> And finally 'Wasa' looks like the later central Algonquian name for the Osage, as in M-I /was$aa$i/. Sorry, I forgot to mention this part. Wasa is the name of the Quapaw Black Bear clan. It's Siouan wa+sa 'something black', 'the black one', a taboo replacement form parallel to Osage and Kaw wasape/wasabe 'black bear'. Bob