Note 46 — PETER KALM’s TRAVELS. (continued 5)

What gives still more weight, to Mr. Kalm’s opinion of the Elk being the Moose-deer, is the name Musu which the Algonkins give to the elk, as Mr. Kalm himself observes in the sequel of his work; and this circumstance is the more remarkable, as the Algonkins before the Irokeese or five nations got so great a power in America, were the most powerful nation in the northern part of this continent; in so much, that though they be now reduced to an inconsiderable number, their language is however a kind of universal language in North America; so that there is no doubt, that the elk is the famous Moose-deer. F. ↑