AKOMEN
The people in the Walam Olum were going to a land called "Akomen." (Brinton, 1885).
The Native American Place Names in Massachusetts has these listings:
"Accomac, early place name of Plymouth, means 'land on the other side, or beyond the water.'"
"Accomemeck, of which Massassoit was sachem.
(Douglas-Lithgow, 1909/2001)
"Accomemeck" may have been derived from "Haakon's man aki" where Haakon Haakonson IV was the king of Norway, "man" is the Norse word for "people." and "aki" is the Old Norse word for "land."
"Accomac" is a shortened version of "Accomeneck." There are many examples in Norse where a long phrase is shortened with repeated use.
Accom- words are also found in Nanticoke, Shawnee, Mahican, and Leni Lenape name listings in the Handbook of North American Indians (HNAI). (HNAI, 1978)
When the Europeans came, "Nause" people lived in "Accomac" near Plymouth. "Nause" people also lived in "Accomac" on the Delaware Peninsula. Pocahontas was a priestess to the Tsenaccomacah people. ("Tjene" in the modern Norse dictionary means, "serve.")
