MS 3556 Letter concerning the origin of two Iroquois names
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 3556
name: label: Collector
content: Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909
label: Addressee
content: Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
label: Names
content: Conne-Sante ?
label: Names
content: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
topic: label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909
label: Addressee
content: Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: November 8, 1897
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "KLetter to Cushing."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS3556
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: States that Timothy Pickering, one of Washington's Cabinet, was given the Indian name of Conne-Sante (?) and that this name means "the western slope of a hill",- both traditional. Asks whether Conne-Sante is Iroquoian. Also says that Nantasket is said to be derived from an Iroquois word, Aiayascon, meaning "a man's arm." Requests information.