Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference, Volumes 15-16Carleton University, 1984 - Algonquian Indians |
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These men translated documents written in Massachusett , and sometimes gave place name meanings in English . ... because he was born on Nantucket in 1713 and could be expected to have had some knowledge of the Indian place names .
These men translated documents written in Massachusett , and sometimes gave place name meanings in English . ... because he was born on Nantucket in 1713 and could be expected to have had some knowledge of the Indian place names .
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documents at the Registry of Deeds are legible , and constitute a treasure chest of data on place names and geography . Eighty six recorded Indian place names on an island of 130 square kilo- meters is a density of 0.7 names per square ...
documents at the Registry of Deeds are legible , and constitute a treasure chest of data on place names and geography . Eighty six recorded Indian place names on an island of 130 square kilo- meters is a density of 0.7 names per square ...
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The Nan- tucket place names listed here show a 3 : 1 ratio of t to k endings . ... with the exception of Tuckernuck which in 1661 briefly had the alias , Tuckanuckett , but is today the only surviving place name ending with -uck .
The Nan- tucket place names listed here show a 3 : 1 ratio of t to k endings . ... with the exception of Tuckernuck which in 1661 briefly had the alias , Tuckanuckett , but is today the only surviving place name ending with -uck .
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