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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>13 December 1999</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>Hello Folks:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I'm forwarding on an inquiry from a friend in California doing
some research on the Arapaho. While ours is a primarily Siouanist bunch, I
figured someone might have some clues to this possibly Algonquian
name.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The name in question is WASHEE, a Ft Reno fellow associated
with some ledger drawings, sometimes identified as Arapaho, sometimes Cheyenne.
Washee may have been known as "Elk." </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I only have the 1983 Salzmann "Dictionary of
Contemporary Arapaho Usage" at hand for my reference. It offers the
following:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> hiwo'xu</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Elk, singular</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> (hi)wo'xu:hu: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Elk, plural</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>note; ( ' ) represents the stress marker on the preceding
vowel... not the glottal stop.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>It is conceivable that ELK has become the (anglicized?)
WASHEE?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Any assistance would be appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Mark</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Lecturer<BR>Department of
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