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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



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beings and the animals, but who 

 ultimately removed to a distant 

 plaee from which he watches the 

 welfare of the human (Indian) 

 race. The word is from ma'tshi, 

 great, all powerful, and wabus', 

 hare ; i. e., the Great Hare, not 

 so in size, but in power. O.jibwa, 

 Me'nabo'zho. Ottawa, Na'ua- 

 bozho, from nanau', foolish or 

 insignificant; as he became in 

 \ olved in many silly affairs and 

 lost caste, though ultimately be- 

 ing transported to another and 

 better camping ground. 



Manitowoc, nia'nato'wok, 'Munch 

 game;'' a town in eastern Wis- 

 consin. 



Manitou-wauk, "The home or 

 place of the spirits."— Griguon, 

 Seventy-two Years' Recol. of 

 Wis. in Rep. and Col. State 

 Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin, in, 

 1857, L'90, 387. 



many, inii'se; mas6". 



maj)le, hard, sheshi'kimii — Acer 

 saccharinicm ; the species used 

 for sugar-making. 



maple, soft, shipi'asho'pomaq'ti- 

 ki, from shi'pia, river; sho'poma, 

 sugar; and aq'tik, tree. 



marten, wab'ashiu; wa'paq'se. 



master, our, tiipa'uimenaq. 



mat. of bark, ana'qkian. 



mat, of rush, hanaq'kin. 



medicine, maski'ki; mashkiq- 

 kiu v ; medicineman, mita" ; mem- 

 ber of Medicine society, miq'ki- 

 niini. 



medicine bag, peqtshenama'- 

 wan; peq'tthikfina. 



medicine lodge, mita'wikomik; 

 mita'wikiop; mita'wigiwam. The 

 inclosure or structure within 

 which the Medicine society meets 

 for the observance of the rites of 

 initiation. 



medicineman, miq'kiuani; mi- 

 ta' 1 ; tshi'saqka (juggler). 



medicine post, mitii'waqtik; 

 erected in medicine inclosure 

 during ceremonies of initiation. 



medicine society, the, Mitii'wit. 



Menomini', oma"nomine'u v ; pl„ 

 omii'nominewok'. From ma'no- 

 me, rice, and inannf, man. 



mercy, shawa'shiqtshikan'. 



mercy, on us, sawii'newe'aq. 



meteor, tshiq'kwan; hanaq'pa- 

 peqtsi, lit., a falling star. 



midday, ne'awiiqkik. 



midnight, haia'paqtaii tipaq'ka. 



Mi Iwaukee. Pronounced by the 

 Indians Me-ne-aw'-kee; a rich 

 or beautiful land. — Grignou 

 Seventy-two Years' Recol. of Wis. 

 in Rep. and Col. State Hist. Soc. 

 of Wisconsin, in, 1S57, 337. The 

 Menomini designation is Miina'- 

 wot. Shu'nien was told by a 

 Potawatomi Indian that the 

 country in the vicinity was very 

 beautiful, with a river running 

 through it, where the Indians 

 went to Ash. The Potawatomi 

 furthermore stated that although 

 he himself had frequently gone 

 there to fish, and although the 

 water seemed favorable as a good 

 place, he could never catch any- 

 thing. For this reason the Meno- 

 mini employ the word above 

 given to express the idea that 

 "there was nothing where there 

 ought to have been something." 



mine, ne'naq. 



mink, saq'ke. 



moccasin, maq'kiisiii; pi., maq'- 

 kasinan. Ojibwa, mak'keziu. 



money, shu'nien; su"nien: ssu'- 

 nien. 



month, ni'kot ke'so; i.e., one sun: 

 tabaq' ke'so; i. e., night sun. 



moon, kas'hekoqkaii, i. e., "one- 

 who-carries light;" tepake'se, 

 lit., last night-sun; half-moon, 

 e'sikan'iklfr. 



moose, mo"'s. 



morning, mip. 



mortar, asha'kan. 



mother, ki'o v ; my mother, ni'- 

 klo' ; his mother, o'kiuu. 



mouse, naniq'se. Koq'kipikiiki, 

 a mythic animal that cut the 

 sinew by which the sun had been 

 made a prisoner. 



mouth, midan'; mi ton'. 



mud, ases'ki'. 



muskrat, o'sass'; o'k'shosh. 



my, nit, before words beginuiug 

 with a vowel, and aspirate h; m 

 before a consonant. 



