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, iii. 181. ] [Footnote 54: Dawson's Acadian Geology, 2d ed. , (London, 1868), pp. 3, 8. ] Of Etchemin and Micmac words having a similar termination, we findamong others, -- _Shubenacadie_ (_Chebenacardie_ on Charlevoix' map, and _Shebenacadia_on Jeffry's map of 1775). One of the principal rivers of Nova Scotia, was so named because '_sipen-ak_ were plenty there. ' Professor Dawsonwas informed by an "ancient Micmac patriarch, " that "_Shuben_ or_Sgabun_ means ground-nuts or Indian potatoes, " a...nd by the Rev. Mr. Rand, of Hantsport, N. S. , that "_segubbun_ is a ground-nut, and_Segubbuna-kaddy_ is the place or region of ground-nuts, " &c. [55] Itis not quite certain that _shuben_ and _segubbun_ denote the sameesculent root. The Abnaki name of the wild potato or ground-nut was_pen_, pl. _penak_ (Chip. _opin-[=i]g_; Del. _obben-ak_); '_sipen_, 'which is obviously the equivalent of _sheben_, R
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