Autonym of Mosopeleas-Ouesperies-Ofos

[Rankin, Robert L]

My thought was that the Ohio Valley Moose-turkey was the cousin of the Wyoming Jackalope (Lepus temperamentalis).
 
Bob

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Such a construction would be impossible in Illinois, whatever it was
supposed to mean.

Didn't Bob come up with an alternate, non-Algonquian etymology for
'Mosopelea'?

Dave


> Mosopelea is probably an Illinois Indian name meaning literally 'deer-turkey'
> < moonswa 'deer' + pile:wa 'turkey.'