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Penobscot, n. and a.|pɛˈnɒbskɒt|
Also Penobscote.
[Native name: see F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians North of Mexico II. 226.]
A. n. An Algonquian Indian people of the valley of the Penobscot River in Maine, U.S.A.; also, a member of this people.
[1616J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 8 The principall habitation Northward we were at, was Pennobscot..though most [Indian peoples] be Lords of themselues, yet they hold the Bashabes of Pennobscot, the chiefe and greatest amongst them. ]1624― Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 240 The Masachusets call their great God Kiehtan, and their Kings there abouts Sachems: The Penobscotes their greatest power Tantum, and their Kings Sagomos. 1713in Maine Hist. Soc. Coll. (1859) VI. 253 In Witness whereof, We,..by name, Kireberuit, Iteansis, and Jackoit, for Penobscot,..have hereunto set our hands and seals. 1910F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 226/2 The Penobscot took an active part in all the wars on the New England frontier up to 1749, when they made a treaty of peace, and have remained quiet ever since. 1942Fading Trails (U.S. Dept. Interior Nat. Park Service) vii. 59 Many an aged Penobscot..still wistfully awaits the day when the..peculiar ‘click-click’ of caribou's feet will resound once more in the frosty air of the muskeg. 1959E. Tunis Indians 25/2 The Penobscots kept certain of their young men in strict training for running down deer! 1965Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics Spring 135 There are some Algonquian Indians still living along the New England coast,..but except for a few older Penobscot, all speak English. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 855/1 The Penobscot assisted the French against the English in all the wars on the New England frontier until 1749, when they made peace with the English.
b. The language spoken by the Penobscot people.
1891J. C. Pilling Bibliogr. Algonquian Lang. 110/2 A short catechism in Penobscot begins on page 47. Ibid. 199/1 Comparative vocabulary..in the..Penobscot. 1902[see animate ppl. a. 4 b]. 1933L. Bloomfield Language 72 The Algonquian family..includes the languages..of New England (Penobscot..). 1972Regional Lang. Stud.—Newfoundland iv. 2 Penobscot, a dialect closely related to Abenaki.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Penobscot people or their language.
1727J. Heath Let. 7 July in Maine Hist. Soc. Coll. (1853) III. 409 If Capt. Gyles..can steer the Penobscot Indians to Falmouth, it seems as though these may follow. 1779S. Lovell Orig. Jrnl. Penobscot Exped. (1881) 97 We are visited by some Penobscot Indians who are determined to proceed with us. 1819N. Amer. Rev. IX. 185 A specimen of the Penobscot dialect (which we obtained from a friend in the District of Maine). 1831Boston Even. Transcript 7 Oct. 1/2 Last week, a wretched and destitute Penobscot Indian was seen traversing our streets. 1854Thoreau Walden 32, I have seen Penobscot Indians, in this town, living in tents of thin cotton cloth. 1893Chicago Tribune 3 July 1/3 The Penobscot tribe of Indians is represented now by ten members from Old Town, Maine. 1973A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 91 Northeastern beadwork is lacy, as shown by the Penobscot collar. 1976Times 27 Dec. 25/2 In Maine, the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes have laid claim to 2.5 million acres of land—two-thirds of the state. |