Me̱′ sä. Spanish name for a broad, flat river-terrace or tableland. [[275]]
Me tik′ o mēēsh. The oak tree.
Min ne hä′ hä Falls. A cascade sixty feet high in Minnehaha Creek, near Minneapolis, Minn.
Mo′ hawks. A tribe which lived in northern New York. Their name is derived from Mukwa, meaning “bear.” They were the first tribe to use firearms.
Moki or Moqui (Mō′ kee). A tribe of the Pueblos. The United States government has recently decided to use the form Moki instead of Moqui. Their true name is Hōpitah, or People of Peace. Many call them the Hōpi. Moki is a Navajo word of reproach.
Mŭk′ wa. The bear.
Navajo (Nä′ vä hō). Spanish name for the Tennay, a very intelligent tribe of North American Indians now living on reservations in Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Nĭb a năb′ as. Little water spirits, so called by the Chippewas.
No kō′ mis. Chippewa word, meaning “grandmother.”
O jib′ ways. The Chippewa Indians. They are a strong tribe of the Algonquins, who, with others, have been driven by the wars with the Iroquois to the regions about Lake Superior. Many live on reservations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. From the Ojibways and other Algonquin tribes the whites learned to make maple sugar, hominy, and corn cake. They have for generations raised corn, beans, and pumpkins.