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g. Wazaivaivadoong. This name, explained as the "yellow beard," is said (Pilling, " Alg. Bibl." p. 403) to have been given to the Rev. J. H. Pitzel, missionary for some years (1848-1857) among the Ojibwa Indians of Lake Superior.

G. Ottawa. A branch of the Algonkian stock in parts of the Province of Ontario and the State of Michigan.

1. M&nSk&e'tbk', " he that speaks good words." Given in Pilling ("Alg. Bibl." p. 352) as the Ottawa Indian name of Rev. Jonathan Meeker (1 804-1 854), missionary to the Ottawas on the Grand River, Ontario. Derived from mano, "well," and kikit, "to speak, to talk."

IROQUOIS.

The Iroquois Indians in Canada, especially, have been long under the influence of European missionaries, and have come into more or less political contact with the French and English settlers of the region about the Great Lakes and southward to Virginia.

1. Anoncliiasc. According to the Abbe Cuoq ("Lex. Iroq." p. 212), the Hurons gave this name to the first governor of Montreal, Maisonneuve; the Mohawks of the Lake of the Two Mountains (Cuoq's "Iroquois") called him kanonsasc {kaiionsa=" house"). Both Huron and Iroquois names are translations of the French Maisonneuve (" new house ").

2. Astra. This name, given to Guillaume Couture, one of the companions of Pere Iogues, in his captivity, signifies, according to Cuoq ("Lex. Iroq." p. 212), "blanket, cover," and is a translation of the French Couture = couverture.

3. Azvennenhawi, "word-bearer." Name given to the celebrated Francois Picquet (1708-1781), missionary among the Iroquois. It was also conferred on Nicolas Dufresne (d. 1863), another mission- ary among the Indians (Cuoq, p. 214).

4. Awcnnisete. This name (the Huron form is aondecliiete) has been conferred upon several missionaries, especially upon Etienne de Carheil (1633-1726) and H. Giien (d. 1761), both missionaries at the Lake of the Two Mountains. The name is derived from teken- nistonSy " to absent one's self for a time, to make a journey."

5. Dakarihhontye, "flying messenger," — the name of Major Hayter Reid (Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Canada), as honorary chief of the Ontario Iroquois. This name is given as spelled above in Major E. M. Chadwick's " The People of the Long- house" (Toronto, 1897), p. 99, and the other names cited from his book in this article are given in the original spelling.

6. Deorounyathey " bright sky." The name of the Earl of Aber- deen, Governor-General of Canada (1896), as honorary chief of the Ontario Iroquois (Chadwick, p. 98).

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