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| Lake Superior in Michigans Iron country 1800's
A council was held with the Ojibwa Indians of the vicinity and the name
Negaunee was chosen, which signifies in Ojibwa, "I take the lead." In the
following year the settlers of the growing town about the Cleveland and
Lake Superior mines, which are situated upon the dividing ridge between
the waters which flow into Lake Superior, and those which flow into Lake
Michigan, thought fit to give their town the Indian translation of "on the
summit." This proved rather difficult to get in one Ojibwa word.
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