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[Page 7]: Was ’a lowed’ (Bessabez, the sagamore of the Penobscot Indians, allowed the body of the dead chief to be taken home)
[Page 8]: Was ’o’ (One of the islands in that vicinity the early English settlers afterwards called “Isle of Vines,”)
[Page 12]: Was ’Baird’ (Biard relates that a certain sagamore on hearing that the young King of France was unmarried,)
[Page 14]: Was ’therr’ (This fact should be remembered to their credit by those who most abhor their bloodthirstiness and cruelty.)