Island Michilimackinong in order to perpetuate the name of these
unfortunate Indians.

There were also a small tribe of Indians, beside the Chippewas, that
resided on the north side of the strait whose principal village, was
situated at the place now called St. Ignace, but the Ottawas and
Chippewas call this place to this day "Naw-do-we-que-yah-mi-shen-ing,"
which is a compound name from "Naw-do-we," the name of the tribe who
resided there, and "Na-yah-me-shen," point of land in water. And
afterwards part of the Ottawas came over from their Island and resided
with them, during the days of old Saw-ge-maw, who was one of the great
warriors and leaders of the Ottawas. But afterwards Saw-ge-maw
quarreled with them and broke up the confederacy and drove them off.
Here, too, at about this time, part of the Ottawas left the country in
anger because they were cheated out of one of the great feasts they
were having on some particular occasion. Those went far west and joined
the Sho-sho-nee tribe of Indians, whose country lies on the side of the
Rocky Mountains, and consequently the Ottawa language is quite
extensively spoken among that tribe of Indians to this day.

The south side of the straits, which now constitutes Emmet, Cheboygan
and Charlevoix counties, our tradition says, was exceedingly thickly
populated by another race of Indians, whom the Ottawas called Mush-co-
desh, which means, "the Prairie tribe." They were so called on account
of being great cultivators of the soil, and making the woodland into
prairie as they abandoned their old worn out gardens which formed
grassy plains. It is related, this tribe was quite peaceable, and were
never known to go on a warpath. The Ottawas of Manitoulin had joined
hands with them as their confederates. They called each other
"brothers." But on one of the western war trips of the great Saw-ge-