FW: siouan placenames

[Jimm G GoodTracks]

The only name I can come close to the word below is: nyu'wagu, (Spring)
Lit."Water is coming from" something as from under a rock or hillside.  I
look in LaFlesches Osage Dictionary, and could not come up with anything
similar.
JGT

On Thu, 3 May 2001 15:01:57 -0500 "Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu>
writes:
>
> I have a note from Bill bright who is editing a book on placenames.
> Can
> anyone help with this? I suspected it might be Chiwere.
>
> Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: william bright
> To: Rankin, Robert L
> Sent: 5/1/01 8:49 PM
> Subject: RE: siouan placenames
>
> hi bob; thanks for your message. there's a place in missouri called
> "neongwah",  "niangua" or the like. ramsay's book on missouri
> placenames
> doesn't give any suggestion of a meaning. do you have any clue?
> thanks
> and
> all best; bill
> --
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