Talk:Ottowa

Misspelling or alternate spelling of tribe name

Assuming this is accurate, take a look at this. You were the one who said the capital was most likely, but has the capital ever been misspelled by someone whose writings are part of history? I'm not saying this person misspelled anything, but perhaps that was an accurate spelling at the time.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:12, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

If this is important to you, this discussion should be moved to Talk:Ottowa. Neither article mentions the misspelling or alternative spelling, as is usual around here for the former and sometimes for the latter. This makes me ponder what best practice is for the redirect decision - which should be verifiable per WP:V or at least documented somewhere. Theory aside, Wiktionary has the misspelling for Ottawan (a person, not the band) at wikt:Ottowan, which is enough for me not to consider this again. Widefox; talk 21:53, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Ping User:Vchimpanzee. Widefox; talk 21:54, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the writer of the column is deceased and the newspaper is doing a "Best of" series. So I can't ask him where the misspelling came from or if it was an accepted spelling. And I'm not entirely sure all the facts are correct, though I did find one source that said the man who was quoted was the brother of the actual superintendent of Indian affairs. One source which Wikipedia likely wouldn't consider reliable did say Henry was the deputy, which is consistent with my source.

The closest I have gotten to a source Wikipedia would be able to use is the footnote "Report of Henry Stuart, Pensacola, August 25, 1776. (N. C. C. R., Vol. X, pp. 763-785; B. P. R. O., Am. & W. Ind., Vol. 280.)" I have no idea what that is or where to find it, but it doesn't mention "Ottowa" in the source where I found that footnote. — Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:38, 27 April 2020 (UTC)