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 :)<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/2/10, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Costa</b> <<a href="mailto:pankihtamwa@earthlink.net">pankihtamwa@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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".<br>
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It still can't be as bad as the tap water in northeast Oklahoma.<br>
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Dave<br>
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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.<br>
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Bob<br>
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