Tatoosh Island = a Makah man's name?

[Mike Cleven]

Liland Brajant Ros' wrote:
>
> >From: Mike Cleven <ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM>
> >Reply-To: Mike Cleven <ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM>
> >To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> >Subject: Re: Tatoosh Island = a Makah man's name?
> >Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 20:37:50 -0800
> >
> >                                                   I'm sure there are
> >scores of other such examples of tatooshage around the whole continent;
>
> E.g. maybe the mountains of western Wyoming (south of Yellowstone Park)
> known as the Tetons?


Hmmmmm.  It's no accident that that's Metis/canadien French FWIK.  The
sonic congruity with tatoosh seems odd, unless it's possible that
Algonkian adapted the word from French, or it's just a
coincidence.....(unless "tetons" is, mebbe, Spanish?)

MC