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And according to our understanding and traditions the tribal name of those disastrous people was "Mi-shi-ne-macki naw-go," which is still existing to this day as a monument of their former existence; for the Ottawas and Chippewas named this little island "Mi-shi-ne-macki-nong" for memorial sake of those their former confederates, which word is the locative case of the Indian noun "Michinemackinawgo."
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J. Blackbird
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Discovering such a queer islander as the blue man was almost equal to seeing the Mishi-ne-macki-naw-go.
The Blue Man From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 Mary Hartwell Catherwood 1874
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