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Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments
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Fri, 16 Jul 2004 02:47:30 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Ross Crawford wrote:
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> > ROSCO (who wonders where the name oshkosh came from, and if the people that
> > thought of it ever tried typing it...)
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> Oshkosh was reputedly a native american of some repute.
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> From:
> http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_029400_placenames.htm
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> Since the colonial period great warriors have received as much attention from
> name givers as the more compliant natives. Militants such as Black Hawk,
> Tecumseh, Pontiac, Osceola, Red Cloud, and Geronimo are honored in place names
> as much as are native statesmen such as Keokuk, Oshkosh, Ouray, and Washakie.
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> - end -
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> Wisconsin is particularly well endowed with indian or indian derived place
> names.
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> hope that helps.
Thanks for the info, Larry!
I grew up in Winona. I was told that she was Tecumseh's daughter, but reading
from this link--
"
The Siouan name Winona (First-Born Daughter) is found in twenty-eight states.
Some of these place names commemorate the fictional mother of Hiawatha in
Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha, while others are derived from the name of a
cousin of the last Siouan chief, Wabasha; this Winona had a village on the site
of present-day Winona, Minnesota. (Another legendary woman of this name was said
to have thrown herself from a cliff on the Mississippi, now called Maidenrock,
rather than marry a suitor favored by her parents.)
"
So there you are.
Dave K
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| (...) Wabasha! Hey, NOW I know where exactly Wabash comes from (very big around here... Wabash River, Wabash Cannonball, there's a Wabash St in Springfield IL that is a main drag, etc etc etc) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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