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Mecha-Sepua; Kickapoos, Meche-Sepe; Chippewas, Meze-Zeibe; 
Ottawas, Mis-sis-se-pi, all variations of the same. (Traditions 
and Recollections of Prairie du Chien, by B. W. Brisbois, Wis. 
Hist. Coll.. Vol. 9.) 
- The name of the Mississippi River is derived from 
the Algonquin language, through the medium of the Prench. 
The term appears first in the early missionary letters from the 
west end of Lake Superior, about 1660. Sippi, agreeably to 
the early French annotation of the word, signifies a river. The 
prefixed word Missi is an adjective denoting all, and, when ap¬ 
plied to various waters, means the collected or assembled mass 
of them. The compound term is then, properly speaking, an 
adverb. Thus, Missi-gago means all things; Missi-gago-gig- 
jetod, He who has made all things—the Creator. It is a sm 
perlative expression, of which great river simply would be a 
most lean, impracticable and inadequate expression. It is only 
symbolically that it can be called the father of American waters, 
unless such sense occurs in the other Indian tongues, (School¬ 
craft’s Narrative, p. 140.) 
Montello—Spanish for “the hill by the water.” Named by 
a Mexican war veteran. 
Mont Tremped’eau—The mountain that stands in the water. 
(AB) 
Mosinee (Mo-zin-eeg)—As given. (W) 
- From Mosinig, Moose. (Hist. Coll., vol. 12, p. 
394.) 
Mukwonago—A ladle. (A) 
-(Mauk-wau-wau-nan- gong)—The place where the 
bear constellation is. (W) 
Muscoda (Mush-koh-da)—Prairie. (W) 
-Prairie. (C) 
Mushkoda—Prairie (rapids) now known as Jenny Bull. 
(C) 
Muskego—Corrupt form of Mush-kee-gong, meaning at or 
from a swamp. (W) 
- Cranberry. (H) 
Namiekagon—Place of the sturgeons. (V) 
Nashota (neesh-zho-da)—One of a pair; a twin. (W) 
