Help wanted on a few questions

[Alan H. Hartley]

> (1) Is the phrase <casyi manito awasis> from an Algonquian language?

The "manito awasis" looks like Ojibway 'little spirit animal'.

> (2) Was the phrase "steed horse" ever used in English?

OED s.v. steed: c1425 WYNTOUN Cron. I. 1030 The steid hors gais in
pasture gude. 1842 J. F. WATSON Ann. Philad. & Pennsylv. (1877) I. 275
He mounted a very fine steed horse.

Alan