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god — Continued, 

 which deals with us (see conduct one's 

 self ) . mattun it ( mal-an it), he who is not 

 God, the not-God, the devil, or bad 

 spirit; see devil. 



manittoaoy, inanitooij {inanittovjocl:, 

 E. W. ), the gods of the Indian mythol- 

 ogy. "They have given me the names 

 of thirty-seven, which I have, all which 

 in their solemn worships they, invo- 

 cate", R. AV. 110. Kautdniovint, 'the 

 great South AVest God', 'to whose house 

 all souls go, and from whom came 

 their corn, beans, as they say', ibid., 

 = CawtantowvAt, ' their great God ' , 

 B. AV., Introd. ; cf. Jehomth Keihtannit 

 [the great god, kehte-dnit^, 'the Lord 

 God', Gen. 24, 7. "The Massachusetts 

 call their great god Kichtan [A"/>Atan?], 

 . . . the Penobscots, the god TimiHjji," 

 Capt. John Smith, 1631. "They wor- 

 ship Kitan, their good god, or Hohha- 

 moco, their evil god ' ' , Lechf ord, Plaine 

 Dealing. Tdntiim was a contracted 

 form of heihtanit-cam, my great god or 

 our great god. "Kkhtnn . . . the 

 i:irincipal and maker of all the re.st [of 

 the gods] and to be made by n(.)ne . . . 

 who dwelleth above in the heavens 

 ... far westward, whither all good 

 men go when they die", Winslow's 

 Relation, 1624; and in the margin: 

 "The meaning of the word kiehtan, I 

 think, hath reference to antiquity, for 

 chise [kutchise ?] is an old man and 

 kiehcfme a man that exceedeth in age ' ' . 

 (Del. Getaunitouit, God, Hkw. ) Squan- 

 tam (=Klehtati, and Kaiitantowitl): 

 "They acknowledge a god whom they 

 call Squantam, but worship him they 

 do not" (Josselyn, 3 M. C. H., in, 300). 

 Contracted from mussquaiitam, he is 

 angry; musquanlam Manit, God is an- 

 gry, R. AV. "If it be but an ordinary 

 accident, a fall, etc., they will say, God 

 was angry and did it", ibid. Ilohba- 

 mock (Capt. John Smith), Ilobbamoco 

 (Lechford), Abbamocho or Cheeple (Jos- 

 selyn), 'their evil god', 'that we 

 suppose their devil'; see devil. Kee- 

 .nwkquelnd [kestik-ojiit}, 'the Sun God', 

 R. AA'., "a name of the sun, by which 

 they acknowledge the sun, and adore 

 for a god or divine power". Cheke- 



g-od — continued. 

 Kiimhiii, 'the AA'estern God', R. AA^ 

 {rhikesii, the northwest wind, ibid., 

 from clu'kes, violent, fierce, with the 

 animate active termination). ]V(im- 

 pandnd, 'the Eastern (rod', K. AV. 

 Iwoinpan-anit, the god of the dawn 

 or of daylight, Eds]. Wunmununennit, 

 'the Northern God', R. AA'. \_imm- 

 nanumau-anit, the god of blessing, or 

 who blesses, confers benefits (?); imnu- 

 mhjeu, the north]. Soimoandnd, 'the 

 Southern God', R. AA''. [= sowan&yeu, 

 sdaniyeu {souniniu, R. AA'. ), southward, 

 to the south, in Eliot, but to the 

 southwest according to Roger AA'illiams. 

 "They have a tradition that to the 

 southwest, which the}' call xonyunlniu, 

 the gods chiefly dwell; and hither the 

 souls of all their great and good men 

 and women go", R. AV.]. AA'as »S'om'- 

 wanand [smuaniu-dnit] another name 

 of Kiehtiin or KautdntouH'! Wetvo- 

 manit, 'the house God', E. AA'. [irelu- 

 com, my hou.se, -anif]. Squduaitit, 'the 

 AA'omans God', R. AA'. [xqua, woman, 

 -fmrt]. Muckquarliuckqiiini'l, 'the'Jhil- 

 drens God', E. AA'. liiinckquacliurks, 

 boy, ibid.]. Xnnepa-dshat, 'the moons 

 God', R. AA'. I'awnpddussit, 'the Sea- 

 God', R. AV; "that deity or Godhead 

 which they conceive to be in the sea', 

 ibid. ; see sea. Yotdanit, 'the fire God', 

 R. AA'. [)/dte, fire, ibid.]; see fire. 



gold. "These Indians call gold vassa- 

 dor, which argueth there is thereof in 

 the country" (Archer's Account of 

 Gosnold's Voyage, 1602, 3 M. H. C, 

 VIII, 77). The Indians were those of 

 the mainland near Elizabeths island 

 (i. e. Cuttyhunk). 



good, irunne, triiuii' {irirri; viUi), (it is) 

 good, (it is) well (in the abstract, the 

 possible, or subjectively); wunncgen, (it 

 is) good, a good thing, good, i)lea.sant, 

 fair (in the concrete, the actual, or ob- 

 jectively ) ; yt\. irtinnegenash, good things; 

 suppos. part. inan. VMimegik, (when it 

 is) good; a good thing, that which is 

 good: vMhteomin tranegik kah machuk, 

 to know (that which is) good and evil. 

 Gen. 3, 5 {uimnegin, welcome! R. AA'. ; 

 Del. irulik, the good, Hkw.). vuvne 

 is largely used in the composition of 



