Tracker #6694
Native American Place Names in NH 
Traditional Tracker
| Listed | October 6, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Modified | May 8, 2013 |
| Starts | April 30, 2013 |
| Owner | Bubbaloo Magoo    |
| Admins | gollygee Betty Boop3 |
| Max Signups | 21 |
| Location | Hampton Falls, NH |
| Status | closed |
Description
We're looking for stamps for a series that we're planning on planting for the Weekend At Wakeda event in May/June. There are many places and waterways whose names derive from the Native American Abenaki language, so we would like to provide some recognition and history of those names. Here is a list of stamps we are looking for to represent those names:
Feel free to carve a stamp that somehow represents the name you choose - you can either carve the name, an image of that place, something that ties in with the meaning of the word - however you choose to represent that name.
Contact me or one of the admins and let us know which name you've chosen - we'll add you to the list as the carver, and when all the stamps are received, we'll create the series to be planted. No logbooks or boxes required. More details to follow.
And Thank You!!!
Bubs
| PLACE | MEANING | CARVER | RECEIVED |
| Amonoosuc River ('manosek) | Western Abenaki for "fishing place." | CHEWY'S STARGAZERS | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Amoskeag Falls (namaskik) | Western Abenaki for "at the fish land." | graywolfe | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Contoocook River (nikn tekw ok) | Abenaki for "to or from the head or first branch of the river." | Bubbaloo Magoo | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Grand Monadnock (minoria denak) | Abenaki for "the bare or smooth mountain." | AgentTrain4 | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Kearsarge (g'wizawajo) | Western Abenaki for "rough mountain." | Bubbaloo Magoo | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Massabesic Lake (massa nbes ek) | Abenaki for "to the great pond." | Autumn Acorns | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Merrimack River (mol dema) | Abenaki for "deep water or river." | Don't Panic | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Mt. Pisgah (pisga) | Abenaki for "dark." | tiggermama | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Nashua (niswa) | Abenaki for "two." | Red Bird | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Nashaway | Algonquian for "River with the pebbled bottom." | The Vs | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Newichwannock River (n'wijonoanek) also known today as Salmon River | Abenaki for the "long rapids and falls." | Jones Crew 10 | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Pawtuckaway | "Place of the big buck." | LangFam4 | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Piscataqua River (pesgatak was) | Abenaki for "the water looks dark." | Muddy Paws | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Pemigewasset River (pamijoassek) | Abenaki for "the river having its course through here." | SpyCat | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Saco (soko) is Abenaki for "towards the south" | (msoakwtegw) Western Abenaki for "dry wood river." | Bubbaloo Magoo | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Sunapee Lake (seninebi) | Abenaki for "rock or mountain water." | TallDave and ThimbeLinda | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Suncook River (seni kok) | Abenaki for "to the rocks." | Betty Boop3 | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Umbagog Lake (w'mbagwog) | Abenaki for "to the clear water lake." | Betty Boop3 | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Winichahanat (wiwnijoanek) also known as Dover | Abenaki for "the place where the water flows around it." | gollygee | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Lake Winnipesaukee (wiwninbesaki) | Abenaki for "the lake between or around land or islands." | MiSs cHiEvOuS | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
| Souhegan River (zawhigen) | Western Abenaki for "a coming out place." | Team Chopper | ~ ~ R ~ ~ |
- List taken from NH's Folklife website.
Feel free to carve a stamp that somehow represents the name you choose - you can either carve the name, an image of that place, something that ties in with the meaning of the word - however you choose to represent that name.
Contact me or one of the admins and let us know which name you've chosen - we'll add you to the list as the carver, and when all the stamps are received, we'll create the series to be planted. No logbooks or boxes required. More details to follow.
And Thank You!!!
Bubs
Members
- Bubbaloo Magoo
- Betty Boop3
- gollygee
- Red Bird
- graywolf
- muddy paws
- The Vs
- CHEWY'S STARGAZERS
- AgentTrain4
- Team Chopper
- Raven
- Photo Dabble
- tiggermama
- Don't Panic
- TallDave and ThimbeLinda
- LangFam4
- SpyCat
- Autumn Acorns