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Old 11-03-2009, 12:57 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal View Post
Winipifsioke


From an 1785 map
Looks like what they call a long 's' to me. Map's prolly from the 1700s or thereabouts when initial or internal 'esses' were written out like an 'f'.

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