[68] Heckewelder, in his unpublished MSS, asserts that both these names mean "Opossum". It is true that the name of this animal in Lenape is _woapink_, in the New Jersey dialect _opiing_, and in the Nanticoke of Smith _oposon_, but all these are derived from the root _wab_, which originally meant "white," and was applied to the East as the place of the dawn and the light. The reference is to the light gray, or whitish, color of the animal's hair. Compare the Cree, _wapiskowes_, cendré, il a le poil blafard Lacombe, _Dictionnaire de la Langue des Cris_ s v. [69] _On Indian Names_, p. 375, in _Trans American Philosophical Society_, Vol. III, n. ser. [70] Proud, _History of Pennsylvania_, Vol. I, 144, II, p. 295. Heckewelder, _Tran. Am. Philo. Soc._, Vol. IV, p. 376. [71] Matthew G. Henry, _Delaware Indian Dictionary_, p. 709. (MS in the Library of the Am. Phil. Soc.) [72] "The Monthees who we called Wemintheuw," etc. _Journal of Hendrick Aupaumut_, _Mems. Hist. Soc. Pa._, Vol. II, p. 77. [73] Heckewelder, _ubi supra_. [74] _New Jersey Archives_, Vol. V, p. 22. [75] _The Rise and Progress of a Remarkable Work of Grace Among the Indians_. By David Brainerd, in _Works_, p. 304. [76] E de Schweimtz, _Life of Zeisberger_, p. 660, note. [77] _Travels into North America_, Vol. II, pp. 93-94 (London, 1771). [78] Lacombe, _Dictionnaire de la Langue des Cris_, p. 711. Dr. Trumbull, however, maintains that it is derived from _sohkau-au_, he prevails over (note to Roger Williams' _Key_, p. 162). If there is a genetic connection, the latter is the derivative. The word _sakima_ is not known among the Minsi. In place of it they say _K'htai_, the great one, from _kehtan_, great. From this comes the corrupted forms _tayach_ or _tallach_ of the Nanticokes, and the _tayac_ of the Pascatoways. [79] Lewis H. Morgan, _Ancient Society_, p. 172. [80] Loskiel, _Geschichte der Mission_, p. 168. [81] For these particulars see Ettwein, _Traditions and Language of the Indians_, in _Bulletin of the Pa. Hist. Soc._, Vol. I; Charles Beatty, _Journal of a Tour, etc._, p. 51. [82] C. Thompson, _Inquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawnee Indians_, p. 16. [83] I assign them the sweet potato on the excellent authority of Dr. C. Thompson, _Essay on Indian Affairs_, in _Colls. of the Hist. Soc. of Penna._, Vol. I, p. 81. [84] Peter Kalm, _Travels in North America_, Vol. II, p. 42. [85] See Peter Kalm, _Travels in North America_, Vol. II, pp. 110-115; William Darlington, _Flora Cestrica_. (West Chester, Pa., 1837.)