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About Mohican[?], [?]. hear[?] this- | About Mohican[?], [?]. hear[?] this- | ||
..."Muheakun is as the name of the people occu-[line break]pying[?] both banks of the [?] (Hudson) from - - a few miles south of Catskill, north + east - - The Dutch wrote Mahikan, Maikan, + the English of Connecticut Mohegan which was claimed by Dr. Schootcraft[?] + Rumbull [?] derived[?] from maingun (cree mahiggun) wolf - - from this [?]; totem or [?]; coat of arms, The wolf, the French called them Loups[underlined], 'wolves', and also Monhigans[?], [?] under the name 'the [?] [?] failure[?] between Manhattan + Quebec." | ..."Muheakun is as the name of the people occu-[line break]pying[?] both banks of the [?] (Hudson) from - - a few miles south of Catskill, north + east - - The Dutch wrote Mahikan, Maikan, + the English of Connecticut Mohegan which was claimed by Dr. Schootcraft[?] + Rumbull [?] derived[?] from maingun (cree mahiggun) wolf - - from this [?]; totem or [?]; coat of arms, The wolf, the French called them Loups[underlined], 'wolves', and also Monhigans[?], [?] under the name 'the [?] [?] failure[?] between Manhattan + Quebec." | ||
| − | This looks reasonable[?], though there is a little room for speculation on other lines. | + | This looks reasonable[?], though there is a little room for speculation on other lines. The [?] meaning of the wolf name connects[?] with eating, + it is the animate form, what is eaten was the meat food[?], perhaps proper; Mohawk did mean cannibal. |
| + | Your Mohegan word for Monhigan seems [?] a spelling of the common word for island- monahan[?] usually. | ||
| + | I think your comelaud[?] name is pretty | ||
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447 Marlboro April 7/30 Dear Mrs. Eckström, I will call up M. Barry[?], + glad of [?] chance. About Mohican[?], [?]. hear[?] this- ..."Muheakun is as the name of the people occu-[line break]pying[?] both banks of the [?] (Hudson) from - - a few miles south of Catskill, north + east - - The Dutch wrote Mahikan, Maikan, + the English of Connecticut Mohegan which was claimed by Dr. Schootcraft[?] + Rumbull [?] derived[?] from maingun (cree mahiggun) wolf - - from this [?]; totem or [?]; coat of arms, The wolf, the French called them Loups[underlined], 'wolves', and also Monhigans[?], [?] under the name 'the [?] [?] failure[?] between Manhattan + Quebec." This looks reasonable[?], though there is a little room for speculation on other lines. The [?] meaning of the wolf name connects[?] with eating, + it is the animate form, what is eaten was the meat food[?], perhaps proper; Mohawk did mean cannibal. Your Mohegan word for Monhigan seems [?] a spelling of the common word for island- monahan[?] usually. I think your comelaud[?] name is pretty