[20] Wahconda, Great Spirit, the Supreme Being.
[21] Lenape wihittnck, the "river of Delawares," the Delaware.
[22] Manitou, a subordinate spirit, or tutelar genius.
[23] Miquon, William Penn, the Founder of Pennsylvania.
[24] See the Tradition of the Fall of the Leni Lenape.
[25] The cranberry.
[26] It is a prevalent opinion with the savages, that the wolf cooks his meat before he eats it.
[27] The different tribes are known by their manner of painting their war-clubs.
[28] Lenape wihittuck, river of the Lenape.
[29] La Hontan explains the meaning of the word thus: "Calumet, in general, signifies a pipe, being a Norman word, derived from Chalumeau." The definition displays, in a remarkable degree, the silliness of that writer. The savages do not understand this word. "The Pipe of Peace is called, in the Iroquois language, Ganondaoe, and by the other savages, Poayem." So says the accurate Carver.