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Skci'ion II., 18fl(i. 



[131] 



Tkans. II. S. c. 



YII. — y/n' P/n'/nli>(/i/ lit' f lie <)iniiiiin'i/ic, .1 pliui fur the /I'l'i'iii/iiifi'in 

 <)(' Pri'irilji of X'nniiifhifiii'i', 



\\\ Iv T. I). ( 'llAMUKIiS. 

 Aiillior of the " Oniiiiiiuii'lie ami it> C'iiriiKliuii Kiniioimiciit." 



(('i)iimiiiiiic;itt'(l l>.v Dr. (ieo. .Sti'warl, K-H-Ci..*^., and rend Mav lil, ISil.").) 



Tlir in! I'diluctioii. in ivciMit years, of lai'i^'c iiiiinlK'rs (if Miin'lisli-si>f;ik- 

 inu' uiiu'lcrs to tin' iVi'sh-wati'i' salmon ot LaUf St. .lolm ami otluT Jja ra- 

 (lor uati'fs tias produced vai'iations most eoiifusiiit;- in its iioiueiKdattire. 

 'I'lie followiui;' are some ol tlu' many forms of N|p(dliiiL;' tiie name of the 

 i;M'eat i;'ame tisli of noi't lieastefn < 'anada tlial iiave |ier|)le\ed tlie readers 

 of modern anylinn' and other literature : Sananielie. ouananiidie. oiiin- 

 nani(die. oiiiuanicdie. ouananish. winiuniscdi. w innonisii. winanislie. wiinn- 

 isji. wininnisli. winninisli. wiiinonieiie. winnonitdie. wananish. waiiiinishc. 

 wannanisli. w annainslie. wenanisii. awenanisli. oiiininnisli. ouiniiiiidu'. 

 oiianielie. winanis. wannoniidie. owaninaidi. oiienanesli and oiiinenish. 

 • Memory recalls some other remarkahle attempts to reduce to writinii' the 

 French and Indian |ironnnciation of t his tishs name. Imt 1 coiitini' my- 

 si'lf in this paper to the mention of the forms for the list' of whiidi at 

 present writinu' ' •"Hi furnish aiil horities. 



Oninaniidic was I'liiployeil in Mar(di. iS!l-|. in a i\'\ie\v ot a new honk 

 in the columns of L' J-Jn'ii'tm iit newspaper of (^iidiec and the I'ev. 

 I>iincan Anderson uses it in "A I'ominion Day Idyll.' It also appears 

 in the literatiii'e of the .\. Y.. N. II. and Hudson liiver l{l>.. and is iis^mI 

 incidi'iitiilly. as a syni>nym. hy .Mr. .1. (i. Aylwin ( 'ri'iuhtoii. It is one 

 of the many forms of tiie name indiscriminately employed hy .Mr. .1. M. 

 jjcmoine. I'M\.S.('.. who at pai^H' 2(i;{ of his (^/idssri'f in'r/n' dn Citmiila. 

 uses also the plural form ■• ouinaniclics. ' .\t paii'c 1\1 of the same work 

 Mr. I^'iuoiiie writi's it • ouiniiani(die. " for wliicdi spidliui;'. however. \ 

 have found nootlu'r aul hority. and in tlu' ap|ieiidix he Lfives us •• win- 

 noniche," em])loyini4' still anot her torin in a later work, as will he seen as 

 wi' proei'i'd. M i'. ,1 . Ivlmon 1 IJoy. I'M'.S.t'.. in his I'm/d'/r tin piii/s. ilf 

 TiidDUiisdr. usi's ■■ouananish." ■ Winninisidi is employed hy ('. ^[. 

 i'almei' of Minneapolis at jta^'e 71 i>t Fiir<>rHr Flies hy .Mary Ovvis 

 Marhury : •■ winnonisji ' is the spelling found on a hoard nailed to a tree 

 on the shore of Lake Tschotai^'ama. over fifty miles up the (ii'and 

 Perihouca Hiver. and containiiii; the rt'cord ot ii tishiim' e.xperienci' there 

 in July. 1S!II. liy Messrs. K. ,1. .Myers and A. \V. K(eliler of Xow York; 

 ihoun'h in justice ti> Mr. Myers, it must he said that he invai-iahly uses 

 ■• ouiUianiidie ' in ids iuterestiuii- eont riimtions to the literature (d the tish 



