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Title: The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path, with some new annals of the Old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Hanna, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1863-1950
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America
Publisher: New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ispokotha is one of the fivedivisions of the Shawnee tribe even down to the present day. The wordis also spelled Kespicotha, Kiscapocoke, Kiscopokes, Kiskapocoke, Kis-pogogi, Kispoko, Kiskapookes, etc. The Shawnee town of Eskippaki-thiki (thiki means place; dpi or theepee, river), located on LewisEvanss map of 1755 as being on the Great Warriors Trail, betweenthe mouth of the Scioto and the Red River branch of the Kentucky,thus bore a name practically identical with that by which the Cum-berland River was known to the Shawnees at the time of La Sallesdescent of the Mississippi. Half-way between the two rivers, Misseouecipi and Skipakicipi, on 1 On one of De 1Isles maps the Tennessee River is called Riviere des Casquinam-baux ou Cheroquis. The name Casquinampo probably comes from the Casqui or Casquin Indians referred to by some of the chroniclers of De Sotos expedition. 2 A similar name—Bluestone—is applied to one of the western heads of NewRiver on Fry and Jeffersons map of 1751.
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A Portion of Franquelins 1684 Map of La Salles Discoveries. The Ohio Valley before the White Man Came 93 Franquelins map, is located the Indian Town of Cisca, and a pathis shown leading from that town in a southeastern direction to St.Petro on the east coast of Florida (north of St. Augustine). Beneaththis path is written the legend: Chemin par les Casquinampo et lesChaouenons vont en traite aux Espagnols—Path travelled by theCasquinampos and Shawnees, in trading with the Spaniards. Ciscamay have been the name of a Shawnee town, and the seat of a Kisca-pocoke band of that tribe. The Ciscas and other Shawnees from thesame vicinity joined La Salle at Fort St. Louis in 1683. On the north bank of the Skipakicipi River, Franquelin locatesanother town, named Meguatchaiki. This, also, was doubtless aShawnee town of the Mequachake Clan (variants, ch guttural, Macha-chac, Machichac/Mackacheck, Mackacheek, Maguck, Magueck, Magwa,Makostrake, Maquichees, Mequachake, Maqueechaick, etc.) A short

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