Excerpt from Indian Names of Places Near the Great Lakes, Vol. 1 A glance at a map of the country adjacent to our Great Lakes, will show that a large num ber of Indian Names of places, rivers, et ceiera, have been retained in their original or in a mutilated form; and it is with some of these, of Algonkin origin, with which we deal, in order to rescue from oblivion some interesting historical facts and legendary tales, as well as to give a clearer insight into the beautiful and well-equipped lan guage of the fast disappearing race of red men who once occupied that country. Most of these words have never appeared on the printed page, at least not in their present form; and those which the reader may have en countered in similar publications, will here be found interpreted either differently, or more fully. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.