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Indian Lives and Anecdotes ca. 1886 - 1941 part 5 (ms158_b3f003_005.11.pdf)
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On the Derivation of Indian Proper Names.
[In pencil:] There is a list in the back of Petermale's [?] good book 1 v.
Soccabasin or Sockbasin = St. Sebastien (?)
Cobliel |through forms Sobisb, Sobriel, Cobriel, Gabriel | = Gabriel
Sopiel or Sapiel = St Paul or [struck through] St Peter (?) Xavier!
Attean, Attian, Atean = Etienne, Stephen
Clossiau or Glasseau
Piel = Pierre, Peter
Sebattis, Sobattis = St. Baptiste or St. Sebastien ?
Toma, Tomer = Thomas
Necola, Nicolai = Nicholas
Saukees
Noel, fr. French Nonel or Noel (Nonel being in old French four
Tellis Annis = Phyllis Agnes (?) Teresa Agnes Anna [all five names struck through, then in pencil:] Teresa Agnes
Eneas = Ignace
Lola = Loyola [struck through] Laurence
Mitchel = Michel, Michael
Orson = Uzzah, John. Maliseet Hosannis = Samis [?]
Swason (Is it connected with Orson) Swan = St John [struck through] Swassin = Joachim (Maeta)
Dana, Denne, Denny = Dennis, Denys
Susep, the spoken, Josab, the written form of Joseph
Uzzah, with mouth open like a French nasal, & voice raised Uzzah) = John. Have they any other name for John
Description: Pages from Fannie Hardy Eckstorm's notebook 10 (X)
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Language: English
Date: ca. 1886 - 1941
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