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[David Costa]

By the 1800's, that's the standard Algonquian name for the Ioways as well;
for example, Miami aayohoowia, Shawnee haayawhhowe, and Sauk a:yohowe:wa,
and Menominee ayo:ho:wE:w.

I suspect that Illinois speakers were among the first of the central
Algonquians to encounter many of these Siouan tribes, since in the oldest
records, Illinois often has Siouan names for these tribes that are later
replaced by more normal 'Algonquian' names. in addition to these 'Ioway'
names, another example is the name for the Hochunks; in Illinois, they're
variously known as <8ndakia> or <8ndankia>, which is clearly the Siouan
name, but by the 1820's on they're only known by the Miami-Illinois name
wiinipiikwa.

Dave



> On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Alan Hartley wrote:

>> 1844 J. H. CARLETON Prairie Logbooks (1983) 66
>> The Indian name of this tribe is Pa-ha-cae; literally, Dirty Faces. They
>> neither call themselves Ioways, nor are they called so by their neighbours.
>> ahh 04/2002
>
> The Iowa(y) name is from French Aiouez, which is is probably from Dakotan
> Ayuxwa or Ayuxwe or Ayuxba.
>
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