mah-to-toh-pah

Updated: May 27, 2025

Then Mah-to-toh-pah went in, coolly seated himself by the smouldering fire, and, using the privilege of Indian hospitality, helped himself to meat that was in a kettle over the embers, and ate a hearty meal. "Who is that man who is eating in our lodge?" asked the wife several times. "Oh, let him alone. No doubt he is hungry," the easy-going Won-ga-tap answered.

William Henry Johnson - French Pathfinders in North America