CHIWERE etymology

Alan H. Hartley ahartley at d.umn.edu
Mon Feb 21 18:05:22 UTC 2000


The Hdbk. Amer. Indians (1907, I. 287) gives the meaning of CHIWERE as
'belonging to this place; the home people', presumably following Dorsey.
Can anyone confirm that and/or amplify on it? And provide the earliest
occurrence (? Dorsey c. 1880).

Thanks,

Alan



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