Quappa

[Michael McCafferty]

Quoting "Alan H. Hartley" <ahartley at d.umn.edu>:

> For the Algonquianists: might Oyayachtanu be a slightly garbled variant 
> of the full form of Wea?

Indeed it is. The -ch- is seen in both French and English documents for the 
spelling of French "Ouiatanon"? A non-nasalized vowel in the last syllable is 
also seen. I can dig up (practically literally) examples of these if you need 
them, Alan.

Michael