32 ’ Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
Yecedah—Let there be three of us. (Y) (Hist. Coll., Vol. 
12, p. 394.) 
-Corruption of nissida, “let there be three of us.” 
-Yellow. (Wis. Hist. Coll., Vol. 8, p. 396.) 
Yeenah—Water. (Cunningham’s Yecedah, p. 45.) 
- “Once Gov. Doty was walking with an Indian, and 
pointing to Fox River, asked its native name. Supposing the 
governor meant the element, and not its particular geographical 
name, the Indian responded ‘Yee-nah/ water. Gov. Doty at 
once applied the name.” 
- Col. Petterol, an engineer sent by the Secretary of 
War during Van Buren’s administration, gave the name Yee¬ 
nah in his report. (Morgan L. Martin in a letter to Lyman 
C. Draper.) 
Oconomowoc—Oh-kon-nim is a beaver dami. Oh-kun-nim- 
muh-gag is the region of the beaver damjs. Oh-kun-nim-muh- 
walk, the beaver dam woods. (W) 
- Beaver Dam. (Y) 
Oconto—Black bass. 
Odan ah—Town. ( W ) 
Onalaska—Bright water. 
Oshkosh—A hoof. (Louis Moran.) 
- Yarned after Chief Oshkosh. The original word, 
which in the Menomonee signifies brave, was pronounced with¬ 
out the h in the first syllable, and was accented on the last: 
“Os-kosh.” The naming of the place was done at, a meeting 
for the purpose held at the house of George Wright in 1840. 
The names proposed were Athens, Fairview, Osceola, Stanford 
and Oshkosh. Robert Grignon and a number of half-breeds 
from up the river at Butte des Moris were the strong party and 
formed a majority in favor of the name Oshkosh. 
Ottawa (O-daugh-waog)—The traders. (W) 
Outagamie (A-dow-wi-ga-meeg)—Contracted to O-duh-ga- 
meeg, on either side of the river dwellers. (W) 
Ozaukee (Uh-za-geeg)—People of the mouth of the river. 
(W) 
Packwaukee—Forest opening. (Y) 
- (Bug-wau-keeng)—Thin land, oak openings. (W) 
