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I'.iiiK II - I* I .A I \ I > K AI .K l{ - W K. I > \KSD AY. NOVEMBER :$, 1976 INGS TOME- What's In a Name? Perhaps More Than You'd Suspect (Eleventh in a regional history series by Virginia Differding and Walter Wallace, prepared as a Bicentennial contribution from Northern Illinois University. -- Ed.) Ever hear of Leek. Illinois0 Or the Wild Garlic river9 How -about East Onion Heights. II ? All are translations of the Indian word Checagou. which of course we now know as Chicago In fact, there are about thirty spellings for Chicago and at least eleven explanations of its meaning though the above three are the most common Henri Joutel, a French ex­ plorer who arrived in the Chicago area around 1687, wrote that Chicago "has taken this name from the quantity of garlic which grows in this district, in the woods." Another meaning offered by others is "skunk place." which conveys the smelly message more directly. Probably, most current Chicagoans can be thankful an adaptation of the original Indian name was retained and not the original translation. We use many Indian place names daily but how many of us know what they mean? Tracing origins and meanings can be confusing because often the original forms of the Indian names were pronounced in varying ways by different explorers and thus rendered in differing phonetic spellings when listed on early maps. Compounding the problem, many explorers were not particularly well versed in their own native tongues. Thus we find listings on early maps of Ke-won-nee, Kewaune, Kee-waw-nay, " Kee-waw-nee and Kewah-ni. All indicate what is presently Kewanee, meaning "prairie hen," "lost" or "nose," depending on whose etymology you accept. Another complication is that various Indian tribes and pioneering Europeans offered different meanings for the same words. 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Confusing business, this name-calling. Sometimes, you have to count on the fact that there are no definite ex­ planations and just try to have fun with suggested possibilities. A town named after an elephant tusk? You're referring to Chemung, II. Chemung possibly comes from the Delaware for "big horn" or possibly the Seneca for "log in the water," which relates to a tale that large horns or tusks were found in a river near the New York state town of Chemung and sent to England for closer inspection. More likely the "horn" belonged to a prehistoric mastodon but the question remains how the McHenry county village near Harvard eventually got this name. Nachusa, near Dixon in Lee county, is named for the early white settler John Dixon, who operated a ferry on the Rock river and a trading post at the site of the present-day Dixon. The Winnebagos adopted Dixon into their tribe and named him Nachusa, meaning "white- haired," due to his patriarchal appearance. Kishwaukee? The famous Sauk Indian Black Hawk wrote in his autobiography of following the Kishwaukee river in 1832 as his tribe was moving toward Wisconsin with the U.S. Army in hot pursuit. The river had been known widely as the Keesh-a-wock-quai, Sauk for the sycamore tree, which closely resembles the Potawatomi Kishwake, meaning the same thing. A hurricane? A flat dish or plate? A place of plenty? Un­ dulating water? Big-eared people? All are the possible Caribbean, French-Canadian, Algonquian, Shoshoni or Spanish explanations for the word Oregon. Pick you own. Mendota apparently comes from the Dakota mdote, meaning junction of one river with another or mendota signifying "outlet of a lake." The idea of junction may have been used because two railroads cross at that point though other sources have it that a A.N. Adams, owner of the Mendota Furnace near Galena, offered the name. Chautauqua Park in Des Plaines, II., has been traced back to the Seneca word for "place where one is lost," though another expert claims it means "one has taken fish out there," referring to Lake Chautauqua in upstate New York. Either way, the name became synonymous with tent lectures and public education around the turn of the century. Little Turtle? That's Mokena, II. Great Turtle? The Algonquian is Michilimakina, now called Mackinac Island, Mi. Or how about Huakiki, Kaukake, Keatiki, Kiakiki, Kiankakee, Kyankeakee, Quiouentaquet, Qui-que-que, Quin-que-que, Teafiki, Teatiki, Teatiquy, Theaiki, Theakaki, T h e a k e k i e , T i a t i k y , Tiaukakeek - all of which somehow ended up as Kankakee, the city, township, county, river, state park, among others. The Miami word theak signifies "wolf," which also is the translation of the name Mohegan. As the Mohegans had camped on the Kankakee River's bank, this is one plausible aid in tracing the name's origin until you find that the Potawatomi called the Kankakee valley Teh-yak-ki-ki, meaning "swampy country." Another source says the name is from the Potawatomi for "wonderful or beautiful land." Perhaps any or all of these explanations may be correct. Lake of the Stinking Waters'* Surely not our Lake Michigan! Thoreau recalled that his Penobscot guide spoke of Lake Michigan fish "which were soft and stinking fish and good for nothing.," but perhaps you'd prefer explorer-missionary Father Louis Hennepin's ex­ planation that the Miami In­ dians called it Mischigonong, meaning "the great lake," with similar explanations also traced to Algonquian and Chippewa words. Geneseo is a city, township and creek in McHenry County and again the name comes from upstate New Yorkers, who settled here about 1836, bringing with them the Seneca's Gen-nis-he-yo, meaning "the beautiful valley." Itasca, II.. is either a headache or delight for a historian since most scholars agree itHvas named after Lake Itasca, Minnesota, near the source of the Mississippi River, though the significance of the original name breaks down to these options: -A Dakota word meaning "white face" or "white moon;" -A word devised by Henry Schoolcraft, who led the ex­ pedition that discovered Lake Itasca, joining the Latin words Veritas, meaning "truth," and caput, meaning "head," chopping off the first and last syllables, respectively; -From the Chippewa omushkus, meaning "elk;" -From tatoshek, for "breasts," because of the two dome-like mountains that mark the lake. -After an Indian maiden Itasca who created the lake with her tears for a lost lover ; -An unspecified tribe's Omoshkos Sagaiigun, or "Elk Lake," denoting its irregular shape. Historian Irving Hart notes the origin likely will remain "one of the unsolved problems of history." Often, the meaning of a place name is the same in the Indian and French versions, though different names still resulted. Des Plaines, for instance, also has been known as Au Plaine, Aux Plaines, Deplain, O'Plaine, Plane and Plein. All evolved from the French and are believed to signify "full of water." This refers not to the marsh­ like quality of the land, but to the sap flowing from maple trees by the Des Plaines river. This apparently is also what the Potawatomi had in mind when they used the word sheshik- maoshike, meaning "river of the tree which flows." Next time you visit a Kiwanis Park, consider that Bishop Baraga in his Ojibway dic­ tionary translated the word as "I make noise; I am foolish and wanton." Possibly appropriate for a park, though local Kiwanis club members might offer you a different version. NEXT. More Northern Illinois Name-Calling WHO KNOWS! 1. How many bills has President Ford vetoed since being in office' ' 2. Name the first black to become a full general. 3. What position will he hold? 4. When did the U.S. postal service begin? 5. Who was the first Ameri­ can to land on the moon9 6. When did this occur' ' 7. Where was the first auto­ matic parking meter in­ stalled' ' 8. Name the capital of Ver­ mont. 9. Who is credited as the founder of Canada? 10.Name its Prime Minister. Answers To Who Knows 1. Thirty-three. 2. Lt. Gen. Daniel James Jr. 3. Commander in chief of the North American Air Defense Command. 4. July 26, 1775. 5. Neil A. Armstrong. 6. July 20. 1969. 1. Oklahoma City, Okla­ homa, in July, 1935. 8. Montpelier. 9. Jacques Cartier. 10.Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Extension Comments By George J. Young, Extension Adviser, Agriculture, McHenry County. University of Illinois Pesticide Applicators Certification The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has a deadline from Congress of October, 1977, to compile a list of restricted use pesticides. When their list is compiled, it will be necessary to be a licensed custom spray applicator or a certified private applicator to be able to purchase and use restricted use pesticides. The State of Illinois Department of Agriculture is responsible for issuing the certificates. The University of Illinois is responsible for the educational portion of the private pesticide applicators program. On Nov. 3 our office is offering an opportunity for McHenry County Producers to apply for the Private Pesticide Applicators certification. We held this same session earlier this year, so if you came to that session you don't need to come to this one. There is a small registration fee to cover the cost of handout material and coffee. There is no charge for certification but to be eligible you need to attend the entire session 10:15 a.m. until 3' p.m. at the Extension office, 11909 McConnell road in Woodstock. Topics include understanding pesticides, human pesticide poisoning, safe handling, application equipment and calibration, lables, pest identification and the law and certification. The capacity of the meeting room is approximately 120. Seats will be on a first come- first serve basis. Adjust Dairy Grain Mixtures You may need to change your grain mixture when you start feeding corn silage. Corn silage is low in some of the important feed nutrients required for top milk production. Protein content is the most serious deficiency of corn silage. If the milking herd is receiving two and a half to three times as many pounds of silage as they are of average quality hay, the grain mixture should contain about 14 to 15 percent crude protein. On the other hand, if the hay is limited to six to eight pounds per head per day and the cows receive all of the corn silage they can eat, the grain mixture should have 18 to 20 percent crude protein to provide enough protein to meet the needs of the high producing dairy cow. Corn silage is also low in both calcium and phosphorus. The grain mixture can be adjusted to provide the needed minerals by adding one pound of dicalcium phosphate or some other high phosphorus mineral to each 100 pounds of the grain mixture. These minerals can also be fed free-choice if cattle are kept in an open lot. Trace-mineralized salt is also needed to supplement most dairy rations. It is certainly needed when large amounts of corn silage are fed. The trace-mineralized salt can either be added to the grain at the rate of one percent or offered to the cows on a free-choice basis. Professional Beef Producers Shortcourse Extension specialist from the University of Illinois Urbana Campus will kick-off our Professional Beef Producers Feedlot Short course Nov. 23. McHenry, DeKalb, Lee, Stephenson and Whiteside counties will participate over telenet. The four sessions will cover economics and outlook for 1977, Nov. 23; runoff control, Nov. 29; beef feedlot health, Dec. 6; beef feedlot rations, Dec. 13. An enrollment fee covers the cost of course materials. These sessions will be held at the Extension Office in Woodstock 7:30-9:30 p.m. Advance enrollment is needed so we can order the handout material. Call us at 338-3737 or 4747 for details. Congratulations To Earl Hughes, Jr., of Woodstock. He was recenlty elected chairman of the local 208 Agricultural Advisory committee. This committee is making many suggestions to the Northeastern Illinois Planning commission through the McHenry County 208 Local Steering committee. The local 208 Agriculture committee wants to make sure that the watershed NIPC samples for polutants is truly an agricultural watershed and not unduly influenced by non-agricultural uses. Crop Yields Ranges in crop yields vary widely in the County. Corn in Richmond township is reported from 75 to 125 bushel per acre and soybeans 15 to 35. Reports from McHenry range from 70 to 110 corn and 20 to 38 beans; Woodstock 70 to 130 corn and 20 to 50 for beans; Dunham reports a range from 40 to 160 for corn; Huntley soybeans are reported ranging 25 to 30 bushel per acre. Marengo corn 56 to 100 and beans 15 to 48. Hebron corn is reported ranging between 85 and 130 and beans 10 to3 5. Alden township reports indicate corn ranges from 25 to 100. It is still early in the corn harvest season so these ranges may change as the work progresses. Also, the high yields are fairly easy to pick up but producers are usually reluctant to talk low yields. Grain Situation - Outlook Tom Elam, Darrel Good and Tom Hieronymus are teaming up with the Commodities division of the Illinois Agricultural association to present this program over telenet at the Extension office in Woodstock Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. Tom Elam and Jim Gill of IAA will be in Washington, D C., attending the USDA National Outlook conference and will report directly from there. Tom Hieronymus and Kermit Stombo of the Illinois Grain corporation will provide comments and questions from Urbana. This program is open to anyone interested in marketing-farmers, elevator operators, etc. FUNNYSIDE M6DiaMt COULD YOU BE A BIT MORE SPECIFIC THAN HEALTH-WISE, I'M INTO A HEAVY SCENE'?" CHARGE ALL YOUR AUTO NEEDS WITH CHARG-ALL MONTGOMERY Well get you rolling right. 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