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Sheboygan—Any perforated object, as a pipe stem. (V) 
- Expresses, a, tradition that a, great noise, coming un¬ 
derground from the region of Lake Superior, was heard at this 
river. (H) 
-(Zheedbod-gun)—That which one perforates or 
pierces through; hence zha-bun-ni-gun, a needle. Another 
meaning possible is Zee-bwa-gun, a cane', like corn-cane, etc. 
(W) 
- A hollow bone. (Louis Moran.) 
Sheshgemtaweschecan—Soft maple, now known as Eau 
Pleine, or Full Water. (0) 
Shiocton—Force of wind. (V) 
-Doubtful derivation. A back tide or current induced 
by wind is spelled u-zka-ya-tun. (W) 
- It floats up stream. 
Shullsburg—Mamed after John W. Shull. 
Stevens Point—Kahkagewincheminitegong, Hemlock island, 
a name applied to Stevens Point, on account of an island in the 
Wisconsin Fiver opposite, covered with hemlock, a rare growth 
in that region. (G) 
Stoughton—Mamed by Luke Stoughton, who purchased the 
site from Daniel Webster in 1847. 
Suamico—Yellow beaver. (Y) 
-(O-sa-wa-mick-kong)—The yellow residence place. 
(VO 
Tomah—Mamed in honor of a famous Menomonee chief. 
Waubesa—Swan lake. (Y) 
- (Wau-bih-sa.)—A white bird flies along. (W) 
Waukesha (Wau-gosh-i-kag)—The place of foxes; barely 
possible that as a totem designation it was shortened to Wau- 
gosh-shag; m|ay be a corruption of the plural form of wau-gosh- 
shug, foxes, (W) 
-Joshua Hathaway inscribed the name upon an old 
tree. Waukesha had been known as Prairieville. “I was en¬ 
gaged in subdividing the townships now comprising Kacine 
county, and from some Indian bovs lodged near my encamp¬ 
ments I made additions to my Indian vocabulary. With the 
medium of my fox-skin collar I obtained this name, understand- 
