Welcome
to
Amherst
Ohio
looking
for information about our word
Aquai
(Hello of Welcome)
to
AQUAI
Our
Pequot/Mohegan Aquai word means hello, when meeting someone in passing, a
friendly Aquai as you go by.
Aquai
is our friendship word for hello or I pass in peace, we use to tap our chest
with our left hand and open palm straight out as a friendly way of showing no
weapons however, we learned the hard way that the Plains Indians and Canadian
Indians have a very different understanding for that move so we stopped using
it except at our gatherings and Paw-paus!
We
have no word for good-by, we use the same words Aquai or Aquine, while on our way, this time, with the
left hand starting from the heart, palm up and straight out, heart high.
While you are walking from the area you are always
welcome back so your good-by in not needed.
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