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Kealedji. With considerable probability, interpreted by Dr. Gatschet as referring 



in Muskogee to a warrior's headdress. 

 Kolomi. Meaning perhaps "where there are white oaks." (Muskogee language.) 

 Machapunga. Algonquian significance "bad dust" or possibly "much dust.'* 

 Manahoac. Tooker interprets it to mean "they are very merry," but this seems 



improbable. 

 Michigamea. Meaning in Algonquian "great water." 

 Mikasuki. This may contain the Muskogee word miko, signifying "chief." 

 Mobile. Possibly from the Choctaw word moeli, "to paddle." 

 Monacan. Possibly from an Algonquian word signifying "digging stick," or 

 "spade" (Heckewelder), but this is doubtful. Speck suggests an origin 

 from the Tutelo words amaa(i) (y)ukhan, "people of the land." How- 

 ever, the first two syllables may be meant for mani, "water." Strachey 

 thought that it might be from Powhatan mouohacan or monowhauk, 

 "sword." 

 Moneton. Meaning in their own (Siouan) language "big water." 

 Muklasa. Meaning "friends," or "people of one nation." (Alabama language.) 

 Muskogee. This is thought to have been derived from Shawnee or some 



other Algonquian language, and to refer to swampy ground. 

 Nabedache. Perhaps signifying "place of salt." (Caddo language.) 

 Napochi. Perhaps from a dialectic variant of the Choctaw and Chickasaw w^ord 



Napissa, "those who see, or look out." 

 Natchitoches. Said to be from Caddo nashitosh, "pawpaws," but a Spanish 

 source has it from "nascicit, a place where the soil is the color of red ochre." 

 Nottoway. From their Algonquian neighbors and signifying "adders." 

 Occaneechi. Speck suggests an origin from Tutelo yuhkan, "man." 

 Ofo. Perhaps a contraction of Choctaw Ofogoula, "Dog People." 

 Okchai. Possibly from Okcha°ya, "life" in Alabama. 

 Okelousa. Meaning "black water" in Choctaw and Chickasaw. 

 Okmulgee. Signifies "where water boils up," as in a spring, in Hitchiti. 

 Opelousa. From Choctaw and Chickasaw aba lusa, "black above," that is, 



"black headed," or "black haired." 

 Pakana. Hawkins says this means "may apple," but the word now means 



"peach." (Muskogee language.) 

 Pascagoula. Meaning "Bread People" in Choctaw and Chickasaw. 

 Pedee. Speck cites the following Catawba words as containing suggestions 

 of its possible meaning: pi'ri, "something good," pfhere, "smart," "expert," 

 "capable." 

 Pensacola. Choctaw word signifying "Hair People" because apparently the 



men wore their hair at full length. 

 Pilthlako. Meaning in the Creek language "big swamp." 

 Powhatan- Signifies in the native language "falls in a current of water." 

 Quapaw. Meaning "people living down stream," in their own dialect of Siouan. 

 Quinipissa. Meaning "those who see" in Choctaw and Chickasaw, and per- 

 haps designating "outposts" or "scouts." 

 Santee. Gatschet connected this name with Catawba sa'nta or so"'ta, "to 

 run," but Speck traces it to iswa"'ti, "the river," or "river is there." It 

 sometimes appears in the form Seretee. 

 Sawokli. It has the ending okli which signifies "people" and the first part 



may mean "raccoon." (Hitchiti language.) 

 Seminole. People living at a distance from the settled towns and hence some- 

 times called "renegades" in Muskogee, but the word does not necessarily carry 

 an opprobrious signification. 



