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| Lake Superior in Michigans Iron country 1800's
It is worthy of remark that the founders of towns throughout the upper
peninsula have been careful to honor the names of the Jesuit Fathers, who
were the first explorers of that region, and to preserve Indian names
wherever they were euphonious and descriptive. Marquette, Duluth,
Allouez and Mesnard have been held in remembrance on the scene of their
labors two hundred years ago, and the language of the race which preceded
us has been preserved, not only in Negaunee and Ishpeming, but in Michi-
gamme, which signifies big water; Escanaba, which in "flat rock, so-called
by the Chippewas because that river flows over a flat stratum of limestone
near its mouth; Menominee, which is rice field; Peqnanni,ng, a be.nd of
the shore; Munising, the great bay; Agogebic, smooth rock; Pewabic,
iron.
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