Autonym of Mosopeleas-Ouesperies-Ofos
Rankin, Robert L
rankin at ku.edu
Sun Feb 25 16:12:10 UTC 2007
My thought was that the Ohio Valley Moose-turkey was the cousin of the Wyoming Jackalope (Lepus temperamentalis).
Bob
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Subject: Re: Autonym of Mosopeleas-Ouesperies-Ofos
Such a construction would be impossible in Illinois, whatever it was
supposed to mean.
Didn't Bob come up with an alternate, non-Algonquian etymology for
'Mosopelea'?
Dave
> Mosopelea is probably an Illinois Indian name meaning literally 'deer-turkey'
> < moonswa 'deer' + pile:wa 'turkey.'
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