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Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names — Passage 61 (part 2)

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[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] The suffix _-ook, -oke, -aki,_ etc., shows that it was the name of land or place (N. J., _-ahke;_ Len. _-aki_). It is probably met in _Cheshek-ohke,_ Ct., translated by Dr. Trumbull from _Kussukoe,_ Moh., "High," and _-ohke,_ "Land or place"--literally, high land or upland. The final _s_ in some forms, is

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