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Under the government of the term gitchee, it appears to express simply the sense of great water, but conveys the idea, to the Indian mind, of sea-water.
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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Fellas fellatiotiating other fellas by the shores of gitchee-goome.
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And having Michael Ansara come over to your house and chant "gitchee Manitou."
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_gitchee_, it appears to express simply the sense of great water, but conveys the idea, to the Indian mind, of sea-water.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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