Note 4 — Introduction

These designations are not translations of the terms given in parentheses, but “refer to the location of these sub-tribes on the Delaware River,” Minsi (from minthin, to be scattered, and achsin, stone), meaning “people of the stony country” or “mountaineers”; Unami (from nahen, down-stream) means “people down the river”; and Unalachtigo (from wunalawat, to go towards, and t’kow or t’kou, wave) means “people who live near the ocean.” Wolf, Turtle, and Turkey are the totemic designations of the three sub-tribes. (Brinton, op. cit., p. 34.)