ceesees
Nov 11, 2009, 09:36 AM
Does anyone know what the Potawatomi chief, Shick Shack means? Is is anything like the Mayan: XIK XAK?
tickle
Nov 11, 2009, 09:57 AM
No nothing to do with Mayan. Purely the Potawatomi people around the Illinois river.That was his name, Shick Shack.
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ceesees
Nov 18, 2009, 03:53 PM
Another forum (member) said that SHAK meant 9 in Pottawatomi. From Mark Rosenfelder's Metaverse (http://www.Zompist.com) numbers 1 to 10 in many, many languages. Still looking at XIK in Quiche, Yucatec and Nauhatl for clues, so far hawk, feather, spy(scout), mixture (blood) chic the prefix to numbers 6,7,8,9. Probably I am too far south for this chiefs name;) Then again Mayan personal names have a number and a day sign,i.e. 9 Reed.