Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 150
means thegreat turtles wife, but it is not in that sense that it appliedto this great chief. The Miamis have specific names for themost common turtle: At-che-pong, for snapping turtle; Ah-koot-yak, for the soft-shelled turtle; We-weet-chah, for the boxturtle; and Me-she-kin-no-quah, for the painted… … Devils Lake, Near Site of Little Turtles Village. Great Turtle, who typifies the earth and who was the chiefbeneficent manitou of the Algonquin tribes in the olden times?But when it came to translation the interpreters knew no specificEnglish name for the painted terrapin, which is a little…
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