(O)maha

[R. Rankin]

> I take it we can assume that Shawnee is not a particularly likely source
> for Marquette's Maha listing - more likely Ojibwe or Miami-Illinois?  I'm
> not aware of any of the relevant or even irrelevant Siouan languages
> having any problems with initial vowels, short or long.

He acquired the tribal name for his map while exploring the Mississippi.
There's no telling how many tribes the name might have filtered through before
getting to the Illinois Algonquians.

Bob