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Great Lake Obs. 
1 in Indian parlance: Lake Superior.
- 1772 (1954) . . . the Indians reported to Andrew Graham at York Factory that they had met Corry "in the Great Lake on his way to the Grand Fort [Grand Portage] with seven large canoes loaded with Beavers."
2 in Indian parlance: the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1796 (1932) Our Father the Governor is gone over the Great Lake to see his & our Great Father the King, he has left me here to represent him.
- 1814 I am . . . delighted to hear my Red Children declare their attachment to the King our Father Great beyond the Great Lake, and to myself and to my Warriors.
- 1848 (1866) But we hope, although we are few, and are here as it were upon a little island, our great and mighty father who lives beyond the great lake, will not forsake us in our distress, but will continue to remember his faithful red children.
- 1772 (1954) . . . the Indians reported to Andrew Graham at York Factory that they had met Corry "in the Great Lake on his way to the Grand Fort [Grand Portage] with seven large canoes loaded with Beavers."