Legler■—Wisconsin Place-Names. 
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ing it to be Pottawattamie for fox, which is a fa,vorite name 
with the natives for all crooked rivers whose; conrse resembles 
the eccentric trail of that; animal. By giving the middle syl¬ 
lable a, thin, prolonged, decided accent, and leaving the last syl¬ 
lable but half aspirated, you have the original as given to me— 
W au-kee-shaw.” (H) 
- Foxes. (V) 
- The little fox; pronounced by the Indians Waw- 
goosh-sha. (Louis Moran.) 
Waupaca (Wau-pug-ga)—White sand bottom. (W) 
Waupaca—Tomorrow. Famed in connection with Weyau- 
wega, which means “here we rest.” Ascending the slack waters 
of the Wolf and Waupaca rivers to the former place, the red 
men were wont to encamp! there for the night and on the mor¬ 
row would resume their journey. Hence the terms “resting- 
place’'' and “tomorrow” bestowed by them on these places. 
■-(Wau-bun)—Dawn. (W) 
- East. (V) 
Wausau (Wau-suh)—Far away. (W) 
Wausaukee (au-wuss-sa-kih)—Beyond the hill. (W) 
Wauwatosa (Wah-wah-ta-sih)—Lightning hug. Wah-wah- 
to-say, he shines as he walks. (W) 
Weyauwega—Here we rest. (See Waupaca.) 
- Lie makes it his body; probably derived from a leg¬ 
end. (V) 
Winnebago—Fetid water. 
- (Ween-nih-beeg-gog)—Dwellers by dirty water. 
(W) 
-- The meaning is placid, or beautiful. (Historical 
Magazine, Vol. 1, p. 317.) 
-- Dirty water, (V) 
-Original name was Winibi (dirty water). Winipeg 
is a Oree word of the! same meaning. 
Winneoonne—Doubtful derivation Kan-ing, a place where 
something is obtained or produced; possibly derived from the 
ween, meaning marrow, and kan-ing The marrow of deer 
bones is a great delicacy with Indians, and above place may 
have been a feasting place. (W) 
