Mohawk language notes

I had a very nice email today, which I thought I would share:

My mother (87 years young) is reading your book "Into the Wilderness" and happens to be a Mohawk native from Kahnawake, Quebec. She wants to know how you are familiar with the Mohawk language –as it appears in the book many times — I told her I would write to you to find out your connection to the language. As you know, native tongue is phonetic but she was able to understand all the Mohawk in the book – quite a surprise to her.

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