The Composition of Indian Geographical Names : Illustrated From the Algonkin Languages
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22. " Saguenay, 1767. LAKE REGION. f 23. Nipissing-Algonkin, Lake of the Two Mountains. 24. Ohippeway, South of Lake Superior. 25. " Northern, 26. " Missisauga, ^ 27. " South of Lake Siiperior. 28. Ottawa, East Shore of Lake Michigan. 29. " Indian Territory. 30. Potawatomi, Sfc. Joseph's River. ,31. " Council Bluffs, Mo. 32. Menomoni, Wolf River, Wisconsin. SOUTH WESTERN. r 33. Shawano, Miami River ? ■ U. 35. " Indian Territory. 36. Illinois, Peouaria, Northern Illinois. 37. " ? Indian Territor...y. NORTH WESTERN. 38. Sitsika or Blackfeet. The authorities on which I have chiefly relied are indicated in the notes on the several versions. To one or another of the following works, references will be found on almost every page : Eliot's translation of the Bible in the Massachusetts dia- lect, in the edition of 1685 (El.), and his " Indian Grammar Begun," 1666 (El. Gr.) ; Roger Williams's " Key into the Language of America" (R. W.) in the dialect of Narragan- set, which does not much differ from that of Massachusetts ; On Algonkin Versions of the Lord's Prayer.
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