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I also quotq Henry D. Thoreau in his well known book 11 The Maine 
Woods, 11 Dr. Charles T. Jacksonville first Geologist of Maine, in his 
report “Geology of Maine 11 : John 3. Springer, in his book “Forest Life 
and Forest Trees: 11 Capt. A. J. Farrar, in .“.Guide to Moorhead Lake and 
the North Maine Wilderness; 11 Lucius L. Hubbard, in “Guide to Moose— 
head Lake and Nothern Maine;" and F. E. Church, in "Camps and Tramps 
about K&aadn; 11 in Scribners Monthly. I could add to this number 
but this is doubtless sufficient. Wishing to obtain as much infor¬ 
mation as possible, I ’wrote to the late Joseph Nioolar, an Indian 
at Old Toto, who has been Govenor of that tribe, and who is the author 
of a book published in 1893, entitled "The Life and Traditions of the 
Red Man.“ I copy the following from his letters, giving it for what 
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it is worth. The word is in the language of the Penobscots, and 
ought to be spelled Ktardn, every letter having its sound. 11 This 
spelling accords with that giving by Trumball, for the “aa # represents 
the broa d sound, similar to 11 ar" of Nioolar*s spelling. 
In the vicinity of the mountain are very neatly painted guideboards 
put up by the Appalachin Mountain Club, with the name spelled in this 
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It is hoped our /map-makers and our 
state 
papers may have their atts 
tion called to this matter, and hereafter spell the name of our grand 
old mountain according to the original Indian pronunciation. 
