318 PLACE NAMES TN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Waubay; village in Day County, South Dakota. An Indian word meaning "place 
of hatching." 
Waubeek; towns in Linn County, Iowa, and Dunn County, Wisconsin. An Indian 
word meaning "metal," or "metallic substance." 
Waubesa; lake in Wisconsin. An Indian word meaning "swan." 
Wauconda; village in Lake County, Illinois. A Sioux Indian word signifying 
"sacred," or "god." 
Waukarusa; stream in Kansas. An Indian word meaning "hip deep." 
Waukau; a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. An Indian word meaning 
"habitually," or "often." 
Waukegan; township and city in Lake County, Illinois, first called little Fort. 
In 1849 the name was changed to the present form, said to be the Indian trans- 
lation of the old name. 
Waukesha; county, and city in same county, in Wisconsin. From the Indian 
wauk-tsha, meaning "fox." 
Waukon; town in Allamakee County, Iowa. An Indian word meaning "moss on 
trees that is eatable." 
Waunakee; village in Dane County, Wisconsin. From the Indian word wanaki, 
" he lies," or "he lives in peace." 
Wauneta; village in Chase County, Nebraska. An Indian word meaning " winter 
camp." 
Waupaca; county in Wisconsin, named for the Menominee Indians, the meaning 
being "pale water." 
Wauponsee; town in Grundy County, Illinois. For derivation see Wabaunsee. 
Waupun; town in Fond du lac County, Wisconsin. An Indian word meaning 
"early," or "early day," or, according to another authority, fromwaba, meaning 
"east." 
Wauregan; village in Windham County, Connecticut. An Indian word meaning 
"good thing." 
Wausau; city in Marathon County, Wisconsin. A corruption of ivassa, meaning 
"far away." 
Wausaukee; river in Wisconsin. An Indian word meaning "distant land." 
Wauseon; village in Fulton County, Ohio, named for an Indian chief. The word 
means "far off." 
Wauwatosa; city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. A corruption of wewatessi, 
meaning "fire-fly." 
Wauzeka; village in Crawford County, Wisconsin, named for an Indian chief; the 
name is said to mean "pine." 
Waverly ; city in Morgan County, Illinois, and villages in Tioga County, New York, 
and Pike County, Ohio, named from Scott's novels. 
Waxahachie; town in Ellis County, Texas, so named because of the large number 
of cattle in the vicinity. An Indian word meaning "cow town," or "cow 
creek." 
Waxhaw; creek in North Carolina and South Carolina, towns in Union County, 
North Carolina, and Lancaster County, South Carolina, named for an Indian 
tribe. 
Waycross; town in Ware County, Georgia, named from the crossing of tw r o ways 
or roads. 
Wayland; town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named for Francis Wayland. 
Wayland; village in Steuben County, New York, named for Rev. Francis Wayland, 
of Rhode Island. 
Waymansville ; village in Bartholomew County, Indiana, named for Charles L. 
Wayman, its founder. 
