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Author:
Tooker, William Wallace 1848-1917  Search this
Subject:
Smith, John 1580-1631  Search this
Eliot, John 1604-1690  Search this
Physical description:
10 nos. 18 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
New York State
Long Island
Virginia
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Susquehanna River
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
Potomac River
Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.)
Natick (Mass.)
Date:
1901
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Contents:
1. Origin of the name Manhattan-- 2. Indian names of places in the Borough of Brooklyn -- 3. Names Susquehanna and Chesapeake -- 4. Indian names for Long Island -- 5. Algonquian names of the Siouan tribes of Virginia -- 6. Bocootawanaukes or the Fire Nation -- 7. Some Indian fishing stations upon Long Island -- 8. Algonquian terms Patawomeke (Potomac) and Massawomeke -- 9. Names Chickahominy, Pamunkey, and the Kuskarawaokes of Captain John Smith -- 10. Significance of John Eliot's Natick and the name Merrimac
Topic:
Algonquian languages--Etymology--Names  Search this
Names, Indian  Search this
Fisheries  Search this
Bocootawwonauke Indians  Search this
Name  Search this
History  Search this
Name.  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Names  Search this
Call number:
PM605 .T66
PM605.T66
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_150627