The term is not derived from any known Maskoki word. If oki _water_ formed a component part of it, it would stand first, as in the Hitchiti geographic terms Okĕlákni "_yellow water_," Okifenóke "_wavering, shaking waters_," Okmúlgi "_bubbling water_," Okitchóbi "_river_," lit. "_large river_." We are therefore entitled to look out for a Sháwano origin of the tribal name, and remember the fact that the Creek Indians called the Sháwano and the Lenápe (Delawares) their grandfathers. It will be appropriate to consult also the other Algonkin languages for proper names comparable with the one which occupies our attention.