Campobello, An Historical Sketch

Kate Gannett Wells (1838–1911)

Amwézik 'klithwon ya skedabe zogel;Skedap tatchuwi melan kekousé kiziolgweh.Ulzee-ik 'lee madjhé goltook kizosook;Tatchuuwi tewebn'm nenwel kthlee-tahazoo wagenen woolsum'kik.Piyemee absegékook beskwaswesuk tchicookPèmee woolip p'setawkqu'm'see you wen.P'skèdab tatchuwè oolazoo weeahl m'pseeoo-wenil.Amwess ooktee-in aboozek;Uppes kootee-in hedlègit;Beskwas'wess lookquem hahze;Nojeemeeko gèmit chooiwigeou:Weejokègem wee you'h.Piel John Gabriel kweezee-toon yoot lin to wagun.Kee zee skee jin wih tun;Whu-titli keezeetoon Ebawg'hwit,Wè jee kissi tahzik wenoch chigwam.N'paowlin kweezee Iglesmani tun.

The bees make honey for man;Man should give something to God.The trees lift their tops to the sun;We should lift up our hearts to our father.The smallest flower in the forestGives out a perfume for all.Man should do good unto all men.The bee has a tree (for a home);The tree has a place to grow;The flower has a stem;The clergyman must have a house:May this song help it.Peter John Gabriel made this song.He made it in Indian;He made it in Campobello (the island by the shore).To help to build the house.N'pow-o-lin (the scholar, or man learned in mysteries) put it into English.