The Abnakis and Their History: Or Historical Notices on the Aborigines of Acadia (1866)

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THE ABNAKIS & THEIR HISTORY by Eugene Vetromile, S.J., is an esoteric and unique book. A short work (171 pp.), it offers extremely valuable information on the Indians of the Northeast, Abnaki language, writing, customs, and religion, the character of the Indians and, finally, a plea for righting injustices committed against them. Written in 1866, this very scholarly work was reprinted in 1976 and is not easy to come by. For anyone interested in the Abnakis, the Penobscots, the Passamaquoddies, the Maliseets, and the Micmacs, this is a must. One cannot help but be impressed by the erudition of the author– a man of unusual intellectual gifts and broad interests, as a glance at other titles by him would confirm. The book also has some quaint period engravings. Although scholarly, the book is eminently readable.