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From: "Stanley LeBlanc" <>
Subject: RE: R8ecanga
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 17:11:09 -0500


In the Explanatory Notes of Vol.1.a of the DOBR books p.I-6 it states:

Use of "8" to Indicate an Indian Expression

The character "8" is used several times to indicate a sound in the Indian
language that cannot be expressed in French characters. Brown and Dean and
Natalia Maree Belting in "Kaskaskia Under the French Regime" discuss this
use. Brown and Dean note that "8" was used as a phonetic symbol to indicate
a "w" sound of the Illinois language. Belting states that French priests
used "8" to indicate a sound in the Indian language, sometimes translated as
"ou."

Stanley

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-----Original Message-----
From: rosemarie benson [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 5:11 AM
To:
Subject: R8ecanga


Hi Jim,
Or, could the sound be like the French "huit" for eight ?
Rose


>From: "James Carten" <>
>To:
>Subject: Re: Marie Catherine R8ecanga
>Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 18:04:58 -0400
>
>Might be getting myself out on a limb here, but the "8" I believe is
>Algonquin, and it denotes "ou".
>
>Jim Carten
>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : Chris Thomas <>
>À : <>
>Date : 1 mai, 2000 16:47
>Objet : Marie Catherine R8ecanga
>
>
> >Hi List,
> >
> >I have Louis DeLaunay (bap May 08, 1650 s/o Pierre and Francoise Pinguet)
> >married to
> >Marie Catherine R8ecanga, a Native American. Does anyone have more info
> >on her i.e. nation, tribe, pertinent dates, etc?
> >
> >Chris Thomas
> >
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