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�Mayhew[?]. I believe that a name like that would be superseded by another, if a later incident gave the impetus. Suppose a murder happened on this same spot--it seems very likely it would be then called "the place of murder" and this would get two names attached, a possible explanation of the double names, or aliases often found in Indian place nomenclature. I admit the force of your argument on Machigony as expressed in your note just at hand. I suppose it is necessary to differentiate between a camping[word underlined] place of a temporary character and a regular or permanent settlement. I am sorry that I have not at hand my article on this word. ___ I just took one more dive through my "stuff" and found it --here it is, and I see that I am nearer a common ground than I thought. After reading it you will return it, please, for my files and so I need not expatiate much more on it. I lay stress, I see, on Matsi, in the sense of bad, which I depict as a