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The historic Miami-Illinois people who are today referred to as the Moingona or Moingwena were close allies of or perhaps part of the Peoria. They were assimilated by that tribe and lost their separate identity about 1700. The name "Moingona" was probably the basis for the name of the City of Des Moines, the Des Moines River, and Des Moines County, Iowa.〔Vogel, Virgil (1983) ''Iowa Place Names of Indian Origin'' University of Iowa Press, Iowa City.〕 Jacques Marquette documented in 1672 that the ''Peolualen'' (the modern Peoria). and the ''mengakonkia'' (Moingona) were among the ''Ilinoue'' (Illinois) tribes who all "speak the same language."〔Thwaites, R. G, ed. (1899). (''The Jesuit relations, 1672-73'' ), p. 40, 42 (French), p. 41, 43 (English).〕 Other names for them mentioned in 1672-73 records were "Mengakoukia," and "Mangekekis."〔Perrot, N. (1864). (''Mémoire sur les moeurs, coustumes et relligion des sauvages de l'Amerique Septentrionale'' ) 261.〕 In 1673 Marquette and Louis Jolliet left their canoes and followed a beaten path away from the river out onto the prairie to three Illinois villages within about a mile and a half of each other. Marquette identified only one of the villages at the time, the ''peouarea,'' but a later map apparently by him identified another as the ''Moingwena.''〔Thwaites, R.G., ed. (1900). , 125-126.〕 Father Jacques Gravier reports helping the close allies "Peouaroua and Mouingoueña" deal with a common adversary in 1700.〔Thwaites, R. G, ed. (1900). (''The Jesuit relations, 1610-1791'' ), 100.〕 Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, a missionary who explored the region in 1721, recorded that "le ''Moingona''" was "an immense and magnificent Prairie, all covered with Beef and other Hoofed Animals." He italicized the term to indicate it was a geographical term and noted that "one of the tribes bears that name."〔deCharlevoix, P-F-X. (1744). (''Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France avec le journal historique d'un voyage fait par ordre du roi dans l'Amérique septentrionale'' ), 144.〕 Charlevoix was a professor or belles lettres, and his spelling has come to be a preferred spelling in general and scholarly discussions. ==Meaning of "Mongona"== The meaning of "Moingona" has been debated; historians have espoused conflicting definitions of the term, ranging from "People by the Portage" to "Clan of the Loon" and, more controversially, "Excrement-Faced". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moingona」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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