Winnebago

[Dan Folkus]

As I grew up near Lake Winnebago, the story in the Anglo community was that
the Indian name meant 'Big Stinky Water'. At least that always got a laugh
:)

On 2/2/10, David Costa <pankihtamwa at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> According to HNAI 15: 706, "the name refers to the muddy water of their
> river (the lower course of the Fox River of Wisconsin plus Lake Winnebago),
> described by Cadillac as yearly becoming clogged with the rotting bodies of
> dead fish during the heat of the summer".
>
> It still can't be as bad as the tap water in northeast Oklahoma.
>
> Dave
>
>
>> And if you've ever tasted the water in eastern Wisconsin you know why it
>> got its unflattering name.  It's permeated with iron sulfide.  My wife grew
>> up in Waukesha, so I've had plenty of chances to buy bottled water there.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
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