. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] PIEKOUAGAMI PIERCED TABLETS 247 gan.—Maximilian, Trav., 508, 1843. Piekane.— Proc. Brit. A. A. S., Sept. , 2. Piekann.—Maxi- milian, Trav., 227, 1843. Pigans.—Duflot de Mo- fras, Explor., ii, 342. 1844. Pikani.—Wilkes, U. S. Expl. Exped., IV, 471, Pikun'-i.—Hayden, Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 256, 1862. Pil- gans.—Wilkes, V. S. Expl. Exped., iv, 471, 1845 (misprint). Teagans.—Ind. Aff. Rep., 473, 1838 (misprint). Piekouagami (a form seemingly cognate with the Cree Fii/aknagami and with Pakwagami, the Algonkin name of the Montagnais, the elements o
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] PIEKOUAGAMI PIERCED TABLETS 247 gan.—Maximilian, Trav., 508, 1843. Piekane.— Proc. Brit. A. A. S., Sept. , 2. Piekann.—Maxi- milian, Trav., 227, 1843. Pigans.—Duflot de Mo- fras, Explor., ii, 342. 1844. Pikani.—Wilkes, U. S. Expl. Exped., IV, 471, Pikun'-i.—Hayden, Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 256, 1862. Pil- gans.—Wilkes, V. S. Expl. Exped., iv, 471, 1845 (misprint). Teagans.—Ind. Aff. Rep., 473, 1838 (misprint). Piekouagami (a form seemingly cognate with the Cree Fii/aknagami and with Pakwagami, the Algonkin name of the Montagnais, the elements of which are pdkkwa'shallow (water),' 'flat,' and -garni 'lake,' 'expanse of water,' the two ele- ments together signifying 'flat lake.' The so-called vocalic change transforms pdk- ku'aintopiyakkuu,which \th-gavri forins Plyakkwagami, or, as sometimes writ- ten, Pkikivagami, originally the name given to L. St John, Canada, by the Kakouchaki, or Porcupine tribe. From the Jesuit Relation for 1672 (44, 1858) it is learned that the country around L. St John was beautiful, and the soil was good and land abounded in otter, elk, beaver, and especially in porcupines. For this reason the peojjle who dwelt on the shores of this lake received the name Kakouchac {Kdkkaseivok, 'porcupines,' not from kdkwa, 'porcupine,' but rather from a term which is the source of both, namely, kdkk, 'rude, rough, or harsh to the touch'; whence, Kdkkasewok, 'they have skin harsh to the touch'). According to the Jesuit Relation for 1641 (57, 1858), the Kakouchaki, or Por- cupine people, were one of a number of inland tribes which, having heard the gospel in their own countries, were ex- pected to remove to the residence of St Joseph at Sillery, although the fear of the Iroquois, the common enemy of all these tribes, was a great obstacle to the con- templated removal and consolidation of small tribes. The Porcupines were re- puted good, docile, and quite easily won to the Christian faith. F
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