Amer.), who visited the present area of
Massachusetts in the tenth century.
The close alliance of their language with the existing Chippewa and
Ottawa of the north, is shown by the following specimens:--
_New England Tribes_. _Chippewa of Lake Superior_.
1634. 1839.
_Woman_, Squa, E-qua.
_Water_, Nip-pe, Ne-be.
_A raccoon_, Au-supp, A se-bun.
_Daughter_, Tawonis, O-dau-nis.
_A duck_, Sea-sceep, She-sheeb.
_Summer_, Se-quan, Se-gwun.
_Red_ Squi, Mis-qui.
_A house_, Wig-wam, Weeg-wam.
He divides the tribes into:--
Tarrenteens.
Churhers (local tribes even then under instruction).
Aberginians (Algonquins of the St. Lawrence, probably).
Narragansetts (a tribe of the N.E. Algonquins with dialectic peculiarities).
Pequants (" " ")
Nepnets (" " ")
Connectacuts (" " ")
Mohawks (a tribe of Iroquois).
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