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Oct. 4th, 2005
"the good land"
Oct. 4th, 2005 11:22 pmI recall hearing, when I was a kid, that "Milwaukee" meant something about "where the three rivers meet." So I was always a little annoyed when I heard Alice Cooper telling Wayne and Garth...
Anyway, guess what I found in the Wikipedia entry for Milwaukee?
I want to fix this, but where do I go to find the truth? I want something to back myself up with. I foudn somewhere that said the gathering place name was Potawotami, so I can't ask them. I need to find some other tribe. I looked around a little for some online Native American language info, but didn't find anything.
Then I tried Google. I looked up the phrase, "gathering place by the water". Guess what I found? "Milwaukee received its name from the Indian word Millioke which is thought to have meant 'The Good Land', or 'gathering place by the water.'" Many times. About two thirds of the results were this exact sentence. They all seem to have copied it from the same source. Could the source have cribbed it from Mike Myers? Or is it true?
I don't get it.
Wayne Campbell: So, do you come to Milwaukee often?Okay, first of all, there were no Algonquins here, as far as I've ever heard. Second, "the good land"? Give me a break. Granted, it wasn't swampland, like where they built Chicago, but who the hell names their home, "the good land"? From what I hear, the tribes in this area were transient, anyway.
Alice Cooper: Well, I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers began visiting here in the late 16th century.
Pete: Hey, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name?
Alice Cooper: Yes, Pete, it is. In fact, it was originally an Algonquin term meaning "the good land."
Wayne Campbell: I was not aware of that.
Alice Cooper: I think one of the most interesting things about Milwaukee is that it's the only American city to elect three Socialist mayors.
Wayne Campbell: [to the camera] Does this guy know how to party or what?
Anyway, guess what I found in the Wikipedia entry for Milwaukee?
The Milwaukee area was originally inhabited by the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago Indian tribes. Milwaukee received its name from the Indian word 'Millioke' which is thought to have meant 'The Good Land', or 'gathering place by the water'".Someone's having a bit of fun in the user-editable encycolpedia?
I want to fix this, but where do I go to find the truth? I want something to back myself up with. I foudn somewhere that said the gathering place name was Potawotami, so I can't ask them. I need to find some other tribe. I looked around a little for some online Native American language info, but didn't find anything.
Then I tried Google. I looked up the phrase, "gathering place by the water". Guess what I found? "Milwaukee received its name from the Indian word Millioke which is thought to have meant 'The Good Land', or 'gathering place by the water.'" Many times. About two thirds of the results were this exact sentence. They all seem to have copied it from the same source. Could the source have cribbed it from Mike Myers? Or is it true?
I don't get it.