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ix Acknowledgments Anyone who embarks on a book project realizes that the journey could not have happened without the numerous people who provided valuable assistance along the way. This is particularly true in a cross-cultural collaborative project like this one. My deepest appreciation goes to the Penobscot Indian Nation of Indian Island, Maine, who contributed to Joseph Treat’s manuscript then and now. The Penobscot Nation Tribal Council’s support for our collaboration and for our efforts to secure funding for publication was crucial to the project’s success . I am especially grateful to the Penobscot Nation’s Department of Cultural and Historic Preservation (DCHP) for their patience, guidance, and professional support. I owe a special woliwoni to the DCHP’s former director, Bonnie D. Newsom (2001–2006), who was very generous with her time as the project moved through the Cultural and Historic Preservation (C&HP) Committee . She suggested that we apply together for a grant that would offset publication costs, and I benefited from her tenacity and unwavering encouragement. I am fortunate to have Bonnie as a colleague and friend. Tribal historian James E. francis Sr. shared his knowledge of Native place-names, and the C&HP Committee and department staff including Patrick Almenas, Tami Connelly, Carol Dana, Maulian Dana, Maria Girouard, Wenona lola, Jennifer Neptune, Martin Neptune, Neana Neptune, frederick “Rick” Nicolar, Gabriel Paul, Kathleen Paul, Roger Paul, and Christopher Sockalexis reviewed the manuscript and improved the project. I am also thankful to Donald G. Soctomah, the Passamaquoddy’s Tribal Historic Preservation officer, and to Maliseet historian Andrea Bear Nicholas, at St. Thomas University in fredericton, New Brunswick, for their helpful suggestions. At the University of Maine, David Sanger provided the necessary impetus to develop a seminar paper on Native seasonal mobility into an introduction to a book, and his comments on early drafts improved the result. The Wabanaki Center was supportive in this collaborative project. Conversations with Stephen J. Hornsby at the Canadian-American Center alerted me to important literature in the field of historical geography and enriched the introduction . Michael Hermann at the Cartography lab of the Canadian-American Center created the map of the Treat expedition through Maine’s interior. Charles Morris at the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy deserves particular recognition for his expertise in the art of public grant writing. The work benefited as well from the suggestions of several readers including Joseph Hall, Martha McNamara, Kenneth M. Morrison, Bonnie D. Newsom, Margaret W. Pearce, Scott W. See, Siobhan Senier, Nicholas N. Smith, and especially Brian S. Robinson, who also assisted with the painstaking task of producing an accurate journal transcription. Patricia Kennedy at the National Archives of Canada in ottawa suggested important annotations to the journal. The Maine State Archives in Augusta generously supported the project, preparing scans of Treat’s map manuscripts for reproduction and contributing financially to offset publication costs. With their extensive knowledge of the collections, the archivists helped answer my many inquiries about Joseph Treat and John Neptune, and their enthusiasm for publishing the Treat manuscript was invaluable. The Massachusetts State Archives permitted the reproduction of a map manuscript in this volume, and its staff aided in working with the original legislative records. Mildred l. Treat and her brother-in-law John W. Treat Jr. granted permission to publish the only known image of Joseph Treat. This book would not have been possible without a generous grant from the Maine Community foundation and an anonymous donation to the foundation in support of the collaborative project. Michael J. Bell and Amy Trelease-Bell also kindly helped cover publication expenses. A Maine Archaeological Society grant underwrote the cost of professional indexing, and Arthur E. Spiess of the society and of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission provided collegial support. Pamela Dean’s fine work on the index warrants my gratitude. I am indebted to Colin G. Calloway for his encouragement from the beginning and support for including this project in the Native Americans of the Northeast series at the University of Massachusetts Press. I am thankful for senior editor Clark Dougan’s guidance through the review process, for the thorough comments and helpful suggestions of Harald E. l. Prins, who reviewed the manuscript for the press, for managing editor Carol Betsch’s editorial skills and patience, for Michael Shally-Jensen’s copyediting, and for design and production manager Jack Harrison’s innovative layout design of the journal. Joseph Treat’s journal and maps have taken on a life of their own...

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