Endonyms
Neshnabé
Neshnabé (without syncope: Eneshenabé), a cognate ofBodéwadmi
Bodéwadmi (without syncope: Bodéwademi), a cognate ofExonyms
Fire Nation
This is a loose translation of Bodéwadmi. * Fire Nation – Schoolcraft, ibid., 206. * Gens de Feu – Champlain (1616) Oeuvres, IV, 58, 1870; Sagard, Grande Voyage, I, 53, 1865. * Gens feu – Sagard, Hist. Can., I, 194, 1836 (misprint). * Nation du Feu – Jesuit Relations: 1641, 72, 1858. * Nation of Fire – Jefferys, French Doms., pt. I, 48, 1761.Lice Nation
This is a shortening of Bodéwadmi, which happens to be a homophone to the French word for "lice" (''poux''). * Poes – Long, Voy. and Trav., 144. 1791. * Pō-tŏsh – Dunn, True Indian Stories, 299, 1908 (Miami nickname). * Pouës – Cadillac (1695) in Margry, Déc., V, 120, 1883 (abbreviated form used by French). * Poulx – Montreal conf. (1756) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 447, 1858. * Pous – Dunn, True Ind. Stories, 299, 1908 ('lice': French name, of accidental meaning; see Poux, Pouz). * Poux – Frontenac (1682) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 182, 1855. * Pouz – Doc. Of 1748, ibid., X, 142, 1858.Hybridized name
These name come from hybridization of ''Bodéwadmi'' with the French ''poux''. * Poueatamis – Boisherbert (1747) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 84, 1858. * Pouhatamies – Boudinot, Star in the West, 128, 1816. * Poutéamis – Lamberville (1682) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 798, 1855.Iroquoian names
* Adawadenys – Canajoharie conf. (1759) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist. VII, 884, 1856 (probably an Iroquois corruption). * Asistagueronon – Champlain (1616), Œuvres, V, pt. 1, 275, 1870. * Asistagueroüon – Ibid. (1616), IV, 58, 1870. * Assestagueronons – Schoolcraft. Ind. Tribes, IV, 206, 1854. * Assistaeronons – Jesuit Relations: 1670-71, as quoted by Schoolcraft, ibid., 244. * Assistagueronon – Sagard (1636), Hist. Can., I, 194,1864; Champlain (1632), Oeuvres, V, map, 1870. * Assistaqueronons – Champlain, (ca. 1630), as quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, IV, 244, 1854. * Athistaëronnon – Jesuit Relations: 1646, 77, 1858. * Atowateany – Post (1758) quoted by Proud, Penn., II, app., 113, 1798. * Atsistaehronons – Jesuit Relations: 1641, 72, 1858. * Atsistahereoron – Champlain, Œuvres, IV, 58, note, 1870. * Atsistarhonon – Sagard (1632), Hist. Can., Huron Dict., 1866 (Huron name). * Attisitaehronon – Jesuit Relations: 1640, 35, 1858. * Attistae – Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, IV, 244, 1854 (misquoted from Jesuit Relations: 1640, 35, 1855). * Attistaeronons – Jesuit Relations: 1640 quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, IV, 244, 1854. * Ndatonȣatendi – Potier, Racines Huron, MS., 1751 (Huron name); in Swanton * Ndatonsatendi (?) – Potier, Racines Huron, MS., 1751 (Huron name); in Hodge * Ondatouataudy – Jesuit Relations: 1648, 62, 1858. * Undatomátendi – Gatschet, Wyandot MS., B. A. E., 1881 (Wyandot name).Other names
* Kúnu-hayánu – Gatschet, Caddo MS., B. A. E., 1884 ('watermelon people,' from kúnu, 'watermelon': Caddo name). * Kúnu-háyanu, Caddo name, meaning "watermelon people"; in Swanton * Peki /neni – Gatschet, Fox MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1882 (Fox name; plural Pekineni´/hak, 'grouse people,' from peki, 'grouse'). * Tcåshtålálgi – Creek name, meaning "watermelon people"; in Swanton * Tchĕshtalálgi – Gatschet, Koassati MS., B. A. E.,1885 ('watermelon people,' from Creek ''tchĕstali'', 'watermelons': Koassati name adopted from the Creeks). * Wa3-h`o1-na2-ha2 – Long, Exped. St Peter's R., I, 92, 1824 ('fire-makers': Miami name). * Wah-hō'-na-hah – Dunn, True Ind. Stories 299, 1908 (Miami name)., supposedly meaning "fire makers." * Wáhiú¢axá – Omaha name, in Swanton. * Wáhiú¢aqá – Dorsey in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., VI, pt. 2, 664; 1890 (Omaha name). * Wáhiúyaha – Dorsey, Kansas MS.vocab., B.A. E., 1882 (Kansa name). * Wapoos – La Salle (1680) quoted by Parkman, La Salle, 180, 1883 (identical?). * Wo-rá-qĕ – St Cyr, inf'n, 1886 (Winnebago name). * Woraqa – Dorsey, Tciwere MS., vocab., B. A. E., 1879 (Iowa, Oto, and Missouri name). * Woraxa – Iowa, Oto, and Missouri name, in Swanton. * Woráxe – Winnebago name, in SwantonSee also
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References
* Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. "Potawatomi" ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30. GPO: 1910.) * Kubiak, William J.; Great Lakes Indians; A Pictorial Guide; Baker Book House Company, 1970 * Swanton, John R. "Michigan" ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 145. GPO: 1935.) Anishinaabe culture