Rand, McNally Co; 'S; Pocket Guide to Chicago

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The Origin amid Meaning of the Word Chicago. - An erudite and painstaking correspondent of the Chicago T rz'hzme traces the word as the locative case of a Cree Indian word mean ing, primarily, at the place of the skunk derivatively, equaling strong, mighty, and great; and particularly, applied by the Indians to the present city, on the drowning, at some remote period, of an Indian chief of that name in the mouth of the present Chicago River.