36 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
Winnibigoshish ( weemih-beeg-gohn-shi sh ) —The miserable 
little lake. (W) 
Wisconsin—Muskrat house ; no two Indians agree as to the 
meaning of the word. (V) (See Introduction.) 
- The Winnebagoes referred to the river as the Yeeb 
koonts-Sa-ra or Gathering river: hence a river having many 
tributaries. (Wis. Hist. Colls., Y. 9.) 
Wonewoe ( Wa-wo-nowug)—They howl, probably of Winne¬ 
bago origin. (W) 
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