Episode 17: The Princess of Massabesic

This week's episode is a tragic tale of sickness that ravaged New Hampshire and an unexpected hero who saves an Indigenous maiden, the last of her tribe. This story is tole through a Non-Native lens, but it's still a great story of love, sacrifice and the will to survive.This story is taken from the book Tales of the Penacooks (misspelling in the title) by G. Waldo Browne edited by Edward Lodi.Learn to Speak Pennacook:Pennacook - pehn.nah.cook - The Falling Hill PeopleMerrimack - mehr.ree.mahk - Deep RiverMassabesic - mahs.sah.beh.seek - Large Lakewigwam - weeg.wahm - a housemaize - maheez - cornWavananna - wah.vah.nahn.nah - Messenger and runner of the Massabesic tribeWonalancet - waw.nah.lahn.seht - Son of PassaconawayBruinata - brew.ee.nah.tah - One of Three Brave warriors of the Massabesic tribeGunawa - gew.nah.wah - last Sachem of the Massabesic tribeWinnewawa - ween.neh.wah.wah - Daughter of Gunawa