Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map

348 Pages·1991·41.453 MB·English

by  Virgil Joseph Vogel

Indian Names on
Wisconsin's Map
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Indian Names on
Wisconsin's Map
Virgil f. Vogel
The Uuiversity of Wisconsin Press
The Uoiversuy of Wisconsin Press
114 North Murray Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53715
3 Hen.rictt:i Street
London wc2E 8LU, England
Copyright Q 1991
The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
All rights reserved
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Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging·in-Publrcation Data
Vogel, Virgil J.
lndi:m n:imcs on Wisconsin's map I Virgil J. Vogel.
J42 pp. cm.
Includes bibliographic;il references :ind index.
ISBN 0·299-12980·2 ISBN 0-299-12984·5
t. Indians of North America-Wisconsm
Namcs. 2. Names, Geographical- Wisconsin.
3. Wisconsin- Hiswry- Miscellnnc:i.
I. Title.
E78.w8v64 1991
917.75'0014-c.lc20
To Louise
who made it possible
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Contents
Illustrations viii
Preface ix
Introduction xiii
I. Wisconsin's Name 3
2. Tribal Names 6
3. Personal Names 35
4. Women's Names 73
5. French-Indian Personal Names 78
6. Literary and Legendary Names 86
7. The Spirit World 100
8. Material Culture 105
9. Ethnicity, Gender, Rank, Occupation, and Age no
10. Trails and Portages 127
1 i. Descriptive Names l 30
12. Names from Fauna 140
13. Names from Flora 159
14. Water Names 170
15. Topography 177
16. Commemorative Names
17. French-Indian Place Names
18. State Names 195
19. Transfer Names 205
20. Names from South of the Border 219
21. Potpourri 225
22. Artificial Names 232
Notes 241
Bibliography 28 3
Index 309
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Illustrations
Map showing the Indian influences on names in
Wisconsin counties xvi
Chief Oshkosh, Menominee, 1793-1858 37
John Waunnacon Quinney, Sr., Stockbridge (Mohican),
1797- 1855 56
Spoon Decorah, ca. 1805-1889 60
Winnebago Indians: John Black Hawk, and Winneshiek III 65
Yellow Thunder, Winnebago, 1774-1874 68
Augustin Grignon, French-Menominee, 1780- 1860 83
Dan Waupoose, Menominee chief, 1943 147
A portion of a map of New France by Jacques Bellin,
Royal French Marine engineer, ca. 1745 r88
viii