Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map

by Virgil J. Vogel

Book Overview

"Of all the states of the American union, none has a name that has been spelled in more ways, or interpreted more variously, than Wisconsin. Among the spellings listed are Mesconsin, Meskousing, Mishkonsing, Ouisconsens, Ouisconsin, Ouisconsing, Ouiscousing, Ouiskonsin, Owisconsing, Quisconsing, Weeskonsan, Wisconsan, Wisconsin, Wishkonsing, and Wiskonsin. The name has been attributed to the French, Menominee, Ojibwa, Potawatami, Sauk-Fox, and Winnebago...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299129845
• ISBN13: 9780299129842
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"