Baraga 1853, English-Otchipwe section (scan leaf 469): 'Beaver Island, in Lake Michigan, Amikogenda.'
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A cream-colored scanned book page shows two narrow columns of black printed text separated by a vertical rule. The page has the headings “BEE” and “BEH,” with a centered page number between them. The left column contains entries for beavers and beaver-related terms, while the right column continues with entries beginning with “Before” and “Beg.”
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BEE 441 BEH Beautiful, gwanátch. Beauty, gwanátchiwin, onijishiwin, bishigendagosiwin. Beaver, amik. Young beaver, amikons. Beaver-fur, amikobíwai. Beaver Island, in Lake Michigan, Amikogenda. Beaver's bone, amikógan. Beaver's dam, okwaním. Beaver's hole, (not lodge), amikowaj. Beaver's kidney, wéjina. Beaver-skin, abminikwai. Beaver's lodge, amikwish. Beaver's tail, amikosow, amikwano. Because, onđjí, wendjí-, sa. Beckon; I beckon, nind aíninige.
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The catalogue identifies this as an extract from the English-Otchipwe section of Baraga's 1853 dictionary, scan leaf 469, held through the Internet Archive. The catalogue title associates the visible geographic entry with the term “Amikogenda.”
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- 2026-07-31
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