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Michilimackinac

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  • Therefore, we contend, this is properly where the name Michilimackinac is originated.

    History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J. Blackbird

  • "Michilimackinac" -- which name has never been correctly translated by white historians, but which is here given according to our knowledge of this matter long before we came in contact with white races.

    History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J. Blackbird

  • Again, most every historian, or annalist so-called, who writes about the Island of Mackinac and the Straits and vicinity, tells us that the definition or the meaning of the word "Michilimackinac" in the Ottawa and Chippewa language, is "large turtle," derived from the word Mi-she - mi-ki-nock in the Chippewa language.

    History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J. Blackbird

  • There were about 250 men in the raiding party, Ottawa and Ojibway Chippewa fighters from around Michilimackinac, at the northwest end of Lake Huron, and a few Canadian militia.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • There were about 250 men in the raiding party, Ottawa and Ojibway Chippewa fighters from around Michilimackinac, at the northwest end of Lake Huron, and a few Canadian militia.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • There were about 250 men in the raiding party, Ottawa and Ojibway Chippewa fighters from around Michilimackinac, at the northwest end of Lake Huron, and a few Canadian militia.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • There were about 250 men in the raiding party, Ottawa and Ojibway Chippewa fighters from around Michilimackinac, at the northwest end of Lake Huron, and a few Canadian militia.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Among other highlights is a complete 1790s Anishinaabe suit of clothing – leggings, shirt, silver ornaments, otter-skin bag and moccasins ornamented with loom-woven porcupine quills – that has been traced to Fort Michilimackinac in the Upper Great Lakes.

    'Infinity Of Nations' Exhibit Opening At The National Museum Of The American Indian AP 2010

  • To his correspondent, who was in the wilds of Michilimackinac, he continues to lament his morbid inability.

    Washington Irving 2004

  • I spoke with one man who'd survived the massacre at Michilimackinac, during the war with the French.

    Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997

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