Iskousogos (Re: Siouan etymology?) (fwd)

[Michael Mccafferty]

I received this from an archaeologist on this matter of "Iskousogos".
Any comments? Thank you.

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Couple things here of possible relevance.  First is that I think that
there is a very good chance that what most have read as IskoUsogos in the
original (handwritten, of course) document (Gallinee) is in fact
IskoNsogos (have you every seen the original?  I haven't).  And if it is
actually Iskonsogos then the resemblance to Escansaques is even more
striking.  But a fly in the ointment is that I've always assumed that the
-g- in I(s)konsogos was the Iroqouis plural (and the -s- of course French
plural), and if the -g- was added by the Iroquois, then what is it doing
showing up (as -q- in Escansaques) out in the southern Plains?