Nation of the Ox

[Alan H. Hartley]

Tony,

Bob's right: 'nation of the buffalo', referring to the Sioux.
Nadouesseronon looks like a strange blend of Ojibway nadowessi 'Dakota'
and the Iroquoian populative suffix -hro:noN? [? = glottal stop].

Alan

> I can't answer that one directly, but, in my capacity as a Romanist as well
> as Siouanist, I wonder if that isn't a translation of French "Nation du
> boeuf" and better translated 'Nation of the buffalo'?  Seems sort of likely,
> given the location of the people and the local fauna.  Sort of puts it in a
> different light.
>
> Bob Rankin
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>>This isn't specifically a Siouan language question, but I'm hoping someone
>
> here can help me. In researching some of the early sources (specifically the
> Jesuit Relations 1661-2), I've run across repeated but very vague references
> to the "Nation of the Ox" as "sedentary Nadwesseronons." Does anyone know
> who these folks are/were?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tony Schiavo