Winnebago
David Costa
pankihtamwa at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 3 02:13:36 UTC 2010
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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