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Description
An Indian person drew this sketch of the Schoodic Lake Passamaquoddy village on Lewis Island for Jesuit missionary Eugene Vetromile (1819-1881). Italian by birth, Vetromile ministered to Penobscot and Passamaquoddy communities from 1858 to 1881.
Vetromile wrote about the culture and history of Maine tribes, concentrating on linguistics. A version of this rough sketch appears in his 1866 book, The Abnakis and their History. A caption on the drawing says, "Louis island Indian village on the Skoodic lakes, Me. Made by an Indian."
About This Item
- Title: Lewis Island Passamaquoddy village, Schoodic Lake, ca. 1866
- Creation Date: circa 1866
- Subject Date: circa 1866
- Location: Washington County, ME
- Media: Pencil and ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 114, Box 1/18
- Collection: Eugene Vetromile papers
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Abenaki Indians--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Maine
- Maine--History
- Maine--Missionaries
- Passamaquoddy Indians
- Vetromile, Eugene, 1819-1881--Correspondence
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Other Keywords
- American Indian
- Canoes
- Churches
- Graveyards
- Indian tribes of Maine
- Lewis Island
- Louis Island
- Missionaries
- Native American
- Passamaquoddy
- Skoodic
- Villages
- Wabanaki
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