(fwd) Question

[Jeffrey Kopp]

Hi.  I have a place name inquiry which came to me by the Web page.
If anyone could give me a hand replying to this it would be
appreciated.

Regards,

Jeff

>Would you happen to know what CHUH-CHUH-SUH-LAY means ?  We read in a book
>titled Exploring Washington,  it said that the "Indians" used to call Gedney
>Island (also known as Hat Island) by this name.  A friend owns property on
>that island and we were wondering what the name means.  We have looked
>through the on-line Chinook dictionaries and have not found anything.  We
>believe the "Indians" may have been the Tulalip. The mention of this name
>was recorded in May 31, 1792. 
> 
>Thank you very much,
>Dawn