothing.
Wónckatack,	Another.
Tunnatì,	Where.
Ntauhaunanatinnehómmin,	I cannot looke or search.
Ntauhaunanamiteoúwin,	I cannot find.
Wíaseck, Eiassunck,
Mocôtick, Punnêtunck,	A Knife.
Chauqock,

Obs: Whence they call Englishmen Cháuquaquock, that is, Knive-men, stone formerly being to them instead of Knives, Awle blades, Hatchets and Howes.


Namacówhe,	Lend me your Knife.
Cówíaseck,
Wonck Commêsim?	Wil you give it me again?
Mátta nowáuwone,	I knew nothing.
Matta nowáhea,
Mat meshnowáhea,	I was innocent.
Paútous, Pautâuog,	Bring hither.
Maúchatous,	Carry this.
Niâutàsh, &
Wéawhush,	Take it on your backe.

Obs: It is almost incredible what burthens the poore women carry of Corne, of fish, of Beanes, of Mats, and a childe besides.


Awâùn,	There is some body.
Kekíneas,	Goe and see.
Squauntâumuck,	At the doore.
Awàun keèn?	Who are you?
Keèn nétop,	Is it you?
Pauquanamíinnea,	Open me the doore.

Obs: Most commonly there houses are open, their doore is a hanging Mat, which being lift up, falls downe of itselfe; yet many of them get English boards and nailes, and make artificiall doores and bolts themselves, and others make slighter doores of Burch or Chesnut barke, which they make fast with a cord in the night time, or when they go out of town, and then the last (that makes fast) goes out at the Chimney, which is a large opening in the middle of their house, called:


Wunnauchicómock,	A chimney.
Anúnema,	Helpe me.
Neenkuttánnúmous,	I will helpe you.
Kuttánnummi?	Will you helpe me?
Shookekíneas,	Behold here.
Assótu and Assóko,	A foole.
Nummouekékineam,	I come to see.
Tou autég,	Know you where it lies?
Tou núckquaque,	How much.
Yo naumwâuteg,	Thus full.
Aqúíe,	Leave off, or doe not.
Waskéche,	On the top.
Náumtuck,	In the bottome.
Aŭqunnish,	Let goe.
Aukeeaseíu,	Downewards.
Keesuckqíu,	Upwards.
Aumàunsh, }
Ausàuonsh, }	Take away.
Aumáunamòke, }
Nanóuwetea,	A Nurse, or Keeper.
Naunóuwheant,
Nanowwúnemum,	I looke to, or Keepe.

Obs: They nurse all their children themselves; yet, if she be an high or rich woman, she maintaines a Nurse to tend the childe.


Waucháunama,	Keep this for me.
Cuttatashíinnas,	Lay these up for me.

Obs: Many of them begin to be furnished with English chests; others, when they goe forth of towne, bring their goods (if they live neere) to the English to keepe for them, and their money they hang it about their necks, or lay it under their head when they sleepe.


Peewâuqun,	Have a care.
Nnowauchâunum,	I will have a care.
Kuttaskwhè,	Stay for me.
Kúttasha,
and	Have you this or that?
Cowauchâunum,
Pókesha
and	It is broke.
Pokeshawwa,
Mat Coanichégane,	Have you no hands?
Tawhìtch?	Why aske you?
Nóonshem Pawtuckquámmin,	I cannot reach.
Aquie Pokesháttous,	Doe not breake.
Pokesháttouwin,	To breake.

OBSERVATION.

They have also amongst them naturall fooles, either so borne, or accidentally deprived of reason.


Aquie assókish,	Be not foolish.
Awanick,	Some come.
Niáutamwock,	They are loden.
Pauchewannâuog,
Mattapeu and	A woman keeping alone in
Qushenáwsui,	her monethly sicknesse.
Moce ntúnnan,	I will tell him by and by.
Cowequetúmmous,	I pray or intreat you.
Wunniteôuin,	To mend any thing.
Wúnniteous, or	Mend this.
Wússiteous,	Mend this.
Wúskont nochemuckqun,	I shall be chidden.
Nickúmmat,	Easie.
Siúckat,	Hard.
Cummequâwname?	Do you remember me?
Mequaunamíinnea,	Remember me.
Puckqúatchick,	Without doores.
Nissawhócunckewò,	He puts me out of doores.
Kussawhóki?	Doe you put mee out of doores?
Kussawhocowóog,	Put them forth.
Tawhítch kussawhokiêan?	Why doe you put mee out?
Sáwwhush,	Goe forth.
Sawhèke,
Wussauhemútta,	Let us goe forth.
Matta nickquéhick,	I want it not.
Machagè nickquehickômina,	I want nothing.

OBSERVATION.

Many of them naturally Princes, or else industrious persons, are rich; and the poore amongst them will say, they want nothing.


Páwsawash,	Drie or ayre this.
Pawsunnúmmin,	To drie this or that.
Cuppausummúnnash,	Drie these things.
Apíssumma,	Warme this for me.
Paucótche,	Already.
Cutsshitteoùs,	Wash this.
Tatágganish,	Shake this.
Naponsh,	Lay downe.
Wuchè machaùg,	About nothing.
Puppucksháckhege,	A Box.
Paupaqúonteg,	A Key.
Mowáshuck,	Iron.
Wâuki,	Crooked.
Saûmpi,	Strait.
Aumpaniímmin,	To undoe a knot.
Aúmpanish,	Vntie this.
Paushinúmmin,	To divide into two.
Pepênash,	Take your choyce.
Nawwuttùnsh	Throw hither.
Pawtáwtees,
Negáutowash,	Send for him.
Negauchhúwash,	Send this to him.
Negáuchemish,	Hee sends to mee.
Nowwêta,	No matter.
Mâuo,	To cry and bewaile.

Which bewailing is very solemne amongst them morning and evening, and sometimes in the Night they bewaile their lost husbands, wives, children, brethren, or sisters &c. Sometimes a quarter, halfe, yea, a whole yeare, and longer if it be for a great Prince. In this time (unlesse a dispensation be given) they count it a prophane thing either to play (as they much use to doe) or to paint themselves for beauty, but for mourning; or to be angry and fall out with any &c.


Machemóqut,	It stincks.
Machemóqussu,	A vile or stinking person.
Wúnnickshaas,	Mingled.
Wúnnickshan,	To mingle.
Nésick, & nashóqua,	A Combe.
Tetúpsha,	To fall downe.
Ntetúpshem,	I fall downe.
Tou anúckquaque?	How big?
Wunnáshpishan,	To snatch away.
Tawhìtch wunnashpisháyean,	Why snatch you.
Wuttùsh,	Hitherward, and give me.
Enèick, or áwwusse,	Further.
Nneickomásu, and awwassése,	A little further.
Wuttushenaquáish,	Looke hither.
Yo anaquáyean,	Looke about.
Máuks, maugoke,	Give this.
Yo comméish,	I will give you this.
Qussúcqun-náukon,	Heavie, light.
Kuckqússaqun,	You are heavie.
Kunnaùki,	You are light.
Nickáttash, singular,	Leave, or depart.
Nickáttammoke, plur.
Nickattamútta,	Let us depart.
Yòwa,	Thus.
Ntowwaukâumen,	I use it.
Awawkáwnì,	It is used.
Yo awáutees,	Vse this.
Yo wéque,	Thus farre.
Yo mèshnowékeshem,	I went thus farre.
Ayatche, and	As Often.
Cónkitchea,
Ayatche nippéeam,	I am often here.
Pakêtash,	Fling it away.
Npaketamúnnash,	I will cast him away.
Wuttammásim,	Give me Tobacco.
Matnowewuttámmo,	I take none.

Obs: Which some doe not, but they are rare Birds; for generally all the Men throughout the Countrey have a Tobacco-bag with a pipe in it, hanging at their back; sometimes they make such great pipes, both of wood and stone, that they are two foot long, with men or beasts carved, so big or massie, that a Man may be hurt mortally by one of them; but these commonly come from the Mauquáuwogs, or the men eaters, three or foure hundred miles from us: They have an excellent Art to cast our Pewter and Brasse into very neate and artificiall Pipes: They take their Wuttamâuog (that is, a weake Tobacco) which the Men plant themselves, very frequently; yet I never see any take so excessively, as I have seene Men in Europe; and yet excesse were more tolerable in them, because they want the refreshing of Beare and Wine, which God hath vouchafed Europe.


Wuttámmagon,	A Pipe.
Hopuónck,	A Pipe.

Chicks, a cocke, or hen: A name taken from the English chicke, because they have no hens before the English came.


Chícks ánawat,	The Cocke crowes.
Neesquttónckqussu,	A babler, or prater.
Cunneesquttonck quessimmin,	You prate.

Obs: Which they figuratively transferre from the frequent troublesome clamour of a Cocke.


Nanótateem,	I keepe house alone.
Aquìe kuttúnnan,	Doe not tell.
Aquìe mooshkisháttous,	Doe not disclose.
Teàg yo augwháttick?	What hangs there?
Yo augwháttous?	Hang it there.
Pemisquâi,	Crooked, or winding.
Penâyi,	Crooked.

Nqussútam—I remove house: Which they doe upon these occasions: From thick warme vallies, where they winter, they remove a little neerer to their Summer fields; when ’tis warme Spring, then they remove to their fields, where they plant Corne. In middle of Summer, because of the abundance of Fleas, which the dust of the house breeds, they will flie and remove on a sudden from one part of their field to a fresh place: And sometimes having fields a mile or two, or many miles asunder, when the worke of one field is over, they remove house to the other: If death fall in amongst them, they presently remove to a fresh place: If an enemie approach they remove into a Thicket, or Swampe, unlesse they have some fort to remove unto.

Sometimes they remove to a hunting house in the end of the yeare, and forsake it not until Snow lie thick and then will travell home, Men, women and children, thorow the snow, thirtie, yea, fiftie or sixtie miles; but their great remove is from their Summer fields to warme and thicke woodie bottomes where they winter: They are quicke; in halfe a day, yea, sometimes at few houres warning to be gone and the house up elsewhere, especially, if they have stakes readie pitcht for their Mats.

I once in travell lodged at a house, at which in my returne I hoped to have lodged againe the next night, but the house was gone in that interim, and I was glad to lodge under a tree:

The men make the poles or stakes, but the women make and set up, take downe, order and carry the Mats and householdstuffe.

Observation in generall.

The sociablenesse of the nature of Man appears in the wildest of them, who love society; families, co-habitation, and consociation of houses and towns together.

More Particular.

1. How busie are the sonnes of men?

How full their heads and hands?

What noyse and tumults in our own,

And eke in Pagan lands?

2. Yet I have found lesse noyse, more peace

In wilde America,

Where women quickly build the house,

And quickly move away.

3. English and Indians busie are,

In parts of their abode;

Yet both stand idle, till God’s call

Sets them to worke for God.